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The New York Liberty entered Thursday’s game against the Washington Mystics looking to continue their undefeated season. However, the win could cost the defending champions their starting center. Former MVP Jonquel Jones, who has been the Liberty’s vocal leader so far, could be sidelined for a while. After Breanna Stewart committed a foul against Mystics […]

Coming into the 2025 WNBA season, no team had ever hit more than 18 threes in a regular season game. The 2025 New York Liberty have now hit 19 treys twice in seven games. Part of it is having great shooters. It’d be foolish to heap credit on the Liberty’s discipline and offensive scheme without […]

Jonquel Jones sent a clear message to the WNBA after the New York Liberty dismantled the Connecticut Sun, 100-52, on Sunday. “We are exactly who we think we are,” she said as her team improved to 7-0 on the season. The unbeaten start matched a franchise record on a day in which the Liberty practically […]

New York Liberty fans are fired up over the team’s 100-52 victory over the Connecticut Sun. The defending WNBA champions are off to a phenomenal start in 2025 and now sit at 7-0 overall. It’s been a group effort so far this season, and Sunday’s victory showcased this team’s phenomenal depth. Eight players scored seven […]

The New York Liberty are off to a terrific start in 2025, however, they will be without Jonquel Jones against the Golden State Valkyries tonight. The five-time All-Star has built a Hall of Fame-caliber resume and still has plenty of years left in the league. After a somewhat trying first season in New York, Jones […]

The New York Liberty are gunning to repeat as WNBA champions and then some. The Liberty are looking to live up to their record $450 million valuation. So far, they are off to a solid start at 4-0, led by their trifecta of Sabrina Ionescu, Breanna Stewart, and Jonquel Jones.  Speaking of Jones, on Tuesday, […]

As many people are theorizing whether the New York Liberty can repeat as WNBA champions, there is no doubt that the team itself believes it can. While there has been some agreement with the statement that the Liberty are favorites to win it all once again, the team would be recognized for winning the title […]

While fans predict if the New York Liberty will repeat as WNBA champions, there is a legend of the game that has them as the favorite to win it all, rather than the hype for the Minnesota Lynx this season. After the Liberty won the championship in 2024, there is no doubt massive expectations for […]

The defending champion New York Liberty is entering the WNBA season in style. A handful of Liberty players attended the Met Gala and are seeking to repeat as champions.  Their core four, Sabrina Ionescu, Jonquel Jones, Breanna Stewart, and Betnijah Laney Hamilton, are in prime position to sustain the team’s excellence. Their chemistry was hilariously […]

With preseason play already underway, the New York Liberty are preparing to defend their crown after winning the WNBA championship for the first time last year. Pursuing a dynasty is the hardest thing a team can do, and it obviously requires supreme concentration. However, a night out on the town now and again could help […]

Los Angeles Sparks forward Rickea Jackson is looking ahead to the start of the 2025 WNBA season as much as everyone else. However, there’s a new obstacle in the league that wasn’t present a year ago. The Seattle Storm’s new young French phenom Dominique Malonga is bringing the ability to dunk with her, and Jackson […]

The New York Liberty are returning a key player off their bench from this past year’s championship squad. After winning its first title in franchise history, New York was just hit with the loss of starting point guard Courtney Vandersloot. Fortunately, the franchise is bringing back the elite trio of Breanna Stewart, Jonquel Jones, and […]

The New York Liberty were the best team in the WNBA this season, and they showed it by winning the championship against the Minnesota Lynx. The city is excited to have the championship in New York, and they’re going as far as announcing Oct. 20 as “New York Liberty Day,” which is the exact day […]

The New York Liberty defeated the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA Finals. New York earned the win with stars such as Breanna Stewart, Sabrina Ionescu and Jonquel Jones leading the way throughout the season. Rookie Leonie Fiebich also stepped up for the Liberty in 2024. Fiebich reflected on her WNBA Finals run with the Liberty […]

The only stat that matters is the final score, and when the buzzer sounded at Barclays Center on Sunday night, the scoreboard showed that the New York Liberty are WNBA champions. With their 67-62 overtime win over the Minnesota Lynx, the Liberty captured their first championship in franchise history. And as one of the WNBA’s […]

The New York Liberty became the last team standing in the 2024 WNBA season after outlasting the Minnesota Lynx in a five-game series that ended on Sunday. It was a wild ride for both teams, with New York ending up with the WNBA title after winning Game 5 to the tune of a 67-62 score. […]

Sandy Brondello isn’t asking her New York Liberty to do anything they haven’t done multiple times in the WNBA Finals. Her ask is simple: Get off the mat and win a game. They did it in Game 2, responding to an all-time meltdown in the first game to hold off another Minnesota Lynx comeback. They […]

Sabrina Ionescu had a career night when the Liberty needed her most. Ionescu scored 36 points and added nine assists to help the Liberty close off a feisty Atlanta Dream team 91-82 in Game 2. The star guard’s 36 points set a new playoff career high and ties the Liberty’s all-time playoff record. Ionescu also […]

Through 17 New York Liberty home games, there’s been a different feeling in the air at Barclays Center. Really, it started during the 2023 WNBA Finals when 17,000 New Yorkers packed an arena that had grown accustomed to closing off the upper deck for WNBA games. It continued when the Liberty opened their 2024 home […]

