A reporter covering the game wrote afterward, “Elena Delle Donne had to feel like she was stuck in the middle of the loneliest spot in the world.” She was 12 years old.

Delle Donne, a two-time MVP whom the team designated a core player before this free agency period to keep her rights, had been at an impasse with the Mystics regarding her contract. The core ...

It turns out Elena Delle Donne won't be returning to professional basketball after all. The two-time WNBA MVP and 2019 champion with the Washington Mystics announced her official retirement on ...

When healthy, Elena Delle Donne was a force on the court, winning two WNBA MVP awards — including one with the Chicago Sky in 2015 — making seven All-Star appearances and helping the ...

Two-time WNBA MVP Elena Delle Donne is retiring from basketball after 11 seasons. She said in an Instagram post on Friday that her body "seemed to make this decision before my mind accepted it." ...

Two-time WNBA MVP and 2019 champion Elena Delle Donne announced her retirement from basketball on Friday. Delle Donne, 35, was the No. 2 pick in the 2013 WNBA Draft out of Delaware and went on to ...

Elena Delle Donne in 2017, with her dogs Wrigley and Rasta, at her family's property in Wilmington, Delaware. (Toni L. Sandys/The Washington Post) ...