Rendering of proposed Phoenix Mercury practice facility. Photo: Phoenix Suns/Mercury. The Phoenix Mercury and Phoenix Suns owner Matt Ishbia announced a $100 Million investment in a new dedicated state-of-the-art practice facility for the Phoenix Mercury and business headquarters for the WNBA team and the NBA Phoenix Suns. “We are working every day to make the
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When the Phoenix Mercury lost to the Dallas Wings on Sunday, it ended an impressive period of sustained success. After a league-leading 10-year streak, the team will not be making the W.N.B.A. playoffs this season. Being good enough to make the playoffs year after year is surprisingly difficult in sports. Player turnover, coaching changes or
The Phoenix Mercury fired head coach Vanessa Nygaard the team announced Sunday. The team has a five-game losing streak and sits at 2-10. The team hired Nygaard on January 24, 2002. She compiled a 17-30 regular season record in two seasons. “We have chosen to make a change at head coach,” said Mercury General Manager Jim
The British Basketball Trophy Finalists, the Cheshire Phoenix, have moved quickly to secure the return of talented British forward, David Ulph, for the 2023/24 season. Ulph joined the club from Manchester Giants last summer and proved to be a fan favourite for the Nix Nation in the 2022/23 season with his hustle and toughness on
Cheshire Phoenix and Caledonia Gladiators will face off in the first round of the Play-offs in a rematch of that Trophy final in Glasgow. It was the shot seen around the country as David Sloan’s buzzer-beating three in the corner, in front of the Phoenix bench and fans broke their hearts while securing Caledonia’s first
BBL Championship Manchester Giants 84-87 Cheshire Phoenix (28-20, 47-44, 71-73)(Giants: Williams, 20; Fletcher, 19; Green, 18 — Phoenix: Anderson, 19; Austin Jr.,/Archibald, 18; Jack, 13 ) BBL Championship Caledonia Gladiators 90-82 Bristol Flyers (24-18, 46-37, 62-59)(Gladiators: Alihodzic, 18; Sloan/Durham, 16; Bailey, 15– Flyers: Miller, 21; Bell III, 18; Olison, 13) BBL Championship London Lions 83-81
The NBA Board of Governors has approved the sale of the Phoenix Suns and Mercury to an ownership group led by Mat Ishbia, Chairman, President and CEO of United Wholesale Mortgage. The transaction is expected to close this week. Per ESPN.com, “Ishbia is buying a 57% controlling stake for $2.28 billion, sources said, with Robert
BBL Championship Leicester Riders 100 vs 82 Cheshire Phoenix (28-21, 29-23, 20-21, 23-17) Riders – Whelan 20, Jackson 15, Loving 13; Lions – Austin 19, Neighbour 16, Anderson 14 Surrey Scorchers 67 vs 88 London Lions (18-21, 19-22, 10-25, 20-20) Scorchers – Taylor 18, Lawrence 16, Ray 9; Lions – Best 18, Nelson iii 17,
BBL ChampionshipCheshire Phoenix 103 – 99 Manchester Giants (32-19, 30-20, 15-23, 26-37)(Phoenix – Neighbour 21, Austin 20, Teague 18; Giants – Williams 32, Green 24, Roberson 14) BBL ChampionshipLondon Lions 87 – 63 Plymouth City Patriots (25-14, 22-9, 20-24, 20-16)(Lions – Nelson 19, Koufos 16, Komagum/Kaboza 9; Patriots – Williams 26, Dusha 13, Brandon 6)
It feels so good to be home! The last 10 months have been a battle at every turn. I dug deep to keep my faith and it was the love from so many of you that helped keep me going. From the bottom of my heart, thank you to everyone for your help. I am
BBL Championship Newcastle Eagles 67-75 Cheshire Phoenix (11-31, 28-41, 47-59)(Eagles: K. Johnson, 17; Cohn, 11; D. Johnson, 10 – Phoenix: Evans, 19; Anderson, 16; Teague, 14) Cheshire Phoenix survived a late scare to secure a hard-fought 75-67 win over the Newcastle Eagles at the Vertu Motors Arena on Friday night. Enjoying a lead that peaked
BBL Championship Cheshire Phoenix 77-73 Caledonia Gladiators (20-28, 18-19, 21-11, 18-15) Phoenix; Anderson 18, Austin 11, Teague 11 – Gladiators; Sloan 23, Onwas 15, Bailey 11 The Cheshire Phoenix used a late fourth quarter run to defeat the Caledonia Gladiators at the Cheshire Oaks arena this Sunday. It was a close fought game throughout with both teams
With the WNBA Finals and World Cup over, it’s time to take a look back at what each WNBA team did this season and forward at what their offseason goals should be. With the Atlanta Dream already covered by Avery Wiggins, we move on to the No. 8 seed Phoenix Mercury, who were eliminated in
NBA Trade Rumors: Jae Crowder will sit out the start of Phoenix Suns training camp until the team finds a trade for him. The Phoenix Suns decided to run it back this offseason in hopes of recovering from a disappointing showing in the playoffs a year ago. However, it doesn’t seem as if the team
The New York Liberty are no longer in playoff position. Their perfect record during this much-talked-about final eight-game stretch is no more. They had narrowly averted a let down on Wednesday and the path seemed clear for them to keep rolling; next up was a Saturday night matchup against a Phoenix Mercury team that they
