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PHOENIX MERCURY TO HOST ROCK THE PINK NIGHT BROUGHT TO YOU BY BANNER HEALTH ON AUGUST 28 TO RAISE AWARENESS AND FUNDS FOR BREAST HEALTH

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Online Auction of Mercury Memorabilia Begins Today, Benefitting the American Cancer Society

PHOENIX – Rock the Pink Night brought to you by Banner Health, the Phoenix Mercury’s annual event to raise awareness and funds for breast health, returns to Footprint Center on Wednesday, August 28 at 7 p.m. for the game against the Minnesota Lynx. Throughout the game, the Mercury will honor breast cancer fighters, survivors and their support systems. As part of the initiative, the organization will raise funds for breast health through a post-game auction that will be held on court. Player-worn and autographed Mercury memorabilia will be auctioned off by select players including Diana Taurasi, Brittney Griner, Kahleah Copper and Natasha Cloud. Auction proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society. In addition to the post-game auction, a week-long online auction is live now until Wednesday, August 21 at midnight. Online auction items include one-of-a-kind Mercury apparel from each player on the 2024 Mercury roster. Fans can also donate an amount of their choice through the donation link. Online auction proceeds also benefit the American Cancer Society. The online auction and donation link can be accessed here. The first 2,000 fans in attendance will receive a pink bucket hat. Special edition Rock the Pink merchandise will also be available for fans to purchase in the Team Shop. Tickets to attend the game and in-person auction are available at phoenixmercury.com/single-game-tickets.

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PHOENIX MERCURY TO HOST ROCK THE PINK NIGHT BROUGHT TO YOU BY BANNER HEALTH ON AUGUST 28 TO RAISE AWARENESS AND FUNDS FOR BREAST HEALTH

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Online Auction of Mercury Memorabilia Begins Today, Benefitting the American Cancer Society

PHOENIX – Rock the Pink Night brought to you by Banner Health, the Phoenix Mercury’s annual event to raise awareness and funds for breast health, returns to Footprint Center on Wednesday, August 28 at 7 p.m. for the game against the Minnesota Lynx.

Throughout the game, the Mercury will honor breast cancer fighters, survivors and their support systems. As part of the initiative, the organization will raise funds for breast health through a post-game auction that will be held on court. Player-worn and autographed Mercury memorabilia will be auctioned off by select players including Diana Taurasi, Brittney Griner, Kahleah Copper and Natasha Cloud. Auction proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society.

In addition to the post-game auction, a week-long online auction is live now until Wednesday, August 21 at midnight. Online auction items include one-of-a-kind Mercury apparel from each player on the 2024 Mercury roster. Fans can also donate an amount of their choice through the donation link. Online auction proceeds also benefit the American Cancer Society. The online auction and donation link can be accessed here.

The first 2,000 fans in attendance will receive a pink bucket hat. Special edition Rock the Pink merchandise will also be available for fans to purchase in the Team Shop.

Tickets to attend the game and in-person auction are available at phoenixmercury.com/single-game-tickets.

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PHOENIX MERCURY SIGNS VETERAN FORWARD MONIQUE BILLINGS TO A SEVEN-DAY CONTRACT

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PHOENIX – The Phoenix Mercury today announced the signing of veteran forward Monique Billings to a seven-day contract. The 6-4 forward appeared in 24 games (12 starts) on a hardship contract this season with the Dallas Wings, averaging a career-high 8.8 points, 6.6 rebounds and 1.9 assists in 25.4 minutes per game. Billings has five double-doubles on the season and is one of five players in the league to record at least 15 points and 15 rebounds in a game while shooting 60.0% or greater from the field, joining Aliyah Boston, Tina Charles, Angel Reese and A’ja Wilson. Originally selected 15th overall in the 2018 WNBA Draft by the Atlanta Dream, Billings played six seasons (2018-23) in Atlanta, where she averaged 5.9 points and 5.8 rebounds in 176 career regular season games (44 starts).

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PHOENIX MERCURY SIGNS VETERAN FORWARD MONIQUE BILLINGS TO A SEVEN-DAY CONTRACT

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PHOENIX – The Phoenix Mercury today announced the signing of veteran forward Monique Billings to a seven-day contract.

