Clare Brennan

1 week ago | si.com | Clare Brennan

It’s a month into the 2025 WNBA season and every team now has at least one loss on its record. The New York Liberty were the last undefeated squad standing after the Minnesota Lynx fell to the Seattle Storm in a thriller on Wednesday. Then, Caitlin Clark spoiled the Liberty’s perfect run, helping the Fever to a 102–88 victory in her first outing following a five-game absence due to a quad injury.

1 month ago | northamptonchron.co.uk | Clare Brennan

A Northamptonshire-based charity will receive a minimum of £1 million to invest in a pioneering new research project as part of an exciting new partnership. The MND Association, which is based at Northampton’s Moulton Park, has been chosen as the next charity partner for the Omaze Million Pound House Draw, which gives those taking part the chance to win a stunning £4 million beachfront house in Sussex as well as £250,000 in cash.

1 month ago | si.com | Clare Brennan

Superteams can often explode into a spectacular failure like a supernova. The radiant assemblage that is the defending WNBA champions Liberty could easily be such a case. But they aren’t. Why? The stabilizing force of Jonquel Jones. In 2023, when Jones, Breanna Stewart and Courtney Vandersloot joined Sabrina Ionescu in New York, the Liberty had a strong season but fell short of their championship goal, losing to the Aces in four games in the Finals.

1 month ago | si.com | Clare Brennan

The 2025 WNBA season is finally here, with the league’s 29th campaign set to tip off on Friday. After a busy offseason filled with free agency acquisitions and a new expansion team preparing for its inaugural season, there are plenty of storylines to follow as action gets underway. Will the reigning champions, the New York Liberty, pull off a title defense? Can Caitlin Clark and a refurbished Indiana Fever team take home the hardware?

2 months ago | si.com | Clare Brennan

What a difference a year makes. At the 2024 WNBA draft, Paige Bueckers and Azzi Fudd bopped around the Brooklyn Academy of Music auditorium—fans mobbing the guests of honor as they dutifully took photos and signed autographs—until the league found suitable seats for the duo. At this year’s draft, Bueckers’s assigned seat in Manhattan’s The Shed more closely resembled a throne. Flanked by UConn coach Geno Auriemma and her former teammate Fudd, Bueckers was expeditiously summoned from her perch.