Billionaire mortgage lender Mat Ishbia is finalizing the purchase of the NBA’s Phoenix Suns and the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury for a record $4 billion, sources told ESPN on Tuesday. The deal, to be announced Tuesday, will end the tumultuous tenure of owner Robert Sarver. Ishbia is well known and respected within the league’s front office, … Read more
The All-Star shooting guard Skylar Diggins Smith will miss the last two games of the regular season due to personal reasons, while the phoenixmercury continues to fight for one of the last two playoff spots in the WNBA. The Mercury have suspended Diggins-Smith’s contract, retroactive to Wednesday. The team said on Thursday that it intends … Read more
PHOENIX — There will be a conspicuous and imposing absence for the Phoenix Mercury on Friday night in their 2022 WNBA season opener — and beyond. Friday’s game against the Las Vegas Aces will be Phoenix’s first without Brittney Griner, widely considered the most dominant center in women’s basketball in the world. Griner has been … Read more
The phoenixmercury still without counting Brittney Grinerwho has been detained in Russia since February, but while the star center remains on their minds, they also know they have to get on with their preparation for the upcoming season of the WNBA. Find out about the most up-to-date topics in the world of women’s sports on … Read more
The Phoenix Mercury acquired Diamond DeShields from the Chicago Sky as part of a three-team deal Thursday that also sent Bria Hartley to the Indiana Fever. Indiana received the seventh pick in Chicago’s draft this year and the Sky’s first-round pick for next year. Chicago received Julie Allemand from Indiana as well as next season’s … Read more
One day after squandering a fourth-quarter lead by facing elimination in Game 4 of the WNBA Finals, the Phoenix Mercury players addressed what went wrong after deciding not to speak to the media right after Sunday’s result. . “We have been so good at the end of the games that we thought we were going … Read more
Last night. Fifth and final match of the WNBA semifinals between Phoenix Mercury and Las Vegas Aces. The reporter at the foot of the runway asks for a pass. He just spoke to Diana Taurasi, who is in a horrible match, but who just left a premonitory phrase: “I love the energy of the playoffs. … Read more
The 2021 WNBA Finals are ready. Chicago Sky and Phoenix Mercury will collide in the Championship Series, which kicks off Sunday (3 pm ET, ESPN3). Mercury, the fifth seed in the playoffs, will have the home; Sky is the sixth seeded. This year’s Finals will be a rematch of the 2014 title series. Phoenix swept … Read more
The Mercury won 87-60 in Game 3 of the semifinals and held a 2-1 lead before returning to play at home in Game 4 on Wednesday. Las Vegas started with Liz Cambage as a starter this time, but couldn’t stop Brianna Turner’s inside touchdown in the first half and Brittney Griner in the second half. … Read more
