WNBA players used the All-Star Game to send a message to the league – "Pay us what you owe us" – and judging from its postgame chant, the crowd at Gainbridge Fieldhouse agreed.

WNBA players and league officials will negotiate the next labor agreement soon, and the stakes have never been higher. The players' pregame T-shirts fired up the crowd, which chanted: "Pay them."

The game itself? A bummer. No defense, no passion, no intensity. The WNBA is becoming like the NBA, NFL and NHL in that regard.

INDIANAPOLIS – The drama, the fire, happened 20 minutes before tipoff of the 2025 WNBA All-Star Game . There would be no drama, no fire, during the game of course. We’re talking about practice , I mean an All-Star Game, know what I’m saying? And the 21 st All-Star Game in WNBA history bo

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