PAT EATON-ROBB
FILE - Japan's Rui Machida (13) drives around United States's Brittney Griner (15) and Breanna Stewart (10), right, during the women's basketball gold medal game at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021, in Saitama, Japan. Machida is a 29-year-old rookie on the WNBA Washington Mystics. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
Perseverance paying off for older rookies in the WNBA

By Pat Eaton-Robb May. 20, 2022 12:08 PM EDT
UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Yvonne Anderson understood that making a WNBA roster as an

Auriemma defends selection of 5 UConn players for U.S. team

By Pat Eaton-Robb Jul. 01, 2021 07:32 PM EDT
STORRS, Conn. (AP) — UConn women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma is defending

FILE - United States' assistant coach Jennifer Rizzotti watches during the second half of an exhibition basketball game in Hartford, Conn., in this Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, file photo. Rizzotti, who was the point guard on UConn's first national championship team before playing professionally and then embarking on a career as a college basketball coach, has been named president of the WNBA's Connecticut Sun, the team announced Tuesday, April 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)
Connecticut Sun's Rizzotti to continue as Olympic assistant

By Pat Eaton-Robb Apr. 27, 2021 05:26 PM EDT
UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — New Connecticut Sun president Jennifer Rizzotti plans