Smith, who played for the Lunar Owls in the Unrivaled league, was one of those who benefited from its first season.

The three times the Vinyl and Lunar Owls faced off this year, the Owls won — 67-57 on Jan. 27, 85-68 on Feb. 3, and 78-72 on March 1.

The Lunar Owls started the season 8-0 before their only defeat to the Rose on Feb. 21. They have been Unrivaled’s best team with a 13-1 record, and the highest scoring offense in the league (80. ...

Lunar Owls’ loss, however, is a net gain for the inaugural Unrivaled playoffs, proving the value of the single-elimination format and setting up a championship final between Rose and Vinyl where ...

Rhyne Howard scored 23 points, Jordin Canada added 21 and the No. 4 seed Vinyl beat the top-seeded Lunar Owls and Napheesa Collier of the WNBA's Minnesota Lynx, who was named Unrivaled's Most ...

Credit to Lunar Owls for a remarkable season, and as the old Brooklyn Dodgers used to say, “wait’ll next year.” At first thought, I would have given Rose the nod for the championship.

Lunar Owls’ Napheesa Collier and Rose’s Angel Reese highlighted the All-Unrivaled first and second-team, respectively. Lunar Owls’ DJ Sackmann was named Unrivaled coach of the year.

Lunar Owls guard Courtney Williams would've had a chance at $50,000 had it not been for a stunning loss to Vinyl BC. On Sunday, Williams, league MVP Napheesa Collier and the entire Lunar Owls ...