After losing Angel McCoughtry to a season-ending knee injury, A’ja Wilson and Jackie Young are the only returning rotation players who played in last year’s WNBA Finals.
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A’ja Wilson is the WNBA’s reigning MVP and perhaps its best player. One of the faces of the WNBA — and basketball in general.
The arena that will be home to the American Hockey League Henderson Silver Knights and to a to-be-named Indoor Football League team could soon become the home of the Las Vegas Aces.
Angel McCoughtry left the game 2:49 into the first quarter after landing awkwardly while grabbing an offensive rebound in a scrimmage against the Los Angeles Sparks at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
Slocum is winning over her teammates with her preparation, pace and passing, and will look to impress some more Saturday in another scrimmage against the Sparks in Los Angeles.
Aces rookie Lauren Manis was drafted No. 33 overall in 2020, but could not attend training camp because of the COVID pandemic. But she’s in camp this year and has been impressive.
The Aces lost to the Los Angeles Sparks in a closed-door scrimmage Sunday at Mandalay Bay. They were without projected starting point guard Chelsea Gray.
The Las Vegas Aces announced their preseason schedule on Tuesday.
Dearica Hamby and the Aces opened training camp Sunday. She is the two-time WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year who partially tore the MCL in her right knee in the playoffs last season.
Nikki Fargas resigned Saturday as the Louisiana State women’s basketball coach and could be on the verge of replacing Aces head coach Bill Laimbeer as team president.
Rookie wing Lauren Manis will join the Aces, one year after she was selected with the No. 33 overall pick in the 2020 WNBA draft. Two free agents also will attend camp.
The Aces on Thursday drafted Iliana Rupert, a 6-foot-4 center from France, then added Arkansas guard Destiny Slocum two picks later.
Generation-Z sports fans place more emphasis on social-justice issues than previous generations, forcing sports leagues and teams to take notice.
Research shows that Generation Z, those born around the mid-1990s and beyond, are huge sports fans, but they consume sports differently. Leagues are taking note.
Angel McCoughtry, Chelsea Gray and Kelsey Plum reflect on their WNBA draft experiences in interviews with the Review-Journal.
