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With an infusion of talent, several teams are expected to step it up and some key coaching moves, the 2013 WNBA season promises to be a page-turner.

The WNBA just had a month-long break, but the playoff push will be intense from the get-go when games resume Thursday.

Silver Spurs are the surprise 'buzz' team as the Olympics brings a month-long halt to the WNBA. Will the time off help or hurt?

The start of any WNBA season hinges on how quickly teams jell with new combinations and how players perform after their overseas experiences. But which teams deal best after the monthlong break for the Olympics might have the biggest impact this season.

They're known as sidekicks or second bananas. But Monday Indiana's Katie Douglas and Phoenix's Penny Taylor and their unbreakable resolve led their teams to the conference finals.

Katie Douglas' recent scoring tear continued Thursday as the WNBA playoffs opened. The Fever eked out a win over New York, while Seattle cruised past Phoenix.

Seattle was the clear pick when the playoffs opened in 2010. This summer, while Minnesota might be tagged as the favorite, every team has reason to think it could be crowned the WNBA champion.

Can the reigning WNBA champions "storm" back in the season's second half?

All-Star Game MVP Swin Cash, Seattle Storm look to regain their championship form going into the second half of the WNBA season.

Only two teams have been able to win back-to-back WNBA championships. But on the eve of the 2011 season, defending champion Seattle is the favorite.

Most WNBA teams made draft picks Monday that made sense and helped fill a need in their current rosters.

What do we really know about each playoff team? Mechelle Voepel identifies three strengths each team's opponent must focus on in the WNBA playoffs.

Before the 2010 WNBA season tips off, here's a look at the predicted order of finish for each conference.

Plenty of change -- a franchise lost and a franchise moved, for instance -- has taken place since last season. But an old favorite, defending champ Phoenix, helps tip off the league's 14th season Saturday.

It hasn't been a perfect summer for Diana Taurasi. But the postseason couldn't have been better, as the WNBA Finals MVP added a second league title to her jam-packed trophy case.

The WNBA Finals will be decided Friday in Phoenix, and the Mercury know they have Cappie Pondexter -- who played terrific in both games in Indiana -- to thank for extending the series.