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Sky Fires head Coach Teresa Weatherspoon
In a surprising move, the Chicago Sky have fired head coach Teresa Weatherspoon after only one season, according to Annie Costabile of the Chicago Sun-Times. One detractor of the move: Sky star Angel Reese, who posted a lengthy statement on X in which she endorsed Weatherspoon as a coach and said she "didn't deserve this." Story by Jack Baer
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Nelly Korda keen to stay positive at PGA Championship
Nelly Korda has shrugged off her recent dip in form as she bids to get back to winning ways at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship this week. The world number one enjoyed a stunning run of success earlier this year with six victories in the space of seven starts, including a second major title at the Chevron Championship in April. That run came to an abrupt halt as she missed the cut at last month’s US Women’s Open and she also failed to make the weekend at the LPGA Meijer Classic last week. Story by Andy Hampson, Pa
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Suwannapura Victorious at Walmart NW Arkansas Championship
In dramatic fashion at Pinnacle Country Club, Jasmine Suwannapura earned her third career LPGA Tour victory at the 2024 Walmart NW Arkansas Championship presented by P&G after making an eagle on the second extra hole to win in a playoff over Lucy Li. The duo shot rounds of 61 and 60, respectively, on Sunday at Pinnacle Country Club to land in a tie for first place at 17-under. Teeing off in the ninth-to-last group and beginning her day in a tie for 25th, Li started her record-breaking round with a birdie on No.1. She carded two bogeys in the next three holes after a pair of three-putts to drop two shots. But in her next seven holes, the 2023 rookie went on a tear, carding five birdies and an eagle on the par-4 8th hole to jump to 12-under par and take the lead. With seven holes remaining, Li made eagles on the last two par 5s (holes 14 and 18) and a birdie on No. 15 to break the 18-hole tournament scoring record and best her career-low 18-hole score by four shots. Story by LPGA
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Epson Tour Graduate Lucy Li Finishes Runner-Up in Arkansas After Final-Round 60
Even though she didn’t pull out her first career LPGA Tour victory at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship presented by P&G, Lucy Li is proud of the fight she put up on Sunday in Rogers, Ark. Li began the final round in a tie for 25th at 6-under overall and blitzed Pinnacle Country Club on day three, carding an 11-under 60 to finish at 17-under and vault into a playoff with LPGA Tour winner Jasmine Suwannapura. She ultimately lost to the Thailand native on the second extra hole after Suwannapura eagled 18, but Li couldn’t have been more pleased to have a shot at winning in the first place, particularly considering how she started her round. Story by Sarah Kellam
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2024 Awards Race Heats Up as NWSL Playoffs Near
With only five regular-season NWSL matchdays left, every point counts as teams jockey for postseason seeding, with this weekend’s lineup potentially shifting the standings. After Spirit star Trinity Rodman exited last week's match with a back spasm, the forecast for Friday's bout between 10th-place Angel City and second-place Washington went from fairly uneventful to decidedly uncertain. Story by Dee Lab
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Liberty, Aces Advance to WNBA Semis, Set Up 2023 Finals Rematch
The higher seeds handled business on Tuesday, as twin first-round sweeps saw the Liberty and Aces emerge 2-0 from the best-of-three series to advance to the semifinals of the 2024 WNBA playoffs. Fueled by Sabrina Ionescu's 36 points, which tied New York's single-game playoff scoring record, the Liberty came from behind to defeat the Atlanta Dream 91-82 before the Aces held off the Storm 83-76. Story by Claire Watkins
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Lydia Ko pulls away with a 63 to win Queen City Championship
Lydia Ko extended her amazing summer run when she turned a two-shot deficit into a rout by closing with a 9-under 63 to win the Kroger Queen City Championship for her third LPGA Tour title of the season. Ko won for the third time in her last four starts, which includes her Olympic gold medal that gave the 27-year-old from New Zealand enough points for the LPGA Hall of Fame. It also includes another major in the Women's British Open, this one at St. Andrews. “It's been pretty surreal,” Ko said after her five-shot victory at the TPC River's Bend over Jeeno Thitikul, who closed with a 70 and simply couldn't keep up. Thitikul was two shots ahead after eight holes of the final round. Three holes later, the Thai was chasing the hottest player in women's golf. Thitikul made bogey on the par-4 ninth. Ko made a 10-foot birdie putt on the 10th hole to tie for the lead, and then pulled ahead by two shots with a 12-foot eagle putt on the par-5 11th. Ko seized control for good with a pair of two-shot swings — she made birdie and Thitikul made bogey on the 13th and 15th holes. Story by Associated Press
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Caitlin Clark endures tough playoff debut as seasoned Sun disrupt young Fever squad
As Caitlin Clark goes, so go the Indiana Fever. That was true throughout a remarkable regular season of rookie joy, uplifting achievement and unexpected triumph. It also was true on Sunday afternoon, when the rough-and-tumble reality of the WNBA postseason came crashing down on a Fever starting five that had never played a second in the playoffs before they stepped onto the court for Game 1 against the formidable and seasoned Connecticut Sun. For Clark, the day began fabulously. She finished fourth in WNBA voting for Most Valuable Player, an award won appropriately and unanimously by Las Vegas star A’ja Wilson. Clark also collected three honors from the Associated Press: Rookie of the Year, unanimously; All-WNBA First Team and All-Rookie Team. Story by Christine Brennan
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High-Stakes Drama Fuels WSL Kick-Off Weekend
The 2024/25 Barclays Women's Super League (WSL) season kicks off this weekend in the UK, where 12 teams will launch campaigns to challenge seven-time league champions Chelsea for the season's title. Adding to the excitement are major roster shakeups and big name signings entering the pitch for the WSL's 14th season. Story by JWS Staff
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