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Atlanta Dream center Tina Charles plays against the Los Angeles Sparks during a WNBA basketball game, Wednesday, May 15, 2024, in Long Beach, Calif. Atlanta Dream veteran center Tina Charles, the 2012 WNBA MVP, is closing in on the No. 3 spot on the league's all-time scoring list as she tries to protect the team's playoff spot while Rhyne Howard is out indefinitely with an ankle injury. (AP Photo/Jeff Lewis, File)

Charles passes Fowles to become WNBA’s all-time rebounds and double-doubles leader

By Doug Feinberg - Associated Press

Atlanta Dream center Tina Charles plays against the Los Angeles Sparks during a WNBA basketball game, Wednesday, May 15, 2024, in Long Beach, Calif. Atlanta Dream veteran center Tina Charles, the 2012 WNBA MVP, is closing in on the No. 3 spot on the league's all-time scoring list as she tries to protect the team's playoff spot while Rhyne Howard is out indefinitely with an ankle injury. (AP Photo/Jeff Lewis, File)

Top scorer Rhyne Howard out indefinitely with an ankle injury

By Charles Odum - Associated Press

United States' A'Ja Wilson (9), left, passes ahead of France's Alexia Chartereau (6) during women's basketball preliminary round game at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, in Saitama, Japan. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Wilson leads US to quarters with 93-82 win over France

By Doug Feinberg - Associated Press

Washington Mystics center Tina Charles (31) in action during a WNBA basketball game, Saturday, May 15, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Daniel Kucin Jr.) **FILE**

Mystics’ Charles named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week

By Noah Fleischman - The Washington Times

FILE - In this July 19, 2017, file photo, New York Liberty center Tina Charles (31) drives to the basket against Connecticut Sun forward Alyssa Thomas (25) during the first half of a WNBA basketball game in New York. Washington Mystics forward Tina Charles was medically excused for the season by an independent panel of doctors the team announced Friday, July 17, 2020.Charles, who came over to the Mystics in an offseason trade, wrote in The Players Tribune on Friday that she has a condition called extrinsic asthma that impacts her immune system and would make “playing during a pandemic a very risky and dangerous proposition.” (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Tina Charles medically excused for WNBA season

By DOUG FEINBERG - Associated Press

In this Oct. 10, 2019, file photo, Connecticut Sun forward Jonquel Jones, left, and guard Courtney Williams, right, guard Washington Mystics forward Elena Delle Donne during the first half of Game 5 of basketball's WNBA Finals in Washington. Delle Donne is waiting to have her case heard by the league's independent panel of doctors to see if she'll be medically excused for the season, according to the Mystics.The Mystics star, who was the league Most Valuable Player last year, has battled Lyme Disease since 2008 and would potentially be at a higher risk for serious illness if she contracted the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

Delle Donne waiting to hear from WNBA medical review panel

By DOUG FEINBERG - Associated Press

In this Oct. 10, 2019, file photo, Connecticut Sun forward Jonquel Jones, left, and guard Courtney Williams, right, guard Washington Mystics forward Elena Delle Donne during the first half of Game 5 of basketball's WNBA Finals in Washington. Delle Donne is waiting to have her case heard by the league's independent panel of doctors to see if she'll be medically excused for the season, according to the Mystics.The Mystics star, who was the league Most Valuable Player last year, has battled Lyme Disease since 2008 and would potentially be at a higher risk for serious illness if she contracted the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

Elena Delle Donne, Tina Charles waiting to hear from WNBA medical review panel

By Doug Feinberg - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 14, 2019, file photo, New York Liberty's Tina Charles smiles on the bench during the second half of a preseason WNBA basketball game in Uncasville, Conn. Several WNBA colleagues continue to be active in the fight against social injustice and police brutality, participating in protests and continuing work that they began four years ago. Charles, Natasha Cloud and others have been working toward solutions since 2016 after police shootings in Minnesota and another in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, made national headlines that year.(AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)

Fight goes on: WNBA activism started after 2016 shootings

By DOUG FEINBERG - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 14, 2019, file photo, New York Liberty's Tina Charles smiles on the bench during the second half of a preseason WNBA basketball game in Uncasville, Conn. The New York Liberty have traded All-Star Tina Charles to the Washington Mystics as part of a three-team deal, according to a person familiar with the trade. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the trade hadn’t been announced yet.(AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)

