The walls and ceiling within the Houston Comets’ locker room were shaking from the unbridled energy emanating from the capacity crowd, which was separated by a razor-thin barrier of drywall. Moments ...

Cynthia Cooper did not get closure when the Houston Comets folded. One minute, she was a star player on Houston’s four-time championship-winning WNBA team. The next minute, her phone was blowing up ...

Cooper tells Houston Matters about the growth she sees in women’s basketball, what it was like playing the early days of “The W,” and about the prospect of bringing the Comets back. While the Houston ...

Van Chancellor is a quarter-century removed from his last championship with the Houston Comets. But each day still brings a reminder of his four consecutive WNBA titles. "I don't go anywhere in this ...

The Phoenix Mercury have faced many tough opponents, and one of them went on to win four championships in a row. Aug 3, 2025; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Wilson basketball is seen next to WNBA logo before ...

The WNBA may have announced expansion franchises in three new cities Tuesday but Houston is not giving up on landing a WNBA team. Gretchen Sheirr, the Houston Rockets president of business operations, ...

When the Houston Comets professional women’s basketball team crashed and burned out of existence at the end of last year, many of the players moved on to ball another day. As for the coaches, they ...

Shocking news came this week — the Houston Comets are no more. First reactions were predictable. "The Houston Comets were still around? Do tell." But then reality began to sink in. The Comets won the ...

An ownership group led by Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert will reportedly be awarded WNBA franchise No. 16 after an "approximate bid worth a league record $250 million," according to the Sports ...

And although Clark may be the most popular women’s basketball player in the world, Sheryl Swoopes was that before Clark was ever born. Swoopes took the sports world by storm when she led Texas Tech to ...