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The top four picks in the WNBA draft, including Brittney Griner, Elena Delle Donne and Skylar Diggins, will be on display in Monday's ESPN2 doubleheader.

On the eve of the 2013 WNBA opener, it's time to tip our caps to some of the record-holders in the league's first 16 seasons. Let's start with Seattle's Tina Thompson, who is the WNBA's all-time leading scorer with 7,009 points. Thompson, the only pl...

Before Brittney Griner, Elena Delle Donne and Skylar Diggins, there was Lisa Leslie, Sheryl Swoopes and Rebecca Lobo, who helped shape the WNBA into what it is today.

Long after the bright lights of March Madness dimmed, 24 female athletes from Liberia, Lithuania, Pakistan, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela are taking home memories and lessons of their time in the United States to pay it forward to women...

Leslie averaged 17.3 points and 9.1 rebounds in her 12-year career, all spent with the Sparks. Welcome to SportsNation! On Tuesday, in advance of the NCAA women's basketball championship game Tuesday night, we'll chat with one of the greatest wome...

Today's NBA Slam Dunk Contest has been hosted since 1984, coincidentally the same year Georgeann Wells became the first woman to dunk in college ball. More recently, Baylor standout Brittney Griner brought the dunk into the spotlight, extending her N...

Lauren Jackson became the all-time leading scorer in Olympic women's basketball history with 18 points in Australia's 67-61 victory over Brazil on Wednesday.

July 30, 2002: Ten years ago today, the Los Angeles Sparks' Lisa Leslie did what no WNBA player had done: Dunk....

Lisa Leslie is not an artist. She is the first to admit that. "I would say I'm much more analytical than I am creative," Leslie said. That didn't stop the former women's basketball star -- with two WNBA Finals MVP Awards, three regular-season ...

LOS ANGELES -- Here's a list of some of the presenters at 2012 ESPYS, tonight's annual celebration of the best moments from the year in sports: Jessica Biel ("Total Recall"), Jordana Brewster ("Dallas"), Kenny Chesney, Cody Horn ("Magic Mike"), Jimmi...

June 21, 1997: That jump. Lisa Leslie won the ceremonial version, over Kym Hampton. "But I got the real tip [pictured], and we won the game," Hampton told the Associated Press years later. Indeed they did, a 67-57, New York Liberty-over-Los Angele...

ESPN is marking the 40th anniversary of Title IX by unveiling the top 40 female athletes of the past 40 years. As a senior at Morningside (Inglewood, Calif.), Lisa Leslie once scored 101 points. In the first half. The other team never even bothe...

Think the Sparks have underachieved since drafting Candace Parker? You're not the only one. The L.A. star is her own worst critic, but knows the team is on to something special if the Sparks can just work out their roles.

Choosing the 31st annual all-state teams is a process that begins with this list of more than 300 players on our board. Some of those who've been on our all-state teams in the past have included Cheryl Miller, Lisa Leslie, Diana Taurasi, Candice Wigg...

DENVER -- Of the 12 players who won gold in women's basketball with Team USA at the 2008 Beijing Games, six were named to the 2012 Olympic squad Friday. Of those who weren't: USA Basketball legend and four-time Olympic gold medalist Lisa Leslie has...

Lisa Leslie is used to making history when it comes to women's hoops. Her newest role as a trailblazer: team owner.