With the Footprint Center selling out the big game on Saturday night, the Phoenix Police Department says it’s prepared to keep fans safe during WNBA All-Star Weekend.
The 42-year-old guard will be playing in a record sixth Olympic games when the U.S. women’s basketball team goes for its eighth consecutive gold medal later this month.
Rookies Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese will team up on the WNBA All-Star team to play against the U.S. Olympic team, which features three Phoenix Mercury players.
Some of the atmosphere in the public and media that has swirled around the professional women’s league since the season started last month has been less fun time and more culture war, with rookie Caitlin Clark as the unwilling eye of the storm.
Kahleah Copper scored a career-high 38 points and combined with Sophie Cunningham for the last 16 points as the Phoenix Mercury recovered after losing a 10-point fourth-quarter lead to beat the Atlanta Dream 88-85
A’ja Wilson had 30 points and 13 rebounds, and the two-time champion Las Vegas Aces opened their season Tuesday night by holding off a late rally by the Phoenix Mercury to win 89-80
WNBA star Brittney Griner says she thought about killing herself during her first few weeks in a Russian jail after her 2022 arrest on drug-related charges
WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert says the league will once again pay for charter flights for the entire playoffs as well as for back-to-back games during the upcoming season that require air travel
“Seattle has always been so warm and so ice. Just to see them cheer like that when they read my name at the introduction, I could feel the love from everybody here,” Griner said.