More from Ben York at SlamOnline: Crossing Over - WNBA gaining widespread appeal. Finals series between the Phoenix Mercury and Indiana Fever contributed largely to the increase in awareness but the overall enhanced momentum has been predicated on 13 teams who continually feature an immense array of talent to showcase on the floor. Not that this is anything new for the WNBA, however, not by a long...
Phoenix Mercury (it’s a real team, trust me) player Diana Taurasi pleaded guilty to DUI charges and just spent a day in jail after the judge suspended nine days of her sentence. Taurasi’s blood-alcohol level was 0.17 percent when she was pulled over on July 2 following a 93-81 victory over the Seattle Storm. That’s more [...]
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Ivory Latta greets her new teammates. It looks like I'm a little bit late on reporting on the President's Cup in the TBBL - the Turkish Women's Basketball League. It looks like the Turkish season gets started with the President's Cup, and Mersin - which was swept 3-0 in the TBBL championship last year - gained some measure of revenge with an 86-74 win over defending champion Fenerbahce. Finding a box...
WNBA superstar Diana Taurasi is off to Russia to play for Spartak Moscow after a spectacular basketball season marred by an extreme DUI charge resulting in a two-game suspension. The league and Finals MVP had three additional charges filed against her, two of which were related to drunk-driving. The charges stem from a July 2 incident when the Phoenix Mercury guard/forward was pulled over by cops...
Fresh from winning her first WNBA title with the Phoenix Mercury, former UConn guard Ketia Swanier told me this morning that she is leaving today to play professionally in Turkey. Swanier played for a few months in Poland last season...
Even before she won a championship with the Phoenix Mercury, Temeka Johnson’s friends and family back home in her home state of Louisiana began preparing a celebration for the former Louisiana State University star. Plans started coming together in early August to honor the point guard who is not only known as the tough-as-nails floor general for the Mercury but also for giving back to the community...
Clay Kallam gets a flashback on SlamOnline: They Still Got Next As the WNBA closed the curtain on it’s 13th year, the league still seems to have to prove itself to network executives and mainstream public. In a deciding Game 5, between the Indiana Fever and Phoenix Mercury, for the WNBA Championship, coverage was brushed aside to ESPN 2. It’s counterpart on ESPN? College football, in the...
This week, From the Cheap Seats congratulate the Phoenix Mercury and Indiana Fever for a great 2009 WNBA Finals series. Of course, Becca and Michelle talk about the close series and the eventual Champions, the Mercury. Now that the season is officially over, the girls discuss following their favorite WNBA players abroad, the USA Basketball team and of course, women’s college basketball. This...
The Phoenix Mercury say All-Star guard Cappie Pondexter underwent successful surgery on her right eye, which she injured in last week's WNBA championship game against the Indiana Fever.
It's been a few days since I checked in to tell everyone about the things that I wrote other places that you've probably already read. Geri Halliwell was [picture of girl] at some point this weekend. Pigskin Pigsplosion - TBL I think I went 8-6 this week! Don't look now, but somebody's over .500! New York Times (Finally) Warms Up To MMA - The Rumble In the past there have been some dumb articles on...
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