On Thursday, the Washington Mystics announced on X that head coach Sydney Johnson will miss Friday’s home game against the New York Liberty to attend his daughter’s graduation. In his absence, assistant coach Emre Vatansever will assume head coaching duties.

It’s no surprise the Liberty and Lynx — the only two undefeated teams entering Thursday night — are the league’s top teams. After meeting in the WNBA Finals last season, the Lynx got a more-motivated-than-ever Napheesa Collier, who’s been dominant to start this season.

Brittney Sykes had 21 points and nine rebounds, Kiki Iriafen added 16 points, and the Washington Mystics beat the short-handed Indiana Fever 83-77 on Wednesday night at CFG Bank Arena in Baltimore.

Olsen was a very good player at Spring-Ford High, the school’s all-time leading scorer when she graduated and the 2021 Miss Pennsylvania Basketball award winner. But it wasn’t earth-shattering when the Collegeville native arrived at Villanova, just as it wasn’t when Maddy Siegrist arrived from Poughkeepsie, N.Y., three years earlier.

Clark, the popular women's basketball player, signed autographs for fans ahead of the first-ever WNBA basketball game in Charm City.

With Caitlin Clark out on an injury, the Indiana Fever will be playing their first game without her on the court against the Washington Mystics.

The Washington Mystics have been a pleasant surprise in the early going of the WNBA season, thanks in large part to strong contributions from their rookie corp,

The Washington Mystics and Chicago Sky are outside the inner circle of WNBA contenders. But they're heading in very different directions.