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BERLIN —Paige Bueckers gets her first World Cup game Friday morning against China. USA Basketball put the Dallas Wings guard on the 2026 Women's National Team on Aug. 6. Four days before the tournament begins in Berlin, that roster changed twice on Monday. A'ja Wilson and Kelsey Plum withdrew for...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Former Dallas Mavericks big man Amar’e Stoudemire was among nine inductees for the Basketball Hall of Fame on Saturday.  Beginning his career as the Phoenix Suns’ ninth overall pick in the 2002 NBA Draft, Stoudemire won Rookie of the Year in the first of his eight seasons...

INDIANAPOLIS — The Dallas Wings held their gameday shootaround Thursday morning at Gainbridge Fieldhouse with their preseason opener against the Indiana Fever just hours away, and the message from both head coach Jose Fernandez and free agent addition Alanna Smith centered on identity. For Smith, that means using a thinned-down...

ARLINGTON, Texas — After three consecutive days of installation, standards-setting, and a defense-heavy final practice to begin Dallas Wings training camp, head coach Jose Fernandez views Wednesday's off day as a valuable test for his players. Fernandez emphasized on Day 3 that the way his group comes back on Thursday...

ARLINGTON, Texas — When Paige Bueckers walked onto the court at College Park Center for the start of Dallas Wings training camp Sunday, it was clear the reigning WNBA Rookie of the Year had added muscle in the offseason, setting her up well for the 2026 season. Head coach Jose Fernandez...

ARLINGTON, Texas — The Dallas Wings opened training camp Sunday in Arlington under first-year head coach Jose Fernandez, with 17 players on the floor for the opening session and five overseas commitments keeping the full roster from being together on Day 1. It marked the largest training camp group Fernandez...

ARLINGTON, Texas — Costanza Verona is packing Sicilian oranges, a bag full of books, and a competitive fire that has defined her career across Europe's most elite stages. The Italian Women's National Team starting point guard is headed to the Dallas Wings, and she has no intention of being a...

Paige Bueckers spent years competing against many of her current USA Basketball teammates at the youth level. On Monday, she got her first taste of what it looks like when all that familiarity points in the same direction. Bueckers spoke with reporters after USA Basketball's first practice on site ahead...

Sue Bird had a simple message for Dallas Wings star Paige Bueckers after December's national team training camp in Durham: be louder. Bueckers, who will make her senior Team USA competitive debut at the 2026 FIBA Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament in Puerto Rico next week, addressed the exchange Saturday...

Paige Bueckers has been around elite basketball long enough to know what it demands. The Dallas Wings guard stood inside the Miami Heat's practice facility Saturday, one day before the United States women's national team departs for San Juan, Puerto Rico, and made clear she knows exactly where she fits...