Each year, Engelbert usually calls WNBA players to tell them they were named an All-Star. That wasn't the case for Citron, who found out she made the cut through a pretty wild sequence of events.

Washington Mystics rookie Sonia Citron opened up about being drafted by Caitlin Clark for the WNBA All-Star game.

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Brittney Sykes scored 18 points, Shakira Austin had 16 points and eight rebounds, and the Washington Mystics closed on a 12-2 run to beat the short-handed Las Vegas Aces 70-68 on Thursday night. Jewell Loyd led Las Vegas (9-11) with 20 points while Chelsea Gray added 13.

Washington Mystics rookie Sonia Citron, on Lisa Leslie’s Between the Lines podcast on Thursday, talked about her All-Star selection.

Caitlin Clark is headed to the WNBA All-Star Game for the second time in two seasons. The Indiana Fever star was announced as a captain for the event earlier

Jewell Loyd passed Tamika Catchings on the WNBA's all-time 3-pointers made list in the Aces' loss to the Mystics on Thursday.

Trailing nearly the entire second half, Washington scores the game’s final five points for a 70-68 victory over one of the WNBA’s perennial powers.