Diana Taurasi returns as Phoenix Mercury prepares for playoff run
PHOENIX – Diana Taurasi's return is a difference-maker for the Phoenix Mercury, who have high hopes for the postseason.
Diana Taurasi’s back injury tests her patience, serves as reminder of WNBA pay disparity
PHOENIX – In a storied 15-year career that has included WNBA championships, Olympic gold medals and a number of individual accolades, few firsts remain for Diana Taurasi to accomplish. Learning to overcome a back injury is one.
Phoenix Mercury rookie Sophie Cunningham enters All-Star break on high note
PHOENIX – Mercury rookie Sophie Cunningham has shined for Phoenix in her first season with the team.
For first time, gamers can customize female players for NBA Live
PHOENIX -- For the first time, video gamers can customize female players for NBA Live. They can also pattern their play after top WNBA players.
‘Looking for someone like me’: JJ Nakai blazes trail for younger Native American basketball players
Junior college point guard JJ Nakai led Pima Community College in scoring and assists and made 40 percent of her 3-pointers.
Despite WNBA’s recent success, players think league could do more
The WNBA considers last season one of its most successful, with average game attendance reaching a six-year high and record-breaking numbers in merchandising and social media engagement. However, many of the league’s best players are not as thrilled. They think the NBA, the parent company of the WNBA, could do more in terms of marketing.
Taurasi marriage, Mercury Pride Night help ease challenges of LGBTQ community
PHOENIX — On Sunday, Phoenix Mercury guard Diana Taurasi broke the WNBA’s all-time scoring record. A month earlier, she was celebrated for a different achievement: appearing on the cover of People Magazine with former teammate Penny Taylor.
Australians discover physical basketball, large food portions when transitioning to WNBA
PHOENIX — What was the first thing Phoenix Mercury forward Cayla George noticed when she arrived in the United States?
Despite low pay, WNBA still attraction to international players
PHOENIX — In a quest for better salaries, nearly half of WNBA players compete overseas in the off-season. The mindset for international players, however, is different.
Synergy Sports Tech has ‘changed the game’ of basketball analysis
PHOENIX -- Basketball coaches and their players -- from colleges to the pros, men and women -- turn to a technology company founded by a former Grand Canyon University assistant coach to evaluate players, scout opponents and recognize tendencies.
Mercury’s Kelsey Bone to take anthem protests into WNBA playoffs
PHOENIX – Kelsey Bone is taking her social injustice protest to a bigger stage. On a night when the Phoenix Mercury clinched a berth in the WNBA playoffs, the 24-year-old center kneeled during the singing of the national anthem to raise awareness of alleged racial inequality and the recent shootings by and of police officers around the country.
Taurasi: ‘Underdog’ approach powers 24-year streak
RIO DE JANEIRO -- The last time the U.S. women’s basketball team lost an Olympic game, the WNBA didn’t even exist.
