News about Sylvia Fowles

Angel Reese's spectacular rookie season continues to beam as she broke the WNBA record for most rebounds in a single season. On Sunday, the Chicago Sky star snagged 19 rebounds in a loss to the Minnesota Lynx to bring her tally to 418. Her 405th board came in the second quarter and broke Sylvia Fowles' 404 from 2018. Fowles got drafted into the league in 2015. In her third year, she broke the record set by Jonquel Jones during her sophomore campaign the year before by one rebound.

Caitlin Clark beat three USA Olympic gold medal winners on her return to the WNBA Friday night - but Indiana Fever threw away a 28-point lead at one stage in the win over Phoenix Mercury. Clark was sensational in the first half and came flying out the blocks after her month-long break from league play due to the Paris Games. But the 98-89 win over Mercury did not reflect on how tense the game was at times for her team. At the interval Clark had scored 16 points as her team at one stage led Mercury by 48-20. But in the third quarter Mercury, spearheaded by Kahleah Copper, overturned the deficit and even led by a point at one stage.

Angel Reese was in no mood to celebrate setting a franchise record for Chicago Sky on Thursday night after her team were dominated by Phoenix Mercury on the WNBA's return. In the third quarter, Reese set a Sky franchise mark for most offensive rebounds in a single season, breaking the record set by Sylvia Fowles (117) in 2013.  But after Kahleah Copper drained 29 points - and was backed up by fellow USA Olympic gold winner Brittney Griner with 23 - Reese gave a reporter a blunt answer about the achievement when she faced the media after the game.

Parlaying her 16-point performance with a season-high 18 rebounds, Reese helped Chicago break a four-game skid and set a new record for most consecutive double-doubles by a rookie in the WNBA. Reese surpassed Tina Charles and Cindy Brown for the record. 'It's super exciting for myself,' Reese told ESPN postgame. 'I try to give myself some grace and tell myself I'm doing a good job, but I have so much more to grow, and I'm just excited to be in this league.'

Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade attended the 2023 WNBA All-Star Game, which was hosted at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday. During the festival, the 50-year-old actress and the 41-year-old former professional basketball player cut fashionable figures, and they cracked wide smiles when sitting courtside. The performer recently spoke out about splitting her family's money, and the musician spent time with former Minnesota Lynx member Sylvia Fowles ahead of their annual match.

Veteran Sylvia Fowles will play her last regular season game against the Connecticut Sun on Sunday in the WNBA after 15 years in the league. The 36-year-old will complete her career as one of the league's most recognizable players in the league's 26-year history. She has won two championships with the Lynx and been named Finals MVP in both of them, as well as an eight-time All-Star. However, she is likely to put basketball aside as she enters a new career as a mortician. Fowles' curious profession was made a while ago as they planned to move from the courthouse to the mortuary seven years ago. Fowles has been studying mortuary science and working part time in funeral homes in Minneapolis and Miami for the past seven years, including every week during her 2017 MVP season.

Napheesa Collier made a dramatic return to the WNBA on Sunday, less than three months after giving birth to her daughter Mila in May. The Minnesota Lynx star, who was the 2019 WNBA Rookie of the Year, earned six points in 21 minutes, then carried her newborn into the press conference. Collier had speculated that she wanted to return to the court quickly after her pregnancy, but no one expected ten and a half weeks to be able, and the audience gave her a rousing reception.