The 6-4 forward appeared in 24 games (12 starts) on a hardship contract this season with the Dallas Wings, averaging a career-high 8.8 points, 6.6 rebounds and 1.9 assists in 25.4 minutes per game. Billings has five double-doubles on the season and is one of five players in the league to record at least 15 points and 15 rebounds in a game while shooting 60.0% or greater from the field, joining Aliyah Boston, Tina Charles, Angel Reese and A’ja Wilson.

Originally selected 15th overall in the 2018 WNBA Draft by the Atlanta Dream, Billings played six seasons (2018-23) in Atlanta, where she averaged 5.9 points and 5.8 rebounds in 176 career regular season games (44 starts).

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PHOENIX MERCURY TO HOST REUNION OF 2014 WNBA CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM ON SEPTEMBER 13

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PHOENIX – The Phoenix Mercury will host a reunion of its 2014 championship team on Friday, September 13 when the team takes on the Connecticut Sun at 7:00 p.m. at Footprint Center on Women’s Empowerment Night brought to you by CarMax.

The Mercury will recognize the 10-year anniversary of the franchise’s third championship and one of the greatest teams in WNBA history with a special postgame celebration. Alongside Diana Taurasi and Brittney Griner, the Mercury will welcome back members of the 2014 team, including three-time WNBA Champion and Ring of Honor member Penny Taylor, 2014 WNBA Coach of the Year Sandy Brondello and two-time Mercury WNBA Champion DeWanna Bonner.

On the way to the franchise’s third championship in eight years, the 2014 Mercury dominated the regular season with a 29-5 record, the most wins in WNBA history at the time, and a 16-game win streak, the second longest win streak in WNBA history. The team finished with the best offensive and defensive ratings in the league with three players – Griner, Taurasi and Candice Dupree – being named All-Stars and Griner earning Defensive Player of the Year honors.

The Mercury would go on to finish 7-1 in the postseason, outscoring their opponents by a WNBA playoff-record 110 points. In the WNBA Finals, Phoenix swept the Chicago Sky in the best-of-five series and Taurasi earned her second career Finals MVP honor.

The first 2,500 fans in attendance will receive a commemorative ticket and the first 7,000 fans will receive a rally towel, both courtesy of CarMax.

Tickets for the game are available at phoenixmercury.com/single-game-tickets.

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PHOENIX MERCURY TO HOST REUNION OF 2014 WNBA CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM ON SEPTEMBER 13

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PHOENIX – The Phoenix Mercury will host a reunion of its 2014 championship team on Friday, September 13 when the team takes on the Connecticut Sun at 7:00 p.m. at Footprint Center on Women’s Empowerment Night brought to you by CarMax.

The Mercury will recognize the 10-year anniversary of the franchise’s third championship and one of the greatest teams in WNBA history with a special postgame celebration. Alongside Diana Taurasi and Brittney Griner, the Mercury will welcome back members of the 2014 team, including three-time WNBA Champion and Ring of Honor member Penny Taylor, 2014 WNBA Coach of the Year Sandy Brondello and two-time Mercury WNBA Champion DeWanna Bonner.

On the way to the franchise’s third championship in eight years, the 2014 Mercury dominated the regular season with a 29-5 record, the most wins in WNBA history at the time, and a 16-game win streak, the second longest win streak in WNBA history. The team finished with the best offensive and defensive ratings in the league with three players – Griner, Taurasi and Candice Dupree – being named All-Stars and Griner earning Defensive Player of the Year honors.

The Mercury would go on to finish 7-1 in the postseason, outscoring their opponents by a WNBA playoff-record 110 points. In the WNBA Finals, Phoenix swept the Chicago Sky in the best-of-five series and Taurasi earned her second career Finals MVP honor.

The first 2,500 fans in attendance will receive a commemorative ticket and the first 7,000 fans will receive a rally towel, both courtesy of CarMax.

Tickets for the game are available at phoenixmercury.com/single-game-tickets.

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10-TIME WNBA ALL-STAR BRITTNEY GRINER, 2021 KIA WNBA MVP JONQUEL JONES HEADLINE PARTICIPANTS FOR FRIDAY NIGHT EVENTS AT AT&T WNBA ALL-STAR 2024

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<i>-Two-time Kia WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Griner to Make Kia WNBA Skills Challenge Debut; Four-Time All-WNBA Selection Jones Returns to WNBA STARRY<sup>®</sup> 3-Point Contest for Third Time-</i>

-3x3 Competition to be Featured for First Time at AT&T WNBA All-Star-
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<i>-Kia WNBA Skills Challenge, 3x3 Exhibition and WNBA STARRY® 3-Point Contest to Air Live on ESPN On Friday, July 19 at 6 p.m. PT/9 p.m. ET as Part of AT&T WNBA All-Star 2024-</i>

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<strong>NEW YORK</strong>, July 17, 2024 – Phoenix Mercury center and 10-time WNBA All-Star selection Brittney Griner and 2021 Kia WNBA MVP Jonquel Jones of the New York Liberty each headline lists of five WNBA stars set to take part in special competitions on Friday, July 19, as part of AT&T WNBA All-Star 2024.

