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Jewell Loyd Leads Team Stewart to All-Star Game Victory in Record-breaking Fashion

Jewell Loyd Leads Team Stewart to All-Star Game Victory in Record-breaking Fashion

With her parents in the audience celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary, Seattle Storm’s Jewell Loyd led Team Stewart in record-breaking fashion to a win over Team Wilson 143-127 in the All-Star game Saturday night in…

All-Star Notebook: Aces Have the Heart of the City; Players Look to Have Fun and More Notes

All-Star Notebook: Aces Have the Heart of the City; Players Look to Have Fun and More Notes

Photos: Charles Hallman. LAS VEGAS – There’s not a corner you go by here in Las Vegas that something isn’t mentioned about the Aces, the league’s best team thus far this season at 19-2.  They…

Dynamic duo of Kelsey Plum and Chelsea Gray Win 2023 WNBA All-Star Skills Challenge

Dynamic duo of Kelsey Plum and Chelsea Gray Win 2023 WNBA All-Star Skills Challenge

2023 WNBA All-Star Skills Challenge on July 14, 2023, in Las Vegas, NV at Michelob Ultra Arena (Photo Ethan Miller/Getty Images). On Friday, the dynamic duo of Chelsea Gray and Kelsey Plum from the Las…

Phoenix Mercury fires head coach Vanessa Nygaard

Phoenix Mercury fires head coach Vanessa Nygaard

The Phoenix Mercury fired head coach Vanessa Nygaard the team announced Sunday. The team has a five-game losing streak and sits at 2-10. The team hired Nygaard on January 24, 2002. She compiled a 17-30…

Baylor women’s basketball meets with Brittney Griner before Phoenix game at Dallas

From Baylor: Ahead of Wednesday’s Phoenix Mercury game against the Dallas Wings, the Baylor women’s basketball team visited with former BU star Brittney Griner and presented her with a commemorative frame featuring the BG42 patch…

Video: Brittney Griner Q&A with media, “I’m never playing overseas again unless I’m representing my country at the Olympics.”

Video: Brittney Griner Q&A with media, “I’m never playing overseas again unless I’m representing my country at the Olympics.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fhpe8VNAA2s Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner spoke to the media Thursday ahead of her return to play with the three-time WNBA champions. Attendees at the packed press conference in Phoenix included Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs…

Key Dates for the 2023 WNBA Season

Key Dates for the 2023 WNBA Season

2023 WNBA Season January 11-20: All qualifying offers and core player designations delivered January 21: 2023 Player Negotiating period begins February 1: Player Contracts may be signed March 31 – April 2: NCAA Women’s Final…

Brittney Griner Says She Will Play for Phoenix in 2023, Thanks Supporters Via Instagram Post

Brittney Griner Says She Will Play for Phoenix in 2023, Thanks Supporters Via Instagram Post

In an Instagram update on Friday, Brittney Griner posted a message filled with gratitude directed at the many people who advocated for her release from imprisonment in Russia. Griner arrived back in the U.S. after…

A collective sigh of relief: Basketball star Brittney Griner released in exchange for Russian arms dealer

A collective sigh of relief: Basketball star Brittney Griner released in exchange for Russian arms dealer

Joe Biden on Brittney Griner’s release: “She’s safe, she’s on a plane, she’s on her way home.” After being detained and then imprisoned in Russia since February, WNBA star Brittney Griner is finally coming home.…

No. 1 South Carolina Makes Gritty Comeback On the Road to Top No. 2 Stanford in OT, 76-71

No. 1 South Carolina Makes Gritty Comeback On the Road to Top No. 2 Stanford in OT, 76-71

  Photos © Baranduin Briggs, all rights reserved. STANFORD, Calif. – Stanford head coach Tara VanDerveer called Sunday afternoon’s matchup against the No. 1 team in the nation “a heavyweight battle.” The No. 2 Cardinal…

Images of Brittney Griner and other detained Americans projected around New York City

Images of Brittney Griner and other detained Americans projected around New York City

Friday night, large images of 19 wrongfully detained Americans, including WNBA star and Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner, appeared on the sides of buildings in New York City as meetings of world leaders at the…

Diana Taurasi to miss the rest of the 2022 WNBA season

Diana Taurasi to miss the rest of the 2022 WNBA season

Phoenix Mercury veteran guard Diana Taurasi will miss the rest of the season due to a quad strain injury. As a result, the team signed guard Yvonne “Vonnie” Turner to a hardship contract. Taurasi appeared…

