Minnesota Lynx guard Olivia Miles is back on the sidelines, but not at Target Center.
The 2026 WNBA Rookie of the Year was front and center at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis on Monday, Nov. 9, for the Minnesota Vikings' "Monday Night Football" matchup against the Buffalo Bills, where she's been tapped as the celebrity photographer of the week. Miles sported a brown photographer bib on the field as she snapped pictures of the action, including some warmup photos of Vikings receiver Justin Jefferson.
"I'm still a work in progress," Miles joked as she showed off her snapshots. "As the game goes on, I'll get better."
Miles, who was nicknamed "Spectacle" due to her signature googles and highlight-reel plays, has been making the most of her offseason
as a spectator. She sat courtside at Target Center for the Minnesota Timberwolves' matchup against the Golden State Warriors last month.
ROY Olivia Miles snapping photos of JJettas during MNF 📸
— espnW (@espnW) November 10, 2026
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Miles was an unanimous selection as the 2026 WNBA Rookie of the Year, capping an incredible rookie season where she helped the Lynx to a league-best 33-11 regular-season record and the No. 1 seed in the WNBA postseason.
Miles led the Lynx in scoring (19.8 ppg), assists (6.0) and was third in steals (1.3). She finished eighth in the league in points per game and seventh in assists. Miles was also ninth in total points and total assists. The former TCU product earned All-Star honors in 2026 and became the only rookie to be named a starter in the All-Star game. She followed that up with a first-team All-WNBA nod.
The Lynx were ousted in the first round of the playoffs by the No. 8 seed New York Liberty, but Miles admitted that she "learned a lot" from the experience and is already looking forward to next season.
"I think it was an interesting year, right? We started off with weird expectations and then we got really good, and then it was like, 'OK, I should win,'" Miles said during her exit interview in October. "And then it felt like, if we didn't win, it was the end of the world almost. I was just navigating all those expectations. I also started off as a rookie who no one really thought would do what I did. Now I'm in MVP conversations and now I have to play at that level. And it was just like a roller-coaster expectations and emotions the whole year."
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