For the second time in three years, the Phoenix Mercury are WNBA Champions.
Diana Taurasi was named the Finals MVP and spoke about teamwork when she was given the microphone. In fact, she actually tried to pass her individual award to others in the crowd around her. She wanted nothing to do with it; she wanted the championship trophy instead.
“Winning never gets old,” she said. “But when you do it with a group that generally cares about each other, you don’t care about any of that individual stuff … I think as a group we put it together.”
Taurasi is not one …read more

Despite the Atlanta Dream’s incredible turnaround this season, the team still can’t get any respect. Even though they made the playoffs, the Dream will be forced to play their first home playoff game in a different stadium because a live Sesame Street show has already been booked for the dates.
The Dream will host the Detroit Shock this Friday night at Gwinnett Arena, which is about 25 miles northeast of Atlanta.
Doesn’t this show how much the city is behind the team? I mean, they booked Sesame Street during the dates of the WNBA playoffs thinking that the Dream wouldn’t be participating. …read more