In Year 1, Natalie Nakase and the Valkyries revealed how they built a successful WNBA expansion team from scratch.

The Valkyries are the biggest surprise of the 2025 WNBA season, but a few key adjustments could seal their first-ever playoff berth.

Brittney Griner and the Atlanta Dream continued to assert themselves as a legitimate championship contender with 79-63 win over the Golden State Valkyries on Sunday. The Dream currently hold the WNBA's second-best record at 21-12,

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San Francisco Standard columnist Tim Kawakami went to Sunday’s Valkyries game and reported on the fan atmosphere at Chase Center, which he said was “thrumming” even in the team’s worst home loss of the season. But buried in his reporting were two paragraphs about a brewing scheduling conflict with the Laver Cup, an international tennis tournament:

Defense in basketball is an inherently physical effort. Players are required to target the ball and not other players, something that ends up being governed by

Valkyries continue to make WNBA expansion history, setting another record with Friday night win over Sky to improve to 18-15