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new york liberty And Marine Johannes has made it back-to-back wins to start the season by defeating the Washington Mystics 98-93 in overtime on Sunday at CareFirst Arena.

Johannes continued his hot shooting, scoring a game-high 25 points on 8-of-15 shooting, including 6-of-13 from three-point range. He also had two assists and two steals that night.

On his part, the Liberty veteran Breanna Stewart Added 23 points, nine rebounds, four assists, two steals and two blocks in another all-around performance.

The pair also had stellar performances for the Liberty in their 106-75 opening win over the Connecticut Sun on Friday. Stewart had 31 points, 10 rebounds, two assists and three blocks, while Johannes added 17 points on 5-of-9 shooting from long range, five rebounds, three assists and three steals.

According to the Liberty, Marin Johannes became the third player in league history to make at least 10 three-pointers in her first two games of the season.

“She joins Nikki McCray (2000) as the only players in league history to start a season with consecutive games of 5+ three-pointers,” the post on X (formerly Twitter) said.

The 31-year-old French guard has stepped up in the absence of superstar Sabrina Ionescu, who is out for two weeks with a foot injury sustained in the preseason.

Johannes went undrafted in 2017 and linked up with different teams in Europe. He signed with the Liberty last season, making it his third stint with the team. He played a career-high 44 games, averaging 6.4 points, 1.9 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 18.3 minutes off the bench.

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Veteran sports journalist Jeff Pearlman has sharply criticized the WNBA media coverage following the selection of Ezzie Fudd by the Dallas Wings as the No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 draft.

In a TikTok video, Pearlman highlighted what he alleged was Fudd’s almost complete silence about Fudd’s long-term romantic relationship with teammate Paige Bueckers, the Wings’ star guard who will be drafted in 2025.

He described the reunion of the former UConn Huskies stars – both on the court and in their personal lives – as “the number one piece of this story”, arguing that drafting Fudd effectively created a starting backcourt of longtime partners.

He said, “Ezzie Fudd and Paige Bueckers are in a long-term relationship, and no one is mentioning it. And the WNBA has apparently asked people not to mention it. And that’s very confusing to me journalistically.”

“Like, it’s fascinating that these two guys who have been dating for a long time, dating since college, would be the starting backcourt for a team. To me, that’s really the number one piece of this story. It’s not that they drafted AZ Fudd, they drafted AZ Fudd to play with his longtime teammate, Paige Bueckers.”

@jeffpearlmanauthor Why isn’t the media covering the AZ fad and page buyers in a journalistic manner? #wnba #azzifudd #pagebueckers #dallaswings ♬ Original Sound – Jeff Pearlman

Perlman calls for journalistic “blackout” on Fudd-Bueckers romance after Dallas draft reunion

Pearlman presented the situation as an “amazing” story of young love and on-court chemistry, while acknowledging the risks of pairing romantic partners in a high-stakes professional environment.

The relationship between Bueckers and Fudd, who played together at UConn and publicly confirmed their romance in 2025, has received limited mainstream attention, despite Bueckers attending the draft to support Fudd. One outlet, People magazine, Did Reference it directly in its draft coverage. Even in the headline.

Pearlman said, “Either these players’ agents or the league itself are telling reporters, if you want access, don’t mention it. Don’t bring it up.”

“I really think it’s an unfair judgment about women, not to mention it. Like, why is this taboo? Why is two women in a relationship even remotely considered taboo in 2026? This should not be happening at all.”

Fudd was, by no stretch of the imagination, a guaranteed number-one pick in the WNBA Draft, leading one to wonder if the deciding factor for the Wings was making their star, Bueckers, happy.

Any media blackout is almost certainly not about the relationship. The WNBA and ESPN will be thrilled to highlight this pairing.

In fact, some critics say the fad selection has shades of the Los Angeles Lakers drafting Bronny James to cool the LeBron situation. Except that Fudd is a legitimate WNBA player, while Bronny is nowhere near NBA-caliber. And Dallas likely doesn’t want to share the embarrassment of being manipulated into a special draft pick like the Lakers.

