Aces beat reporter Callie Lawson-Freeman joins host Heidi Fang to recap what’s gone right defensively for the team, how they’re stringing together wins and how they can carry that momentum into a featured game at T-Mobile Arena against the Indiana Fever on July 2nd.
The WNBA is investigating the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority’s sponsorship of the Aces’ rostered players, a league source confirmed Saturday.
The Aces signed free agent forward Angel McCoughtry on Monday. McCoughtry, 33, is a five-time WNBA All-Star, who averaged 19.1 points, 5.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists in nine seasons with the Atlanta Dream.
Las Vegas native and avid Aces fan Trevor La Porte jokingly asked on Twitter for $250 to fund a tattoo of Dearica Hamby’s miraculous game-winning shot against the Chicago Sky. Except Hamby wasn’t joking, and reached out to La Porte offering to pay for it. La Porte booked an appointment with local artist Kenneth Marañon, who hadn’t done a sports portrait before. So Hamby wired him the money, and La Porte got the tattoo Saturday during a three-hour session at Beloved Family Tattoo Studio. “I think it looks great,” Hamby wrote in an email. “I think it’s cool I could create memories for people like that.”
The Las Vegas Convention Center expansion increases its cost by 42.5 million to ensure the project will be finished before CES 2021. Review-Journal studio host Aaron Drawhorn and business reporter Rick Velotta go over the new costs and drone footage of the expansion.
The Las Vegas Aces are 2-2 against the Washington Mystics. The Aces rising to the challenge and overcoming the Mystics defense. Liz Cambage leading the night with 28 points and 6 rebounds. (James Schaeffer/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The Aces fell to the Dallas Wings 107-102 on Friday night and were eliminated from postseason contention, Both teams were 14-18 entering the game and the Wings hold the tiebreaker, rendering the results of Sunday’s season finale null.
The Aces snapped a five-game losing streak and preserved the possibility of the postseason with a 92-74 victory over the Indiana Fever before an announced crowd of 5,213. (WNBA)
Kelsey Plum talks about Aces win over Fever on Aug. 11, 2018. (Sam Gordon/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A’ja Wilson paid respect to Minnesota Lynx superstar Maya Moore after Moore scored 34 points against the Aces. (Sam Gordon/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Wright is the president of the school board, and last year, taxpayers paid for her trip to the 2017 National Conference on Bullying. The conference opened on March 1 and ended at 11 a.m. on March 3.
Las Vegas succumbed to the incomparable greatness of the legendary Diana Taurasi and stumbled to a 104-93 loss to her Phoenix Mercury at Mandalay Bay Events Center before an announced crowd of 5,129.
Aces players talk following an 88-74 victory over the Indiana Fever at Mandalay Bay Events Center. (Sam Gordon/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The Aces are building a rapport with the Las Vegas Valley with their improved play and concerted effort to engage the community.
The Aces, in the midst of a four-game winning streak, fumbled an opportunity to claim another signature victory, and were outscored 35-15 in the fourth quarter en route to a 99-78 loss at Mandalay Bay Events Center.
Here’s what’s happening this weekend in the Las Vegas Valley.
The Aces (3-9) went toe-to-toe — er, bucket-for-bucket — with the visiting Phoenix Mercury for the better part of four quarters, but wilted in the final minutes and stumbled to a 92-80 loss Sunday at Mandalay Bay Events Center. (Video provided by WNBA)
The Dallas Wings beat the Las Vegas Aces 77-67 on Friday,June 5, 2018.(WNBA)
Review-Journal’s WNBA beat writer Sam Gordon sat down with A’ja Wilson, the Las Vegas Aces No.1 overall draft pick in this year’s WNBA Draft.
The Las Vegas Aces host a WNBA draft party at the Mandalay Bay for season-ticket holders, and have the number one overall pick.
Bryan Salmond talks to Las Vegas Aces coach Bill Laimbeer about relocating to Las Vegas as well as his expectations for the upcoming WNBA season.