ESPN will broadcast the Kia WNBA Skills Challenge and the WNBA STARRY® 3-Point Contest from Footprint Center in Phoenix (6 p.m. PT / 9 p.m. ET). The broadcast also will feature the debut of 3x3 basketball as part of AT&T WNBA All-Star when the 2024 USA Basketball 3x3 Women’s National Team takes on the USA Basketball 3x3 U23 National Team in a special exhibition.

Griner, a 6-9 center who will represent her hometown Mercury in the 2024 Kia WNBA Skills Challenge, will vie for the title of skills champion against a quartet of guards, including her Mercury teammate Sophie Cunningham, the Atlanta Dream’s Allisha Gray, the Connecticut Sun’s Marina Mabrey, and the 2019 WNBA All-Star MVP Erica Wheeler of the Indiana Fever.

The five contestants in the Kia WNBA Skills Challenge will compete in an obstacle course that tests a variety of basketball skills: dribbling, bounce pass, chest pass and outlet pass, in addition to shots including an elbow jumper and three-pointers from atop the arc and the corner. Among the obstacles positioned along the course will be a 2025 Kia Sorento Turbo-Hybrid. The players will compete against one another to post the fastest time when running the course. The two players with the fastest times in the First Round will advance to the Final Round.

Jones, a 6-6 center, will face competition in the WNBA Starry 3-Point Contest from Washington Mystics’ center Stefanie Dolson, the WNBA leader in three-point field goal percentage this season (48.5 percent) and a trio of guards, including the Minnesota Lynx’ Kayla McBride, who is pacing the WNBA in made three-point shots (76), Atlanta’s Gray and Connecticut’s Mabrey.

The three-point shooters will compete in the two-round, timed competition with ball racks positioned at five main shooting locations around the three-point arc. Four of the racks contain four official WNBA game balls worth one point each and one “money” ball worth two points. The fifth rack will be a special “all money ball” rack with every ball worth two points. In addition, two ball pedestals will be positioned at deep shot locations called “The Starry Range.” Each pedestal holds one special ball known as the “Starry” ball; shots made with the special ball are worth three points. The two players with the highest scores in the First Round will advance to the Final Round.

The first 3x3 exhibition to be held at the AT&T WNBA All-Star Game will feature the USA 3x3 Women’s National Team which is set to compete at Olympic Games Paris 2024. That team’s roster is comprised of current WNBA players Dearica Hamby (Los Angeles Sparks) and Rhyne Howard (Atlanta Dream), former WNBA player Cierra Burdick and current collegian Hailey Van Lith (TCU). They will compete against the USA 3x3 U23 National Team (USA U23), which is set to compete at the FIBA 3x3 Nations League tournament in Mexico City (July 22-28) with a roster that includes Christina Dalce (Maryland), Morgan Maly (Creighton), Cotie McMahon (Ohio State), Lucy Olsen (Iowa), Mikaylah Williams (LSU), and Serah Williams (Wisconsin).

