home (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
It was 25 years ago that Iowa started playing 5 on 5 . From the Quad City Times. WNBA player Tangela Smith came to Pleasant Valley to help run drills. From KWQC Vinton-Shellsburg coach Deb Hanneman is a traditionalist. From the Vinton Eagle.
WNBA.com (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
PHOENIX, AZ, October 9, 2009 -- The Phoenix Mercury were not going to watch the playoffs again this year. <p> After winning the 2007 WNBA title, Phoenix became the first defending champion to fail to make the playoffs the following season. <p> Watching the postseason unfold and not being a part of it provided all the motivation that the Mercury players and coaches needed as they headed...
WNBA.com (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
p>PHOENIX(AP) There is no homecourt advantage in these WNBA playoffs.<p>Each team can claim a victory in the other's arena, and that should be some comfort to the Indiana Fever when they face the Phoenix Mercury in the deciding Game 5 on Friday night.<p>In fact, Indiana has won two of three in Phoenix, once in the regular season then again in Game 2. The most important road victory,...
WNBA.com (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
p>INDIANAPOLIS(AP) The high-scoring Phoenix Mercury saved their season with defense.<p>The Indiana Fever led the WNBA finals series 2-1 and had a chance to clinch their first title in front of an active sellout crowd that included local celebrities such as Indianapolis Colts players Peyton Manning and Reggie Wayne. None of that mattered as the Mercury beat the Fever 90-77 on Wednesday night...
WNBA.com (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
INDIANAPOLIS, IN, October 7, 2009 -- The tone for Game 4 of the 2009 WNBA Finals was set by the Phoenix Mercury in the first six minutes. <p> The Mercury, facing elimination on the road in front of a rowdy Conseco Fieldhouse crowd, raced out to a 23-12 advantage over the Indiana Fever, and it wasn't so much about the size of the lead as it was how they built it. Contributions came from everyone...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
Cappie Pondexter scored 22 points and the visiting Phoenix Mercury beat the Indiana Fever 90-77 in Game 4 of the WNBA Finals on Wednesday night to avoid elimination. Penny Taylor added 17 points for the Mercury. Diana Taurasi and Tangela Smith each scored 16...
WorkAtHome (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
Ebony Hoffman’s two big plays put the Indiana Fever one win away from their first WNBA title. She hit the jumper that gave her team a one-point lead with 57 seconds left, then blocked Tangela Smith’s shot with a second remaining to help Indiana defeat Phoenix 86-85 in Game 3 of the finals Sunday.
WorkAtHome (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
Ebony Hoffman’s two big plays put the Indiana Fever one win away from their first WNBA title. She hit the jumper that gave her team a one-point lead with 57 seconds left, then blocked Tangela Smith’s shot with a second remaining to help Indiana defeat Phoenix 86-85 in Game 3 of the finals Sunday.
Arizona Republic (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
Tangela Smith missed a shot as time wound down and the Phoenix Mercury lost 86-85 to the Indiana Fever in Game 3 of the WNBA Finals.
WNBA.com (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
Phoenix, AZ, September 28, 2009 -- On the eve of Game 1 of the 2009 WNBA Finals the Phoenix Mercury took the practice court at US Airways Center with an aura of confidence about them. Quite a different scene from when the Mercury entered the 2007 WNBA Finals as the wide-eyed team eager to make their mark against the mighty Detroit Shock, a veteran squad which had been there before and won before. <p>...
WNBA.com (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
p>LOS ANGELES(AP) Diana Taurasi made herself at home on the road, burying shot after shot against the Los Angeles Sparks and even shaking hands with Magic Johnson in the fourth quarter.<p>Taurasi scored 28 points before fouling out and the Phoenix Mercury hit 14 3-pointers to win 103-94 Wednesday night in Game 1 of the WNBA Western Conference finals.<p>Playing the fourth quarter with...
WNBA.com (Free subscription) | 09/23/2009
Update: <p>PHOENIX(AP) It took three quarters for the Phoenix offense to get going. It was the Mercury's defense that helped get them into the WNBA's Western Conference finals.<p>Diana Taurasi scored 30 points and keyed a tiebreaking run in the fourth quarter to help the Mercury advance with a 100-92 victory over the San Antonio Silver Stars in Game 3 of their opening round...
hoopfeed.com (Free subscription) | 09/22/2009
After the Phoenix Mercury defeated the San Antonio Silver Stars Monday night, the schedule for the 2009 WNBA Conference Finals was finalized. In a series that lasted the maximum three games, Phoenix led by guard Diana Taurasi defeated San Antonio before a crowd of 6,896 at US Airways Center. Taurasi finished with 30 points, five rebounds and six assists. Tangela Smith added 16 points, eight rebounds...
Pleasant Dreams - An Atlanta Dream Blog (Free subscription) | 09/06/2009
Jackie Joyner-Kersee is honored at the game. (Thanks to @atlantadream.) WNBA Live Access seems to be a 50-50 proposition - at least for me. Last night, it was was up for about 30 percent - I got the entire first quarter, but only small pieces of the subsequent quarters. I hung in as best as I could, watching the box score update. What there is, there is. 1) The audio began with a bleed-through - there...
Bright Side Of The Sun (Free subscription) | 09/03/2009
Well, there you have it. The Mercury drop a game to a sub .500 team and then come back the very next day and smoke the league's best team. Or really I should say the team with the best record in the league because all things considered I don't think the Fever are really all that strong. That's a topic for another night though. The Fever came in missing their best player (or at least their top scorer)...
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