Dana Scott

3 days ago | azcentral.com | Dana Scott

Many NFL players were also top high school or college two-sport athletes who played basketball. Those skills were on display May 10, when Arizona Cardinals' linebacker Mack Wilson Sr. held his fourth annual Celebrity Basketball Game for charity at Tempe Corona del Sol High School with several NFL stars on hand. This was the first time Wilson held the event in Arizona rather than his home state of Alabama.

6 days ago | azcentral.com | Dana Scott

ESPN unveiled its annual WNBA top 25 players rankings on May 7. The Phoenix Mercury's new Big 3 of Alyssa Thomas, top returnee Kahleah Copper and Satou Sabally were on the list for the 2025 season. Thomas is No. 5 behind last year's MVP A'ja Wilson of the Las Vegas Aces, Minnesota Lynx's Napheesa Collier, defending champion New York Liberty's Breanna Stewart and Indiana Fever's Caitlin Clark.

1 week ago | azcentral.com | Dana Scott

Phoenix Suns' general manager Brian Gregory praised his working relationship with former GM James Jones and expects that will continue as the team searches for a new coach and decisions are made about the roster. Jones was replaced by Gregory in the Suns' front office changes announced on May 1 and named senior adviser. "Over the last two years, James and I have spent a lot of time together and we have a great relationship," Gregory said.

1 week ago | azcentral.com | Dana Scott

It's always nice to see familiar faces again later in life, especially from one end of the world to the other. That's the case for international shooting guards Anna Makarat and Sevgi Uzun at the Phoenix Mercury's training camp. "When we first saw each other, we were like, 'Oh my god, this is crazy. Small world,' because when we were playing at under-18 or -20 national team, we played against each other so many times," Uzun said at practice on May 5.

1 week ago | usatoday.com | Dana Scott

Staying home, getting healthy and familiar with new teammates in the Unrivaled league during the WNBA offseason might be vital to the Phoenix Mercury's success this year. The inaugural Unrivaled 3-on-3 league's season in Miami provided its 36 elite WNBA players the offseason conditioning and incentivized compensation to not fly more than 10 hours to Europe and Asia for lucrative salaries during the WNBA's seven-month break.