“Bring BG Home” rally set for July 6 in Phoenix

“Bring BG Home” rally set for July 6 in Phoenix

The Phoenix Mercury announced that a public rally supporting the franchise’s star center, Brittney Griner, will take place Wednesday, July 6, at 5 p.m. at Footprint Center. The team coordinated the planning of the rally…

The Seattle Storm signed free agent center Tina Charles to a rest-of-season contract

The Seattle Storm signed free agent center Tina Charles to a rest-of-season contract

Three days after leaving the Phoenix Mercury midseason, veteran center Tina Charles signed a rest-of-season contract with the Phoenix Mercury. We are excited to add one of the premier players in our league to our…

U.S. House passes Rep. Greg Stanton’s bipartisan resolution calling for the immediate release of Brittney Griner

U.S. House passes Rep. Greg Stanton’s bipartisan resolution calling for the immediate release of Brittney Griner

Rep. Greg Stanton (D-Ariz.) spoke on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday in support of his resolution demanding Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner’s release from her wrongful detainment in Russia. The…

Tina Charles leaves Phoenix Mercury, quits team ahead of game at Dallas

Tina Charles leaves Phoenix Mercury, quits team ahead of game at Dallas

Veteran Phoenix Mercury center Tina Charles quit the team this weekend ahead of a game at Dallas Saturday evening. Ron Thulin, the Wings’ play-by-play announcer was the first to make Charles’ break from the team…

The Phoenix Mercury met with U.S. State Department to discuss  Brittney Griner’s wrongful detention in Russia

The Phoenix Mercury met with U.S. State Department to discuss Brittney Griner’s wrongful detention in Russia

Video courtesy of the Phoenix Mercury 6/14/22 Update: According to ABC News, a Russian court extended the detention of Brittney Griner for at least another 18 days. This means that she will remain in custody…

Voting for 2022 WNBA All-Stars begins June 3

Voting for 2022 WNBA All-Stars begins June 3

Voting for the 2022 #WNBA All-Stars begins June 3 and ends Monday, June 20 at 11:59 p.m. ET. This season the annual All-Star Game takes place Sunday, July 10 in Chicago at Wintrust Arena, the…

WNBA player’s union releases statement on 100th day of Brittney Griner’s detainment in Russia

WNBA player’s union releases statement on 100th day of Brittney Griner’s detainment in Russia

The union for the WNBA's athletes released a statement on the 100th day of the wrongful detainment of Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner by the Russian government.

WNBA Daily 5/11/22: Game Threads: Atlanta, Chicago, and Phoenix Win

WNBA Daily 5/11/22: Game Threads: Atlanta, Chicago, and Phoenix Win

Wednesday, 5/11/22 Results and Game Threads Atlanta 77, Los Angeles 75 Chicago 83, New York 50 Phoenix 97, Seattle 77 Atlanta 77, Los Angeles 75 Game Thread The Atlanta Dream (2-0) took down the visiting…

WNBA Daily 5/6/22: Opening Day Recap

WNBA Daily 5/6/22: Opening Day Recap

All Opening Day Scores Washington 84, Indiana 70 Los Angeles 98, Chicago 91 OT Las Vegas 106, Phoenix 88 Seattle 97, Minnesota 74 Washington 84, Indiana 70 Twitter Game Thread In her first start in…

Phoenix Mercury announces a team-record 27-game local broadcast slate for 2022

Phoenix Mercury announces a team-record 27-game local broadcast slate for 2022

Phoenix Mercury fans in the team’s local market will enjoy a team-record of 27 televised games this season via Bally Sports Arizona/Bally Sports Extra, Phoenix’s exclusive local broadcast partner. An additional nine games will air…

The WNBA to honor Brittney Griner this season; all teams to feature BG42 court decals

The WNBA to honor Brittney Griner this season; all teams to feature BG42 court decals

The WNBA will honor Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner this season with her initials and jersey number to be featured on the sideline of all WNBA courts. Griner has been detained in Russia since mid-February…

Atlanta selects Rhyne Howard as the top overall pick in 2022 WNBA Draft; Indiana provides surprises in first round

Atlanta selects Rhyne Howard as the top overall pick in 2022 WNBA Draft; Indiana provides surprises in first round

Full Draft Board The Top Three Go as Predicted Kentucky guard Rhyne Howard heard her name called as the No. 1 overall pick in the 2022 WNBA Draft Monday night in New York City. The…

Brittney Griner detained in Russia after hashish oil allegedly found in her luggage

Brittney Griner detained in Russia after hashish oil allegedly found in her luggage

Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner was detained by Russian authorities due to the alleged presence of hashish oil in her luggage at a Russian airport near Moscow reports the New York Times. A search of…