Three hours before the New York Liberty and Los Angeles Sparks squared off at Crypto.com Arena on Wednesday night, few would have thought Nyara Sabally would be one of the most impactful players in the game for New York. But with Jonquel Jones feeling sick, Sabally had her chance to shine. On a night in […]

The New York Liberty may have fallen to the lowly Los Angeles Sparks on Wednesday, 94-88, but it may have done nothing to deter their playoff push. With a 26-6 record, the Liberty still have the best record in the WNBA, while the Cameron Brink-less Sparks, at 7-24, remain at the bottom of the standings. […]

Jaylyn Sherrod knows she is good enough to be in the WNBA, even if her journey to the New York Liberty roster wasn’t the traditional path. The undrafted rookie played with the Liberty in training camp before the team waived her prior to the season. They brought her back on a trio of seven-day deals […]

The best players on the New York Liberty haven’t changed. Breanna Stewart and Jonquel Jones are still former MVPs who have had MVP-like stretches. A neck injury has cost Sabrina Ionescu her last two games, but she is still one of the most electric guards in the game. Yet the Liberty are visibly much better […]

The New York Liberty are operating on a different level than any other team in the WNBA. Apart from having the best record and being the first team to clinch a postseason bid, New York has outclassed the bottom of the league, as seen in their 103-68 win over the Sparks on Thursday, and ran […]

The New York Liberty lacked urgency in the first and fourth quarters on Saturday against the Indiana Fever, and they paid for it. The Fever came away with the win, 83-78, one month after New York beat them by 36 in Brooklyn. After the game, Sabrina Ionescu reflected on how her team’s energy level was […]

Sabrina Ionescu summed up the importance of the Liberty’s 76-67 win over the Minnesota Lynx Tuesday night in three words: “This was personal.” Not only are the Lynx the only team to beat New York twice this year, but the Liberty felt they missed opportunities in both games. They didn’t play to their potential, and […]

The New York Liberty have gone from fighting injury to fighting illness and it hasn’t mattered one bit in the standings. New York beat the Atlanta Dream, 81-75, on Sunday afternoon for their 12th win in their last 13 regular season games. Courtney Vandersloot and Betnijah Laney-Hamilton were fully back in the rotation, but Jonquel […]

The New York Liberty improved their record to 14-3 on the young WNBA season with a big win over the LA Sparks at home on Saturday. Afterward, Breanna Stewart of the Liberty had candid comments on how it all went down at the Barclays Center. The Stewart interview occurred amid Sabrina Ionescu’s admission on a […]

As the New York Liberty’s roster continues to shrink, the connection between Jonquel Jones and Sabrina Ionescu only seems to run deeper. Betnijah Laney-Hamilton sat out Thursday with a knee injury, making three New York players unavailable against the Los Angeles Sparks. It ultimately didn’t matter as the Liberty won 93-80, bouncing back from a […]

If there was any doubt before, it should be clear now. With a win over the Las Vegas Aces on Sunday afternoon, the New York Liberty have established themselves as the best team in the WNBA right now. They are 12-2, have won eight in a row, and just beat the two-time-defending champions 90-82 on […]

When a team is 11-2, undefeated in Commissioner’s Cup play,and off to their best start in franchise history, any criticism can be seen as nit-picking. But with a few days off for the first time in what seems like ages, New York Liberty coach Sandy Brondello can step back and reflect on the first quarter […]

The New York Liberty have played five games in the last eight days, and in that time, they’ve learned how to draw on contributors up and down the bench. The Liberty needed nearly everyone available on Sunday in their 93-88 grind-out win over the winless Washington Mystics at Barclays Center. It was their seventh win […]

The New York Liberty had every reason to lose their Saturday matinee with the Connecticut Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut. Instead, Sabrina Ionescu and company outlasted the only team ahead of them in the WNBA standings, winning 82-75 to improve to 10-2. “We understood this was a huge game for us, a statement game,” Ionescu said. […]

A quarter of the way through the 2024 WNBA season, it’s become clear that as Jonquel Jones goes, so go the New York Liberty. Through their first nine games, Jones averaged 18 points in New York’s seven wins. In their two loses, she’s only averaged six points. In their 88-75 road win over the Chicago […]

However you interpreted the scuffle between the New York Liberty and Phoenix Mercury in the fourth quarter of their game Wednesday night, you can’t deny that a switch flipped. The Liberty didn’t go on an explosive run after that to close it out, but it was clear that they were the more composed and in-control […]

NEW YORK — In a league where everybody knows everybody — personally and professionally — there’s nowhere to hide in the WNBA, especially from yourselves. The New York Liberty have lost two straight games, and they haven’t looked good in the process. At least, not like the team that went to the WNBA Finals last […]

Coaches usually hate the tired cliché about how teams on a winning streak need to lose a game so they could learn from it. That’s why it was strange to hear head coach Sandy Brondello bring it up, unprompted, after the New York Liberty lost 90-81 on Thursday night to the Chicago Sky. It was […]

BROOKLYN — By 10:30 on Saturday morning, the plaza in front of Barclays Center was swarming with seafoam green. Fans young and old were lining up to get into the arena a full 90 minutes before doors even opened for the New York Liberty’s home opener against the Indiana Fever. When the game finally tipped […]

INDIANAPOLIS — If the Fever got punched in the mouth Tuesday night in the season-opening 92-71 loss at Connecticut, as Indiana head coach Christie Sides described it, then the Fever got battered by the New York Liberty in the home opener Thursday night at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.  The Fever were stomped 102-66. New York’s Breanna Stewart made […]