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By Danielle "Dee" Ortiz , RF Sports Radio WNBA voice Wings fans, the biggest Wings story of the offseason did not happen on the court. It happened on the radio Monday morning, when CEO Greg Bibb explained why Dallas is moving every home game to American Airlines Center in 2027. The facts The Wings will play all of their 2027 home games at the AAC, per KERA. Bibb told KERA's NTX Now on Monday, "We've simply outgrown the building," and said the team has essentially sold out UTA's College Park Center for three straight years. "We'll go from a little over 6,000 seats to nearly 20,000 seats per game," Bibb said, per KERA. Bibb said the move also brings the team into the city of Dallas, a long-term goal. He said the Wings have played about five games in Dallas over the last two seasons and generated "far more ticket sales and far more ticket revenue" there, per KERA. The long-term plan for a home at Memorial Auditorium after re...

By Danielle "Dee" Ortiz , RF Sports Radio WNBA voice Hoops fans, sit with this one for a second. The Golden State Valkyries won the WNBA title on Saturday night. A month ago, the Dallas Wings had them down 16 on their own floor in a winner-take-all game. That is how close Dallas was, and that is why this winter matters so much. The facts Golden State beat Atlanta 68-63 in Game 7 of the Finals on Saturday to win the championship in its second season, per the Associated Press. Back in the first round, the Valkyries came from 16 points down in the second half of Game 3 to beat Dallas 77-73, with Gabby Williams hitting the go-ahead jumper with just over a minute left, per CBS Sports and The IX. The Wings finished 27-17 as the No. 7 seed, a record 17-win improvement, per CBS Sports. Arike Ogunbowale set the WNBA playoff scoring record with 45 points in Game 2 and added 30 in Game 3. Paige Bueckers scored 27 points on 27 shots over the final two games while dealing with pa...

By Danielle "Dee" Ortiz , RF Sports Radio WNBA voice Hoops fans, I told you Game 7 would come down to who owned the pace, and Golden State owned it when it mattered. A franchise in only its second season is the WNBA champion, and it got there with defense and one player who simply would not miss. The facts Gabby Williams scored 30 points, including her team's final 11 of the third quarter, and the Golden State Valkyries beat the Atlanta Dream 68-63 in the first Game 7 in WNBA Finals history on Saturday night at Chase Center, per the Associated Press and WNBA.com. Golden State won the series 4-3 and the title in only its second season. Williams was named Finals MVP after averaging 19.6 points and 2.6 steals in the series, per WNBA.com. The league said Golden State is the fastest team in any of the major American leagues since 1967 to win a championship after its inception. "Gabby is our closer, she stayed patient, she stayed with it," coach Natalie Nakas...

By Danielle "Dee" Ortiz , RF Sports Radio WNBA voice Hoops fans, it is the last day of October and the WNBA season is still going, which is exactly how this series deserved to end. One game. Winner takes the trophy. And no matter who wins, a franchise lifts it for the very first time. The facts Atlanta and Golden State play Game 7 of the WNBA Finals tonight at 8 p.m. Eastern, 7 p.m. Central, at Chase Center in San Francisco, the first Game 7 in Finals history, per ESPN. Versant's press room lists the broadcast on USA Network and CNBC, with streaming on Peacock. The league moved to a best-of-seven Finals last season, when Las Vegas swept Phoenix. The Dream forced this game with an 80-69 win in Game 6 on Thursday. Allisha Gray and Rhyne Howard combined for 44 points, per CBS Sports, and Gray scored 23 while playing through a finger and hand injury from the semifinals, per ESPN. Angel Reese had 15 points on 5-of-18 shooting with six assists. Atlanta led by 25 in the...

By Danielle "Dee" Ortiz , RF Sports Radio WNBA voice Hoops fans, I told you Thursday was title day in Atlanta. The Dream had other ideas. Now the WNBA gets something it has never had before: a Game 7 in the Finals. The facts Atlanta beat Golden State 80-69 on Thursday to tie the series 3-3, per the Associated Press and ESPN. Allisha Gray scored 23 points on 8-of-12 shooting, including 5-of-7 from 3, with two steals and three blocks. Rhyne Howard added 21 with four 3-pointers, and Angel Reese had a 15-point double-double. The AP said the Dream held off a late Golden State rally. ESPN's Kendra Andrews laid out how fast it turned. Atlanta won the first quarter 32-15 behind six 3-pointers, the first 30-point quarter the Valkyries have allowed in franchise history. The Dream led by 25 at halftime, the biggest lead by a team facing elimination in Finals history, and their 13 made 3s tied the Finals record for a team facing elimination. Gray held the Valkyries to 2-of-1...

