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Brittney Griner officially re-signs with Phoenix Mercury

The 32-year-old free agent had said she would return to Phoenix in a social media post in December, after she returned home from her 10-month detainment in Russia.

Chicago Sun-Times

Brittney Griner re-signs with Phoenix Mercury

Brittney Griner is headed back to the Phoenix Mercury

The Independent UK

Brittney Griner signs one-year deal to return with Phoenix Mercury

The Phoenix Mercury will have their All-Star center back for the 2023 season.

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Brittney Griner is headed back to the Phoenix Mercury, the AP reports

Griner has re-signed with the WNBA team on a one-year contract, a source told The Associated Press. The 32-year-old returned home from Russia in December after a high-level prisoner swap.

WEKU

WNBA Free Agency 2023: Ranking the top-15 players, including Breanna Stewart and Diana Taurasi

Listing the top-15 WNBA free agents.

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The suspended owner of the Phoenix Suns and Mercury sells them to Mat Ishbia for $4B

The mortgage executive has agreed to buy a majority stake in the NBA and WNBA teams from Robert Sarver, who is serving a one-year ban from suspension after a report on his toxic behavior.

WEKU

Suns, Mercury franchises to be sold for $4 billion

Mortgage executive and former Michigan State basketball player Mat Ishbia is set to purchase the teams from Robert Sarver.

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‘It feels so good to be home’ Brittney Griner speaks out for first time after dramatic prisoner swap

She plans on playing basketball again next season for the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury

Evening Standard

Brittney Griner says she'll play in the upcoming WNBA season

In her first public statement since being freed from Russia, the two-time Olympic gold medalist says she'll play for her team, the Phoenix Mercury, when the season starts in May.

WEKU

Brittney Griner confirms WNBA return in first post after release from Russian jail

Phoenix Mercury will welcome back recently released Brittney Griner for the 2023 season after the WNBA confirmed her intent to play, with the basketball star releasing her first public statement

Daily Mirror

Brittney Griner returns to basketball court after prison release but "undecided" on WNBA

WNBA star Brittney Griner has picked up a basketball after being freed from a Russian prison, but is yet to confirm her future in the sport after a whirlwind 2022

Daily Mirror

WNBA commissioner ‘overjoyed’ following Brittney Griner’s release from Russian penal colony

Shortly after Brittney Griner’s release from a Russian penal colony on Thursday in a high-profile prisoner exchange, WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert spoke about the star’s long-awaited arrival and possible return to action on the court.

Tribune News Service

20 years after the Sol, how could Miami fit in the WNBA’s next wave of expansion?

MIAMI — Sheri Sam, an All-Star with Miami in 2002, works as the scouting manager for the Portland Trail Blazers. Guard Sandy Brondello played five years in the WNBA (two with the Sol) before she became head coach of the Phoenix Mercury and now the New York Liberty. Debbie Black…

Miami Herald

Embattled Sarver says he's decided to sell Suns, Mercury

Robert Sarver says he has started the process of selling the Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury, a move that comes only eight days after he was suspended by the NBA over workplace misconduct including racist speech and hostile behavior toward employees

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Suns owner Sarver suspended 1 year, fined $10M after probe

The NBA suspended Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury owner Robert Sarver for one year and fined him $10 million after an investigation found that he had engaged in what the league called “workplace misconduct and organizational deficiencies.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Suns and Mercury owner Robert Sarver gets 1-year suspension, $10 million fine

An investigation by the NBA found that he had engaged in what the league called “workplace misconduct and organizational deficiencies.”

Benzinga

Is Brittney Griner Receiving Her WNBA Salary Now That Her Second Job In Russia Is Kaput?

The Phoenix Mercury played its first playoff game of the postseason last week without their star center, Brittney Griner, who is sitting in a Russian penal colony following her nine-year sentence for inadvertentl

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Phoenix Mercury vs. Las Vegas Aces, live stream, TV channel, time, how to watch WNBA Playoffs

The Phoenix Mercury will meet the Las Vegas Aces in Game 1 of their best of three series in the WNBA Playoffs on Wednesday night.

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The WNBA playoffs begin tonight with eight teams chasing the title

The Chicago Sky are attempting to become the first team in 20 years to win back-to-back championships. And Seattle Storm star Sue Bird will be retiring after a 19-year career in the league.

Chicago Sun-Times

Sky give up top playoff seed to Aces with 89-78 loss

The Sky could regain control of the No. 1 seed with a win Sunday against the Phoenix Mercury and an Aces loss to the Seattle Storm.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Skylar Diggins-Smith will miss the rest of the regular season, making the Mercury’s path to the playoffs even tougher

It's going to be a tough road for the Mercury.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Minnesota Lynx vs. Phoenix Mercury, live stream, TV channel, time, how to watch WNBA

The Minnesota Lynx will meet the Phoenix Mercury in WNBA action on Wednesday night at the Footprint Center.

Tribune News Service

The weight of Brittney Griner’s sentence hangs over WNBA game between Sun and Mercury

UNCASVILLE, Conn. — There was a sense of heaviness in the air at Mohegan Sun Arena as Connecticut Sun and Phoenix Mercury players linked arms in a circle before Thursday night’s game.

ABC News

Why is Brittney Griner in a Russian jail? What's the offer to get her out?

WNBA star Brittney Griner has been sentenced to nine years in Russian prison in a sentence that US President Joe Biden has deemed "unacceptable", but what did she do and what's the government's plan to get her out?

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Mercury, Sun hold 42-second moment of silence for Brittney Griner after WNBA star’s sentencing

What a powerful moment in support of Brittney Griner.

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