The New Orleans Saints will close out the 2026 preseason tonight in Dallas against the Cowboys. The Saints are looking to bounce back after being shut out in Los Angeles aftee last Saturday’s matchup with the Rams and finish the preseason with a win.

Kickoff:

Friday, August 28th- 7:00pm CST / 8:00pm EST

Location: 

AT&T Stadium, Arlington, TX

TV Broadcasts:

WVUE FOX 8 New Orleans (Live)

Featuring: Joel Meyers, Sean Kelley, and Jon Stinchcomb

YouTube TVNFL Sunday Ticket:

Preseason games not included in the package

Radio:

WWL 870AM/105.3FM New Orleans

Featuring: Mike Hoss, Deuce McAllister, and Steve Geller

Online Streaming:

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iOS/Android Streaming:

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Odds: 

Saints 2.5-point underdog, O/U 37.5

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Here’s to a good game and no injuries as the regular season opener against the Detroit Lions is just a little over 2 weeks away.

It is one of the more frustrating patterns of the Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch era — the 49ers spend a relatively high pick on a running back, they struggle for playing time and they inevitably move on. However, entering the 2026 season, there is reason for optimism that this could be the year that Shanahan’s commitment to investing draft capital in the running back position bears fruit.

In the first four years of the Shanahan-Lynch regime, the 49ers only spent one draft pick on a back, doing so in their first year in 2017 when they took Joe Williams in the fourth round. Williams never played a snap.

But since 2021, the 49ers have spent six draft picks on the position, the latest being a third-round selection used on Kaelon Black this year.

Most of those picks have had limited success, though Elijah Mitchell led the 49ers in rushing as a rookie in 2021 before injuries derailed his progress with the team over subsequent seasons.

Trey Sermon, a third-round pick that same year, lasted only one season, while 2023 third-rounder Tyrion Davis-Price’s career with the team was similarly short-lived. After encouraging signs in his rookie season, 2024 fourth-rounder Isaac Guerendo could soon see his time as a 49er come to an end, but the two most recent running back selections by the 49ers offer hope that Shanahan and San Francisco could be vindicated in continuing to throw draft resources at that area of the roster.

Black and James provide reason for hope

The 49ers need backs who can take some of the pressure off the now 30-year-old Christian McCaffrey, who has dealt with ‘tightness’ for much of training camp and preseason.

And both Black and 2025 fifth-round pick James have provided evidence they are ready to do just that.

Black rushed for 61 yards on 12 carries in preseason, an average of just over five yards a carry, but even more intriguing is the play he demonstrated in pass protection. If a younger back is going to eat into McCaffrey’s snaps, they must be able to hold up in pass protection, and the 49ers’ faith in Black’s ability to do so should be boosted following preseason.

James did not earn any carries as a rookie until the 49ers’ blowout loss to the Seattle Seahawks in the divisional round of the playoffs.

Having fractured his ribs on the second day of training camp, James’ only appearance of preseason came on Thursday as the Niners rounded off their exhibition schedule against the Las Vegas Raiders, and he gave San Francisco reason for encouragement.

James displayed nice burst to the second level and contact balance on a 17-yard run that accounted for the bulk of his 35 yards on eight carriers, and he also demonstrated his abilities as a pass-catcher on a well-designed screen pass that went for 20 yards.

“It was good to see him out there,” Shanahan said afterward. “He missed a ton of camp, too, with his injury, and had the same thing last year where he missed all of training camp. So he only got to play in that one game for us, got a couple carries versus Seattle at the end of the year last year. So I was really excited to watch him tonight, and from what I saw out there live, I thought he ran real hard and ran real well.”

It may be a limited sample size in an exhibition game, but James coming back from injury and flashing as both a runner and a receiver theoretically improves his odds of getting on the field, even if Black likely has the edge as the second-string running back at this point.

The 49ers aren’t likely to ask Black or James to try to replicate McCaffrey’s all-encompassing impact on the 49er offense. Very few backs in the NFL can have the influence McCaffrey has on both the run game and the passing attack.

But as even more miles are put on the legs of a future Hall of Fame starter with a checkered injury history, the need for fresh backs who can take on more of the load increases.

