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Ionescu, Plum, and Mitchell Among Stars “Cored” for 2026 WNBA

April 8, 2026

Alexa Philippou, writing for ESPN;

Ten of 15 WNBA teams have extended core qualifying offers to players since free agency started Monday.

Players who have been “cored” — akin to being given the NFL’s franchise tag — include Sabrina Ionescu, by the New York Liberty; Napheesa Collier (Minnesota Lynx); Kelsey Mitchell (Indiana Fever); Kelsey Plum, (Los Angeles Sparks); and Arike Ogunbowale (Dallas Wings).

The core designation gives a team exclusive negotiating rights to a player and comes with a baseline contract of a fully guaranteed one-year deal worth the supermax ($1.4 million in 2026), though the player can negotiate different terms.

Here’s the full list of cored players, via @alexaphilippou

  • Atlanta: Allisha Gray
  • Chicago: Ariel Atkins
  • Dallas: Arike Ogunbowale
  • Indiana: Kelsey Mitchell
  • LA: Kelsey Plum
  • Minnesota: Napheesa Collier
  • NY: Sabrina Ionescu
  • Portland: Bridget Carleton
  • Seattle: Ezi Magbegor
  • Toronto: Marina Mabrey

Fever Extends Win Streak against Wings (88 – 78)

August 3, 2025

The Indiana Fever are on a roll as they win their 4th straight games at the expense of Dallas Wings.

It was a close game in the first half but building a 13-point lead, the Fever never trailed again even though Dallas was able to cut the lead to just 6 points (75 – 69).

Four of the five Indiana starters scored in double-digit points. Kelsey Mitchell had 23 points, Aliyah Boston had 12 points and 11 rebounds, and Natasha Howard added 11 points and a career-high-tying 16 rebounds. Both Boston and Howard also had five assists for Indiana. Aari McDonald continues to be a big factor while Caitlin Clark is sidelined; she had 12 points and 6 assists.

Paige Bueckers continues to be the leader for the Wings, she was the one who kept the game close but her 22 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists was not enough to get them the win. Another bad shooting game for Arike Ogunbowale, scoring 8 points but only had 1 field goal.

Full Game Highlights;

The Indiana Fever will start their three-game road trip this Sunday against the Seattle Storm. Meanwhile, Dallas will play two consecutive games against the New York Liberty, starting this Wednesday and then again this Saturday.

Watch the First 2 Games of Unrivaled Basketball

January 19, 2025

It was the first day and first two games of Unrivaled Basketball. So far, it was more than I expected!

First game was between Mist against the Lunar Owls, the second game was between the Rose and Vinyl.

Below are the players for each team.

Mist

  • Jewell Loyd
  • Courtney Vandersloot
  • DiJonai Carrington
  • Rickea Jackson
  • Breanna Stewart
  • Aaliyah Edwards

Lunar Owls

  • Skylar Diggins-Smith
  • Courtney Williams
  • Allisha Gray
  • Cameron Brink
  • Napheesa Collier
  • Shakira Austin

Rose

  • Chelsea Gray
  • Brittney Sykes
  • Kahleah Copper
  • Lexie Hull
  • Angel Reese
  • Azurá Stevens

Vinyl

  • Arike Ogunbowale
  • Jordin Canada
  • Rhyne Howard
  • Rae Burrell
  • Aliyah Boston
  • Dearica Hamby