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    The Mystics are creeping back to full strength — and have their sights set on contention

    The Mystics start their season back up Sunday with a tough two-game road trip, hoping to make their injury problems a thing of the past while pushing to contend for another title.

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    Elena Delle Donne, with some help from Russell Westbrook, is nearing her Mystics return

    The 2019 WNBA MVP got some encouragement, and rebounds, from the 2017 NBA MVP as she worked her way back from injury.

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    Mystics back on the practice floor, eyeing a return by Elena Delle Donne

    Mystics Coach Mike Thibault hoped to get Delle Donne cleared for physical contact and team practices for the final week before games restart.

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    Storm rout Sun 79-57 to win inaugural Commissioner's Cup

    Breanna Stewart scored 15 of her 17 points in the first quarter and the Seattle Storm routed the Connecticut Sun 79-57 to win the inaugural WNBA Commissioner’s Cup

    Delle Donne back practicing, return to games still unknown

    Elena Delle Donne is back practicing with the Washington Mystics, although she still isn’t sure when she’ll step on the court in a game for the team

    Sparks' Ogwumike ready to return after tough two months

    It’s been a difficult two months for Nneka Ogwumike

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    Tina Charles presses pause on her career year to pursue a third Olympic gold medal

    Tina Charles is leading the WNBA in scoring but will come off the bench for a stacked U.S. women's basketball team.

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    At WNBA All-Star Game, the league’s best make a statement by topping Team USA

    The All-Star Game against Team WNBA served as the first of three exhibitions for the U.S. women's national team in Las Vegas.

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    Ariel Atkins had posters of Team USA players as a kid. Now they’re going to Tokyo together.

    The next step in the Mystics guard's life-changing past 24 months: going to Tokyo with Team USA.

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    The Mystics can take a much-needed Olympic breather after an overtime win over the Sky

    With a game-high 34 points, Tina Charles surpassed 25 for the seventh consecutive game — a career and franchise high — in Washington's 89-85 victory at Chicago.

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    A deep talent pool, injuries and a compressed schedule have made the WNBA unpredictable

    After the league-leading Seattle Storm and Las Vegas Aces, there’s a 4.5-game difference between the No. 4 Lynx and No. 11 Los Angeles Sparks.

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    Tina Charles dominates the Liberty again, but the Mystics collapse for a fourth straight loss

    Washington had an 18-point halftime lead but couldn't hold it Saturday afternoon in New York.

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    Mangled Mystics add familiar faces as they try to make it to Olympic break

    The Mystics signed Megan Gustafson and Shatori Walker-Kimbrough to bolster their roster.

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    Mystics guard Leilani Mitchell is rolling after a slow start with Olympics on the horizon

    The sharpshooting guard is playing her best basketball of the season headed into the Olympic break.

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    The Mystics, with a ‘Select Six’ available players, are outnumbered at home by the Sun

    A flurry of injuries and roster moves left Washington shorthanded, and Jonquel Jones and the Sun took advantage.

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    The Mystics’ road trip ends after their limited roster leads to another loss, this time at Dallas

    The Mystics had nine players available — an improvement from their previous defeat — but still fell, 85-74, to the Wings on Saturday afternoon.

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    Shorthanded Mystics fall short against Sparks in 89-82 loss

    Washington's road trip continues in Los Angeles, where the depleted roster can't deliver a victory.

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    Tina Charles adds an Olympic nod to her career season with the Mystics

    Charles, who will be playing in her third Olympics, leads the WNBA in scoring this season.

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    Mystics lean on dominant Tina Charles for 87-83 win over defending champion Storm

    The Washington star and U.S Olympian finishes with 34 points and 16 rebounds in a road victory over the Storm.

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    Mike Thibault became a WNBA icon thanks to a love of the game that transcends gender

    At 350 wins and counting, Mike Thibault, basketball lifer, still makes sure his players know life is more than basketball.

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    Beat-up Mystics lose Natasha Cloud but keep finding ways to win

    Natasha Cloud became the latest Mystic to be bitten by the injury bug, but her teammates did enough Saturday night to beat the Indiana Fever.

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    Seven healthy players are enough as shorthanded Mystics rally past Atlanta

    The Mystics rallied from a 14-point deficit to defeat the Dream, 96-93, sparked by Ariel Atkins’s career-high 32 points.

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    Elena Delle Donne may be out until August as the Mystics’ roster stays in flux

    Coach Mike Thibault said Delle Donne still hasn’t done any five-on-five work but is progressing.

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