Leaning on Black and James to alleviate the strain on McCaffrey is a gamble given they have zero regular-season carriers between them. However, the flashes in preseason have been enough to suggest that, between them, they can help McCaffrey get the necessary rest and keep the 49er offense on the tracks when he is off the field.

The Niners have waited a long time for Shanahan’s commitment to drafting backs to have a tangible positive impact on the team. There are no guarantees of preseason play translating into regular-season results, but there’s cause to be hopeful 2026 could be the season in which that wait ends.

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We're counting down until the Detroit Red Wings begin the 2026-27 season, and with each passing day, we’ll be taking a look back at the best player in franchise history to wear that day’s jersey number.

The Top No. 35 In Red Wings History: Jimmy Howard

While a handful of players have worn No. 35 for the Red Wings, most recently Ville Husso, the obvious choice for the most notable player in franchise history to wear the number is goaltender Jimmy Howard.

Howard, whom the Red Wings selected in the second round (64th overall pick) of the 2003 NHL Draft, ranks third in franchise history in games played (543), wins (246), save percentage (.912), and is first overall in team history with 13,970 total saves made. 

Having played college hockey at the University of Maine, Howard began his professional career with the American Hockey League affiliate Grand Rapids Griffins in 2005-06, going 27-6-2.

He would also make his NHL debut with the Red Wings that season, ultimately appearing in four games and posting a 2.98 goals-against average with a .904 save percentage. Notably, he became the first and only goaltender to date to face a penalty shot in each of his first two NHL contests. 

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After the Red Wings did not re-sign Ty Conklin following the 2008-09 season, Howard entered Training Camp that fall penciled in as the No. 2 goaltender behind Chris Osgood, but it wouldn't be long before he'd eventually claim the starter's role. 

In his first full NHL campaign of 2009-10, Howard went 37-15-10 with a 2.26 goals-against average, a .924 save percentage, and three shutouts. He also garnered consideration for the Calder Trophy as the NHL's top rookie.

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Upon his retirement from the NHL following the 2019-20 campaign, he'd amassed a record of 246-196-70 with a 2.62 goals-against average, a .912 save percentage, and 24 shutouts.

He also posted a record of 21-26 in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. While the Red Wings never advanced beyond the second round with Howard in goal, he did help them to within one victory of a Conference Finals berth in 2011 and 2013. 

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Boston Celtics teammates Neemias Queta and Hugo González sat on opposing benches during Friday’s Portugal vs. Spain FIBA World Cup Qualifying matchup.

Queta, who began his professional career with Benfica in the Portuguese Basketball League, and González, who debuted with Real Madrid in Spain at just 16 years old, took the floor as foes in Portugal’s 95-89 victory.

For Queta, the qualifier was a stage to showcase his incoming leap after signing a four-year, $56 million extension with the Celtics this summer. The 27-year-old scored 16 points on 5-of-10 shooting with nine rebounds and two steals in over 24 minutes, assisting Portugal en route to its nail-biting upset. Queta grabbed five offensive boards and repeatedly outmatched Spain’s bigs with speed and strength.

In the fourth quarter, Queta secured his most notable highlight by baiting Spain’s Aday Mara with a pump-fake three, spinning past Mara and flushing a thunderous right-handed dunk to break a 71-71 tie. That sparked a 7-0 run from Portugal, forcing Spain to take a timeout with 7:55 left in regulation.

González, nearly matching Queta with more than 23 minutes on the court, struggled offensively. He finished with only three points, knocking down just one of four 3-point attempts. Yet, in typical Hugo fashion, González found alternative ways to remain impactful for Spain, including a fourth-quarter lob deflection that prevented Portugal from taking an 84-76 lead with less than six minutes remaining. González stayed composed and rose for a second consecutive contest after Portugal secured the offensive rebound, keeping the deficit at six points.

Queta’s dominance was too much for Spain to bridge, leaving a beneficial impression with over seven weeks left until Boston’s regular-season opener on Oct. 20.

Last season, Queta inherited his biggest role yet and debuted as the Celtics’ starting center after the team parted ways with Kristaps Porziņģis, Al Horford and Luke Kornet. With the spotlight on him, Queta repaid the C’s with a career-best breakout, averaging 10.2 points, 8.4 rebounds and 1.3 blocks across 75 starts — all career highs.