Below are the participants for the 2024 Kia WNBA Skills Challenge:
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<tbody>
<tr style="height: 24px">
<td style="width: 164.25px;height: 24px"><span style="text-decoration: underline"><strong>PLAYER YEAR</strong></span></td>
<td style="width: 163.469px;height: 24px"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline">TEAM</span></strong></td>
<td style="width: 163.625px;height: 24px"><span style="text-decoration: underline"><strong>POSITION</strong></span></td>
<td style="width: 157.438px;height: 24px"><span style="text-decoration: underline"><strong>HT.</strong></span></td>
<td style="width: 165.719px;height: 24px"><span style="text-decoration: underline"><strong>BIRTHDATE</strong></span></td>
<td style="width: 176.781px;height: 24px"><span style="text-decoration: underline"><strong>COLLEGE/COUNTRY</strong></span></td>
<td style="width: 163.688px;height: 24px"><span style="text-decoration: underline"><strong>CURRENT WNBA</strong></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="td1" style="width: 164.25px" valign="top">
<p class="p1">Sophie Cunningham</p>
</td>
<td class="td1" style="width: 163.469px" valign="top">
<p class="p1">Phoenix Mercury</p>
</td>
<td class="td1" style="width: 163.625px" valign="top">
<p class="p1">Guard</p>
</td>
<td class="td1" style="width: 157.438px" valign="top">
<p class="p1">6-1</p>
</td>
<td class="td1" style="width: 165.719px" valign="top">
<p class="p1">8/16/96</p>
</td>
<td class="td1" style="width: 176.781px" valign="top">
<p class="p1">Missouri</p>
</td>
<td style="width: 163.688px;height: 24px">6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="td1" style="width: 164.25px" valign="top">
<p class="p1">Allisha Gray</p>
</td>
<td class="td1" style="width: 163.469px" valign="top">
<p class="p1">Atlanta Dream</p>
</td>
<td class="td1" style="width: 163.625px" valign="top">
<p class="p1">Guard</p>
</td>
<td class="td1" style="width: 157.438px" valign="top">
<p class="p1">6-0</p>
</td>
<td class="td1" style="width: 165.719px" valign="top">
<p class="p1">1/12/95</p>
</td>
<td class="td1" style="width: 176.781px" valign="top">
<p class="p1">South Carolina</p>
</td>
<td style="width: 163.688px;height: 24px">8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="td1" style="width: 164.25px" valign="top">
<p class="p1">Brittney Griner</p>
</td>
<td class="td1" style="width: 163.469px" valign="top">
<p class="p1">Phoenix Mercury</p>
</td>
<td class="td1" style="width: 163.625px" valign="top">
<p class="p1">Center</p>
</td>
<td class="td1" style="width: 157.438px" valign="top">
<p class="p1">6-9</p>
</td>
<td class="td1" style="width: 165.719px" valign="top">
<p class="p1">10/18/90</p>
</td>
<td class="td1" style="width: 176.781px" valign="top">
<p class="p1">Baylor</p>
</td>
<td style="width: 163.688px;height: 24px">11</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="td1" style="width: 164.25px" valign="top">
<p class="p1">Marina Mabrey</p>
</td>
<td class="td1" style="width: 163.469px" valign="top">
<p class="p1">Connecticut Sun</p>
</td>
<td class="td1" style="width: 163.625px" valign="top">
<p class="p1">Guard</p>
</td>
<td class="td1" style="width: 157.438px" valign="top">
<p class="p1">5-11</p>
</td>
<td class="td1" style="width: 165.719px" valign="top">
<p class="p1">9/14/96</p>
</td>
<td class="td1" style="width: 176.781px" valign="top">
<p class="p1">Notre Dame</p>
</td>
<td style="width: 163.688px;height: 24px">6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="td1" style="width: 164.25px" valign="top">
<p class="p1">Erica Wheeler</p>
</td>
<td class="td1" style="width: 163.469px" valign="top">
<p class="p1">Indiana Fever</p>
</td>
<td class="td1" style="width: 163.625px" valign="top">
<p class="p1">Guard</p>
</td>
<td class="td1" style="width: 157.438px" valign="top">
<p class="p1">5-7</p>
</td>
<td class="td1" style="width: 165.719px" valign="top">
<p class="p1">5/2/91</p>
</td>
<td class="td1" style="width: 176.781px" valign="top">
