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WNBABIG MIKE’S DESK

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Every piece the desk has published on the WNBA: what moved, what it means for the number, and the read.

WNBA · BIG MIKE’S DESK

ESPN's Top 50 WNBA Players: Three UConn Huskies Land in the Top 10

Breaking · 12:35 AM ET · Aug 28

Stewart went No. 1 in 2016, Bueckers went No. 1 in 2025, and Collier bridges them. One program is supplying nearly a third of the game's top tier.

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Las Vegas Aces Injury News: NaLyssa Smith Out for the Year, and Vegas Got More Expensive

Breaking · 6:35 PM ET · Aug 27

Smith is done for the season after a left leg injury in Sunday's 88-78 win at Toronto, and the board answered by laying an extra point through 16 instead of shading back.

WNBA · BIG MIKE’S DESK

WNBA Best Bets Today: What I'm Eyeing With an Empty Board

What I'm Eyeing · 5:00 PM ET · Aug 27

Nothing has cleared my number yet, but the Mystics are staring at a two-city road back-to-back and Clark just got stamped the league's No. 2 player. Both go in the notebook.

WNBA · BIG MIKE’S DESK

Caitlin Clark at No. 2 in the WNBA Player Rankings Is a Present-Tense Argument

Breaking · 4:35 PM ET · Aug 27

The ranking isn't a career-arc award or a jersey-sales nod. It's a form call, and it lands two days before the Fever host Connecticut with everyone watching how she looks.

Breaking · 4:35 AM ET · Aug 27

The NCAA Ignores Caitlin Clark in Its Own Highlight Reel

March Madness spotlighted ex-college stars who went on to set WNBA records, then left out the woman who owns Division I's all-time scoring mark at 3,951 points.

WNBA · BIG MIKE’S DESK

WNBA Best Bets Today: Two Leans and Nothing That Clears

What I'm Eyeing · 5:02 PM ET · Aug 26

Golden State is priced at -1000 in Connecticut and my number says -906. That gap is the whole morning. The Valkyries' fourth quarter matters more than the final score.

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Fever-Sky Viewership Hit 3.31 Million, the Biggest WNBA Regular-Season Audience Since 1997

Breaking · 2:35 PM ET · Aug 26

Sunday's Indiana-Chicago game averaged 3.31 million across NBC and Peacock. Only the league's very first season has produced a regular-season number that big, and that was 29 summers ago.

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WNBA Growth Is Moving Faster Than the League's Own Arguments

Breaking · 12:35 PM ET · Aug 26

Angel Reese's rebounding record landed inside a stat-padding argument the same week Unrivaled posted a $650 million valuation and a player equity pool up 550% since 2024.

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WNBA Betting News Today: Dallas Clinches the Eight Seed, Reese Owns the Glass

Morning Read · 7:05 AM ET · Aug 26

The Wings' 96-78 win over Portland locked the last playoff spot and sent Paige Bueckers to her first postseason, which now makes Dallas rest and rotation the number worth tracking.

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Dallas Wings Clinch Final WNBA Playoff Berth With 23rd Win

Breaking · 12:35 AM ET · Aug 26

A 96-78 night at College Park Center put Paige Bueckers in the postseason for the first time, and it came against a Portland Fire team playing its first season back in the league.

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WNBA Best Bets Today: One Lean, Zero Edges, and a Sun Back-to-Back Worth Watching

What I'm Eyeing · 5:00 PM ET · Aug 25

Chicago sits at -225 in Connecticut and my number says -225 right back. That is a fair price, not a bet, so the radar today is travel, tip times and a Sun home back-to-back.

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Valkyries Finally Solve the Lynx, and Home Playoff Games Are the Prize

Breaking · 10:35 AM ET · Aug 25

Golden State had never beaten Minnesota in franchise history. That changed, and the reward is bigger than a checkmark: a real path to playoff basketball inside their own building.

