WNBA News

12:15 AM
10-October
2009 Mercury Rises, Defeats Fever For WNBA ChampionshipPenny Taylor swished two critical free throws with seconds left in the game as the Phoenix Mercury stopped a late rally to defeat the Indiana Fever 94-86 for the WNBA title Friday.
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8:57 AM
8-October
2009 WNBA Finals: Mercury Rise, Fever Fall In Game Four; Force Fifth ContestThe Phoenix Mercury clamped down defensively in the second half, limiting the Indiana Fever to 30 points, en route to a 90-77 win Wednesday. The Mercury tied the series up at 2-2 and forced a fifth game Friday in Phoenix.
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7:44 PM
4-October
2009 Fever Closes In On WNBA Title; Defeats Mercury For 2-1 Series LeadTamika Catchings collected 14 points to help the Indiana Fever pull within one win of capturing the WNBA title, defeating the Phoenix Mercury 86-65 Sunday in Game 3 of the finals. Indiana leads the best-of-five set 2-1.
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9:25 AM
2-October
2009 Catchings Up: Posts Near Triple-Double, Fever Levels WNBA Finals With MercuryTameka Catchings had 19 points, 11 assists and nine rebounds, nearly notching the first triple-double in WNBA Finals history, but still leading the Indiana Fever to a series-tying 94-83 win over the Phoenix Mercury Thursday.
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9:10 AM
30-September
2009 Mercury Get Offensive In WNBA Finals Opener; Edge Fever In OvertimeCappie Pondexter drained seven of her 23 points in overtime, lifting the Phoenix Mercury to a 120-116 win over the Indiana Fever Tuesday in the opening game of the WNBA Final in Phoenix.
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9:41 PM
29-September
2009 Ex-Arkansas Coach Richardson To Guide Possible Tulsa Franchise In WNBANolan Richardson will be back on the bench again. this time for a prospective WNBA team in Tulsa. Investors of a possible expansion team named the ex-Razorbacks mentor as its bench boss.
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5:41 PM
29-September
2009 Report: Mercury Star Guard Taurasi To Be Named WNBA MVPPhoenix Mercury guard Diana Taurasi will reportedly be named the WNBA's Most Valuable Player Tuesday, when her team vies for a second title in a best-of-five WNBA Finals series vs. the Indiana Fever.
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3:36 PM
27-September
2009 Women's Basketball Star Lisa Leslie Retires, Leaves With No RegretsLisa Leslie has no regrets, nor should she after the women's basketball star played her final game Saturday in the L.A. Sparks series-clinching loss to the Phoenix Mercury. She tallied 6,263 career points, 3,307 rebounds.
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7:31 AM
27-September
2009 Fever Rises Into First WNBA Finals: Shock Detroit In SemisTammy Sutton-Brown posted 17 points, as the Indiana Fever defied the odds and the Detroit Shock 72-67 Saturday in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals. The Fever finally advanced into the WNBA Finals.
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8:34 AM
26-September
2009 Fever Stay Alive, Force Game 3 Against ShockThe Indiana Fever had a record-setting 18 steals, and Tamika Catchings posted 22 points to defeat the Detroit Shock 79-75 in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals Friday.
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