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2023 is the year scoring records get broken. LeBron James just shattered the legendary Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s all-time NBA scoring lead with the Los Angeles Lakers. Diana Taurasi followed that up with a legendary feat of her own in the WNBA. Fans who watched the Phoenix Mercury obliterate the Cheyenne Parker-led Atlanta Dream. Diana Taurasi became […]

Now it can be said: Sue Bird and Geno Aueriemma considers the Phoenix Mercury’s Diana Taurasi the WNBA’s GOAT. Aueriemma, Taurasi’s college coach at UConn basketball, already saw something special in her when she was a true freshman in 2000. He told her to wear No. 3 because she could eventually become the Babe Ruth […]

The Phoenix Mercury may be struggling in 2023, but All-Star Diana Taurasi is continuing to dominate for the squad at the age of 41. She is closing in on an incredible 10,000 career points milestone, and former coach Geno Auriemma is singing her praises. Taurasi starred at UConn back in the day, and played under […]

WNBA All-Star weekend is in the rearview and now teams are ready to focus on the second half of the season and the playoff push that comes with it. The Phoenix Mercury have been playing better as of late despite their brutal start to the 2023 season. Buoyed by the recent news of them hosting […]

PHOENIX — The Mercury and city of Phoenix had a press conference to officially announce they will host the 2024 WNBA All-Star Game. The Mercury last hosted the event in 2014, which was the same year they won their most-recent championship. Legendary guard Diana Taurasi was a part of that event and spoke Monday at […]

PHOENIX — The Phoenix Mercury hosted a press conference Monday morning at Footprint Center to celebrate the city’s successful bid for the 2024 WNBA All-Star Game. Phoenix Suns and Mercury CEO Josh Bartelstein, Mercury legend and guard Diana Taurasi and Downtown Phoenix president and CEO Devney Majerle spoke at an event just outside the Footprint […]

With their 97-74 loss to the Seattle Storm Saturday, the Phoenix Mercury (2-10) have tied their worst start in franchise history. The Mercury have lost five straight games by an average of 18.8 points. Center Brittney Griner, who returned to the WNBA this season after she spent most of last year in Russian detainment, said […]

The Phoenix Mercury have been the worst team in the WNBA with a league-worst record of 2-10. They’ve lost five games in a row. Help is on the horizon for them though as they received some good news on Saturday. Both Brittney Griner and Diana Taurasi have missed the past several games for the Mercury […]

Sunday’s marquee matchup in the WNBA will be missing two of the league’s biggest stars. Diana Taurasi and Brittney Griner are sitting out the Phoenix Mercury’s matchup with the New York Liberty at Barclays Center, dealing with nagging injuries. Taurasi is sidelined by a hamstring injury while Griner will miss the action with a hip […]

The Phoenix Mercury have not done well as a team this season, but their two top players have been recognized individually. Center Brittney Griner and guard Diana Taurasi are among the top-30 vote getters in the first return of fan votes for the 2023 WNBA All-Star Game. Griner is ranked No. 3 with 28,387 votes. […]

PHOENIX — The Mercury lost their third game in four contests Tuesday against the Seattle Storm. It is not how the team expected to open its season. Phoenix has legendary guard Diana Taurasi,  much-improved guard Sophie Cunningham and Brittney Griner, who returned from Russian imprisonment to play in the WNBA this season. Not only did […]

PHOENIX — Mercury center Brittney Griner suffered a hip injury and did not return in the second half of the team’s 83-69 loss to the Seattle Storm. Griner appeared to suffer the injury in the first quarter. She did not check in for the final six minutes of the second quarter and did not start […]

Phoenix Mercury legend Diana Taurasi told Brittney Griner to “just breathe” after she was heckled by a YouTube personality at a Dallas airport. “The safety of everyone comes first,” Taurasi said, per ESPN’s M.A. Voepel. Griner was confronted by Alex Stein, who hosts the right-wing show “Prime Time With Alex Stein.” He has confronted politicians […]

