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Bold predictions for the 2025 WNBA season: Will Lynx win it all?

Bold predictions for the 2025 WNBA season: Will Lynx win it all?

Yahoo20-05-2025
Yahoo Sports' Caroline Fenton, women basketball writer Cassandra Negley and basketball analyst Isis 'Ice' Young dish out their bold predictions heading into the 2025 WNBA season that tips off Friday, May 16th at 7:30pm ET.
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