Tina Charles of the Atlanta Dream became the WNBA’s all-time leading rebounder on Thursday night.
The 13-year WNBA veteran grabbed three rebounds during the first quarter of the regular-season finale against one of her former teams, the host New York Liberty, to surpass Sylvia Fowles with 4,007 rebounds and counting for her career.
The record came on an offensive rebound less than four minutes into the game. She, in fact, had two offensive rebounds on one Atlanta possession before Allisha Gray scored on a driving layup.
Charles, 35, had starred for the Connecticut Sun (2010-13), Liberty (2014-19), Washington Mystics (2021), Phoenix Mercury (2022) and Seattle Storm (2022). An eight-time All-Star was the 2010 Rookie of the Year and the 2012 WNBA Most Valuable Player.
She did not play in 2020 or 2023 and signed with the Dream ahead of this season.
Charles entered Thursday averaging 15.0 points and 9.6 rebounds per game for Atlanta over her first 38 games (all starts).
She was also inducted into New York City’s Basketball Hall of Fame in a pregame ceremony.
–Field Level Media
Nick Gonzales went 2-for-4 with a triple, a run and the decisive RBI as the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates edged the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 Thursday. Yasmani Grandal hit a home…
New England Patriots safety Jabrill Peppers’ status is up in the air for the second half of Thursday night’s game against the host New York Jets because of an ankle…
The Washington Mystics needed a win and some help in Thursday’s regular-season finale to make the playoffs. Washington took care of business, rallying past the visiting Indiana Fever for a…
Patriots S Jabrill Peppers injures ankle vs. Jets
Mystics end season with win over Fever before league-record crowd
Zack Littell tosses seven strong inning as Rays blank Red Sox
Sun eliminate Sky from playoffs, book date with Fever
Field Level Media - Professional sports content solutions | FLM
