Penny Taylor News

Is it too early for dynasty talk? The Phoenix Mercury has won two titles in the last three years, and yet no one seems to notice.

Diana Taurasi appears in a video that plays on the scoreboard at US Airways Arena before Mercury games, and in it she's emitting what you might call a primal scream.

Diana Taurasi has just about everything any WNBA player would want - league MVP, finals MVP and a championship.

It should have been simple: Play like champions. Celebrate a championship. The Phoenix Mercury understood that.

He was asked five questions. That's it. That's all the time Mercury coach Corey Gaines had to enjoy the WNBA championship before he was asked: "Can this team repeat?" "Wow," Gaines said.

Temeka Johnson wasn't able to capture an NCAA title with LSU in two Final Four trips.

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Diana Taurasi has seen Ebony Hoffman step up during important basketball moments since they were third-graders in Southern California.

Phoenix's Diana Taurasi swears she actually prefers it this way: being on the road, playing in an arena of people cheering against her.

After Penny Taylor caught an elbow late in the third quarter, her inner mouth was cut and a front tooth was displaced.

Cappie Pondexter doesn't fear the road ahead. The Mercury guard knows when she enters Conseco Fieldhouse, her team will be looking up at a rare sold out crowd.

Too On One: You've predominantly been a starter with the Mercury since your arrival , how was the transition to coming off the bench when you came back from injury in July? Penny Taylor: It's definitely a different look.

The Indiana Fever were welcomed home by hundreds of screaming fans on Friday, a day after their win at Phoenix in Game 2 evened the WNBA finals.

INDIANAPOLIS a ' Phoenix Mercury forward Penny Taylor is expected to play in Game 3 of the WNBA Finals on Sunday after being elbowed in the mouth during Game 2. Phoenix coach Corey Gaines said Taylor was doing fine after receiving treatment and will be ready to resume her role off the bench.

Diana Taurasi was too late hitting her stride in game two. a After a high-paced, high-scoring, record-breaking game one, Valley sports fans turned out at US Airways Center last night for a big disappointment in game two of the WNBA finals.

A distraught homeowner was killed by police after he fired shots at officers from inside his home.

She is the X-Factor. The link. The missing piece back to fill the void. "We need Penny Taylor," Mercury coach Corey Gaines said Tuesday night after his team's 120-116 overtime victory in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals.

Temeka Johnson helped Phoenix eliminate her previous team, L.A., in the West finals.

A look at the best-of-5 WNBA finals, which start Tuesday: Phoenix Mercury vs. Indiana Fever Season series: Tied 1-1, with the road time winning each game.

Phoenix is home to the highest-scoring basketball team, on a per-minute basis, in North America -- and it's not the Suns.