By Danielle "Dee" Ortiz , RF Sports Radio WNBA voice Hoops fans, set your lunch break early. Game 6 of the WNBA Finals tips this morning in Atlanta, and by early afternoon Central time we could have a brand-new champion, or we could be headed to a Game 7. The facts Game 6 tips at 11:30 a.m. Central (12:30 p.m. Eastern) today at State Farm Arena, on USA Network and Peacock, per the Valkyries. The game was moved from its original 8 p.m. Eastern slot, and the Atlanta Hawks pushed their game against Cleveland back to accommodate it. Ballislife reports the Dream announced the game is sold out. Golden State leads the series 3-2 and can clinch the franchise's first championship in only its second season, per ESPN. If Atlanta wins, Game 7 is Saturday at Chase Center in San Francisco. The series turned after Atlanta's 97-71 win in Game 3. Valkyries coach Natalie Nakase moved Tiffany Hayes and Kaila Charles into the starting lineup and tightened her rotation to seven...

By Danielle "Dee" Ortiz , RF Sports Radio WNBA voice Hoops fans, take a breath. We have a rare day off in the WNBA Finals, and it is the calm before what could be history. The Golden State Valkyries are one win away from a championship in just their second season. The facts Golden State leads the Atlanta Dream 3-2 after back-to-back wins in Games 4 and 5. Game 6 is Thursday, Oct. 29, at 12:30 p.m. Eastern, 11:30 a.m. Central, at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, per the Valkyries and ESPN. If Atlanta wins, Game 7 is on Halloween in San Francisco. ESPN's Kareem Copeland calls turnovers the biggest predictor in this series. In their Game 2 and 3 losses, the Valkyries averaged 18 turnovers that led to 23 Atlanta points. In Games 4 and 5, they averaged nine turnovers that led to seven points, while the Dream averaged 17.5 turnovers that led to 18.5 Golden State points. Angel Reese, the 2026 Defensive Player of the Year, was the Finals MVP favorite when Atlanta led 2-1,...

By Danielle "Dee" Ortiz , RF Sports Radio WNBA voice Hoops fans, a team in only its second season is one win away from a WNBA championship. Golden State choked the life out of Atlanta on Monday night, and the Dream now have to win twice to save their season. The facts The Valkyries beat the Dream 64-55 in Game 5 at Chase Center and lead the best-of-seven Finals 3-2 , per the team and WNBA.com. Game 6 is Thursday, Oct. 29, at 12:30 p.m. Eastern, which is 11:30 a.m. Central, at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, per ESPN. Kiah Stokes led Golden State with 13 points, three 3-pointers and three blocks, per WNBA.com, and shot 5-for-6 from the field, per ESPN. Her 13 points matched her season high, and her three 3s are a playoff career high, per the Valkyries. Veronica Burton added 13 points and eight rebounds. Rhyne Howard led Atlanta with 20 points. The defensive numbers are wild. Stokes has at least three blocks in six straight games, which ESPN says ties Lisa Leslie in 200...

By Danielle "Dee" Ortiz , RF Sports Radio WNBA Playoffs voice Hoops fans, we have a best-of-three for a championship, and it starts tonight in San Francisco. Golden State has the home floor and the momentum. Atlanta has the player who has been the biggest story of these Finals. Somebody walks out of Chase Center one win away from a title. The facts The Atlanta Dream and Golden State Valkyries play Game 5 of the WNBA Finals tonight at Chase Center at 5 p.m. Pacific, 7 p.m. Central, on USA and Peacock, per the Valkyries. The series is tied 2-2 after Golden State won Game 4 in Atlanta, 67-62. The AP lists the Valkyries as 1.5-point favorites. Golden State went 32-12 in the regular season and Atlanta went 30-14. Kiah Stokes has a WNBA Finals-record 14 blocks in the series, per the Valkyries. "Our goal can still be accomplished if we win today, now we go home and it's a best-of-three series," Stokes said before Game 4, per the San Francisco Chronicle. The...

By Danielle "Dee" Ortiz , RF Sports Radio WNBA Playoffs voice Hoops fans, after a 26-point beatdown in Game 3, a lot of people had this series over. Golden State did not get the memo. The Valkyries went into Atlanta on Saturday afternoon, played the kind of defense that wins championships, and turned the WNBA Finals into a best-of-three. The facts Golden State beat the Atlanta Dream 67-62 at State Farm Arena to even the Finals 2-2 , per the AP recap on WNBA.com. Gabby Williams led the Valkyries with 17 points. Tiffany Hayes, moved into the starting lineup by coach Natalie Nakase along with Kaila Charles, scored all 13 of her points in the second half. Veronica Burton added 13, and Cecilia Zandalasini scored 10 off the bench, per the WNBA.com box score. The defense was the story. Angel Reese, who averaged 25.5 points and 14 rebounds in Atlanta's two wins, was held to eight points on 2-of-12 shooting. Atlanta shot 33.3 percent overall and 4 of 23 from three. Kiah S...