<p class="p1">Rutgers</p>
</td>
<td style="width: 163.688px;height: 24px">9</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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Below are the participants for the 2024 WNBA Starry 3-Point Contest:
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<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="width: 129.625px"><strong>PLAYER</strong></td>
<td style="width: 130.719px"><strong>TEAM</strong></td>
<td style="width: 128.016px"><strong>POS.</strong></td>
<td style="width: 126.844px"><strong>HT.</strong></td>
<td style="width: 132.094px"><strong>BIRTHDATE</strong></td>
<td style="width: 176.781px"><strong>COLLEGE/COUNTRY</strong></td>
<td style="width: 127.594px"><strong>2024
</strong><strong>3PM</strong></td>
<td style="width: 127.594px"><strong>2024
</strong><strong>3PA</strong></td>
<td style="width: 127.734px"><strong>2024</strong><strong>
PCT.</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="td1" style="width: 129.625px" valign="top">
<p class="p1">Stefanie Dolson</p>
</td>
<td class="td1" style="width: 130.719px" valign="top">
<p class="p1">Washington Mystics</p>
</td>
<td class="td1" style="width: 128.016px" valign="top">
<p class="p1">Center</p>
</td>
<td style="width: 126.844px">6-5</td>
<td style="width: 132.094px">1/8/92</td>
<td class="td1" style="width: 176.781px" valign="top">
<p class="p1">Connecticut</p>
</td>
<td style="width: 127.594px">49</td>
<td style="width: 127.594px">101</td>
<td style="width: 127.734px">.485</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="td1" style="width: 129.625px" valign="top">
<p class="p1">Allisha Gray</p>
</td>
<td class="td1" style="width: 130.719px" valign="top">
<p class="p1">Atlanta Dream</p>
</td>
<td class="td1" style="width: 128.016px" valign="top">
<p class="p1">Guard</p>
</td>
<td style="width: 126.844px">6-0</td>
<td style="width: 132.094px">1/12/95</td>
<td class="td1" style="width: 176.781px" valign="top">
<p class="p1">South Carolina</p>
</td>
<td style="width: 127.594px">40</td>
<td style="width: 127.594px">111</td>
<td style="width: 127.734px">.360</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="td1" style="width: 129.625px" valign="top">
<p class="p1">Jonquel Jones</p>
</td>
<td class="td1" style="width: 130.719px" valign="top">
<p class="p1">New York Liberty</p>
</td>
<td class="td1" style="width: 128.016px" valign="top">
<p class="p1">Center</p>
</td>
<td style="width: 126.844px">6-6</td>
<td style="width: 132.094px">1/5/92</td>
<td class="td1" style="width: 176.781px" valign="top">
<p class="p1">Geo. Washington</p>
</td>
<td style="width: 127.594px">40</td>
<td style="width: 127.594px">101</td>
<td style="width: 127.734px">.396</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="td1" style="width: 129.625px" valign="top">
<p class="p1">Marina Mabrey</p>
</td>
<td class="td1" style="width: 130.719px" valign="top">
<p class="p1">Connecticut Sun</p>
</td>
<td class="td1" style="width: 128.016px" valign="top">
<p class="p1">Guard</p>
</td>
<td style="width: 126.844px">5-11</td>
<td style="width: 132.094px">9/14/96</td>
<td class="td1" style="width: 176.781px" valign="top">
<p class="p1">Notre Dame</p>
</td>
<td style="width: 127.594px">56</td>
<td style="width: 127.594px">161</td>
<td style="width: 127.734px">.348</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="td1" style="width: 129.625px" valign="top">
<p class="p1">Kayla McBride</p>
</td>
<td class="td1" style="width: 130.719px" valign="top">
<p class="p1">Minnesota Lynx</p>
</td>
<td class="td1" style="width: 128.016px" valign="top">
<p class="p1">Guard</p>
</td>
<td style="width: 126.844px">5-11</td>
<td style="width: 132.094px">6/25/92</td>
<td class="td1" style="width: 176.781px" valign="top">
<p class="p1">Notre Dame</p>
</td>
<td style="width: 127.594px">76</td>
<td style="width: 127.594px">178</td>
<td style="width: 127.734px">.427</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

