Kelsey Plum, a four-time All-Star, averaged 19.5 points and 5.7 assists last season with the Sparks, her first campaign with the organization after previously spending her entire career with the San Antonio Stars/Las Vegas Aces franchise.
When MVP told me that Han and Holm were going to rematch in Stephanie's hometown of El Paso, I said I want to get on the card to support these two queens. Women's boxing is growing on a global level, and fights like this ... are proof of how far we've come.
At my college back in the day, just as Title IX was being passed, the male athletes were given steak dinners at the cafe the night before big games, especially football, but basketball, and baseball too, but none for female teams. I was a walk-on to our softball team my freshman year, and also worked in the cafeteria to help pay tuition.
Lacey Eden became the first player in NCAA women's hockey history to win four national championships after co-captaining the Wisconsin Badgers to another title in 2026.
Heaps is expected to join Denver in June after finishing the season and her current contract with French powerhouse OL Lyonnes. She signed with Denver through the 2029 NWSL season. It's a move that, from the outside, felt inevitable, like a when not if for the Colorado native, but she told ESPN that she wasn't sure the timing would work out when rumors of Denver expansion first surfaced years ago.
Catarina Macario has signed with the Wave through the 2030 NWSL season for a total contract worth roughly $8 million in total. Multiple sources confirmed that Macario will join the Wave immediately on a transfer from Chelsea for roughly $300,000, where her contract was set to expire this summer.
"I've achieved nearly everything I dreamed of in this sport and gave all I had to give." "I'm ready to embrace the life that awaits me on the other side. I look forward to spending more time with my family and being a more present mom. This was not a decision made lightly, but was one made with immense gratitude for everything I've experienced as a professional soccer player."
"We've felt so much recognition, that was so nice. You can really feel the appreciation. "It's incredible. When I came here in 2021 I never expected it to be like this. It's been so special. To be so accepted here and the journey we've been on, to be an honourary dame, is hard to describe what an honour it is."