Liberty trade Tina Charles to Mystics in 3-team deal

By DOUG FEINBERG - Associated Press

In this May 14, 2019, photo, New York Liberty's Tina Charles smiles on the bench during the second half of a preseason WNBA basketball game in Uncasville, Conn. The New York Liberty have traded All-Star Tina Charles to the Washington Mystics as part of a three-team deal, according to a person familiar with the trade. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the trade hadn't been announced yet. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill) **FILE**

Washington Mystics acquire Tina Charles, trade two first-round picks in three-team deal

By Adam Zielonka - The Washington Times

Liberty end 17-game skid with 88-78 win over the Aces

By DOUG FEINBERG - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 8, 2018, file photo, New York Liberty's Tina Charles attends a preseason WNBA basketball game in Uncasville, Conn. Charles has produced a documentary about her father Rawlston and his record store and label _ known as Charlie’s Calypso City and Charlie’s Records _ and it debuted over the weekend at the Tribeca Film Festival. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)

WNBA star Tina Charles adds filmmaker to her resume

By DOUG FEINBERG - Associated Press

New York Liberty WNBA basketball player Tina Charles talks with Dan Carlson after practice at the team training center in Greenburgh, N.Y., Friday, Sept. 1, 2017. One of the hundreds of defibrillators that Charles has donated over the past four years wound up saving Carlson's life when he had a heart attack in July. (AP Photo/Doug Feinberg)

Charles meets man whose life an AED she donated saved

By DOUG FEINBERG - Associated Press

File-This July 19, 2017, file photo shows New York Liberty center Tina Charles (31) driving to the basket against Connecticut Sun forward Alyssa Thomas (25) during the first half of a WNBA basketball game, at Madison Square Garden in New York. Charles and her New York Liberty teammates have never shied away from speaking out against social injustices. The Liberty players, along with many others across the WNBA, were vocal last summer in support of the black lives matters movement. On Sunday, Aug. 20. 2017, the Liberty hosted the first &quot;Unity Game&quot; in the WNBA with the Minnesota Lynx. The two teams as well as members of the NYPD and Covenant House locked arms during the playing of the national anthem. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Liberty host Unity Game with Minnesota Lynx

By DOUG FEINBERG - Associated Press

Connecticut Sun's Alyssa Thomas, right, loses the ball under pressure from New York Liberty's Bria Hartley during a WNBA basketball game in Uncasville, Conn., Friday, Aug. 18, 2017. (John Shishmanian/The Norwich Bulletin via AP)

Liberty ends Sun’s winning streak at 6 with 82-70 win

Associated Press

New York Liberty center Tina Charles (31) guards Connecticut Sun forward Alyssa Thomas (25) during the first half of a WNBA basketball game, Wednesday, July 19, 2017 at Madison Square Garden in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Tina Charles’ double-double lifts Liberty over Sun 96-80

By DOUG FEINBERG - Associated Press

In this Sunday, July 2, 2017, photo, New York Liberty forward Tina Charles smirks at contact between two players during the Liberty's 81-72 loss to the Atlanta Dream in McCamish Pavilion, in Atlanta. Post players are scoring at historic pace in the WNBA. The top three scorers in the league all operate on the low block: Phoenix's Brittney Griner, Sylvia Fowles in Minnesota and New York's Tina Charles. Never in the history of the league has three post players led the WNBA in scoring. (AP Photo/Andy Buhler)

Value added: Post players thriving in WNBA, unlike the NBA

By ANDY BUHLER - Associated Press

FILE- In this Wednesday, June 7, 2017, file photo, New York Liberty head coach Bill Laimbeer reacts to a referee's call in the second half of an WNBA basketball game against the Atlanta Dream in New York. The Liberty have used a collective effort to go 4-0 while their two players are off at the EuroBasket tournament. New York has gotten contributions from Kiah Stokes, Shavonte Zellous, Sugar Rodgers, Bria Hartley and recently signed Lindsay Allen to complement Tina Charles’ play. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

Lynx unbeaten and unanimous No. 1 in AP WNBA power poll

By DOUG FEINBERG - Associated Press

Charles’ big game lifts New York to 94-86 win over Seattle

By DOUG FEINBERG - Associated Press

Charles’ career game lifts Liberty to 93-89 win over Wings

By DOUG FEINBERG - Associated Press