In addition to the Kia WNBA Skills Challenge featuring WNBA stars, fans will have an opportunity to showcase their own basketball skills while participating in the 2024 Kia WNBA Skills Challenge Activation located at WNBA Live presented by U.S. Bank at the Phoenix Convention Center. The fan-friendly activation will give fans a chance to test their passing, dribbling and shooting skills like the pros. Fans will have 30 seconds to complete the obstacle course and receive some Kia WNBA Skills Challenge swag.

Starry also is inviting fans to WNBA Live presented by U.S. Bank, where they can enjoy the most refreshing experience at AT&T WNBA All-Star: STARRY AR3NA. Featuring an interactive court, a $25,000 prize pool, ice cold Starry, a chance to get inked up at A’JA’S HOM3COURT and some of the best athletes in the game, STARRY AR3NA will be the spot to check out for the on-court action and off-court culture that makes the WNBA the hottest league to watch this year.

Beginning on Friday, July 19 (11 a.m.-7 p.m. PT) and running through Saturday, July 20 (11 a.m.-7 p.m. PT), <i>WNBA Live presented by U.S. Bank</i> is a two-day, interactive fan festival that will celebrate the intersection of the WNBA, fashion, music, and culture.
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10-TIME WNBA ALL-STAR BRITTNEY GRINER, 2021 KIA WNBA MVP JONQUEL JONES HEADLINE PARTICIPANTS FOR FRIDAY NIGHT EVENTS AT AT&T WNBA ALL-STAR 2024

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-Two-time Kia WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Griner to Make Kia WNBA Skills Challenge Debut; Four-Time All-WNBA Selection Jones Returns to WNBA STARRY® 3-Point Contest for Third Time-

-3×3 Competition to be Featured for First Time at AT&T WNBA All-Star-

-Kia WNBA Skills Challenge, 3×3 Exhibition and WNBA STARRY® 3-Point Contest to Air Live on ESPN On Friday, July 19 at 6 p.m. PT/9 p.m. ET as Part of AT&T WNBA All-Star 2024-

NEW YORK, July 17, 2024 – Phoenix Mercury center and 10-time WNBA All-Star selection Brittney Griner and 2021 Kia WNBA MVP Jonquel Jones of the New York Liberty each headline lists of five WNBA stars set to take part in special competitions on Friday, July 19, as part of AT&T WNBA All-Star 2024.

ESPN will broadcast the Kia WNBA Skills Challenge and the WNBA STARRY® 3-Point Contest from Footprint Center in Phoenix (6 p.m. PT / 9 p.m. ET). The broadcast also will feature the debut of 3×3 basketball as part of AT&T WNBA All-Star when the 2024 USA Basketball 3×3 Women’s National Team takes on the USA Basketball 3×3 U23 National Team in a special exhibition.

Griner, a 6-9 center who will represent her hometown Mercury in the 2024 Kia WNBA Skills Challenge, will vie for the title of skills champion against a quartet of guards, including her Mercury teammate Sophie Cunningham, the Atlanta Dream’s Allisha Gray, the Connecticut Sun’s Marina Mabrey, and the 2019 WNBA All-Star MVP Erica Wheeler of the Indiana Fever.

The five contestants in the Kia WNBA Skills Challenge will compete in an obstacle course that tests a variety of basketball skills: dribbling, bounce pass, chest pass and outlet pass, in addition to shots including an elbow jumper and three-pointers from atop the arc and the corner. Among the obstacles positioned along the course will be a 2025 Kia Sorento Turbo-Hybrid. The players will compete against one another to post the fastest time when running the course. The two players with the fastest times in the First Round will advance to the Final Round.

Jones, a 6-6 center, will face competition in the WNBA Starry 3-Point Contest from Washington Mystics’ center Stefanie Dolson, the WNBA leader in three-point field goal percentage this season (48.5 percent) and a trio of guards, including the Minnesota Lynx’ Kayla McBride, who is pacing the WNBA in made three-point shots (76), Atlanta’s Gray and Connecticut’s Mabrey.

The three-point shooters will compete in the two-round, timed competition with ball racks positioned at five main shooting locations around the three-point arc. Four of the racks contain four official WNBA game balls worth one point each and one “money” ball worth two points. The fifth rack will be a special “all money ball” rack with every ball worth two points. In addition, two ball pedestals will be positioned at deep shot locations called “The Starry Range.” Each pedestal holds one special ball known as the “Starry” ball; shots made with the special ball are worth three points. The two players with the highest scores in the First Round will advance to the Final Round.

The first 3×3 exhibition to be held at the AT&T WNBA All-Star Game will feature the USA 3×3 Women’s National Team which is set to compete at Olympic Games Paris 2024. That team’s roster is comprised of current WNBA players Dearica Hamby (Los Angeles Sparks) and Rhyne Howard (Atlanta Dream), former WNBA player Cierra Burdick and current collegian Hailey Van Lith (TCU). They will compete against the USA 3×3 U23 National Team (USA U23), which is set to compete at the FIBA 3×3 Nations League tournament in Mexico City (July 22-28) with a roster that includes Christina Dalce (Maryland), Morgan Maly (Creighton), Cotie McMahon (Ohio State), Lucy Olsen (Iowa), Mikaylah Williams (LSU), and Serah Williams (Wisconsin).

