2025 WNBA Free Agency: Early Returns
Big player returns and surprising trades are shaking up the 2025 WNBA season
Let's build a W29
Time to evaluate the WNBA's top players once again!
Emptying the Notebook: Threes and Losing
Ah, rats. Turns out I didn't make the Olympic roster. Well, Angel Reese is doing just fine. Dearica Hamby hasn’t slowed down. Kahleah Copper is still on fire...
Emptying the Notebook: Attendance, Assists, and Brink
I tried to make this intro about pasta, but all my noodling around was for naught. A few players have entered this season on fire. Caitlin is figuring some...
Emptying the Notebook: Angel Reese, Road Trips, and Sellouts
Look, I'm grateful for the chartered flight, but this plane is too small for all the notes I've got here. Minnesota/Seattle really stole the show in 2OT....
Emptying the Notebook: Triple-Doubles, DeWanna Bonner, and Sellouts
It's only been two days. Just two days of WNBA regular season action in 2024 and so much has happened. There was Caitlin Clark’s WNBA debut, which set an...
History to Watch For: 2024 New York Liberty and Seattle Storm
So far we've gone through ten WNBA teams and some history to anticipate for each this season: Atlanta Dream Chicago Sky, Los Angeles Sparks, and Washington...
History to Watch For: 2024 Minnesota Lynx and Phoenix Mercury
So far we've gone through eight WNBA teams and some history to anticipate for each this season: Atlanta Dream Chicago Sky, Los Angeles Sparks, and Washington...
History to Watch For: 2024 Las Vegas Aces
So far we've gone through seven WNBA teams and some history to anticipate for each this season: Atlanta Dream Chicago Sky, Los Angeles Sparks, and Washington...
History to Watch For: 2024 Dallas Wings and Indiana Fever
So far we've gone through five WNBA teams and some history to anticipate for each this season: Atlanta DreamChicago Sky, Los Angeles Sparks, and Washington...
History to Watch For: 2024 Connecticut Sun
So far we've gone through four WNBA teams and some history to anticipate for each this season: Atlanta Dream Chicago Sky, Los Angeles Sparks, and Washington...
History to Watch For: 2024 Chicago Sky, Los Angeles Sparks, and Washington Mystics
First off, congrats once again to Candace Parker, who earlier this week announced she was retiring from the WNBA. No doubt her name will continue to pop up...
History to Watch For: 2024 Atlanta Dream
With the WNBA Draft in the rearview and training camps officially tipping off tomorrow, the 2024 WNBA season is just over two weeks away. In the meantime,...
Here comes the WNBA (mocks and broadcasts)...
We're just a couple days away from the 2024 WNBA Draft, an event that annually sneaks up and leads us in to the WNBA season like a Chelsea Gray behind-the-...
Their Claims to Fame: the WBHOF Class of 2024 (Part 4)
The Women's Basketball Hall of Fame recently announced its Class of 2024. Previously on Their Claims to Fame: Seimone Augustus and Rita EasterlingTaj...
Their Claims to Fame: the WBHOF Class of 2024 (Part 3)
The Women's Basketball Hall of Fame recently announced its Class of 2024. After diving in to the basketball careers of Seimone Augustus and Rita Easterling...
Their Claims to Fame: the WBHOF Class of 2024 (Part 2)
The Women's Basketball Hall of Fame recently announced its Class of 2024. After diving in to the basketball careers of Seimone Augustus and Rita Easterling...
Their Claims to Fame: the WBHOF Class of 2024 (Part 1)
This week, the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame announced their 2024 class: Seimone AugustusRita EasterlingTaj McWilliams-FranklinMaya MooreViolet PalmerSue...
New data set: National WNBA broadcasts
WNBA fans have developed a particular muscle for finding games wherever they're being broadcast. Through the league's ups-and-downs with national...
Piecing together a hypothetical W28
Since 2006 the WNBA has established a five-year habit of naming a list of all-time top WNBA players: the All-Decade Team, the Top 15 Players, the Top 20@20,...
Mother of the Women’s Collegiate Basketball Championship
“I have passionately loved this game ever since I can remember. Basketball has had such a strong impact on my life… To know that my work as a coach in this...
It's not how you start...
Three players on these 2023 WNBA Finals teams could tell you first-hand that the adage "It's not how you start; it's how you finish" can ring very true. In...
Expansion, getting technical, and a call for support
Across the Timeline is back in your inbox (or your web browser, if you read there...) Expanding the "other league" If you have somehow missed this week's...
WNBA free agency and big-time winners
The News Not much WNBA news this week, but free agency is nearing, with some procedure just behind and just ahead us. At the end of each calendar year, teams...
WNBA coaching extensions and a fizzling Fire
The News Big news out of Atlanta this week, as the Dream signed head coach Tanisha Wright and general manager Dan Padover each to five-year extensions to...
