In Year 1, Natalie Nakase and the Valkyries revealed how they built a successful WNBA expansion team from scratch.

On Sunday night, the Atlanta Dream will travel west to take on the Golden State Valkyries in exciting WNBA play.

Brittney Griner and the Atlanta Dream continued to assert themselves as a legitimate championship contender with 79-63 win over the Golden State Valkyries on Sunday. The Dream currently hold the WNBA's second-best record at 21-12,

It’s beginning to feel a lot like the postseason. The WNBA has less than one month before the start of the playoffs, and the intensity kicked up a notch last week. Whether it was teams recognizing how little time is left to solidify playoff positioning or the aided boost of Rivals Week matchups,

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This could result in scheduling conflicts between the WNBA postseason and the tennis tournament, according to a report by Tim Kawakami of the San Francisco Standard. The Valkyries would likely have to maneuver around the Laver Cup in order to host games in the first two rounds of the playoffs, which begin on September 16.

Veronica Burton makes WNBA history, but her record-setting night isn’t enough as the Valkyries fall to the Mercury.