Below are the participants for the 2024 Kia WNBA Skills Challenge:

PLAYER YEAR | TEAM | POSITION | HT. | BIRTHDATE | COLLEGE/COUNTRY | CURRENT WNBA

Sophie Cunningham

Phoenix Mercury

Guard

6-1

8/16/96

Missouri

6

Allisha Gray

Atlanta Dream

Guard

6-0

1/12/95

South Carolina

8

Brittney Griner

Phoenix Mercury

Center

6-9

10/18/90

Baylor

11

Marina Mabrey

Connecticut Sun

Guard

5-11

9/14/96

Notre Dame

6

Erica Wheeler

Indiana Fever

Guard

5-7

5/2/91

Rutgers

9

Below are the participants for the 2024 WNBA Starry 3-Point Contest:

PLAYER

TEAM

POS.

HT.

BIRTHDATE

COLLEGE/COUNTRY

2024
3PM

2024
3PA

2024
PCT.

Stefanie Dolson

Washington Mystics

Center

6-5

1/8/92

Connecticut

49

101

.485

Allisha Gray

Atlanta Dream

Guard

6-0

1/12/95

South Carolina

40

111

.360

Jonquel Jones

New York Liberty

Center

6-6

1/5/92

Geo. Washington

40

101

.396

Marina Mabrey

Connecticut Sun

Guard

5-11

9/14/96

Notre Dame

56

161

.348

Kayla McBride

Minnesota Lynx

Guard

5-11

6/25/92

Notre Dame

76

178

.427

In addition to the Kia WNBA Skills Challenge featuring WNBA stars, fans will have an opportunity to showcase their own basketball skills while participating in the 2024 Kia WNBA Skills Challenge Activation located at WNBA Live presented by U.S. Bank at the Phoenix Convention Center. The fan-friendly activation will give fans a chance to test their passing, dribbling and shooting skills like the pros. Fans will have 30 seconds to complete the obstacle course and receive some Kia WNBA Skills Challenge swag.

Starry also is inviting fans to WNBA Live presented by U.S. Bank, where they can enjoy the most refreshing experience at AT&T WNBA All-Star: STARRY AR3NA. Featuring an interactive court, a $25,000 prize pool, ice cold Starry, a chance to get inked up at A’JA’S HOM3COURT and some of the best athletes in the game, STARRY AR3NA will be the spot to check out for the on-court action and off-court culture that makes the WNBA the hottest league to watch this year.

Beginning on Friday, July 19 (11 a.m.-7 p.m. PT) and running through Saturday, July 20 (11 a.m.-7 p.m. PT), WNBA Live presented by U.S. Bank is a two-day, interactive fan festival that will celebrate the intersection of the WNBA, fashion, music, and culture.

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PHOENIX MERCURY OPENS $100 MILLION, 58,000-SQUARE-FOOT STATE-OF-THE-ART PRACTICE FACILITY

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Facility Features World-Class Amenities and Two Full-Sized Basketball Courts Dedicated to Diana Taurasi The Phoenix Mercury has officially opened the doors to their new state-of-the-art practice facility located in downtown Phoenix. The 58,000-square-foot, $100 million facility features world-class, player-first amenities and marks another milestone investment from team owner Mat Ishbia. The facility includes two full-sized basketball courts named after Diana Taurasi, adorned with a one-of-a-kind Taurasi-inspired logo. "Phoenix is the best basketball city in the world and continues to elevate the standard in women’s professional sports,” said Ishbia. “We are committed to investing in our players and providing the best facilities and resources they need to be successful, and we hope our state-of-the-art facility encourages more investment across the league. This practice facility is about hard work, passion, and greatness, all attributes that Diana Taurasi exemplifies, and we are honored to name our basketball courts after the greatest women’s basketball player of all time.” Players and staff have 24/7 access to the facility which features two indoor practice courts with 10 baskets and built-in courtside technologies that provide real-time performance analytics. The facility also has a strength and cardio training area, indoor and outdoor turf training areas, a functional movement area and a team meeting room with theater-style seating. Beyond the courts and training areas, the facility features premier amenities specific to player recovery and rejuvenation including a physician room and testing area, a recovery room, a hydrotherapy room with hot and cold plunge pools, a freestanding underwater treadmill and two massage rooms. The locker room includes vanity stations, a sauna, a steam room and a wellness room. A player lounge with a full kitchen and private chef, snack bar, pantry and smoothie/nutrition bar offer an area for players to relax and refuel. “This practice facility sets the standard for what it means to invest in women’s sports,” said Josh Bartelstein, Chief Executive Officer of the Phoenix Mercury and Phoenix Suns. “From performance to recovery to team culture, we are providing our players with the space and amenities they need to be and feel their best.” The Diana Taurasi basketball courts are dedicated to the three-time WNBA champion, six-time Olympian, 11-time WNBA All-Star and the WNBA’s all-time leading scorer. The facility is part of the Player 15 Group team member campus, the business headquarters for the Phoenix Mercury, Phoenix Suns, Valley Suns and arena operations that opened in April. The practice facility was designed by Gensler and von Staden Architects and construction was led by Okland Construction. Transwestern’s Sports & Entertainment Advisory Group led the real estate transaction and assisted with the design, construction and fit-out process.