A stranger harassed Brittney Griner at the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport when the team grabbed food. Phoenix Mercury coach Vanessa Nygaard does not want this to happen again. She urged more chartered flights, and even Diana Taurasi supported the sentiments. Vanessa Nygaard claimed that this avoids future run-ins with outsiders, per Michael Marot of AP […]

As many people know, Hall of Fame guard Diana Taurasi is not afraid to let her feelings be known, on the court or off of it. So, when the WNBA legend speaks about the coverage of women’s basketball — specifically the lazy analysis that goes into comparing women’s basketball players to NBA stars rather than […]

The Phoenix Mercury got their first win of the 2023 WNBA season on Thursday with a 90-81 win against the Minnesota Lynx. It was the first game for the Mercury that felt somewhat normal this season as their first two games marked the return of franchise star Brittney Griner. The Mercury’s first game of the […]

In the offseason, the Phoenix Mercury weren’t quite sure what to expect for the 2023 season. Brittney Griner had not yet been released from her detainment in Russia and Diana Taurasi was a free agent. Griner is now back in the fold and Taurasi is as well, having chosen to re-sign with the Mercury and […]

Diana Taurasi is officially returning to the WNBA for her 19th season. The Phoenix Mercury announced the three-time WNBA champion has signed a two-year deal with the team. Rachel Galligan of Winsidr reported the contract will pay Taurasi $234,936 in 2023 and $234,936 in 2024. “Diana Taurasi belongs in a Mercury uniform, and we are […]

Throughout her lengthy 18-year WNBA career, all Diana Taurasi has ever known is the Phoenix Mercury. It’s the only franchise she’s ever played for and while the veteran is hoping to re-sign this offseason, she also addressed the possibility of landing elsewhere. Via ESPN: “We’re in ongoing discussions,” Taurasi said from Minneapolis during a USA […]

After spending her entire 18-year WNBA career with the Phoenix Mercury, Diana Taurasi hasn’t made any decisions about her future with the team; she has been in constant communication with teammate Brittney Griner, who also has spent her entire WNBA career in Arizona. Taurasi told ESPN on Tuesday that Griner had texted her on Tuesday […]

Diana Taurasi’s storied career looks like it will add another chapter after the two-time WNBA champion told Nick King at AzFamily she would be coming back to Phoenix for her 19th season. The veteran’s commitment to the Mercury leaves them with multiple questions to answer two months away from free agency. Phoenix (potentially) has the cap […]

After 18 fruitful years in the WNBA, time is now catching up with the great Diana Taurasi, who sat out the final few games of the regular season for the Phoenix Mercury due to injury. There’s recently been a lot of talk surrounding the 40-year-old’s looming retirement, which has brought about a rather hilarious message […]

The Phoenix Mercury are fighting for their chance to reach the WNBA Playoffs with just two games left on the docket, but they were hit with a devastating injury blow on Thursday. After losing Diana Taurasi to a season-ending injury, the Mercury will now also have to push on without Skylar Diggins-Smith. According to Alexa […]

The Phoenix Mercury are in a battle to sneak into the WNBA Playoffs but may have just been dealt a deciding blow in their pursuit of the final postseason seed in the Western Conference. With Diana Taurasi already sidelined by an injury, ESPN’s M.A. Vopel indicates that Skylar Diggins-Smith’s status remains uncertain with just two […]

The Phoenix Mercury were hit with a devastating injury update ahead of their final stretch of the regular season. Currently outside of the playoffs looking in, the Mercury will be down one of their star players for the remainder of the season. According to Alexa Philippou of ESPN, Diana Taurasi will see her 2022 season […]

Diana Taurasi continues to pad her WNBA legacy as she continues to play in her fourth decade of life. The Phoenix Mercury guard is helping her squad make a playoff push despite the team lacking depth at center due to Brittney Griner’s detainment and Tina Charles’ contract divorce with Phoenix. Even in a disappointing season, […]