The AP Poll lets in new teams when the WNBA won't
So thankful BG is finally safely home. A post shared by . The News Cathy Engelbert reined in the WNBA's position on expansion this past week, frustrating...
Their Claims to Fame: the WBHOF Class of 2023
At halftime of today's UConn/Iowa matchup the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame announced the inductees named to their Class of 2023, a special moment as...
Rankings, Lottery Winners, and Coaching Changes
Hi. It’s been a minute, huh? I thought it’d be a good time to catch up on some WNBA news, with some history to guide us. Look Out Below First let me say:...
And One: Patricia Hoskins
(Originally published November 18, 2018) The past few years have seen a few of the greatest scorers and rebounders in NCAA Division I women’s basketball. In...
And One: Robin Selvig
(Originally published November 11, 2018) Last season saw coaching greats Geno Auriemma and Sylvia Hatchell eclipse the 1,000-win mark on their careers,...
And One: Sheri Sam
(Originally published September 8, 2018) Looking at the WNBA Finals, the veteran face of the Seattle Storm is undoubtedly Sue Bird, who has spent all 17...
And One: Cheryl Ford
(Originally published August 25, 2018) Defense wins championships. While scoring is at a high in the WNBA this season, the two top teams in the league are...
And One: Eva Němcová
(Originally published August 12, 2018) Offense is at an all-time high in the WNBA this season, in part due to the elite level shooters across the league....
And One: Tari Phillips
(Originally published August 3, 2018) After spending time in Minnesota as a role player coming off the bench, Natasha Howard has made a strong case for a...
And One: Natalie Williams
(Originally published July 30, 2018) Your defensive possession isn’t over until you secure the rebound. There’s no doubt that players who can dominate the...
And One: Shannon Johnson
(Originally published July 21, 2018) We’ve seen a ton of elite-level passing in the WNBA this season. Combine that with some of the best scorers the league...
And One: Tangela Smith
(Originally published July 14, 2018) I’ve spent a lot of time this WNBA season talking about movement up a couple of leader boards that, even at the time...
WNBA Milestones, Leaderboards, and Streaks to Monitor in 2022
The WNBA's all-time points, assists, and rebounds leaders walk in to an arena. Will it be the last time for all three in 2022? Sylvia Fowles (3,712 rebounds)...
New data set: WNBA Draft Lottery History
From the very first WNBA attendance data set, the Across the Timeline mission has been to pull together and make public WNBA (and more generally, women’s...
Friday Firsts: Closing out the season
Every Friday I’ve been diving in to a WNBA first in a series I’ve creatively titled Friday Firsts. If you missed any of the eight Friday Firsts posts, go...
Friday Firsts: Chamique Holdsclaw leads the WNBA in scoring and rebounding
Three of the WNBA’s all-time great rebounders – Sylvia Fowles, Tina Charles, and Jonquel Jones – have all been displaying their dominance this season, each...
Classic WNBA Monday: September 16, 2007 - Phoenix Mercury at Detroit Shock
No games in the WNBA today, so we’re on to the ninth edition of Classic WNBA Monday. In case you missed any of the first eight: July 16, 2004 - Detroit Shock...
My W25
On August 3, 2021, the WNBA officially announced its criteria for the W25, meant to honor the "WNBA’s 25 greatest and most influential players since its...
Classic ABL Monday: 1998 Finals - Long Beach StingRays at Columbus Quest
No games in the WNBA today, so we’re on to the eighth edition of Classic WNBA ABL Monday. In case you missed any of the first seven: July 16, 2004 - Detroit...
Friday Firsts: Ruthie Bolton catches fire from three
"Allie Quigley, for three!" is one of the most common calls in the WNBA, and in the back half of her WNBA career, her three-point scoring has only gotten...
Classic WNBA Monday: June 25, 2006 - San Antonio Silver Stars at Los Angeles Sparks
No games in the WNBA today, so we’re on to the seventh edition of Classic WNBA Monday. In case you missed any of the first six: July 16, 2004 - Detroit Shock...
Friday Firsts: Andrea Stinson records the WNBA's first points/assists double-double
On June 29, 1997, a little over a week in to the WNBA's inaugural season, the Charlotte Sting got their first win after three consecutive losses. Leading the...
Feature update: Consecutive game searches, multi-game spans, team pages, and more!
Just under a month ago, the new WNBA Data Explorer was released. If you missed it, here are all the gory details. Today, I'm introducing several big add-ons...
New feature: WNBA Data Explorer -- season searches, winning streaks, records, and more!
It’s time for another big feature drop at Across the Timeline, a new tool to dramatically expand the access to WNBA data. A couple years ago, the WNBA Stat...
Friday Firsts: Utah Starzz eclipse the 100-point mark
Every Friday I’m diving in to a WNBA first in a series I’ve creatively titled Friday Firsts. If you missed the first four Friday Firsts posts, go back and...