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The Phoenix Mercury have named longtime Arizona State women’s basketball coach Charli Turner Thorne to their coaching staff, according to a press release. An Arizona Women’s Basketball icon is taking a seat on our bench. Legendary @SunDevilWBB Coach Charli Turner Thorne joins the Phoenix Mercury as an Assistant Coach on Nikki Blue’s staff! pic.twitter.com/QOxBqqZYrI — […]

Phoenix Suns guard Bradley Beal was introduced as the newest member of the team Thursday. He answered questions about his fit next to Kevin Durant and Devin Booker, what attracted him to Phoenix and the team’s championship hopes. After his presser, which took place inside the Footprint Center pavilion, Beal was photographed with Phoenix Mercury […]

Days after firing head coach Vanessa Nygaard, the Phoenix Mercury have a newfound confidence according to the woman who is replacing her, interim head coach Nikki Blue. Blue said he is already seeing a difference in the players. “Our players just have had a renewed sense of confidence,” Blue said. “The way that they came […]

Phoenix Mercury star Brittney Griner is happy that the WNBA made changes in its travel policy, though she couldn’t help but wonder why it took so long for the league to realize the need for such measures and implement it. To recall, the WNBA allowed Griner to fly charter for the Mercury’s remaining road games […]

The Phoenix Mercury have parted ways with coach Vanessa Nygaard after their 2-10 start, which is tied for their worst 12-game start in franchise history, per a press release. Lead assistant Nikki Blue has been elevated to interim head coach for the remainder of the 2023 season. Mercury general manager Jim Pitman explained the team’s […]

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 […]

Nothing is really work this season for the Phoenix Mercury. They are at the bottom of the WNBA standings with a record of 2-9. Part of that can probably be explained though with the absences of stars Brittney Griner and Diana Taurasi who have been battling injuries as of late. They also have not had […]

Phoenix Mercury star Brittney Griner was spotted pregame with her former coach Sandy Brondello ahead of her team’s matchup against the New York Liberty. Griner looked happy to see her former mentor, in a video from MSG Network reporter Khristina Williams. It was a much needed positive boost for Griner after she endured an embattling […]

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 […]

Phoenix Mercury star Brittney Griner will be allowed to fly charter for the team’s remaining road games, among other changes to travel plans according to ESPN’s Josh Weinfuss. The change comes after Griner was berated with questions from YouTube personality Alex Stein at a Dallas airport. The right-wing political host asked Griner repeatedly about her […]

The Phoenix Mercury have been one of the more disappointing teams of the 2023 WNBA season so far. Although they have been navigating the absence of starting point guard Skylar Diggins-Smith who is currently out on maternity, they have enough talent on the team to make some noise. They began the season on an emotional […]

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 […]

Details of Phoenix Mercury star Brittney Griner’s alleged harassment at a Dallas airport on Saturday by YouTuber Alex Stein were recently revealed in a police report obtained by ESPN. Stein allegedly pushed a Mercury security personnel in an attempt to get to Griner, before the YouTuber was promptly shoved against a wall by the security […]

Brittney Griner’s Phoenix Mercury teammate, Brianna Turner, said the team’s incident with a YouTube personality at a Dallas airport this past week was a “huge disappointment.” “It was startling to show up to the airport to have people waiting at your gate to just totally [disrupt] your day and follow you around the airport, shouting […]

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 […]

After Phoenix Mercury star Brittney Griner was involved in an airport altercation over the weekend, the uproar from around the league has been ferocious and the WNBPA is demanding change to the travel policy. On Saturday morning, Griner and her team were accosted by a YouTube agitator known for harassing politicians. Alex Stein is a […]

Breanna Stewart is the latest WNBA star to call for more protection for Brittney Griner after the Phoenix Mercury center was harassed at the Dallas-Fort Worth airport by a right-wing social media provocateur. “I mean I think that player safety should be first and foremost and everyone was aware that BG coming back to the […]

After being harassed by a Blaze Media YouTube personality in the Dallas-Forth Worth International Airport on Saturday, Phoenix Mercury star Brittney Griner has once again become the focal point in a call for player safety. The Mercury would release a statement about the incident that occurred between Griner and Alex Stein, a Dallas native that […]

