Just when Alana Beard was really getting into her Duke Athletics Hall of Fame speech last week, the crowd interrupted with applause. As one might do when accepting a lifetime achievement award ...

That scoring ability didn’t leave Beard when she came to the WNBA, as she put up 13.1 points in her rookie season in Washington. In 2006 she turned in a career year, averaging 19.2 points on 49. ...

The Washington D.C. Sports Hall of Fame 2025 inductees include soccer star Mia Hamm and WNBA legend Alana Beard, along with ...

Beard led Southwood to a 144-6 record with 53 consecutive wins for former coach Steve McDowell. She scored 48 points against Bonnabel in her final prep contest in the LHSAA Class 5A state ...

MINNEAPOLIS — The first game-winning shot of Alana Beard’s career could not have come at a better time for the Los Angeles Sparks. In the opening minute of Game 1 of the 2016 Finals, Beard ...

— -- With a chance to win the WNBA championship Sunday at home in front of a supportive crowd at Staples Center, Los Angeles lost 85-79. Now the Sparks have to go on the road for a winner ...

Shreveport native Alana Beard has won multiple awards in her career. Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame adds another honor to her resume.

The 318 Foundation, founded by former Shreveport Southwood standout and WNBA superstar, Alana Beard, currently has partnered with Grambling State University to conduct a Sports Champions Academy ...

Alana Beard isn’t anywhere near the WNBA’s bubble in Bradenton, Florida, but on L.A. Sparks’ media day Friday, her name kept coming up. Beard made a most casual retirement announcement Jan ...

With the score tied in Game 1 of the WNBA finals and 24.7 seconds to play Sunday, Sparks Coach Brian Agler didn’t call Alana Beard’s number.

— -- MINNEAPOLIS -- Alana Beard the businesswoman will be opening a Mellow Mushroom pizza restaurant in Roanoke, Virginia, on Oct. 22 with her good friend, Indiana guard Marissa Coleman. But ...

Alana Beard stood to the right of the three-point line at the Target Center in Minneapolis as her Los Angeles Sparks teammates warmed up before Game 5 of the 2016 WNBA Finals against the Minnesota ...