Over the summer, while Queta continued his offseason work, Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla stopped by to visit him in Lisbon, Portugal — Queta’s birthplace and hometown. The visit meant a lot to Queta, who just three years earlier had been waived by the Sacramento Kings, leaving his NBA future uncertain.

“It’s surreal,” Queta told CelticsBlog’s Noa Dalzell in July. “A couple of years ago if you’d said that an NBA coach is coming to that specific gym just to see me and get to know me, I would’ve been like, ‘You gotta be kidding me.’

“Joe makes sure he wants to make that extra effort just to make sure you feel comfortable. I think that’s one of the reasons why he’s such a good coach. He worries about people, and that’s why I’d run through a wall for him.”

The past three years have been immensely rewarding for Queta. He’s gone from a little-known pickup signed by the Celtics to a two-way contract in September 2023 to an NBA champion to a first-year starter with a $56 million payday, all in the span of three years. He’s become one of the biggest developmental successes under Mazzulla’s coaching tenure, with Celtics president of basketball operations Brad Stevens leading the front office.

With the offseason free agency signing of Mitchell Robinson to a three-year, $47.3 million contract, coupled with the reimplementation of Jayson Tatum to the lineup full-time, the decision ultimately falls on Mazzulla, Stevens, and the rest of Boston’s brass. They can either keep Queta as the team’s starting big or run Robinson at the five when the Celtics open up against the Detroit Pistons on Oct. 20.

Queta and Portugal will next take on Georgia on Monday, continuing their FIBA World Cup 2027 Qualifiers campaign.

Xaivian Lee committed to Gonzaga on Wednesday, announcing it on his Instagram eight days after a California court granted him a fifth year of eligibility and the ability to enter the transfer portal.

The Zags have their guy at the point guard spot. What’s still uncertain is who their “backup guy” will be. And I’m of the opinion that the value of Nathan de Sousa has gotten lost in the excitement over Gonzaga’s other two recent point guard signings.

The Saga So Far…

If you’re all caught up with who’s eligible and why for the Zags or if you aren’t interested in a refreshing neener-neener sidenote on why Donovan Dent’s decision to sign on at LSU has proven deliciously ironic, please feel free to skip ahead, here.

The commitment of Xaivian Lee ends (for now…) a migraine-inducing Gonzaga backcourt drama that began months ago, when former commit Jack Kayil elected to stay in the NBA Draft process, and former point guard Mario Saint-Supery signed a multiyear deal with Valencia Basket in mid-July, leaving Gonzaga’s backcourt effectively decimated.

The Zags had already added Nathan de Sousa on June 26, before Saint-Supery’s exit. De Sousa is a 23-year-old French point guard who spent the last five seasons with Cholet Basket of the LNB Elite. Then on Aug. 5, Gonzaga secured a commit from Javon Bennett, a 5-foot-10 fifth-year guard who started all 37 games for Dayton last season. Bennett committed after court rulings gave him a fifth year of eligibility. The following week, the injunctions that granted it in the first place were put on hold pending appeal by the NCAA.

To add weird insult to weirder injury, UCLA fifth-year transfer Donovan Dent, the other point guard Gonzaga had been linked to all month, committed to LSU, stepping out of the frying pan and directly into the fryer of Division I eligibility.

A Quick Note on the Situation at LSU…

The finger-licking irony for any Zag fan miffed with Donovan Dent for signing on in Baton Rouge is that LSU currently has just four players whose eligibility for the 2026-27 season isn’t in significant jeopardy. Four. Total.

Recent UCLA transfers Skyy Clark and Dent bring the count of eligible players to six but with an important asterisk, as that eligibility is currently being challenged on appeal by the NCAA.

The other six players that coach Will Wade signed this offseason (five legit European pros and former Utah Jazz signee RJ Luis) are still waiting on a first ruling to decide whether their professional status precludes them from a return to college. Luis’s preliminary injunction lasted exactly one day before the SEC itself approved a new policy that would prevent him and any other former pro from playing in the conference at all; a policy which comes with massive penalties for any school that violates that order.

That’s the roster situation at LSU. Dent signed on two weeks ago knowing all of it, securing a hefty bag for himself but betting his last season of competition on a team where two-thirds of the roster is looking less and less eligible by the day.

