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'F--k Tina Charles': WNBA player curses out ex-teammate
There appears to be no love lost between Tina Charles and her former Phoenix Mercury teammate Sophie Cunningham.
Ex-Liberty star has big night in win over former team
Tina Charles scored 34 points against her former team, Ariel Atkins added 25 points and the Washington Mystics beat the New York Liberty 101-72 on Friday night.
Liberty loaded with WNBA draft picks after trading away star
The New York Liberty are sending All-Star Tina Charles to the Washington Mystics as part of a three-team deal, the team announced Wednesday. The Liberty's haul from the reigning WNBA...
Ranking New York's 15 biggest sports stars
When you make a list of the Top 15 New York sports stars, you factor in performance, projected performance and Q Score now and in the not-too-distant future. We asked...
New Liberty coach's no-nonsense shtick gives hope for redemption
Rookie coaches don’t often get handed teams as good as the Liberty roster Katie Smith is inheriting. They also don’t usually face the pressure of getting a seasoned squad over...
Liberty could set franchise record as WNBA playoffs begin
It isn’t even close. Isiah Thomas has been the Garden’s most successful basketball executive the past three years. The Liberty begin their third straight trip to the WNBA playoffs Sunday...
Tina Charles meets man whose life an AED she donated saved
Dan Carlson had no idea who Tina Charles was until a few weeks ago. Now he'll never forget the New York Liberty's star center. One of the hundreds of defibrillators...
Tina Charles and the Liberty win one for the kids
On a day the Liberty drew 17,443 people to Madison Square Garden — the vast majority of them kids for “Camp Day” — it was only fitting Tina Charles, who...
Liberty open with win but don't tell that to an angry Bill Laimbeer
Fans at Madison Square Garden were celebrating the Liberty’s third straight season-opening win as the players left the court. In the locker room, the music subsided. The cheering stopped. And...
Former New York stars could be Liberty's ticket to first title
The season has not started, but the conversations already have begun. The Liberty are talking title. “It’s definitely talked about, knowing that we can win a championship, knowing that this...
Isiah Thomas has a plan to put Liberty over the top in title quest
Liberty president Isiah Thomas marveled Monday, watching Sugar Rodgers launch jumpers from the hash mark — 35 feet from the hoop. The 5-foot-9 shooting guard effortlessly made a handful of...
WNBA players confess the grueling flip side of stardom
For many of the players in the WNBA, the offseason is not quite an offseason. Yes, they can take a few weeks to travel to their favorite vacation spots or finally...
Liberty postseason dream ends in brutal elimination-game loss
Another playoff run was over before it could get started for the Liberty. Diana Taurasi had 30 points, Brittney Griner had 22 points and 10 rebounds and the Phoenix Mercury...
How WNBA playoff format put Liberty in do-or-die situation
Despite a new postseason format, an undaunted Tina Charles vowed the Liberty will rise to the occasion and come out victors at Saturday’s second-round game against the Phoenix Mercury at...
Bill Laimbeer didn't even coach and got stuck with a Liberty loss
The Liberty had nothing to play for — and it showed. Stefanie Dolson scored a career-high 23 points, Tierra Ruffin-Pratt had a season-best 19 points and the Washington Mystics kept...
Liberty need just eight healthy players to beat woeful Sun
Tina Charles had 23 points and 10 rebounds to help the Liberty beat the Connecticut Sun 89-82 on Friday night. The Liberty (21-10), who already have clinched the No. 3...
Tina Charles reaches another major milestone in Liberty's win
Bill Laimbeer wasn't surprised his star center reached another milestone so early in her career. Charles scored 23 points, including her 4000th, to help New York beat Phoenix 92-70 on...
Sugar Rodgers steps it up as Liberty cruise past Stars
SAN ANTONIO — Sugar Rodgers scored eight of her 18 points in the third quarter and the Liberty opened play after the Olympic break with an 84-77 victory over the...
Liberty, Olympic star's drive matched only by charitable spirit
Tina Charles is as close as there is to a sure bet to win Olympic gold in Saturday’s women’s basketball final. Yet the Liberty center and Jamaica, Queens, native might...
Sue Bird, Tina Charles follow similar path to Olympic glory
U.S. Olympians Sue Bird and Tina Charles, fellow UConn products, were on home turf Sunday at the Garden — days before flying to Rio for the 2016 Summer Games. Bird,...