Brittney Griner had quite the encounter while making her way through the Dallas Airport Saturday morning. The WNBA earlier released a statement alleging that the Phoenix Mercury star was harassed. A video detailing the incident is now available to the public, courtesy of the man in question. Comedian and YouTuber Alex Stein recorded himself criticizing […]

The WNBA has released a statement after Phoenix Mercury star Brittney Griner was allegedly harassed at a Dallas airport on Saturday, via Josh Weinfuss. The league said the following in the statement, “As we gather additional information on today’s incident at the Dallas Airport, it has come to our attention that this was orchestrated by […]

The Phoenix Mercury have bee one of the struggling teams so far as the 2023 WNBA season is officially underway. They received an emotional boost at the beginning of the year with the much-anticipated return of Brittney Griner, but they’ve only been able to manage a 1-4 start. It’s a long season though and there’s […]

Brittney Griner has had emotional returns already in her first WNBA and home Phoenix Mercury games this season. She had another one on Wednesday when she and the Mercury traveled to Dallas, just two hours from where she played her college ball at Baylor. Though the Mercury fell to the Dallas Wings, Griner had a […]

Las Vegas Aces star A’ja Wilson recently shared her brutally honest thoughts on Brittney Griner’s return to the WNBA. Although Wilson is excited for Griner to be back in the league, she had one request for the Phoenix Mercury star, via Podcast P with Paul George. With [Brittney Griner] out, it didn't feel the same… […]

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 […]

It’s been an emotional start to the 2023 WNBA season for the Phoenix Mercury. The start of the season marked the long anticipated return to the court for Mercury star Brittney Griner. Vice President Kamala Harris was on hand for Griner’s first game of the season against the Los Angeles Sparks and it that was […]

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 […]

The Phoenix Mercury received a huge boost this season with the highly anticipated return of Brittney Griner. Despite that, it’s been a rough start for the Mercury who have started the 2023 WNBA season 0-2. They lost on the road in their season opener against the Los Angeles Sparks and they dropped their home opener […]

On Friday, Phoenix Mercury star Brittney Griner played her first WNBA game in two years after being imprisoned in Russia for the entirety of last season. Brittney Griner’s highly anticipated return was reflected in the television ratings for the Mercury’s game against the Los Angeles Sparks. Griner and the Mercury visited the Sparks Friday night […]

The WNBA has always struggled with attracting big crowds to its games. Not even the first home game of Brittney Griner after getting released from a Russian prison was enough to sell out the contest between the Phoenix Mercury and the Chicago Sky on Sunday at Footprint Center. Mercury head coach Vanessa Nygaard was not […]

Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner had tears in her eyes before her first regular-season home game. By the third quarter, she was elated. Griner hit a 3-pointer that energized the Phoenix crowd. She went down the court, high-fived teammates and turned to the Footprint Center fans and yelled, “I’m back!” “I’M BACK!” Brittney Griner is […]

Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner played her first regular-season game at home since 2021 Sunday. Griner’s Mercury lost to the Chicago Sky, 75-69, at Footprint Center. But Griner, who returned to the United States in December after she was arrested in Russia, won the night. She led the Mercury with 27 points on 9-of-13 shooting. […]

It has been over a year-and-a-half since Brittney Griner played a regular-season game in Phoenix.  She was introduced in Sunday’s contest against the Chicago Sky at Footprint Center via a poetry take on her time away from the team and was honored with the song, “I’m Coming Home,” by Diddy and Sean Combs when introduced […]

Phoenix Mercury star Brittney Griner is back in front of the home fans on Sunday for a matchup against the Chicago Sky, and she’s feeling all the love. The Mercury did a T-shirt giveaway featuring a Griner quote on it, and her introduction and special tribute whipped the crowd into a frenzy. Check out this […]

Brittney Griner’s first home game since being released from unjust detainment in a Russian prison was always bound to be special. The Phoenix Mercury, though, are going above and beyond to ensure Sunday’s marquee matchup with the Chicago Sky proves a homecoming for Griner no one will ever forget. As part of the festivities welcoming […]

The Phoenix Mercury and center Brittney Griner lost their WNBA season debut against the Los Angeles Sparks, 94-71 Friday night at Crypto.com Arena. But Griner and Phoenix won the hearts of the viewers. Brittney Griner played in her first WNBA regular-season game in over a year. She was detained in Russia Feb. 2022 and released […]