The 2026 WNBA Draft survey was released by the league in time for the tip-off of the league’s 30th anniversary season. (Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images) Last year, the GMs filled out their preseason survey with the Minnesota Lynx near the top of just about everything. The Lynx took 60% as title pick, Napheesa Collier...
2026 WNBA Power Rankings: Preseason Ranking of All 15 Teams
The WNBA’s 30th season is one day away from tip-off, and the league is set to embark on a new era following a historic collective bargaining agreement. With 44 regular-season games scheduled, the Portland Fire and Toronto Tempo join the Association as the two newest expansion franchises. Celebrating 30 years includes seven-figure salaries, a drastic...
NBA draft lottery is ‘excitement for the unknown’ to Sacramento Kings GM Scott Perry
BERKELEY, Calif. – Sacramento Kings general manager Scott Perry will be in Chicago on Sunday to see if his franchise catches a much-needed break at the 2026 NBA draft lottery after two decades of frustration. The Kings have an 11.5% chance to land the No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 NBA draft after finishing...
Yaxel Lendeborg didn’t see the future. His mother did.
Yaxel Lendeborg never envisioned playing college basketball, much less doing so in the desert of Yuma, Ariz. That plan came from his mother, Yissel Raposo, whose conviction in the path she saw for her son was too strong to be shaken by his stated lack of interest in following it. Through phone calls and emails...
San Diego Padres sale a full-circle moment for Black baseball
“Where there is no vision, the people perish.” Proverbs 29:18 The next frontier for African Americans in sports is team ownership. Black bodies have helped build enormous wealth for sports teams and leagues, but ownership remains an economic and cultural mountain that largely has remained out of view. That mountain came a bit more into...
Puma Pro 16: Senior Sleepers
The shoe circuit is officially upon us. With all of the respective sneaker brands getting ready to get things jumping, it was Puma that took the lead with getting all of their programs under one roof in Detroit for its Pro16 League. Held at Huntington Place in the heart of downtown Detroit, the Pro16 League packed over 25...
WNBA Player Exclusive sneakers are everywhere, but fans still can’t buy them
When Las Vegas Aces star A’ja Wilson stepped onto the Target Center floor last July wearing a black Nike LeBron 21 detailed in the pink and green of her sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha, it didn’t take long for the image to circulate. Screenshots spread. Group chats lit up. Then came the inevitable question from fans...
The Circuit: DFW vs Everybody Top Underclass Performers!
Our staff spent the weekend in the DFW to cover The Circuit’s DFW vs Everyone in Northlake, Texas and Recruitlook’s May Regional Session in Burleson, Texas. In our latest report on the recruiting trail, we clear out the notebook on top 2027 and 2028 performers from the Circuit Event. The travel ball season is heating...
‘I’m exactly where I’m supposed to be’: Lash Legend is just getting started
Anriel Howard wondered if she had made the right decision. It had been years since Howard walked away from a promising professional basketball career — the only sport she had ever known — to pursue something entirely new: professional wrestling. After being waived by the WNBA’s Seattle Storm in 2019, Howard requested a WWE tryout....
Donovan Mitchell diary: ‘You see that there’s an opportunity, right?’
CLEVELAND — Donovan Mitchell and the Cleveland Cavaliers were on the brink of first-round playoff elimination before knocking off the Toronto Raptors in Game 7 on Sunday night. The Cavaliers lost all three games in Toronto, including a wild defeat in Game 6 in which Toronto native RJ Barrett made a memorable 3-pointer with 1.2...









