NEW YORK, June 11, 2018 – Tiffany Hayes of the Atlanta Dream and Brittney Griner of the Phoenix Mercury today were named the WNBA’s Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for games played June 4-10. Hayes was selected Player of the Week for the first time in her seven seasons. Behind Hayes, Atlanta...
(NEW YORK) June 11, 2018 – In celebration of Julius ‘Dr. J’ Erving’s prolific basketball career, the BIG3 has named the league’s championship trophy in his honor. Erving, coaches the BIG3 team Tri-State and joined the league ahead of its inaugural season last year. The Julius Erving Championship Trophy will be presented to the...
Talking Stick Resort Arena, Phoenix, AZ – The Phoenix Mercury (7-3) defeat the Las Vegas Aces (1-7) behind great efforts from Brittney Griner, Diana Taurasi and Dewanna Bonner. The Mercury are 7-0 when all three of those players score at least 12 points. This is the fifth victory in a...
New York, NY – June 10, 2018 – Marissa Coleman refused to let her former team steal one at the Westchester County Center, sinking a three with 16.8 seconds remaining in a tie game. The shot would prove to be the game winner, as the New York Liberty held...
BRONX, N.Y. (June 9, 2018) — Atlanta United drew NYCFC 1-1 on Saturday afternoon to become the first road team to take points from Yankee Stadium in 2018. Josef Martinez scored his league-leading 13th goal of the season while goalkeeper Brad Guzan made a club-record nine saves to help...
Talking Stick Resort Arena, Phoenix, AZ -The Phoenix Mercury (6-3) captured their fourth win in a row behind Brittney Griner’s 24 points over the Chicago Sky (3-4) 96-79. Phoenix came out to a hot start behind ball and player movement as they took of to a 10-5 lead to begin...
Cleveland jumped out to an early 10 point lead in the opening moments of Game three of the NBA Finals. Then a 12 point Cleveland lead with 7:38 left in the first quarter would have put a lot of road teams on their heels. The only problem was Golden...
ATLANTA – The Atlanta Braves today concluded the final 30 rounds of the 2018 First-Year Player Draft. After drafting eight college players with their first nine selections, the club used 26 of their 30 day-three picks on players from the collegiate ranks, including 14 pitchers. In all, the club...
KENNESAW, Ga. (June 6, 2018) — Atlanta United defeated Charleston Battery 3-0 Wednesday night in front of 9,742 fans at Fifth Third Bank Stadium to advance to the Round of 16 in the 2018 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. Andrew Carleton, Ezequiel Barco and Romario Williams all scored for...
