NEW YORK -- Attendance is up slightly in the WNBA for the fourth straight year and ratings have improved again -- positive signs as the league's 14th season heads into the final stretch.

"What you're seeing is the base of interest in the WNBA continuing to grow," WNBA president Donna Orender told The Associated Press. "That was the goal we set out several years ago."

After seeing the average attendance rise to 8,039 per game a year ago, the WNBA reported an increase of 1 percent ...

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