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New York Liberty fans hoping for something definitive on Breanna Stewart’s injury status after their Game 1 win over the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA Playoffs on Sunday will be disappointed. Stewart is undergoing an MRI and “additional testing” on the left knee that she hurt against Phoenix in overtime, ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne first reported. […]

The New York Liberty have insisted time and again this year, through all of their injuries and setbacks, that they have enough in their locker room to win big games. While nothing is certain, it looks like that may be tested in a way nobody wanted to see. Breanna Stewart suffered an apparent knee injury […]

Liberty struck first in their opening round WNBA Playoffs series against the Phoenix Mercury with a 76-69 Game 1 win on the road. With the series shifting to the Liberty’s home court for Game 2, the win could have come a major cost. Liberty star forward Breanna Stewart suffered an apparent knee injury during the […]

The New York Liberty are in the playoffs. It didn’t happen how they wanted or how anyone who follows the league could have expected, but they’re in the field. As the 5 seed, New York will open its best-of-three first-round series against the Phoenix Mercury in the desert on Sunday afternoon. The bad news for […]

The New York Liberty entered the season with championship expectations, and Natasha Cloud quickly proved why she was one of the smartest signings in free agency. The veteran guard fit seamlessly into the Liberty system, giving them stability and leadership on both ends. For Natasha Cloud, her first year with Liberty delivered not only team […]

As the 2025 WNBA Playoffs approach, the New York Liberty enter the postseason as one of the league’s most compelling squads. Coming out of 2024 as WNBA champions and maintaining a core lineup filled with All-Star talent, the Liberty approached this campaign poised for another deep playoff run. A first-round showdown with the reloaded Phoenix […]

If a healthy version of the New York Liberty are going to return to the WNBA Finals for the third straight year, it’s going to be on the backs of their defense. The offense is not going to be a worry. In a lineup so star-powered that Emma Meesseman — the 2019 WNBA Finals MVP […]

The New York Liberty are preparing for another playoff run, but not all of the focus was on the court during their final home game of the regular season. A group of New York fans seated courtside and nearby wore bright orange shirts to protest what they say are skyrocketing ticket prices for the WNBA […]

NEW YORK — The New York Liberty defeated the Washington Mystics 75-66 on Tuesday night, improving their home record to 17-5. New York is 26-17 on the season and remains locked into the fifth seed of the WNBA’s playoff bracket. It was the first time in months that the Liberty had its full roster unrestricted […]

New York Liberty head coach Sandy Brondello isn’t giving up on her team. Granted, even if she had, she’s smart enough not to say it publicly. But the two-time championship coach cited precedent on Friday for why she thinks her team can still make noise in the playoffs. She recalled her 2021 Phoenix Mercury team, […]

Say what you will about the 2025 New York Liberty — and there’s plenty to say. But no one will say they’ve had it easy. The 2024 WNBA champions started 9-0 but have battled inconsistency ever since, as injuries have plagued the roster. It has further exacerbated their spate of self-inflicted wounds, including puzzling turnovers, […]

The New York Liberty are headed to the WNBA Playoffs. If you’re a Liberty fan and you want that to be the extent of the discussion around the team right now, you could be forgiven. It was another bad one for New York on Tuesday in a season that has become defined by underwhelming performances. […]

The New York Liberty have fallen apart during the second half of the 2025 WNBA season. New York is on a two-game losing streak after their 66-58 defeat against Golden State on Tuesday night. The Liberty are understandably frustrated with how they’ve played with the playoffs just around the corner. New York punched its ticket […]

The New York Liberty will once again be shorthanded on Tuesday night when they face the Golden State Valkyries in a crucial game for playoff positioning. Sabrina Ionescu will miss her third straight game with a left toe injury, head coach Sandy Brondello confirmed before the game. Brondello added that she is hopeful her guard […]

New York Liberty head coach Sandy Brondello likes to tell her team to “control the controllables.” Unfortunately for her, a lot of the misfortune that has befallen New York during its first-ever title defense has been decidedly uncontrollable. Injuries have ravaged the Liberty in a way no one could have reasonably anticipated. The Liberty have […]

There are not a lot of better scenarios for a team to still be competing for the title after winning it the previous year. The New York Liberty’s situation is slightly different because they have been the WNBA Champions for two seasons running, and find themselves in the reckoning to make it a hat-trick of […]

The New York Liberty have not played well during the second half of the 2025 WNBA season. New York now has a record of 24-16 with just four games to play before the postseason. The Liberty need to get their issues figured out quickly if they want to have success in the playoffs. New York […]

PHOENIX– The main question on everyone’s mind: Would the Phoenix Mercury secure a playoff spot? After the franchise did so, courtesy of an Atlanta Dream win on Friday, there’s now another question on their mind– is homecourt advantage possible after playing the New York Liberty? Safe to say that it could be a reality. Granted, […]

The New York Liberty hosted the Connecticut Sun on Monday night, winning 81-79. Breanna Stewart returned from the knee injury that caused a month-long absence from the court. She led the winners in scoring with 19 points despite playing on a minutes restriction. It was a potentially season-summarizing game for the WNBA’s defending champions. Even […]

The New York Liberty didn’t have a positive update for Jonquel Jones going into Thursday night’s matchup against the Washington Mystics. Jones has been playing at a high level for the Liberty, being a double-double machine for them at times. Her ability to score inside and crash the glass has been beneficial to the team’s […]

