Dallas, which is already eliminated from the playoffs, has had a difficult 2025, but Bueckers’ historic rookie year is bringing attention like never before.

The golf influencer beauty got her first on-air gig for the PGA Tour, and her fits continue to be her calling card. That puts others on notice.

Paige Bueckers cemented herself as the 2025 WNBA Rookie of the Year on Wednesday night with a historic 44-point performance, but her Dallas Wings were stunned at the buzzer by Kelsey Plum, who lifted the Los Angeles Sparks to an 81-80 victory that kept their playoff hopes alive.

Tempus AI has acquired the digital pathology developer Paige, including its FDA-cleared, artificial intelligence-powered programs for spotting the signs of cancer. | Tempus bought the former Fierce 15 winner in part for its spanning nearly 7 million digitized pathology slides and clinical data from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

The WNBA is seeing a massive growth in popularity, and a lot of that is due to young superstars Caitlin Clark and Paige Bueckers. Clark's style of play has been immensly popular since her days at Iowa, while Bueckers has lit the WNBA on fire in her rookie campaign, putting up one of the better rookie seasons we've seen in recent memory.

The "Diary of a Mad Black Woman" actor heard the Dallas Wings rookie's call to action and came through for her career night against the Los Angeles Sparks.

Bueckers' 44 points tied the rookie scoring record, while Clark's 19 assists last season set the rookie record in that category

Profile Dutch Auction for Bueckers On Friday, August 22, at 3 p.m. ET, Panini launches one of its most anticipated WNBA cards of 2025: a Paige Bueckers Panini WNBA Instant Access 1/1 autograph, inscribed “1st All-Star Game.