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WNBA Betting News Today: Angel Reese's 26 Boards Rewrite the Record Book

Morning Read · 7:05 AM ET · Aug 25

Reese pulled 26 in a 78-71 Dream win and took the season rebounding mark in the same night, while Phoenix bought out DeWanna Bonner ahead of a 10 ET home date with Washington.

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Angel Reese Sets WNBA Rebounding Record With 26 in Dream Win

Breaking · 2:35 AM ET · Aug 25

Twenty six boards in one night, and the single season mark she already owned pushed higher on the same evening. Atlanta beat Los Angeles 78-71, and the record book took two hits.

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RJ Luis Jr. Granted Injunction to Play for LSU Despite NBA Contracts

Breaking · 12:35 AM ET · Aug 25

A Louisiana judge ruled Monday that multiple signed pro deals don't end a college career, at least not yet. The word temporary is doing all the heavy lifting in this one.

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Charis Rainey's Arkansas Visit Opens a Big Fall for the Razorbacks

Breaking · 6:35 PM ET · Aug 24

ESPN's No. 22 overall prospect was the first name through the door this fall, and in recruiting the order of the calendar is its own kind of scoreboard.

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WNBA Best Bets Today: What I'm Eyeing on a Quiet Two-Game Monday

What I'm Eyeing · 5:00 PM ET · Aug 24

Atlanta at the Sparks is the only price on my sheet that even breathes, worth about two percent. And the Bonner buyout leaves Phoenix minutes unaccounted for before Tuesday.

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Bonner Buyout Drives Phoenix Mercury Odds Movement: Two Points in an Afternoon

Breaking · 4:35 PM ET · Aug 24

Washington went from -118 to -144 and the number stretched from -1.5 to -3.5 while the total shed two points. The half point still sitting at +3 is the part I care about.

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Minnesota Lynx Odds Movement Went the Wrong Way on a Collier Return Story

Breaking · 10:35 AM ET · Aug 24

Minnesota slid from -245 to -194 and the spread came down from 6.5 to 4.5 on a morning of positive Collier headlines. The prediction venues still have the Lynx fatter than the book does.

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WNBA Line Movement Today: The Chalk Held, and I Went 4-0 the Hard Way

Analysis · 9:30 AM ET · Aug 24

Four for four, plus 2.23 units, and I still paid two prices the market improved on: Las Vegas closed at half what I took, and Washington nearly a full 40 cents cheaper.

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WNBA Ejections, 37 From Clark, and a Bueckers Milestone: A Loud Weekend

Breaking · 8:35 AM ET · Aug 24

Clark's 37 carried a 113-90 Fever win, Dearica Hamby got tossed for an elbow, and a former NBA big man got removed from the building. August is doing what August does.

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Chicago Sky News: A Courtside Ejection, and Paige Bueckers Keeps Cooking

Breaking · 4:35 AM ET · Aug 24

A former NBA big man got walked out of a Fever game after words with Natasha Cloud, the same Natasha Cloud who once sat out a full season for her advocacy. The league is loud right now, on the floor and off it.

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Enes Kanter Freedom Ejected After Confrontation With Sky's Natasha Cloud

Breaking · 12:35 AM ET · Aug 24

A former NBA big man got walked out of a WNBA game for jawing with a player, and the part nobody has filled in yet is what was actually said before security arrived.

Morning Read · 7:05 AM ET · Aug 20

WNBA Betting News Today: Nneka Ogwumike Sets Her Last Season

The 11-time All-Star announced Wednesday she is done after 2026, and the Sparks host Atlanta at 10 ET with a farewell clock now running on every minute she plays.

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WNBA Best Bets Today: What I'm Eyeing on a Two-Game Wednesday

What I'm Eyeing · 5:00 PM ET · Aug 19

Washington at -900 is the only number on my desk with real daylight, Golden State at +122 grades a lean, and the Sparks' Thursday home spot has no number on it yet.

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