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NC State Wolfpack Coaching News: Goebbel Vows to Build on Doeren's Foundation

Breaking · 8:35 PM ET · Oct 26

Todd Goebbel's first move as interim coach wasn't a depth chart change, it was a tribute to the man he's replacing.

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What I'm Eyeing: Golden State Valkyries Odds Today as the Finals Flip to Win-or-Lose Stretch

What I'm Eyeing · 5:00 PM ET · Oct 26

Kiah Stokes just became the most prolific shot-blocker in Finals history, and a Thursday matinee logistics scramble is the real mechanism I'm tracking before anything else.

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WNBA Line Movement Today: Dream-Valkyries Board Tightens Before Game 5

Breaking · 2:35 PM ET · Oct 26

Game 6, if it happens, becomes a Thursday matinee at State Farm because the Hawks need the building that night, and the market for tonight is already moving around it.

Morning Read · 7:05 AM ET · Oct 26

WNBA Betting News Today: Finals Game 6 Finally Finds a Home

A venue and start time that weren't locked as of last night are locked now, Valkyries host Dream tonight, with a Thursday Game 7 already on the books if it goes there.

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South Carolina Fined $500,000 After Fans Storm Field in Upset of Tennessee

Breaking · 8:35 PM ET · Oct 25

The penalty sits at the top tier of the SEC's escalating field-storming fine structure, levied hours after Columbia emptied onto the turf to celebrate knocking off a ranked Tennessee team.

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Golden State Valkyries Betting News: Eyeing A Scrambled Game 6

What I'm Eyeing · 5:00 PM ET · Oct 25

The venue and tip time for a winner-keeps-living Game 6 were still unsettled hours before the Dream try to close out a title on the road.

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Ohio State Jumps to No. 2 in AP Poll as BYU Tumbles After UCF Loss

Breaking · 2:35 PM ET · Oct 25

Miami stayed put at No. 1, but everyone below it got rearranged, and Ohio State moved up to No. 2 without playing a single snap.

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Atlanta Dream Odds Movement: Moneyline Swings Toward Atlanta For Game 6

Breaking · 2:35 PM ET · Oct 25

Golden State just won to force a winner-take-all, but the market's moneyline shift says the money isn't following the team that won last.

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WNBA Morning Read: Valkyries Even Finals at 2-2, Home Court Flips Back to Golden State

Morning Read · 7:05 AM ET · Oct 25

Golden State held Angel Reese to eight points in a road Game 4 and dragged home-court advantage back to Ballhalla for a winner-take-most Game 5 Monday.

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What I'm Eyeing: Golden State Valkyries Odds Today After a Series-Tying Game 4

What I'm Eyeing · 5:00 PM ET · Oct 24

Angel Reese scored eight points in a game Atlanta needed badly, and whether that's a scheme or a slump is the real question heading to Ballhalla.

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A'ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart Headline a Youth-Infused All-WNBA First Team

Breaking · 2:35 PM ET · Oct 24

A rookie cracking the sport's most exclusive five-player list says as much about where the league is going as who's already arrived.

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WNBA Finals Players Say They're Tuning Out Trump's Anthem Criticism

Breaking · 8:35 AM ET · Oct 24

With Game 1 on the clock, Dream and Valkyries players say the only noise they're letting in is whatever's happening between the lines.

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Fever Fire GM Amber Cox, Move Leaves Stephanie White as the Steady Hand

Breaking · 2:35 AM ET · Oct 24

Kelly Krauskopf is out as president too, closing a stretch that included twelve straight playoff berths. The coach, for now, is the one thing Indiana hasn't touched.

What I'm Eyeing · 5:00 PM ET · Oct 23

WNBA Finals Game 4: Golden State Valkyries Odds Today and What I'm Eyeing

Allisha Gray says she's 'feeling fine, but not 100 percent' with a hand injury in the Finals, and that single sentence is the whole ballgame for Saturday's number.

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Kelly Krauskopf Steps Down as Indiana Fever President After Second Stint

Breaking · 2:35 PM ET · Oct 23

The architect who helped rebuild Indiana twice is walking away, and the timing, right after a run of consecutive playoff trips, raises the obvious question of what she leaves behind.

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Valkyries News Betting Impact: Market Tilts Further Toward Dream Ahead of Game 4

Breaking · 8:35 AM ET · Oct 23

The Valkyries price drifted from +160 to +182 while Atlanta held flat at -190, and the total climbed a full point. that's not noise.

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Golden State Valkyries Odds Drift Ahead of Dream's Series-Clinching Shot

Breaking · 2:35 AM ET · Oct 23

Atlanta's moneyline held rock steady at -190 while Golden State's price bled out to +186, and the total crept a full point as the market leans toward a home-court finish.

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Dream Coach Karl Smesko Calls Angel Reese the WNBA's Most Improved Player

Breaking · 8:35 PM ET · Oct 22

Smesko's praise lands with the Finals headed back to Atlanta, then out to Golden State, where UConn blood runs deep on the other bench.

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Enes Kanter Freedom Denied Entry To WNBA Finals Game 3 Over Suite Dispute

Breaking · 8:35 AM ET · Oct 22

The activist and former NBA center says arena security turned him away after he declined a private suite offered over his own safety concerns.

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Zaniya Johnson Commits to South Carolina, Gamecocks Load Up on 2027 Class

Breaking · 2:35 PM ET · Oct 21

The nation's No. 18 prospect and third-ranked post picks Dawn Staley's program, the third top-30 name South Carolina has landed in the 2027 cycle.

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Atlanta Dream Odds Today: Favorites Shift After Valkyries' Game 2 Stall

Morning Read · 7:05 AM ET · Oct 21

Golden State's offense went cold in a 1-1 series, and the finals price swung toward Atlanta before Game 3 even tips in the building where it happened.

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Valkyries' Offensive Struggles Put Game 3 Adjustments Front and Center

Breaking · 8:35 PM ET · Oct 20

Golden State's title bid hit a wall in Game 2. Wednesday in Atlanta is the first real test of whether it was a slump or a problem.

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WNBA Betting News Today: Dream Even Finals at 1-1 Behind Reese's 30 and 16

Morning Read · 7:05 AM ET · Oct 20

Atlanta turned 19 Golden State turnovers into 24 points, and the Valkyries lost their first home playoff game all October doing it.

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WNBA Morning Read: Valkyries-Dream Finals Tip Off Monday Night

Morning Read · 7:05 AM ET · Oct 19

Golden State hosts Game 1 of its first trip to the finish line, and the series opens with the board already searching for a read on pace and rest.

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Golden State Valkyries Odds Today: What I'm Eyeing Before Finals Game 2

What I'm Eyeing · 5:00 PM ET · Oct 18

Golden State won Game 1 by four in a possession battle, and the real question for Monday isn't who's better, it's whether either defense blinks first.

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