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Kendra Andrews: The Atlanta Dream ownership group has released a statement regarding the matinee time change for Game 6, in part saying “playing a midday game on a Thursday is not what we would have chosen and not what we fought for.” The letter says they raised scheduling concerns to the league two months ago.
The Golden State Valkyries were down, but showed when it matters they're far from out. In Game 4 of the WNBA Finals, the Valkyries bounced back with a 67-62 victory over the Atlanta Dream to even the series 2-2 on Saturday, Oct. 24 at State Farm Arena."Fight, man, we just had to have more fight, more grit, get back to us," Valkyries guard Tiffany Hayes said. "We still made a few mistakes, but at the end of the day, we played hard and came out with the win."
Atlanta Dream center Angel Reese has won the WNBA's Defensive Player of the Year award, the league announced Thursday, making her the first player in franchise history to win the award. Reese received 46 of the 74 votes from a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters, while Golden State's Gabby Williams received 20, Las Vegas' A'ja Wilson got four, Washington's Shakira Austin received two, and Golden State's Veronica Burton and Atlanta's Rhyne Howard each got one.
Angel Reese became the first player in WNBA history to grab 500 rebounds in a season during the Atlanta Dream's 106-81 win over the Chicago Sky on Saturday. Reese hit the big number with her fifth rebound at the 1:53 mark of the first half.
Bejamin Royer: Division II Cal State LA hires Lakers great Michael Cooper as men’s basketball head coach. Cooper had served as associate head coach since 23’. Cooper has led teams in the WNBA (LA Sparks, Atlanta Dream), women’s college basketball (USC) and in what’s now called the G League.
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Alex Kennedy: Tyrese Haliburton celebrates as the Indiana Fever advance past the Atlanta Dream in the WNBA Playoffs:
Tyrese Haliburton celebrates as the Indiana Fever advance past the Atlanta Dream in the WNBA Playoffs: pic.twitter.com/2RdZlEO3Z0
— Alex Kennedy (@AlexKennedyNBA) September 19, 2025
The WNBA said Saturday that the individual who threw a sex toy on the court at an Atlanta Dream game earlier in the week was arrested and that any person throwing objects onto the court will be ejected from the arena and face a minimum one-year ban.
No Liberty player has had a closer seat to the dramatic transformation of the organization than Sabrina Ionescu. Last September, in Game 2 of the Liberty’s first-round playoff series against the Atlanta Dream in Brooklyn, Ionescu was walking to the sideline to inbound the ball. She felt a hand reach out to her for a high five. It was Spike Lee. “I felt like New York was injected into my veins,” Ionescu said in a press conference following the game. The Academy Award–winning filmmaker returned for Game 5 of the Finals and has been to multiple games this season.
On Wednesday, Atlanta Hawks and Atlanta Dream sideline reporter Tabitha Turner spoke publicly from The Cochran Law Firm in Atlanta in a press conference addressing a recent incident involving her and an Uber driver, where Turner accused said driver of assaulting her during her ride. According to a report from the Hapeville Police Department, which Fox 5 in Atlanta obtained, Turner was picked up by an Uber driver, Nicole Smith, at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on Saturday afternoon after returning from a work assignment. During the ride, Turner and Smith had a dispute after Turner asked Smith to roll up the windows in the car because of the extreme heat. Ultimately, Smith refused, got frustrated, and pulled over before asking Turner to get out of her car and find a new ride to her destination.
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Calvin Darden Jr., the man who scammed former NBA player Dwight Howard out of millions for an investment in a fake bid for a WNBA team, has been sentenced to more than 12 years in prison. Darden Jr. will serve a decade-plus for scamming NBA champion Howard, 39, and former Houston Rockets player Chandler Parsons out of $8 million in a fake bid to buy the Atlanta Dream, Matthew Podolsky, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, said on Thursday, April 3.
A Manhattan jury in October convicted Calvin Darden Jr. of cheating Howard -- who had been one of the NBA's most dominant players in his prime -- out of $7 million in a bogus scheme to buy the WNBA's Atlanta Dream. The 50-year-old Atlanta resident was also found guilty of bilking $1 million from former NBA forward Chandler Parsons in a separate ruse involving the development of then-NBA prospect James Wiseman.
After the Phoenix Suns were handed a 121-113 home loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday, Kevin Durant told the media he was "definitely shocked" about Brittney Griner's Tuesday announcement to leave the Phoenix Mercury for the Atlanta Dream in WNBA free agency. Durant immediately shifted his tone as he reflected on his close friend's 11-year WNBA career in the Valley. "Well, that’s just part of professional sports, but BG is just been a staple here in the city for so long," Durant said. "It’s kind of weird seeing her with a new team, but everybody needs a change."
It's tough for Kevin Durant to register that Brittney Griner is taking her talents to Atlanta. However, he's had the same mindset as her before. After the Phoenix Suns were handed a 121-113 home loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday, Durant told the media he was "definitely shocked" about Griner's Tuesday announcement to leave the Phoenix Mercury for the Atlanta Dream in WNBA free agency. Durant immediately shifted his tone as he reflected on his close friend's 11-year WNBA career in the Valley. "Well, that’s just part of professional sports, but BG is just been a staple here in the city for so long," Durant said. "It’s kind of weird seeing her with a new team, but everybody needs a change."