The Eligibility Math

This may all be a moot point in the first place. Javon Bennett’s eligibility was successfully stayed by the NCAA, so his only path forward is either to throw his name into another state-level suit or to keep his fingers crossed that the NCAA’s appeal process plays out lickety-split.

Nathan e Sousa’s case for eligibility in the first place is also probably significantly stronger than Bennett’s. De Sousa still needs the NCAA to process an international eligibility waiver, part of the same review of overseas pros keeping most of LSU’s roster sidelined. His case is more straightforward than coach Will Wade’s, though. What he was paid in France likely falls well below the compensation threshold that would classify him as a true, legitimate professional in the eyes of the NCAA and thus wouldn’t preclude him from college eligibility. The second problem is a travel visa. He told The Spokesman Review on Aug. 22 that he expected it within days and planned to be in Spokane this week. Based on his Instagram story, he’s still in Paris, watching the French national team in the FIBA World Cup 2027 European qualifiers.

Visa approval can be a bizarre and Kafkaesque bureaucratic nightmare. There’s no way to check in on that timeline from the outside, so for now it’s a waiting game.

Back to Spokane

What it all boils down to is that Xaivian Lee is now the first of the three committed point guards who is both eligible and cleared to play (again, for now…).

Lee is a 6-foot-4 fifth-year guard from Toronto who played three years at Princeton and one at Florida. In the Ivy League, he averaged 17.1 points as a sophomore and 16.9 as a junior and took first-team all-conference in 2024 and 2025. Last season he put up 11.6 points and a team-high 4.2 assists as Florida’s starting shooting guard. Although the NCAA is still appealing the status of every class of 2022 athlete, Gonzaga, for the time being, has a point guard.

But Lee won’t play 40 minutes a night, and the Zags have struggled to maintain offensive continuity in the past when their table-setting lead guard takes a rest. Whoever steps in behind him has a crucial role to play. The assumption up til now has been that it falls to Javon Bennett, but the Zags have another good option available.

In Defense of Nathan de Sousa

“NDS” came off the bench in all 36 of his appearances for Cholet last season and averaged 10.2 points in 19.2 minutes a game. He posted a 42.6 percent assist rate and a 2.7 assist-to-turnover ratio while using nearly a quarter of Cholet’s possessions, which is a starter’s workload with a reserve’s minutes. Cholet finished fifth in a 16-team league at 19-11 in the regular season with him running the second unit.

It’s easy to see why the assumption would be Javon Bennett over Nathan de Sousa. He’s a known, box-score-proven guard who just averaged 15.8 points on a first-team All-Atlantic 10 season and beat BYU and Florida State doing it. De Sousa is an unproven 23-year-old walking in from a foreign pro league most fans have never heard of. That instinct makes sense on name recognition but falls apart once you look at what Xaivian Lee contributes on the floor and what might be needed when he’s off it.

Bennett’s last season at Dayton ran on volume. 12.7 shots a night across 34.5 minutes, 471 attempts on the year, the most on Dayton’s roster, to get to 15.8 points a game. Scale that down to the 12 or 13 minutes a backup point guard in Gonzaga’s system is likely to play, and it lands around five or six points, and that assumes he shoots exactly like himself against Pac-12 defenses that are a step up from the A-10 in size and physicality.

Five or six points isn’t nothing, but it also costs you the distribution the offense actually runs on. Lee puts up 6.1 assists per 40 minutes. Bennett puts up 3.4. The guard you’d bring in to cover a cold shooting night from Lee might be the more consistent outside threat, but he moves the ball at roughly half the rate, which is trading one problem for another.

Defense is the bigger problem. The knock on Lee through four years of scouting is that bigger, more physical guards move him off his spot, and at 5-foot-10 and 165 pounds Bennett gives up height and weight to Lee himself and to the guards he’d be checking in Lee’s place. Pull Lee for a shooting slump, put Bennett in for a scoring nudge, and the perimeter shell gets worse in the process.

De Sousa doesn’t have either problem. He played those 19.2 minutes a night in a complementary role and still ran close to five assists a game, a rate that scales to better than 10 per 40, and he did it while playing hard-nosed, aggressive defense. Listings run from 6-foot-1 to 6-foot-3 at 194 pounds, and the scouting language out of France consistently mentions his toughness and his passing feel.

