Forward Joyner Holmes, a five-star recruit out of high school who played at Texas, scored eight points Sunday in her debut after signing with the Aces on Saturday.
Sam Gordon
Former Columnist/Enterprise
The Aces cruised past the Indiana Fever on Sunday at Michelob Ultra Arena, eclipsing 100 points in consecutive games for the first time in franchise history.
Devin Haney is shifting his focus toward securing a fight with one of the other young stars in the lightweight division — namely WBA, IBF and WBO champion Teofimo Lopez.
Devin Haney showcased his precocious set of skills and earned a 116-112, 116-112, 115-113 victory over Jorge Linares, the former three-weight world champion.
Joyner Holmes, 23, was the No. 19 pick in the 2020 WNBA draft and played in 19 games for the New York Liberty last season, averaging 2.9 points in 10 minutes per game.
Chelsea Gray had 19 points and 12 assists Friday night to spur the Aces to a 113-77 victory over the Indiana Fever at Michelob Ultra Arena.
Haney on Saturday night is headlining his first card in Las Vegas. He will defend his WBC lightweight championship at Michelob Ultra Arena against veteran Jorge Linares.
UNLV wing Bryce Hamilton is staying with the program, but will continue to go through the NBA draft process.
The Aces’ Jackie Young is morphing into a two-way menace who can score, create and stifle opposing guards and wings.
Liz Cambage on Sunday night revealed on Instagram that Connecticut Sun coach Curt Miller told a referee she weighed 300 pounds while arguing a call in Sunday’s game.
A season-ending knee injury hasn’t dimmed Angel McCoughtry’s enthusiasm for basketball, the Aces or the 2021 WNBA season. Not publicly, anyway. She remains as jovial as ever.
Liz Cambage revealed on Instagram after a loss on Sunday that Curt Miller told a referee she weighed 300 pounds. Miller apologized Monday morning.
The documentary chronicles Mike Tyson, the mercurial man who emerged from Brooklyn’s Browsnville neighborhood to become the youngest heavyweight champion in boxing history.
The lethargic Aces struggled to match Connecticut’s physicality and faltered in a rematch of last year’s WNBA semifinals Sunday at Michelob Ultra Arena.
IBF and WBA junior welterweight champion Josh Taylor knocked WBC and WBO champion Jose Ramirez down in the sixth and seventh rounds of their unified title fight.