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A couple of insets from the March 17, 1996, Rapid City Journal.
October 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
With the Fever and Aces now set to meet up in the Semifinals, how about a throwback to the 1998 NCAA Tournament where their head coaches matched up in the Second Round?

Stephanie White's Purdue squad overcame Becky Hammon and Colorado State 77-63 in West Lafayette.
September 19, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Back together
August 3, 2025 at 4:11 PM
28 years ago today the Los Angeles Sparks and New York Liberty matched up in the first WNBA game.

The Liberty came away with the 67-57 win.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaYb...
June 21, 2025 at 12:04 PM
19 years ago today the WNBA announced its All-Decade Team:

Sue Bird
Tamika Catchings
Cynthia Cooper
Yolanda Griffith
Lauren Jackson
Lisa Leslie
Katie Smith
Dawn Staley
Sheryl Swoopes
Tina Thompson

Van Chancellor was named Coach of the Decade.
June 13, 2025 at 12:12 PM
19 years ago today it was Coach vs. Former Player as Dawn Staley and the Houston Comets took on Candice Dupree and the Chicago Sky.

Then head coach at Temple, Staley had coached Dupree in college just three months earlier. Staley and the Comets got the 71-60 win.
June 2, 2025 at 11:42 AM
New team, new Kelsey Plum?
May 22, 2025 at 5:06 AM
In honor of the WNBA GM Survey, looking back at the 2012 survey and one of the biggest "huh?" responses in league history...
May 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
10. WNBA Game Notes
acrossthetimeline.com/wnba/game-no...
- Aggregated record data for team's next matchup
- Recent attendance data
- Career coaching records overall and vs. next team
- Recent and upcoming statistics milestones
- Aggregated player statistics
May 13, 2025 at 9:35 PM
9. WNBA Drafts + Draft Lotteries
acrossthetimeline.com/wnba/drafts....
- Historical WNBA draft data, filterable by year, pick, team, etc.
- Relevant trades
- Future picks tracked through trades
- Historical draft lottery results and simulator
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May 13, 2025 at 9:35 PM
8. WNBA Awards + Award Votes
acrossthetimeline.com/wnba/awards....
- History of WNBA player, coach, and executive awards
- Filter by award, date, team, and individual
- Full history of publicized WNBA award voting data
- Voting data records
acrossthetimeline.com/wnba/award-v...
May 13, 2025 at 9:35 PM
7. WNBA Technical / Flagrant Fouls + More
acrossthetimeline.com/wnba/misc.ht...
- List and count technical fouls, flagrant fouls, delays of game, and defensive 3 seconds calls
- Group by individual, team, or game
- Full league history
May 13, 2025 at 9:35 PM
6. WNBA National Broadcasts
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- National broadcast matchup counts
- Filterable by network, channel, and season
- # of nationally broadcast game by season, network, and channel
May 13, 2025 at 9:35 PM
5. WNBA Transactions + Player Movement
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- Filterable historical player signings, trades, waivers, etc.
- Historical coach and executive signings
- History of player core designations
- Team-by-team player movement and transactions
May 13, 2025 at 9:35 PM
4. WNBA Team + Coach pages
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- Overall stats filterable and splittable by many metrics
- Transactions, milestones, and awards
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May 13, 2025 at 9:35 PM
3. WNBA Player pages
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- Career stats, colorized relative to other seasons and filterable and splittable on many metrics
- Transactions, awards, and All Star appearances
- Career stat milestones (1K pts, 2K pts, etc.)
May 13, 2025 at 9:35 PM
2. WNBA Data Explorer
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- Search for player/team games/seasons by stat, team, result, age, and more
- Find player/team game streaks
- Search for players w/ specific stats in the same game
- Search for player/team stats over several games
May 13, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The WNBA season is just around the corner. Are you familiar with the Across the Timeline WNBA data + tools?

Thread:

1. WNBA Attendance
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- Full historical game attendance data
- Yearly and by team and/or game
- Filterable by season and more
May 13, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Here are the longest (including Lieberman). That 2,150 days for Peters is as of today, so she could easily pass Ify Ibekwe and depending on the number of DNPs could compete with Ashley Walker. Maria Kliundikova not *too* far behind, either.
May 5, 2025 at 2:34 AM
29 years ago today the NBA announced that the Board of Governors approved the concept of a women's pro basketball league, the WNBA.

David Stern: "There was a strong statement of interest that this is a good idea, a right idea. This is another opportunity to grow the sport of basketball."
April 24, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Hard to compete with the early years
April 14, 2025 at 7:56 PM
It's really not a competition, given this is the first year they've inducted three former WNBA players in one class. (Table is players only.)
April 5, 2025 at 11:08 PM
If you're looking for a breakdown of all the national WNBA broadcasts as announced (with historical data available), here they are:

By matchup: acrossthetimeline.com/wnba/broadca...

By network: acrossthetimeline.com/wnba/broadca...

By team: acrossthetimeline.com/wnba/broadca...

...and more!
March 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
36 years ago today Veronica Pettry had the 1st official NCAA D1 WBB quadruple-double:

12 points
10 rebounds
22 assists
11 steals

At the time she tied the NCAA D1 WBB single-game assists record and established the high for assists in a triple/quadruple-double.
March 4, 2025 at 1:14 PM
8 years ago today Kelsey Plum scored 57 points to pass Jackie Stiles and become the all-time NCAA DI WBB scoring leader.

Plum finished that 2016-17 season with what were then records of 1,109 points that season and 3,527 points in her college career.
February 25, 2025 at 12:48 PM