What he does with the ball looks nothing like what Lee or Bennett do with it. Lee led the Gators with 4.2 assists per game in 27.4 minutes a night, creating off the dribble and pulling up for a clean look or kicking to the right man in traffic, the same face and demeanor whether it drops or rims out. Lee has always been all business. De Sousa, on the other hand, gets downhill, finds the roller, draws fouls at the rim, and then screams in a defender’s face about it. The Zags have not had a Nathan de Sousa in a long while, maybe ever. They’re two very different point guards, and two completely different looks when something needs to change.

Lee is the higher-usage engine, undoubtedly, built to create off the bounce and put the ball in the right hands when it needs to be there, with the thinner frame that comes with that game. De Sousa is built to guard up, keep the offense moving without needing touches, and absorb minutes against backcourts with more size than Lee can handle. Lee running it and de Sousa spelling him for up to 15 minutes a night plays to what each is built to do and lets the Zags switch looks and get some much-needed spark based on who’s across from them.

Final Thoughts

Xaivian Lee solves the no-point-guard problem. He doesn’t solve the logjam behind him. Javon Bennett’s game needs touches he won’t get in a bench role, and his size compounds the problem on the defensive side. De Sousa, however, has already shown he can do exactly what Lee doesn’t: body up larger guards and pump up the energy with his aggressive and chaotic style of play. He did it all while playing bench minutes for a professional club and without needing the offense to run through him.

The temperament gap makes it more interesting. Lee gets a shot up and jogs back down the floor, quiet about it either way. De Sousa’s temperament can best be described as “high energy” or “hustle guy” or “absolute maniac.” A team needs two speeds at that position sometimes. Lee and De Sousa give Gonzaga that. Lee and Bennett give Gonzaga a bad answer to a tough question of size, skill, and fit.

None of it may end up mattering, remember. Bennett’s eligibility is stayed, maybe for good, and Nathan de Sousa is still in Paris waiting on a visa and a waiver with no public timeline attached. But if this breaks the way it looks like it’s breaking, Gonzaga isn’t scrambling for a fallback behind Lee. They already have the guy who committed back in June, before any of this started. That’s a decent place to land in the last week of August.

The Golden State Warriors are prepared to give Stephen Curry something even more valuable than a maximum contract: maximum control.

Beginning Saturday, Curry can sign a two-year, $136.7 million extension that would keep him with Golden State through the 2028-29 season. Added to the approximately $62.5 million he will earn this season, the deal would represent a commitment of more than $199 million over the next three years and carry Curry through his 41st birthday.

Golden State is apparently willing to let him decide whether that is the right arrangement.

ClutchPoints’ NBA Insider Brett Siegel reported that the Warriors are prepared to offer Curry the full maximum, accept a discounted deal that preserves roster flexibility or let him delay negotiations until he enters unrestricted free agency next summer.

“They’re going to go to Steph and say, ‘What type of deal do you want?’” Siegel said.

That is effectively a blank check, but Curry’s answer will shape far more than his personal earnings.

The Warriors reportedly have no intention of trading Curry. The franchise icon has not requested a move and remains expected to retire with the only NBA team he has known. Paying him is the easy part. Building a contender around that salary is considerably more complicated.

Golden State has explored blockbuster moves for Giannis Antetokounmpo, LeBron James and Jaylen Brown without landing any of them. Its aging roster also lacks a proven young successor capable of carrying the franchise once Curry leaves.

A full extension would reward the greatest player in team history but consume resources that could otherwise help Golden State chase another star. A discount would create additional flexibility, although it would require Curry to trust ownership to turn his financial sacrifice into meaningful help.

Waiting could be the most revealing option. Curry could preserve the Warriors’ spending power next summer, evaluate their roster plan and potentially negotiate a longer contract in 2027. A delay would not necessarily indicate that he wants to leave, but it would invite questions about whether he still believes another championship is possible in Golden State.

Curry’s age and recent health also make the commitment unusual. He played only 43 games last season after a knee issue cost him approximately two months. The Warriors nevertheless appear willing to absorb that risk because Curry’s value extends beyond ordinary roster calculations.

He delivered four championships, transformed the franchise and remains its commercial identity. Golden State is prepared to mortgage part of its future to ensure he never wears another uniform, even as ownership prepares for life after Curry.