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达拉斯翼队在 2026 年选秀中以状元秀阿齐·福德选中后，资深体育记者杰夫·皮尔曼 (Jeff Pearlman) 尖锐批评了 WNBA 媒体的报道。

在一段 TikTok 视频中，皮尔曼强调了他所称的，围绕福德与队友佩奇·布克斯 (Paige Bueckers) 的长期恋爱关系几乎完全沉默，后者是飞翼队 2025 年选秀的明星后卫。

他将前康涅狄格大学哈士奇队球星的重聚（无论是在球场上还是在个人生活中）描述为“这个故事的第一部分”，并认为选中福德实际上创造了一个由长期合作伙伴组成的首发后场。

“阿齐·福德和佩奇·布克斯有着长期的合作关系，但没有人提及此事。而 WNBA 显然已要求人们不要提及此事。从新闻角度来看，这让我感到非常困惑，”他说。

“就像，令人着迷的是，这两个人已经约会了很长时间，可以追溯到大学时期，他们将成为一支球队的首发后场。对我来说，这实际上是这个故事的第一部分。不仅仅是他们选中了阿齐·福德，他们还选中了阿齐·福德与她的长期搭档佩奇·布克斯一起打球。”

@jeffpearlmanauthor 为什么媒体不以新闻方式报道 Azzi Fudd 和 Page Bueckers？ #wnba #azzifudd #pagebueckers #dallaswings ♬ 原声 – Jeff Pearlman

达拉斯选秀重聚后，皮尔曼称新闻界对福德-比克斯的恋情“封锁”

皮尔曼将这种情况描述为一个关于年轻爱情和场上化学反应的“奇妙”故事，同时也承认在高风险的职业环境中配对浪漫伴侣的风险。

布克斯和福德曾在康涅狄格大学一起打球，并于 2025 年公开证实了他们的恋情，尽管布克斯参加选秀是为了支持福德，但他们之间的关系并没有引起主流的关注。一家分店，《人物》杂志， 做过 直接在其草稿中引用它。即使在标题中。

“无论是这些球员的经纪人还是联盟本身都在告诉记者，如果你想进入，就不要提及这一点。不要提起，”皮尔曼补充道。

“事实上，我认为这更多的是对女性的不公平判断，更不用说。比如，为什么这是禁忌？为什么在 2026 年，两个处于恋爱关系中的女性甚至是远程禁忌？根本不应该。”

无论如何，福德都是 WNBA 选秀中的第一顺位新秀，这不禁让人怀疑，翼队的决定性因素是否是让他们的球星布克斯感到高兴。

几乎可以肯定，任何媒体封锁都与这段关系本身无关。 WNBA 和 ESPN 将会很高兴地关注这对夫妇。

事实上，一些批评者认为，福德的选择有点像洛杉矶湖人队选择布朗尼·詹姆斯来安抚勒布朗的情况。除了福德是一名合法的 WNBA 球员，而布朗尼远没有达到 NBA 水准。达拉斯可能不想像湖人队一样，分享被操纵进入特定选秀权的尴尬。

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琪琪·賴斯 (Kiki Rice) 在 2026 年 WNBA 選秀中以第六順位被擴張球隊多倫多節奏隊選中，成為球隊歷史上的狀元秀。賴斯是加州大學洛杉磯分校棕熊隊在第一輪選秀中被選中的多名明星之一，包括勞倫貝茨和加布里埃拉賈克斯等人。

不管怎樣，在紐約市哈德遜庭院的 The Shed 舉行的活動中，她也得到了她的長期男友、俄克拉荷馬城雷霆隊球星卡森華萊士 (Cason Wallace) 的支持。根據 WNBA 在 X 上的帖子，當賴斯被記者拍照時，這位雷霆球星被問到在選秀中支持他的搭檔意味著什麼。

