Sean Hurd

WBB writer for @ESPN's @andscape || @SJI_Update alum || Bay Area 🍞 || Email: [email protected]

[Sean Hurd @seanahurd]

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I spoke with WNBA players of African descent about their relationship with their names and how they present themselves as pros. Some shorten for comfort. Others, for preservation.
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[Kareem Copeland @kareemcopeland]

How the Lynx have survived -- and thrived -- without Napheesa Collier https://t.co/kxIlANyYZJ

[Mia Berry @iammiaberry]

She was a 1st round pick. Then came the cuts & uncertainty. Now @Veronicaab22 is writing a new chapter with the @valkyries

For this season’s WNBA diary she opens up about the journey that shaped her into the player she is today.

Watch Ep. 1 now🎥🏀

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[Sean Hurd @seanahurd]

Epiphanny Prince competed against Tina Charles as kids growing up in NY.

Kara Lawson was one of Charles' first WNBA vets.

Swin Cash demonstrated alongside Charles as Liberty teammates in 2016.

Tracing Tina Charles' impact through her former teammates
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“We knew it was not a question of if she was going to make it - it was just when."

After her WrestleMania debut, @lashlegendwwe is positioning herself as a future face of the @WWE

The pro hooper turned wrestling 🌟 is just getting started

Full feature: https://t.co/loc076O6b9

[Alexa Philippou @alexaphilippou]

The Chicago Sky have signed guard Natasha Cloud, one of the most high-profile free agents who was still on the market, with sources telling ESPN the deal is for one-year, $555,000.

The Sky have also waived Hailey Van Lith with sources telling @kendra__andrews the reason was based on the coaching staff's "style-of-play preference."

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When Raven Johnson first met Anthony Edwards in high school, she told him she'd beat him in 1-on-1.

Edwards: "She came into the gym with that exact same energy as me. She was like a younger version of myself.”

The two have shared a close bond ever since.
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“Lash wants to make a statement at Wrestlemania because she wants everybody to know that she believes that she is the greatest in the women's division."

Lash Legend, the former college basketball standout turned surging WWE superstar, is ready to seize her #Wrestlemania moment

[Sean Hurd @seanahurd]

News: Monique Akoa Makani is signing a two-year deal with the Phoenix Mercury, per source

[Alexa Philippou @alexaphilippou]

Breaking: Restricted free agent Shakira Austin is returning to the Washington Mystics on a three-year deal, sources told ESPN.

Austin, the AP Comeback POY, signed an offer sheet with the Toronto Tempo worth $3.57M, but Washington matched it to retain one of its young stars

[Alexa Philippou @alexaphilippou]

Breaking: DiJonai Carrington has agreed to a one-year deal to join the Chicago Sky, sources tell ESPN

The 2024 MIP & first-team all-defensive pick joins a Sky team that in the last week also acquired/re-signed Skylar Diggins, Rickea Jackson, Courtney Vandersloot & Azurá Stevens

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News: Kaila Charles is signing a two-year deal with the Golden State Valkyries, a source tells me and @kareemcopeland

[Sean Hurd @seanahurd]

I'm told six teams have shown interest in free agent Michaela Onyenwere.

Onyenwere played her last two seasons in Chicago.

[Kareem Copeland @kareemcopeland]

Jordin Canada will stay with the Atlanta Dream, re-signing for 2 years at $1.2-plus million.

[Sean Hurd @seanahurd]

The terms for Allisha Gray's new contract with the Atlanta Dream will be $3.7 million over three years

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News: The Atlanta Dream are finalizing a three-year deal with Allisha Gray, per source. I'm told the multi-year deal is for "max-plus"

[Andraya Carter @Andraya_Carter]

BREAKING: 3x WNBA Champion and 6x All-Star, Jewell Loyd, is finalizing a three-year deal with the Las Vegas Aces.

[Alexa Philippou @alexaphilippou]

Breaking: 4x All-Star Arike Ogunbowale is signing a seven-figure, multi-year deal to return to the Dallas Wings, sources told ESPN.

Ogunbowale was eligible for the $1.4M supermax in 2026 but is taking less than that for the team to be able to build a quality roster

[Sean Hurd @seanahurd]

Correct, just for clarity, Allisha Gray's deal with ATL is not for the supermax

[Nekias (Nuh-KAI-us) Duncan @NekiasNBA]

well deserved, and an exclamation mark on what has been an incredible ascension over the past three years in particular.

"max-plus" reads to me like sub-supermax (1.4) but over the regular (1.19). depending on what the per-year raises are, something like 3/$4M?

[Sean Hurd @seanahurd]

News: The Atlanta Dream are finalizing a three-year deal with Allisha Gray, per source. I'm told the multi-year deal is for "max-plus"

[Sean Hurd @seanahurd]

News: Alyssa Thomas is finalizing a deal to return to the Phoenix Mercury, per source