The only unresolved question is how large Curry wants that mortgage to be.

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Tonight’s WNBA card is absolute money, giving us the perfect setup to sweep four massive same-game parlays.

Our tickets are built around three unstoppable anchors: Carla Leite orchestrating the offense, Shakira Austin imposing her will down low, and Kia Nurse lighting it up from deep.

Lock in our best WNBA parlay picks &load up the board and smash these odds for Friday, Aug. 28.

WNBA parlay picks today

Game	Picks
vs.	Clark Over 24.5 points Fever -17.5 Over 178.5	2.82x
vs.	Fire +12.5 Over 179.5 Leite Over 16.5 points Leite Over 6.5 assists	4.17x
vs.	Ogwumike Over 25.5 points Austin Over 17.5 points Iriafen Over 15.5 points	3.09x
vs.	Aces -13.5 Young Over 4.5 rebounds Nurse Over 1.5 threes	1.86x

Sun vs Fever parlay

This is a monster spread, but the team disparity warrants it. The Indiana Fever lead the league with 96.6 ppg, while the Connecticut Sun are dead last at 78.8. Connecticut is 3-8 ATS as a double-digit dog, and the Fever won the last meeting 123-88 at home. Play to 19.5.

Indiana sports the league’s best Offensive Rating at home (116.9), and Connecticut’s 10th-ranked defense will have a tough time getting stops. Blowouts offer a clear Under risk, but the Fever’s offense is so potent that it can propel this line to 179+ points. Play to 179.5.

Check out Zak Hanshew's full Sun vs. Fever predictions.

Fire vs Dream parlay

The Atlanta Dream ranks third in team scoring at 91.1 ppg, while the Portland Fire allows 91.4 ppg, third most in the WNBA. That means we can count on points from the Dream, so we only have to worry about the Fire carrying their weight to get to the Over.

Portland has scored 97+ points in five of its last 10 games. After combining for 194 points last time, I expect these teams to hit the Over.

For the Fire to stay in this game, it'll need a big performance from Carla Leite. She's averaging 15.6 points and 6.3 assists per game this season, and has gone Over her total in both categories in four of her eight games in August.

I'm taking her to get to those numbers again in a high-scoring game tonight.

Check out Ed Scimia's full Fire vs. Dream predictions.

Mystics vs Sparks parlay

The Washington Mystics rank second in the WNBA in PITP at 42.8, and their dynamic duo of Shakira Austin and Kiki Iriafen account for 21.2 of them. The Sparks allow the second-most PITP (43) and fifth-most second-chance points (11.6).

Both Austin and Iriafen are averaging 10.6 PITP, good for eighth-most in the W, and both players rank in the Top-11 in second-chance points.

Austin has scored 17+ in 21 of 38 games and finished with 25 and 17 against the Los Angeles Sparks. Iriafen went for 19 and 13 against LA, and she has 19 games with 15+ points.

Check out Zak Hanshew's full Mystics vs. Sparks predictions.

Tempo vs Aces parlay

A’ja Wilson’s status is up in the air, which has slimmed this spread a bit. Even without the MVP, the Las Vegas Aces are rested and ready given a rare extended break to practice this week.

The Toronto Tempo are rolling out a seven-person rotation and travel after a road loss in Seattle Wednesday.

The shorthanded Tempo are back on the court in Phoenix tomorrow. If things get out of hand (which is what this spread says), it wouldn’t surprise me to see Toronto coach Sandy Brondello pull the plug and protect what’s left of her team to fight again on Saturday.

Check out Jason Logan's full Tempo vs. Aces predictions.

How to bet WNBA parlays today

Kalshi users can combine predictions for various markets for every WNBA game! Moneylines, spreads, and totals are fair game, as well as props for a player’s total points, assists, rebounds, 3-pointers made, and combo markets.

Prediction markets like Kalshi will set a projected total number for all the traditional markets and player stats, and users can predict whether the team will win/cover, if the total will go Over/Under, or whether players will reach certain statistical thresholds or not.

Combining predictions can increase a potential payday, but it also increases the risk level. If even one prediction in a three-leg combo is wrong, the whole thing is graded as a loss.

What is Kalshi?