卡森華萊士 (Cason Wallace) 在前排和中間支持 Kiki Rice 在她特別的夜晚 🥹

橘色地毯呈現 @教練 #WNBA選秀 由道富投資管理公司 SPY 主辦 pic.twitter.com/bytBmR3yu2

— WNBA (@WNBA) 2026 年 4 月 13 日

「這太棒了，看到她擁有自己的時刻，真是令人難以置信，」他微笑著說道。

賴斯在加州大學洛杉磯分校獲得冠軍後進入聯盟，她在 38 場比賽中場均貢獻 14.9 分、5.9 個籃板、4.3 次助攻和 1.5 次搶斷，投籃命中率為 49%，三分命中率為 38.5%，罰球命中率為 90.2%。她的助攻失誤比（2.5）排名全國第八，並獲得了多項榮譽，包括全美最佳陣容、十大最佳防守陣容和分區錦標賽 MVP。

賴斯還作為年度國家球員進入了奈史密斯盃的半決賽，並作為國家最佳控球後衛進入了南希利伯曼獎的半決賽。據了解，Tempo 曾在選秀前對賴斯進行過採訪，並對她的成熟印象特別深刻。

據《環球郵報》報道，她在被選中後說道：“我真的很高興能夠走出去，開始工作，見到團隊中的每個人。公司裡有一些很棒的人，非常有經驗的人。”

賴斯加入的後場陣容中已經包括了瑪麗娜·馬布里、朱莉·阿勒芒和布里特尼·賽克斯等老將。無論如何，她無疑會對華萊士的持續支持感到高興。

兩人早在 2025 年就公開了戀情，據了解，兩人第一次見面是在 NBA 青少年計畫中，當時萊斯還在上八年級。

纽约自由人队从每年 WNBA 总决赛竞争者的地位上退了一步，在自由球员市场上大放异彩，以增加今年争夺另一个总冠军的机会。

自由队在连续两次闯入总决赛后，成为进入 2025 赛季 WNBA 的主力之一。包括2024年的总冠军。然而，他们的赛季在9月份的季后赛首轮中突然结束。

在获得球队第一个总冠军后，他们令人失望的一年主要是由于伤病。贝特尼贾·莱尼·汉密尔顿在膝盖手术后缺席了整个赛季，顶级球星布雷娜·斯图尔特全年都在与伤病作斗争，包括季后赛。然而，他们的大部分核心预计要到 2026 年才能实现。

然而，人才永远不够，纽约自由人队在周六增加了另一位明星，与斯图尔特和萨布丽娜·伊内斯库并肩。

纽约自由人签下三届全明星球员佐藤·萨巴利

ESPN 篮球内部人士沙姆斯·查拉尼亚 (Shams Charania) 最先报道称，全明星球员萨图·萨巴利 (Satou Sabally) 已同意签署一份多年期合同，加盟纽约自由人队。

萨巴利在 2020 年 WNBA 选秀中于首轮第二顺位被达拉斯翼队选中。这位俄勒冈州的佼佼者逐渐成为了飞翼队的核心成员，并在 2023 年取得了重大飞跃，第二次获得全明星荣誉，并在 MVP 投票中排名第五，贡献 18.6 分、8.1 个篮板和 4.4 次助攻。

萨巴利是上个休赛期三队大规模交易的一部分，这笔交易将她送到了菲尼克斯水星队。她再次入选全明星赛季，并为球队进入 2025 年 NBA 总决赛发挥了重要作用。不幸的是，他们在四场比赛中被联盟现任王朝拉斯维加斯王牌队横扫。

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After taking a step back from their lofty status of being annual WNBA Finals contenders, the New York Liberty made a big splash in free agency to boost their chances of competing for another championship this year.

The Liberty were one of the WNBA’s dominant powers heading into the 2025 season after consecutive trips to the Finals. Which also includes winning the championship in 2024. However, they saw their season end abruptly in the opening round of the playoffs in September.