By Danielle "Dee" Ortiz , RF Sports Radio WNBA Playoffs voice WNBA fans, we are a few hours from the most important game of Golden State's season. Win and it is 2-2 heading home. Lose and the Valkyries board a plane down 3-1, and ESPN notes no team in WNBA history has trailed a Finals by multiple games and come back to win. The facts Game 4 tips today, Saturday, at noon Central at State Farm Arena on NBC and Peacock, per the Valkyries' preview. Atlanta leads the best-of-seven series 2-1 after winning Games 2 and 3. Game 5 is Monday at 7 p.m. Central at Chase Center on USA and Peacock. The turnover numbers are ugly. Golden State turned it over 19 times in Game 2, and the Valkyries' own preview says Game 3 was 19 again, matching the most in franchise playoff history (ESPN's count for Game 3 was 17). In Game 3, the Dream scored 22 points off turnovers to the Valkyries' seven and outscored them 44-20 in the paint in a 97-71 win. Angel Reese had a ga...

By Brooke Calloway , RF Sports Radio SMU voice Pony Up. All week we have talked about revenge for last November in Berkeley. Here is the twist: the guy who scored the touchdown that ended SMU's ACC title hopes now wears red and blue, and he might be the most important player on the field Saturday. The facts On Nov. 29, 2025, Kendrick Raphael ran in from 2 yards out with 43 seconds left to give Cal a 38-35 win over No. 25 SMU, per the AP recap on SMU Athletics' site. It was his 12th rushing touchdown of that season and it knocked the Mustangs out of the ACC Championship Game race. In January, Raphael transferred to SMU after a 2025 season with 943 rushing yards and 13 touchdowns, per On3. Raphael ran for 119 yards in last week's 23-13 win over Virginia, his second 100-yard game this season, per Roundtable's Timothy Hamm. With Dramekco Green out with a hand injury, he figures to carry an even bigger load. Cal allows 181.4 rushing yards per game, which ranks 111t...

By Danielle "Dee" Ortiz , RF Sports Radio WNBA Playoffs voice WNBA fans, I asked you yesterday who would win the third quarter. Atlanta answered for the third straight game, and this time the Dream did not just win it. They turned a tie game into a blowout and grabbed control of the Finals. The facts The Atlanta Dream beat the Golden State Valkyries 97-71 in Game 3 of the WNBA Finals on Wednesday at State Farm Arena to take a 2-1 series lead , per the official box score and the Dream's recap. The sellout crowd was 17,099. Golden State missed its first eight shots and did not score until a free throw nearly five minutes in. Atlanta led 23-15 after one and 46-40 at half. Golden State tied it 49-49 with 7:45 left in the third quarter. Atlanta answered with an 8-0 run and closed the quarter on a 12-2 run to lead 71-57 after three. Valkyries coach Natalie Nakase was called for a technical foul late in the quarter after a charge call. Atlanta shot 49.3%, held Golden S...

By Danielle "Dee" Ortiz , RF Sports Radio WNBA Playoffs voice WNBA fans, the Finals move east tonight, and for the first time this series the Atlanta Dream get to play in front of their own people. Golden State won the opener, Atlanta won Game 2, and now the best-of-seven turns into a best-of-five with two in Georgia. The facts Game 3 of the WNBA Finals is tonight, Wednesday, Oct. 21, at 8 p.m. Eastern / 7 p.m. Central at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, on USA, CNBC and Peacock, per WNBA.com. The series is tied 1-1 after Golden State won Game 1, 68-64, and Atlanta won Game 2, 79-65, behind Angel Reese's 30 points and 16 rebounds. Game 4 is also in Atlanta on Saturday, Oct. 24, at 1 p.m. Eastern / noon Central on NBC and Peacock. Game 5, if needed, returns to Chase Center on Monday, Oct. 26. Full Court Buckets, which tracks its own game data, points out the swing quarter: Golden State has scored nine points in the third quarter of both Finals games, and Atlanta has ...