Kalshi is a federally regulated platform for trading event outcomes on prediction markets. Traders can buy and sell simple, transparent contracts that settle based on the outcome of real-world events. Markets revolve around a yes/no proposition, with prices adjusting dynamically based on traders’ perceived probability that the event will occur. When the event concludes, if you are correct, the contract “honors” at a predetermined price; if you are incorrect, it expires at $0.

WNBA parlay FAQs

What are the best WNBA parlays today?

• Caitlin Clark Over 24.5 points / Fever -17.5 / Over 178.5
• Fire +12.5 / Over 179.5 / Carla Leite Over 16.5 points / Carla Leite Over 6.5 assists
• Nneka Ogwumike Over 25.5 points / Shakira Austin Over 17.5 points / Kiki Iriafen Over 15.5 points
• Aces -13.5 / Jackie Young Over 4.5 rebounds / Kia Nurse Over 1.5 threes

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Enes Kanter Freedom says ending his campaign against the WNBA would require only a one-word change.

Kanter said that he would abandon his attempted entry into the 2027 WNBA Draft if the league explicitly limited eligibility to “biological” females.

“If they come out tomorrow and say only biological females are eligible to play, I’d drop everything,” Kanter said. “Until then, I am eligible to play.”

Article XIII, Section 1(a) of the WNBA’s collective bargaining agreement says only players who are women are eligible but does not publicly define the term further. Kanter has seized upon that absence, declared himself eligible and challenged the league to tell him otherwise.

Multiple league sources have said Kanter and former NBA player Royce White are not eligible. Kanter dismissed those reports as “fake news,” arguing that neither the league nor its commissioner has contacted him directly.

The dispute escalated during the recent Chicago Sky-Indiana Fever game. Kanter sat along the baseline wearing a shirt defining a woman as an “adult human female” before an exchange with Sky guard Natasha Cloud led security to remove him.

The Sky subsequently banned Kanter from Wintrust Arena. Owner Michael Alter said his appearance appeared designed to provoke a reaction, while Kanter maintained that he had done nothing warranting removal.

Kanter nevertheless says he will continue preparing for the draft and has offered to meet league officials. His stated demand remains simple: Put biological sex expressly into the eligibility rule and he says the campaign ends immediately.

Whether this is sincere activism or an elaborate and desperate bid for relevance is harder to determine. Kanter presents his declaration as an attempt to protect women’s sports, but every new challenge, interview and courtside confrontation also returns the national spotlight to a retired center with no realistic basketball future.

The two motives are not necessarily mutually exclusive. A publicity stunt can still make a political point, and Kanter has designed one that keeps him at the center of the controversy regardless of how the WNBA responds.

The WNBA’s reported position is already that Kanter cannot play. Until it states that position publicly in the language he is demanding, however, he says the campaign will continue.

Kanter insists his exit is only one word away. Whether he truly wants that word—or is exploiting a deeply controversial issue to keep himself in the spotlight—remains the real question.

Welcome to the life of a professional athlete, Darryn Peterson.

The No. 2 overall pick in this year’s NBA draft is off to a great start in his pro career, but immediately before that? Not so much.

In an interview earlier this month with ESPN’s Chiney Ogwumike, Peterson shared his unfortunate wake-up call leading up to the draft.

“Crazy story: my whip, during the pre-draft, got [stolen] out of the driveway at the Airbnb I was staying at,” Peterson revealed when asked what he purchased with his first pro paycheck. “After it got took, I was like, ’I’m about to just get something else.’”

His new ride? A custom matte black Range Rover. And yes, he’s learned to keep it in the garage.

The Jazz rookie erupted onto the pro scene with 28 points in his NBA Summer League debut. Over five games, he averaged 23 points — good enough for sixth best on the summer circuit — with 3.2 rebounds and 5.2 assists per game.

He’ll get his first shot on an NBA court in the Jazz’s preseason opener on Oct. 4 against Nikola Jokic and the Nuggets. Utah opens the regular season on Oct. 21 at Memphis.

Peterson was in the mix for the top pick and ultimately fell to Utah after the Wizards took AJ Dybantsa No. 1 overall.

A standout at Kansas, Peterson averaged 20.2 points, 4.2 rebounds and 1.6 assists in his sole season with the Jayhawks. He spent much of his college tenure battling cramps — and criticism of his lack of availability — something he attributes to high doses of the supplement creatine.