Their disappointing year after clinching the franchise’s first championship was mostly due to injuries. Betnijah Laney-Hamilton missed the entire season after knee surgery, and top star Breanna Stewart battled injuries all year, including the playoffs. However, most of their core is expected to return in 2026.

Still, you can never have enough talent, and the New York Liberty added another star on Saturday with Stewart and Sabrina Ionescu.

New York Liberty sign 3-time All-Star Sato Sabally

ESPN basketball insider Shams Charania was first to report that All-Star Sato Sabally has agreed to sign a multiyear deal to join the New York Liberty.

Sabally was the second overall pick in the 2020 WNBA draft by the Dallas Wings. The Oregon standout became a core member of the Wings’ roster and took a big step forward in 2023 when he earned All-Star honors for the second time and finished fifth in MVP voting after posting 18.6 points, 8.1 rebounds and 4.4 assists.

Sabally was part of the massive three-team trade that sent him to the Phoenix Mercury last season. He posted another All-Star season and played a major role in leading the team to the 2025 NBA Finals. Unfortunately, they were defeated in four games by the league’s current dynasty, the Las Vegas Aces.

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金州武神队 (Golden State Valkyries) 将身着全新配色的球衣征战 2026 年 WNBA 赛季。

瓦尔基里队周一在社交媒体上展示了他们的全新 Nike Explorer 版球衣，并透露新外观将首次将球队标志性的紫罗兰色带到最前沿。

金州勇士队将参加第二个联赛赛季，目标是在 2025 年在球迷群体中取得的巨大成功的基础上再接再厉。球队总裁杰西·史密斯 (Jess Smith) 在与公告一起发布的一份声明中详细阐述了紫色球衣背后的想法。

“我们的球迷不仅仅想要一件球衣；他们想要一个新时代的象征，”史密斯在新闻稿中写道。 “在海湾的每个地区，我们都看到我们的女武神紫罗兰开始排列在街道上，这是女武神的真正登陆的信号。

“这件球衣是我们对这种能量的回应，是对我们在第一年所打造的一切的大胆强化。它不仅仅是一件制服；它反映了准备占领自己领土的球迷群体。我迫不及待地想看到紫罗兰色的海洋占领社区并在球场上翱翔。”

根据瓦尔基里队的说法，这些设计元素是为了纪念该队称之为家乡的北加州地区。紫色底色旨在让球衣显得“现代、强大、大胆”，反映“我们球员的坚定承诺和湾区的脉搏”。

短裤上的线条具体参考了连接旧金山和奥克兰的海湾大桥的电缆。

作为一支扩充球队，女武神队获得了湾区和 WNBA 各地球迷前所未有的支持，打破了整个赛季的上座率记录。该组织希望新紫罗兰色球衣的宣传能够将这种势头带入 2026 赛季。

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The Golden State Valkyries will take the court wearing new-look jerseys for the 2026 WNBA season.

The Valkyries showed off their new Nike Explorer Edition jerseys on social media on Monday, revealing that the new look will bring the franchise’s trademark violet to the forefront for the first time.

Golden State will be playing in its second league campaign, aiming to build on the great success it has had with its fan base in 2025. Franchise president Jess Smith expanded on the idea behind the purple jersey in a statement released along with the announcement.

Smith’s press release said, “Our fans didn’t just ask for a jersey; they also asked for a symbol of this new era.” “In every area of ​​the Gulf, we have seen our Valkyries Violets begin to line the streets, a sign that the Valkyries have indeed landed.

“This jersey is our response to that energy, a bold reinforcement of everything we’ve built in year one. It’s more than a uniform; it’s a reflection of the fan base ready to claim their territory. I can’t wait to see the sea of ​​purple take over the community and take over the court.”

According to the Valkyries, the design elements are meant to honor the Northern California region the team calls home. The purple base color is intended to make the jersey appear “modern, powerful and bold” as a reflection of “the fierce commitment of our players and the pulse of the Bay Area.”

