That's when the Women's National Basketball Players Association, in an expected move, opted out of the collective bargaining agreement two years early. In a time of unprecedented growth and star power,

The national player-of-the-year race is heating up as teams transition to conference play and voting panels whittle down their watchlists from 50 to 25 players this month. There will be no repeat winner as two-timer Caitlin Clark is in the WNBA.