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Monster boards, sniper range, and rim protection—tonight’s WNBA prop card is loaded with pure cash.

Hammer Angel Reese to own the glass, ride Caitlin Clark to go nuclear from deep, and slam Cameron Brink to lock down the paint on Friday, Aug. 28.

Let's dive in with the best WNBA picks on the board for tonight!

WNBA player props today

Player	Pick
Caitlin Clark	Over 24.5 points	39%
Angel Reese	Over 13.5 rebounds	71%
Cameron Brink	Over 9.5 points	47%
Jackie Young	Over 4.5 rebounds	60%

Sun vs Fever prop: Caitlin Clark Over 24.5 points

Probability: 39%

Caitlin Clark has been more productive at Gainbridge Fieldhouse than any other location this season, averaging 23.9 points, 9.1 assists and 3.6 rebounds at home compared to 20.4 points, 7.6 assists and 4.1 rebounds on the road.

Clark has 12 double-doubles, reaching that milestone in eight of 17 home games but just four of 18 road games.

Clark’s 31 double-doubles are the 9th-most in the WNBA since she joined the league in 2024.

Check out Zak Hanshew's full Sun vs. Fever predictions.

Fire vs Dream prop: Angel Reese Over 13.5 rebounds

Probability: 71%

Angel Reese set the single-game and single-season rebounding records on Monday when she collected 26 boards against the Los Angeles Sparks. The number was out of this world, but the performance was nothing new, as Reese is averaging 12.4 rebounds per game this season.

Reese should have a field day against the Portland Fire, who average the fewest rebounds per game (30.3) and the lowest rebounding rate in the WNBA (47.0%). She's collected 14+ rebounds in six of her last eight games, and I love her to go Over 13.5 boards tonight at -110 or better.

Check out Ed Scimia's full Fire vs. Dream predictions.

Mystics vs Sparks prop: Cameron Brink Over 9.5 points

Probability: 47%

Cameron Brink is averaging 9.4 points on 50% shooting — both career-high marks.

Over her last eight games, Brink’s minutes have increased from 18.5 to 20.1. She ranks fourth in usage and second in rebound percentage on her team in that span while averaging 18.7 PRA.

Brink has averaged 20.3 PRA across her last three home games, hitting the Over twice in that span. In a matchup that should be dominated in the paint, I expect her to see plenty of run alongside Nneka Ogwumike to counter the double-big attack from the Washington Mystics.

Check out Zak Hanshew's full Mystics vs. Sparks predictions.

Tempo vs Aces prop: Jackie Young Over 4.5 rebounds

Probability: 60%

The Las Vegas Aces forward NaLyssa Smith is out for the season and star center A’ja Wilson is questionable tonight, taking a potential 16 collective rebounds off the floor.

Jackie Young will be called upon to crash the glass for Vegas against a similarly small Toronto Tempo lineup. 

Toronto runs the risk of playing without its top four rebounders and five of its seven best bodies on the boards. The Tempo have had issues on the glass all year, ranked dead-last in rebound rate.

Young averages 4.4 rebounds but projections sit north of five boards tonight.

Check out Jason Logan's full Tempo vs. Aces predictions.

How to bet WNBA player props today

Player props allow WNBA bettors to wager on a player’s total points, assists, rebounds, 3-pointers made, and a number of individual statistics like combo markets.

Just like standard Over/Under odds, prediction markets like Kalshi will set a projected total number for those stats, and bettors can predict whether the player or team will have Over or Under that total.

What is Kalshi?

Kalshi is a federally regulated platform for trading event outcomes on prediction markets. Traders can buy and sell simple, transparent contracts that settle based on the outcome of real-world events. Markets revolve around a yes/no proposition, with prices adjusting dynamically based on traders’ perceived probability that the event will occur. When the event concludes, if you are correct, the contract “honors” at a predetermined price; if you are incorrect, it expires at $0.

WNBA Player Props FAQ

What are the best WNBA player prop bets today?

• Caitlin Clark Over 24.5 points
• Angel Reese Over 13.5 rebounds
• Cameron Brink Over 9.5 points
• Jackie Young Over 4.5 rebounds

Where can I trade on WNBA player props?

Kalshi is a regulated prediction market that is federally legal in all 50 states.

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