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Phoenix Mercury vs. Seattle Storm Notes

Random Notes PhoenixMercury.com may be on lock down until Monday morning for a big announcement, but Fanster’s Mercury Community is alive and well!  We’ll be at the game live tonight and providing updates for those who want them - I’ll either [...]

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Mercury Optimistic After First Preseason Scrimmages

After their first official preseason game in Sacramento Wednesday, and scrimmages in Las Vegas against the Monarchs and Storm yesterday, the Mercury continue to gain confidence in themselves and their mission - championship. On Wednesday against the Monarchs, Allie Quigley was [...]

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Amar”””e Stoudemire: The Walking Contradiction

No, that’s not a typo in Amare’s name on the headline. It’s no secret that I’ve had my beef with Amare for a while and simply want to make sure I include the proper amount of apostrophe’s in his [...]

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Taurasi #2 in Jersey Sales

Diana Taurasi trails only Candace Parker for the most WNBA jersey sales. Based on sales from the WNBA Store in New York and online sales from WNBA.com, Taurasi is closely trailing Parker for the top spot.  The three-time WNBA All-Star moves [...]

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Quigley/Bonner Shine as Mercury Win First Preseason Game in Sacramento

After a tough start to the game which found the Mercury down by double digits, the team rallied in the 2nd half fueled by a stellar third quarter defensively. Though Diana Taurasi and Cappie Pondexter didn’t have the best shooting nights [...]

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Mercury Excited for 2009, Travel to Sacramento to Open Pre-season Wednesday

The 2009 WNBA season is just around the corner! After their last training camp practice today, the Mercury leave for Sacramento where they will play their first pre-season game against the Monarchs on Wednesday at 11:00 AM.  The mood around the [...]

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Catching Up With Temeka “Meek” Johnson

The Phoenix Mercury have been consumed by an intense training camp over the past week and a half consisting of practices twice a day that are fast-paced, physical, and exhausting.  After another hard practice this morning which emphasized the Mercury’s [...]

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Think You’re Better Than a WNBA Player? Think Again.

I guess the title says it all… To those of you who think you can “beat” a WNBA player at basketball or that you’re “better” than them at the game…I have some bad news - you can’t and you’re not.  Hey, [...]

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DeWanna Bonner’s WNBA Blog

Be sure to check out DeWanna Bonner’s first entry in her WNBA Rookie Blog.  In it she talks about her first week in Phoenix, meeting her teammates, and Media Day.  And yes, she is as nice as she sounds. Here are [...]

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Training Camp Notes: Day 5

The end of the first week of training camp came and went with lots of progress, encouraged players and coaches, and justification of their off-season additions.  Take it from me, this team is hungry, ready to compete, and will be [...]

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