Sixteen nations will compete in the World Cup in Berlin starting Friday. Team USA and France are front-runners.
Either the Liberty win their first title or the Lynx win their fifth as the thrilling series comes down to a winner-take-all.
New York ended Las Vegas' quest to three-peat. A look at how the Liberty reached the WNBA Finals, and what went wrong for the Aces.
Las Vegas shut down Sabrina Ionescu to beat New York for the first time this year and stave off elimination in the WNBA semifinals.
Behind another big performance from Sabrina Ionescu, New York is a win away from sweeping two-time defending champ Las Vegas out of the semifinals.
Veteran Courtney Vandersloot passed Sue Bird to become the WNBA's all-time playoff assist leader as the New York Liberty beat the Atlanta Dream 83-69 on Sunday in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series.
