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One of the original WNBA teams, the New York Liberty won the draft lottery, which gives the Liberty the 1st pick in the 2020 WNBA draft for the first time in team history.

The Seattle Storm say Natasha Howard will play Sunday night against the New York Liberty, a day after her wife posted a video that alleged abuse.

SEATTLE (AP) — Tina Charles had 12 rebounds to become the franchise leader and scored 29 points in the New York Liberty's 79-70 victory over the Seattle Storm on Thursday night. Charles has 1,062 rebounds with New York. She broke the franchise mark of 1,053 set by Vicki Johnson...

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A girl who wanted to play for her Roman Catholic school's boys' basketball team has instead been kicked out of school after her family filed a lawsuit. Scott Phillips said that he was told Wednesday that both of his daughters would have to leave St...

NEW YORK (AP) — Jewell Loyd scored 25 points and Breanna Stewart added 23 to help the Seattle Storm beat the New York Liberty 102-78 Wednesday night. Crystal Langhorne had 21 points for the Storm (13-17), who moved into a tie for seventh place in the playoff chase...

NEW YORK (AP) — The WNBA has fined the New York Liberty, Phoenix Mercury and Indiana Fever and their players for wearing plain black warm up shirts in the wake of recent shootings by and against police officers. All three teams were fined $5,000 and each player was fined $500...

NEW YORK (AP) — Tina Charles scored 18 points to help the New York Liberty beat the Seattle Storm 78-74 on Wednesday night, overcoming a strong effort by Breanna Stewart. Tanisha Wright added a season-high 18 points for the Liberty (13-6), who have won three of their past four games...

NEW YORK (AP) — Swin Cash has announced she will retire at the end of the season. The New York Liberty forward wrote a piece for the Players' Tribune that was released Tuesday morning. The 15-year WNBA veteran was the second pick in the 2002 draft and has won three championships in the league with Detroit (2003 and 2006) and Seattle (2010)...

SEATTLE (AP) — Tina Charles had 19 points and 13 rebounds and the New York Liberty used a strong third quarter to beat the Seattle Storm 86-78 on Sunday night. Neither team led by more than five until the Liberty (4-3) went on a 17-2 run in the third to go up 68-51 on Charles' jumper with 3:14 left in the quarter...

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Liberty acquired All-Star point guard Shoni Schimmel from the Atlanta Dream for a 2017 second-round draft pick. Schimmel, the eighth pick in the 2014 draft, has made the All-Star team in each of her first two seasons in the WNBA...