By Jeff Metcalfe Defending champion Sabrina Ionescu and rookie sensation Caitlin Clark opting not to compete in the WNBA All-Star 3-point shooting contest was a disappointment for fans but a…
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By Jeff Metcalfe For Diana Taurasi to willingly agree to a non-game day celebration in her honor requires something transcendent. Like two full-sized courts being named in her honor at…
By Jeff Metcalfe The 20th WNBA All-Star Game, coming up July 20, bears little resemblance to its second and 12th predecessors in Phoenix. In a year of living large for…
By Jeff Metcalfe Nate Tibbetts is likely correct in saying that Kristi Toliver’s stint with the Phoenix Mercury won’t be for long. With the WNBA expanding to 14 teams by…
By Jeff Metcalfe Less than an hour after Candace Parker announced her retirement Sunday, Diana Taurasi began what will be her 20th season in the WNBA. Taurasi turns 42 in…
By Jeff Metcalfe While playing the female lead in “Romeo and Juliet” during middle school, Caitlin Duncan couldn’t imagine the meaning that Shakespeare’s famed question what’s in a name would…
By Jeff Metcalfe Emily Sisson was a contender at the 2020 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials, but not like now. Sisson goes into the 2024 trials, Feb. 3 in Orlando, as…
By Jeff Metcalfe Arizona State volleyball fell two wins short of reaching the NCAA Final Four. Maddie McLaughlin, ASU middle blocker, made it to the semifinals in Tampa, Fla., anyway,…
By Jeff Metcalfe In Bristol, Conn., Mat Ishbia had that “what do you mean the Phoenix Suns Big Three still aren’t playing together” look on his face. Even his young…
By Jeff Metcalfe Arizona State volleyball began this season prepared to celebrate its past with a 50-year anniversary and future with first-year coach JJ Van Niel. What, though, of the…