Minnesota women’s basketball highlights include Tori McKinney’s strong sophomore season, Rachel Banham’s return to professional play, Sylvia Fowles’ coaching move, and a remembrance of Yevette Haskins.
Sylvia Fowles
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Maya Moore says she’s done it all and more
Maya Moore joined the Naismith Hall of Fame Class of 2025 with Sylvia Fowles and Sue Bird. The former Lynx star reflected on faith, social justice work, and a championship legacy.
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Hall of Fame inductees: ‘Greatness is never a solo performance’
The Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame (WBHOF) Class of 2025 didn’t disappoint the packed Tennessee Theatre of family, coaches, teammates, media and others on Father’s Day eve, a Saturday night.
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Hoopster Hall of Fame inducts three more Black women
WNBA greats Sylvia Fowles, Alana Beard, and Cappie Pondexter entered the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame on June 8, 2025. MSR was the only Minnesota media present, continuing its leadership in women’s sports coverage.
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Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2025 inducts three Black players
Sylvia Fowles headlines the 2025 Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame class, joining Alana Beard and Cappie Pondexter in celebrating their legacy and impact on the game.
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Gordon sticks with the bigs this season
All season long, Nick Gordon has been a mainstay for the Minnesota Twins as a top utility player.
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Local umpires awarded at inaugural Jimmy Lee Awards
Veteran local baseball official Duane Reed is one of seven recipients of the first-ever Jimmy Lee Umpire Awards given by the St. Paul Saints.
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Sweet Syl swan song
Minnesota’s league-leading 11-straight playoff appearance streak was snapped, and Sylvia Fowles’ 15-year WNBA career as one of the best centers in league history came to an end at the same time last Sunday in Connecticut.
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Retiring W stars get unequal media love
‘Fowles and Bird are both all-time greats. They’re first-ballot Hall of Famers.’
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Fowles resolves to be more vocal in her last season
‘She’s just one of those unbelievably great pros.’
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Fowles returns for one last season
The 2022 Minnesota Lynx roster is all but set as veteran center Sylvia Fowles has re-upped for her 15th and final WNBA season.
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W at 25: One-on-one with Sylvia Fowles
Sylvia Fowles is one of the WNBA’s greatest centers ever and the focus of this W at 25 column.
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Clarendon comes through in Lynx’s OT win
Layshia Clarendon helped power the Lynx to a overtime win.
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Sweet Syl’s double-double powers Lynx to a hard-fought road win
Sylvia Fowles was virtually unstoppable all night—she had 18 points at the half.
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WNBA season opens with all teams back home
The 2021 WNBA regular season starts this week. Minnesota opens play May 14 at home against Phoenix, the Lynx’s first home game since 2019.
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As basketball goes small, there will always be a place for the bigs
Minnesota’s 6’-6” Sylvia Fowles and Phoenix’s 6’-8” Brittany Griner are throwbacks to legendary NBA big men like Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bob Lanier, and others of their size.
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MN Lynx begin their 21st season this weekend
The Minnesota Lynx, the W’s second dynasty, also ruled the league since 2011 with six Finals appearances and tied Houston with four championships earned.
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A WNBA All-Star experience to remember
But, the highlight of the weekend for me came near the end of the WNBA FIT Clinic when England’s five-year-old son Ahmir Crump put on a dribbling display that mesmerized the onlookers in attendance.
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Traditional ‘bigs’ give way to roaming centers
This season there are 25 WNBA players officially listed as centers, and seven others are listed as center-forwards. Williams, who has coached in the W for 15 seasons, says, “You need a big to alter shots or at least have [an] opportunity in the paint, a person with length who can move off screens and can play good defense. You got about five or six bigs who are top scorers in our league.”
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Lynx’s Fowles credits her stellar play to footwork and poise
This series will cover the WNBA’s 21st season with at least one story on the league weekly from the season’s May 13 opening to its closing on September 3 and through the 2017 playoffs. Whether or not she wins this season’s most valuable player award, Sylvia Fowles has played like one thus far. Just ask […]