By Danielle "Dee" Ortiz , RF Sports Radio WNBA Playoffs voice WNBA fans, the Finals finally have a pulse. Golden State held serve in a grinder Saturday. Monday night, Angel Reese demanded the ball, got it, and walked out of Chase Center with the series tied and the momentum headed east. The facts The Atlanta Dream beat the Golden State Valkyries 79-65 on Monday, Oct. 19, in Game 2 of the WNBA Finals at Chase Center to even the best-of-seven series 1-1 , per WNBA.com and the AP. Golden State won Game 1 on Saturday, 68-64. Reese had 30 points and 16 rebounds on 10-of-16 shooting after going scoreless in the second half of Game 1. Per the AP, she became the third player with at least 30 points and 15 rebounds in a Finals game, joining Jonquel Jones (2019) and Breanna Stewart (2020). Rhyne Howard set a Finals record with six steals, Allisha Gray scored 18, and Jordin Canada had 13 points, 10 assists and seven rebounds. It was the first Finals win in Dream history after ...

By Danielle "Dee" Ortiz , RF Sports Radio WNBA Playoffs voice WNBA fans, the wait is almost over. Tomorrow afternoon in San Francisco, two franchises that have never raised a championship trophy tip off a best-of-seven that has been sold all week as a defensive heavyweight fight. The facts Game 1 of the 2026 WNBA Finals is Saturday, Oct. 17, at Chase Center, with tip at 3:30 p.m. Eastern / 2:30 p.m. Central on NBC and Peacock , per WNBA.com and team previews. The Golden State Valkyries (No. 2 seed) host the Atlanta Dream (No. 4 seed) in a 2-2-1-1-1 format. Both clubs are chasing the first title in franchise history. Preview coverage from WNBA.com, ESPN and CBS Sports frames the series around elite defenses, the Angel Reese versus Gabby Williams matchup thread, Golden State's depth and home-court edge, and Atlanta's long winning streak into the Finals. Golden State swept the regular-season series 3-0, but October has rewritten plenty of regular-season scripts ...

By Danielle "Dee" Ortiz , RF Sports Radio WNBA Playoffs voice WNBA fans, if you like 100-point track meets, this might not be your Finals. If you like every possession feeling like a fistfight, pull up a chair Saturday afternoon. The facts The WNBA Finals between the Golden State Valkyries and the Atlanta Dream open Saturday, Oct. 17, at 3:30 p.m. Eastern / 2:30 p.m. Central at Chase Center in San Francisco on NBC and Peacock, per ESPN's playoff schedule. The series is best-of-seven in a 2-2-1-1-1 format. Golden State is the No. 2 seed and Atlanta the No. 4 seed. Both franchises are chasing their first WNBA title. The defensive storyline is the headline in Finals previews from Yahoo Sports and USA TODAY. The Valkyries had the league's best regular-season defensive rating, and the Dream have had the best defensive rating of the postseason. Angel Reese's Defensive Player of the Year award is part of that same defense-first conversation. Venue logistics a...

By Danielle "Dee" Ortiz , RF Sports Radio WNBA Playoffs voice WNBA fans, the loudest subplot of Finals week just got an answer. Atlanta is not stuck in a 3,500-seat box for the first two home dates anymore — and Saturday's tip in San Francisco now opens a series with a real arena story on both coasts. The facts On Tuesday, Oct. 13, the WNBA announced that Finals Games 3 and 4 between the Golden State Valkyries and Atlanta Dream will be played at State Farm Arena in Atlanta instead of Gateway Center Arena , per the Valkyries' official release and NBC Sports. State Farm Arena seats about 16,888 for basketball; Gateway Center is about 3,500. Game 3 moves to Wednesday, Oct. 21, at 5 p.m. Pacific (7 p.m. Central) on USA Network/CNBC and Peacock. Game 4 stays Saturday, Oct. 24, with tip moving to 10 a.m. Pacific (noon Central) on NBC/Peacock. Game 6 remains scheduled for Gateway Center. Game 1 is still Saturday, Oct. 17, at 12:30 p.m. Pacific / 2:30 p.m. Central a...

By Danielle "Dee" Ortiz , RF Sports Radio WNBA Playoffs voice WNBA fans, the Finals are finally here, and the basketball is sharing billing with a building that seats about 3,500. That is not a side note. That is the first paragraph of every national hit this week. The facts The Golden State Valkyries, the No. 2 seed that swept the Aces 3-0 , will face the Atlanta Dream in the 2026 WNBA Finals. Game 1 is Saturday, Oct. 17, at Chase Center around 2:30 p.m. Central (12:30 p.m. Pacific) on NBC and Peacock, per the Valkyries' advancement release and CBS Sports' gametracker preview. Golden State hosts Games 1, 2, 5 and 7 at Chase Center, which holds roughly 18,000. Atlanta's Finals home games — Games 3, 4 and 6 if needed — are set for Gateway Center Arena, a building of about 3,500 seats , because of State Farm Arena conflicts. That venue mismatch has become the viral controversy of Finals week. The Dream earned the Finals berth as a strong regular-season club...