The New York Liberty are losing ground in the WNBA standings. The Liberty have lost four of their last six games, though they turned things around against the Sun on Monday. New York just got some troubling injury news before Thursday’s huge game against Washington. Liberty guard Natasha Cloud was ruled out and will not […]

New York Liberty guard Sabrina Ionescu is in high spirits these days. Aside from the return of forward Breanna Stewart from injury, one of Ionescu’s favorite events also made its return to New York: The US Open. Ionescu is once again taking in all the sights and sounds of the annual major tennis tournament at […]

Whenever Jonquel Jones gets a double-double, watch out for the New York Liberty. That much was the case after Monday’s matchup against the Connecticut Sun. In 33 minutes of action, Jones finished with a stat line of 18 points, 11 rebounds, six assists, and one steal. She shot 8-of-10 from the field, including 2-of-4 from […]

The New York Liberty have suffered a rash of injuries lately which has coincided with them falling out of the No. 2 seed in the WNBA standings, and now in a battle for playoff positioning and possible homecourt advantage in the opening round of the postseason. But the Liberty received reinforcements on Monday with Breanna […]

A day after Minnesota Lynx star Napheesa Collier returned from a seven-game absence due to an ankle problem, it’s New York Liberty forward Breanna Stewart’s turn for her comeback. Stewart has sat out the past 13 New York games because of a bone bruise in her right knee, but said that she will be back […]

Despite the late addition of Emma Meesseman, the New York Liberty have found themselves in a rough patch as they have lost four of their last five games. The latest one came on Saturday after bowing to the Atlanta Dream, 78-62. The difficult stretch couldn’t come at a worse time for the Liberty, with the […]

Breanna Stewart’s absence proved to be damaging to the New York Liberty’s quality of play after their matchup against the Atlanta Dream on Saturday evening. Stewart suffered a knee injury during the Liberty’s contest against the Los Angeles Sparks on July 26. She has been on the sidelines since then, missing 13 consecutive games. The […]

If the New York Liberty suffer an unceremonious early exit from the playoffs, it won’t be because of their 78-62 loss to the Atlanta Dream on Saturday. Instead, they’ll have a trio of inexplicable losses to the three worst teams in the league, including a shocking home defeat to the Chicago Sky just two days […]

Star guard Sabrina Ionescu’s red-hot month of August will hit the brakes as she takes a brief trip to the injury report. A lingering foot injury has finally caught up to Ionescu, who has been ruled out of the New York Liberty’s Saturday afternoon matchup with the Atlanta Dream. After being listed as questionable for […]

New York Liberty guard Natasha Cloud isn’t once to mince words, and she held nothing back after New York defeated the Minnesota Lynx, 85-75, Tuesday night at Barclays Center. It was the Liberty’s first win over the Lynx this season in four tries, and it came after Lynx players sounded off last week about their […]

For weeks, the New York Liberty have been insisting that, despite their injuries and some baffling losses, they have enough in their locker room to beat any team in the WNBA. At long last, they proved it on Tuesday night, leading the first-place Minnesota Lynx almost all the way and gutting out an 85-75 win. […]

Sabrina Ionescu and the New York Liberty got the job done Tuesday night against the Minnesota Lynx via a score of 85-75 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Ionescu made a huge shot down the stretch of the fourth quarter that all but cemented the victory for the reigning WNBA champions. The Liberty were still in […]

New York Liberty forward Jonquel Jones responded to recent comments by Minnesota Lynx guard Courtney Williams, who called the Liberty a “punk-a** team” during a livestream appearance alongside teammate Natisha Hiedeman and newly signed guard Jaylyn Sherrod. The comment, made after Sherrod joined the Lynx earlier this month following her release from the Liberty, added […]

The 2025 WNBA season has been a rollercoaster for the New York Liberty. For a team that entered the year as a clear title contender with sky-high expectations, alongside a star-studded Liberty lineup led by Breanna Stewart, Sabrina Ionescu, and Jonquel Jones, anything short of a championship would be seen as a disappointment. But the […]

The New York Liberty have endured a comical stretch of injuries as they try to repeat as WNBA champions. As a result, they are 21-13, locked in a battle with the Atlanta Dream for the 2 seed despite having, on paper, the best roster in the league. Head coach Sandy Brondello knew 2025 would be […]

New York Liberty All-Star Sabrina Ionescu has been at the forefront of the basketball sneaker world, changing the entire landscape with the debut of her signature Nike Sabrina 1. Already on her third iteration of the Nike Sabrina line, Ionescu recently paid homage to a cultural icon with her Mars Blackmon-inspired Sabrina 3 sneakers. Legendary […]

The New York Liberty absorbed their second loss in three games after bowing to the Las Vegas Aces, 83-77, at Michelob Ultra Arena on Wednesday. In a rematch of last year’s finals, the Liberty started strong but couldn’t sustain it in the second half, as the Aces clamped down on defense. Las Vegas limited New […]

There was never a scenario where Emma Meesseman wouldn’t be a good fit with the New York Liberty. She’s too good and the Liberty have too much unselfish talent around her — even amid their recent spate of injuries. But few could have predicted the transition would be this fast and this seamless. Meesseman had […]

BSE Global, the parent company of the Brooklyn Nets and the New York Liberty, is making a historic investment in local youth basketball. The Brooklyn Basketball Training Center, set to open this fall across from Barclays Center, will become the first youth basketball facility in the tri-state area to deploy Shoot 360 technology. Shoot 360 […]