After outcry over inconsistency last year, a taskforce sought to improve the league’s officiating. Now foul calls are up, and players and coaches are adjusting

Caitlin Clark was clearly irked about the talk around her injury. “I actually went back and looked because of all these narratives that are going crazy online about when I told my mom I wasn’t going to play the game.

Cloud is not the first WNBA figure to criticize officiating this year.

WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert has established a task force to improve officiating, but head of officiating Monty McCutchen says it will take time for the league to see the benefits on the court

Chicago Sky guard Natasha Cloud sounded off on WNBA referees after her teammate, Rickea Jackson, suffered a terrible mid-game injury.

The WNBA knew it had an officiating problem last season. What the league may not have expected is how quickly its attempt to fix that problem would create a brand-new debate across the sport. After years of complaints about missed calls,

Azzi Fudd hasn’t even played a real WNBA game yet, and she’s already talking about the refs. The No. 1 overall pick for the Dallas Wings expressed some concerns after Sunday's preseason game against the Las Vegas Aces, when she was asked about ...

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An uptick in foul calls this season resulted in a task force designed to enforce rules on freedom of movement and avoid escalation.

Rickea Jackson’s heartbreaking ACL injury has sparked a massive conversation across the WNBA. Shortly after the Chicago Sky star went down against the Minnesota Lynx, veteran guard Natasha Cloud publicly called out the officiating and claimed that the referees failed to control the game’s physicality before Jackson got hurt.