In our anonymous player poll, athletes also expressed whether they should make at least $1 million in maximum salaries.

Clark and Team (Napheesa) Collier is but one piece of the All-Star weekend puzzle, a fitting cap to a packed few days of events and anticipation.

The WNBA players union and league officials have much to discuss when they sit down this week for their first in-person talks as a group since December about the new collective bargaining agreement.

Do WNBA players view Fever guard Caitlin Clark as the face of the league? The Athletic polled 39 players to find out.

But 85% of the league’s players aren’t chosen as All-Stars—and despite the growing sponsorship opportunities in women’s sports, many players still must figure out what comes after their professional careers. Rasheeda Clark is a former WNBA player who has found excellence off the court, in a very different field: fast-food franchising.

The WNBA appears headed toward a labor stoppage after this season as negotiations between the league and the WNBPA have been lagging up to this point.

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This season’s Wings-Fever matchups have drawn plenty of attention by bringing together two of the league’s bright young stars.