Stanford walked into the women’s NCAA tournament as the top overall seed and with a dark cloud overhead. All Pac-10 forward ...

Amid a frustrating season, the Phoenix Mercury announced Sunday that they're doing the one thing a floundering team can do to try to change their fortunes: fire someone. And that someone is head ...

When Vanessa Nygaard was fired, she took over as the interim head coach for the final 28 games in 2023. She’s back in the WNBA and was recently hired as an assistant with the Los Angeles Sparks. The ...

The Cardinal lost Vanessa Nygaard and Kristin Folkl during the game and fell 71–67. For what it’s worth, Harvard had won three-straight Ivy League titles and many felt the Crimson were misseeded.

PHOENIX – The three-time WNBA Champion Phoenix Mercury today named Vanessa Nygaard (NYE-guard) the 10 th head coach in franchise history. Nygaard, born in Scottsdale, Ariz., has nearly two ...

Vanessa Nygaard recognized that rare bit of frustration, bottled up within. And she also knew, in Watkins’ case, there was nothing to worry about. Nygaard was the coach at Windward High when ...

Sandy Brondello, Becky Hammon, Vanessa Nygaard and Tanisha Wright. All four of these women have worn WNBA uniforms at some point in their basketball career, establishing the connection between ...