The physical-only NBA 2K23 WNBA Edition will have legendary WNBA stars Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi as its cover athletes. NBA 2K23 WNBA Edition Gets Sue Bird, Diana Taurasi On Its Cover Two-time Kia WNBA Finals MVP, three-time WNBA Champion, WNBA all-time leading scorer, five-time Olympic Gold Medalist Diana Taurasi, along with four-time WNBA Champion, […]

There are few greater competitors in the game than Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant. It’s no secret that Kobe’s ruthlessness spills far beyond the basketball court and apparently, WNBA icon Diana Taurasi once fell victim to this. In a recent interview with Bleacher Report’s Taylor Rooks, Chicago Sky star Candace Parker revealed an epic […]

The Chicago Sky held their championship parade and rally on Tuesday after beating the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA Finals in four games. The Sky brought a special piece of memorabilia to the celebration: the door Mercury star Diana Taurasi allegedly broke after Sunday’s Game 4 at Wintrust Arena. This is excellent levels of petty: […]

The Phoenix Mercury ended their season in one of the worst ways possible. Down 1-2 on the road against the Chicago Sky, Diana Taurasi and the Mercury had a chance to bring the WNBA Finals to a deciding Game 5 in Phoenix. They held a big lead entering the fourth… only to succumb to Candace […]

Diana Taurasi put on a true GOAT-like performance to catapult the Phoenix Mercury over the Las Vegas Aces in their do-or-die WNBA Semifinals on Friday. Several NBA stars like Dwyane Wade, Trae Young and Ja Morant were tuned in throughout the contest, and they all couldn’t believe the intense back-and-forth that ended in a close […]

Diana Taurasi and the Phoenix Mercury eliminated Sue Bird and the Seattle Storm, 85-80, to book a WNBA semifinals ticket on Sunday. The matchup proved to be a thrilling spectacle that needed an extra session to decide the victor, but an epic moment ensued with Bird and Taurasi at the center of it all. The […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James sure knows how it feels like to win a gold medal in the Olympics. After all, he has already taken home two of them from the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2012 London Olympics. That’s why he fully enjoyed the video of Sue Bird, Diana Taurasi, and the rest […]

Much was made about Kevin Durant passing 3-time Olympic gold medalist Carmelo Anthony on the all-time scoring list for Team USA basketball. But neither gentleman could hold a candle to the latest historic feat accomplished by their WNBA counterparts – Diana Taurasi and Sue Bird. The two legends and surefire Hall-of-Famers locked in their fifth […]

Diana Taurasi is one of the biggest performers on the basketball court in the history of mankind. The Phoenix Mercury star is considered by many to be the greatest WNBA player of all-time. Her exploits in the clutch need no introduction for even the most casual of hoops fans. When the game is on the […]

At long last, the trailer for “Space Jam: A New Legacy”, starring LeBron James, dropped on Saturday morning. The Los Angeles Lakers superstar shared the Spring Hill Co. production on Twitter: Welcome to the Space Jam!! 🥕👑🐰What in the matrix hell did I get myself into?!?! @TheSpringhillCo @spacejammovie #SpaceJamMovie pic.twitter.com/24fKHPlLNW — LeBron James (@KingJames) April […]

For 16 years, Diana Taurasi has spent her career with the Phoenix Mercury and established herself as one of the greatest WNBA players of all time. Now entering her 17th season, Taurasi decided that she will continue her career with the Mercury after signing a multi-year deal to remain with the franchise. The 38-year old […]

WNBA superstar Diana Taurasi once had a chance at free Jordans when she was challenged by NBA legend Michael Jordan himself back in high school. The Phoenix Mercury three-time champion guard recalled the story with Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe on Instagram, via ESPN. In 1999, Taurasi attended Jordan’s summer camp in Santa Barbara, California, […]

WNBA superstar Diana Taurasi took a playful jab at Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James while giving a brief eulogy to Kobe Bryant’s daughter, Gianna. The Bryant family put together a Celebration of Life prior to the one-month anniversary of Kobe and Gigi’s death, as father and daughter died in a Jan. 26 helicopter crash […]