Here’s what happened in the world of women’s basketball this past week: Brittney Griner receives a sentence of nine years in prison On Thursday, Griner was convicted of drug smuggling and possession and sentenced to nine years in prison in Russia. While her lawyers have confirmed plans to appeal the sentence, many in the basketball
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Image courtesy of the Phoenix Mercury The Phoenix Mercury announced that a public rally supporting the franchise’s star center, Brittney Griner, will take place Wednesday, July 6, at 5 p.m. at Footprint Center. The team coordinated the planning of the rally with the office of Congressman Greg Stanton of Arizona. The rally will be free
Tina Charles. Photo: WNBA. Veteran Phoenix Mercury center Tina Charles quit the Phoenix Mercury this weekend ahead of the team’s game at Dallas Saturday evening. Ron Thulin, the Wings’ play-by-play announcer was the first to make Charles’ break from the team public via Twitter. After the news broke, the Mercury issued the following statement: The
The Phoenix Mercury players, coaches, staff, and the player’s union, the WNBPA, met with members of the United States Department of State to discuss the status of teammate Brittney Griner’s wrongful detention in Russia. Today marks 166 days that the Mercury center has been detained. Following the meeting, the team met with U.S. Congressman Greg
Two weeks ago, the Phoenix Mercury submitted one of the worst performances of the WNBA season, a 27-point loss to the Atlanta Dream when the Mercury looked noncompetitive almost from the jump. It was the team’s fifth consecutive defeat, dropping Phoenix to 2-6 a year after making the WNBA Finals. Brittney Griner’s ongoing detention in
Memorial Day weekend features a marquee matchup ripe for primetime television as Sunday afternoon the Phoenix Mercury and the Atlanta Dream will play before a nationally-televised audience on CBS. The Dream, coming off of picking No. 1 in the draft, have gotten off to a good start at 4-3, which is seventh in the WNBA.
Phoenix Mercury fans in the team’s local market will enjoy a team-record of 27 televised games this season. Bally Sports Arizona and Bally Sports Extra is Phoenix’s exclusive local broadcast partner. An additional nine games will air on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, and CBS. As a result, all 36 Mercury regular-season games will be broadcast. The
BBL ChampionshipLondon Lions 69-54 B. Braun Sheffield Sharks (11-11, 31-27, 48-42)(Lions – Reese 25, Kelley 11, Cugini 10; Sharks – Johnson 17, Nichols 8, Koch 6) BBL ChampionshipGlen Luss Glasgow Rocks 103-77 Cheshire Phoenix (21-23, 53-38, 81-64)(Rocks – Hillsman 27, J. Johnson 22, V. Johnson 22; Phoenix – Okereafor 20, Bradley 16, Wright 16) London
BBL ChampionshipGlen Luss Glasgow Rocks 100-99 Manchester Giants (20-22, 51-53, 77-82)(Rocks – Johnson 25, Harris 20, Murray 18; Giants – Mcknight 19, Armstrong 17, Ulph 14) BBL ChampionshipCheshire Phoenix 113-66 Surrey Scorchers (28-17, 57-36, 88-48)(Phoenix – Wright 23, Bradley 22, Dickerson 21; Scorchers – Ringer 12, Dang Akodo 11, Ogedengbe 6) Glen Luss Glasgow Rocks
PHOENIX SUNS NOTES The Suns stand at a league-best 58-14 on the season, 9 games ahead of MEM for the best record in the NBA, and the team’s best start through 73 games of a season in franchise history. The Suns won the Pacific Division title for the second-straight season and the 8th time in
BBL Trophy FinalLondon Lions 68-82 Cheshire Phoenix (16-22, 35-40, 55-61)(Lions – D. Williams 24, Cugini 12, Robinson 12; Phoenix – Austin Jr. 23, Wright 18, Ochereobia 12) Cheshire Phoenix have won the BBL Trophy for the fifth time in the club’s history, but first since they won it four times in a row up to
By Jamie Thomas Repeating the feat of last season, Cheshire Phoenix have bounced back emphatically from a slow start to the campaign and are now the form team in the BBL with six wins in their last six outings in all competitions. Key to that success has been the unselfishness of a very talented roster,
BBL ChampionshipCheshire Phoenix 80-77 Plymouth City Patriots (21-22, 45-50, 60-65)(Phoenix – Wright 15, Austin Jr 15, Ochereobia 11; Patriots – Graham-Bell 22, Williams 22, Hart 14) BBL ChampionshipGlen Luss Glasgow Rocks 76-105 Leicester Riders (17-33, 37-68, 46-90)(Rocks – Fraser 17, Harris 17, Jacdonmi 15, Riders – Whelan 23, Loving 22, Adekoya 18) Leceister Riders further
BBL ChampionshipSurrey Scorchers 62-90 Cheshire Phoenix (18-27, 35-52, 52-67, 62-90)(Scorchers: S.Davis Jr – 21, D.Thomas – 11, C.Raftopoulos – 10; Phoenix: B.Mockford – 17, L.Austin Jr – 17, N.Dickerson – 16) BBL Trophy Semi-Final First LegBristol Flyers 61-81 London Lions (17-22, 33-39, 47-54, 61-81)(Flyers: M.Delpeche – 20, M.Evans – 15, T.Jacob – 9; Lions: D.Williams