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Hey Everyone! As I write this, we are sitting in the Cleveland airport during a stop-over on our way to Indiana. We will face the defending WNBA champion Fever at 8 p.m. Wednesday on ESPN2. It's always exciting to play on ESPN in front of a nationa...

Bill Laimbeer, coach and general manager of New York Liberty, turns 56 today. Laimbeer is among 16 former NBA players who went on to coach in the WNBA. He won NBA championships in 1989 and 1990 with the Detroit Pistons. He retired from the NBA in 19...

Brittney Griner and Jason Collins recently acknowledged their sexuality in different ways, which begs the question of what role we the media should play in "outing" sports figures.

What exactly does it mean to be an openly gay athlete? Well, the recent news surrounding Brittney Griner shows the changing dialogue around gay athletes in sports.

It would have been perfect if Griner had told Cuban to spend more time worrying about the Mavericks' playoffs chances than her NBA possibilities.

It's time for a reality check. No current female basketball player would be able to compete in the NBA, and that includes Baylor center Brittney Griner.

As another NBA All-Star weekend comes to a close, I am relieved that I will now have an opportunity to rest. I am also grateful that I have, again, been able to share a piece of the stage with the "best in the world." It's kind of surreal that so man...

In the first edition of Man Up, Val Ackerman talks with Golden State Warriors president Rick Welts about the marketing and future of women's sports, and why its differences from men should be appreciated.

In her new column for espnW.com, Val Ackerman will talk with prominent male executives to get their ideas about where women's sports are headed.

For those of you who don't know, I announced my "divorce" from the game of basketball this past summer and on Sept. 22, 2012, I played my last game. Basketball was just like a marriage: love, time consuming, commitment, sacrifice, hard work, laug...

Growing up in McKeesport, Pa., I always knew I wanted to be on television. I would come home from school and be glued to our TV, but I wasn't watching cartoons -- I was watching talk shows. I have always been fascinated by people like Oprah -- how th...

With WNBA rosters capped at 11, teams can't afford to carry their own Jeremy Lins, young players who could become stars.

Kate Fagan has never been a fan of the WNBA, though she should fit right in with the league's demographic. In the first of a three-part series to educate herself on the league, Fagan realizes some of the its flaws are, in fact, strengths.

For Shelden Williams, being a dad to 3-year-old Lailaa is about tea parties, Hello Kitty and having a ball.

Chasity Melvin is the first WNBA participant in Sportscaster U, a three-day seminar at Syracuse University to train basketball players for TV jobs.

In this week's roundtable, our experts address Brittney Griner's choice to return to Baylor for her senior season. The consensus: Waco is where she should be.