The lines of the shorts are a specific reference to the cables of the Bay Bridge, which connects San Francisco and Oakland together.

As an expansion team the Valkyries received unprecedented support from fans around the Bay Area and the WNBA, breaking attendance records throughout the campaign. The organization hopes that the promotion of the new purple jerseys will carry the same momentum into the 2026 season.

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當她的同齡人與聯盟陷入緊張的對峙時，凱特琳·克拉克找到了一種堅持下去的方法。

由於 WNBA 正式處於維持現狀的時期，而且 2026 賽季停擺或罷工的真正威脅仍然存在，這位印第安納狂熱球星並沒有等待勞資陰雲散去。

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NBC 體育頻道本周宣布，克拉克將作為其全新 NBA 演播室節目《美國籃球之夜》的特別撰稿人加入該網絡。

感覺時機並不巧合。

由於 WNBPA 和聯盟老闆在新的集體談判協議 (CBA) 上仍存在分歧，克拉克轉任廣播公司主席確保了她仍然是籃球界最引人注目的面孔——即使今年 5 月 WNBA 賽場仍然漆黑一片。

克拉克將於 2 月 1 日星期日在麥迪遜廣場花園進行她的高調首次亮相。

她加入了由瑪麗亞·泰勒 (Maria Taylor) 和 NBA 偶像卡梅隆·安東尼 (Carmelo Anthony)、文斯·卡特 (Vince Carter) 和特雷西·麥克格雷迪 (Tracy McGrady) 組成的強大團隊。

湖人隊對陣尼克斯隊的賽前報導將標誌著 NBC 新時代的首次週日晚間籃球直播，克拉克作為特別撰稿人介入，專注於高水平分析和跨界評論。

當其他選手將海外機會或無與倫比的 3v3 聯賽視為停擺意外情況時，克拉克卻將“凱特琳·克拉克效應”的勢頭轉化為 NBCUniversal 享有盛譽的媒體角色，考慮到她與 Xfinity 現有的代言關係，這是一個自然的選擇。

此舉是一個微妙但有力的聲明。

安吉爾·里斯 WNBA休賽期一直很忙，在籃球停賽期間，她充分利用時間從事其他活動。

週二，Netflix 宣布這位前路易斯安那州立大學前鋒將加入劇情/驚悚片《狩獵妻子》的演員陣容。

該電視劇第一季共八集，於 2025 年 7 月結束。現在，隨著該劇為第二季做準備，這位《芝加哥天空》明星也將加入其中。

該流媒體服務在社交媒體上宣布了選角方向。根據X上的更新，里斯將扮演“芭比訓練師”的角色。

“Bayou Barbie ➡️ 教練芭比”，Netflix 發布。 “安吉爾·里斯加入《狩獵之妻》演員陣容，共同主演“芭比訓練師”👀 第二季正在製作中！”

安吉爾·里斯的母親對女兒的新電影角色有何反應

Netflix 宣布這一消息後，這位《芝加哥天空》明星的母親安吉爾·韋伯·里斯 (Angel Webb Reese) 立即在 X 上表達了她的喜悅之情。

“已預訂且忙碌！！！🏀👗🎬”Reese 的媽媽在引用原始帖子時寫道。

電影第二季預計將於今年上映。粉絲們可以在第二季中與布蘭特妮·斯諾、瑪琳·阿克曼、埃文·喬尼凱特和凱蒂·洛斯一起觀看《瑞茜》。

安吉爾·里斯 (Angel Reese) 本人甚至是該劇的粉絲，之前曾向主創麗貝卡·卡特 (Rebecca Cutter) 尋求第二季的角色，以此向《X》致敬。

“如果你在第二賽季需要我，請告訴我。”這位 WNBA 球星早在 2025 年 8 月就回復了卡特的推文。

現在，她的願望似乎終於實現了，當第二季首播時，看看安吉爾·里斯在劇中的表現將會很有趣。

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