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Facility Features World-Class Amenities and Two Full-Sized Basketball Courts Dedicated to Diana Taurasi

The Phoenix Mercury has officially opened the doors to their new state-of-the-art practice facility located in downtown Phoenix. The 58,000-square-foot, $100 million facility features world-class, player-first amenities and marks another milestone investment from team owner Mat Ishbia. The facility includes two full-sized basketball courts named after Diana Taurasi, adorned with a one-of-a-kind Taurasi-inspired logo.

“Phoenix is the best basketball city in the world and continues to elevate the standard in women’s professional sports,” said Ishbia. “We are committed to investing in our players and providing the best facilities and resources they need to be successful, and we hope our state-of-the-art facility encourages more investment across the league. This practice facility is about hard work, passion, and greatness, all attributes that Diana Taurasi exemplifies, and we are honored to name our basketball courts after the greatest women’s basketball player of all time.”

Players and staff have 24/7 access to the facility which features two indoor practice courts with 10 baskets and built-in courtside technologies that provide real-time performance analytics. The facility also has a strength and cardio training area, indoor and outdoor turf training areas, a functional movement area and a team meeting room with theater-style seating.

Beyond the courts and training areas, the facility features premier amenities specific to player recovery and rejuvenation including a physician room and testing area, a recovery room, a hydrotherapy room with hot and cold plunge pools, a freestanding underwater treadmill and two massage rooms. The locker room includes vanity stations, a sauna, a steam room and a wellness room. A player lounge with a full kitchen and private chef, snack bar, pantry and smoothie/nutrition bar offer an area for players to relax and refuel.

“This practice facility sets the standard for what it means to invest in women’s sports,” said Josh Bartelstein, Chief Executive Officer of the Phoenix Mercury and Phoenix Suns. “From performance to recovery to team culture, we are providing our players with the space and amenities they need to be and feel their best.”

The Diana Taurasi basketball courts are dedicated to the three-time WNBA champion, six-time Olympian, 11-time WNBA All-Star and the WNBA’s all-time leading scorer.

The facility is part of the Player 15 Group team member campus, the business headquarters for the Phoenix Mercury, Phoenix Suns, Valley Suns and arena operations that opened in April.

The practice facility was designed by Gensler and von Staden Architects and construction was led by Okland Construction. Transwestern’s Sports & Entertainment Advisory Group led the real estate transaction and assisted with the design, construction and fit-out process.

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2024 AT&T WNBA All-Star: Head Coaches

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Basketball legend, Olympian, and FIRST Head Coach of the Mercury, Cheryl Miller is set to coach the WNBA All-Stars as they take on the USA Women’s National Team in Phoenix, she will be joined by former Mercury star Adrian Williams.

Head Coach Cheryl Reeve will take the court with the USA Women’s National Team, she will be joined by Kara Lawson, Joni Taylor, and Mike Thibault.

Tune in to the 2024 ATT WNBA All-Star Game July 20th at 8:30pm/ET on ABC

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2024 AT&T WNBA All-Star: Head Coaches

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Basketball legend, Olympian, and FIRST Head Coach of the Mercury, Cheryl Miller is set to coach the WNBA All-Stars as they take on the USA Women’s National Team in Phoenix, she will be joined by former Mercury star Adrian Williams.

Head Coach Cheryl Reeve will take the court with the USA Women’s National Team, she will be joined by Kara Lawson, Joni Taylor, and Mike Thibault.

Tune in to the 2024 ATT WNBA All-Star Game July 20th at 8:30pm/ET on ABC

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The First Ever Specially Designed WNBA All-Star Court

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The All-Star Court for 2024 WNBA All-Star Weekend is a Phoenix Mercury creation, dedicated to the incredible accomplishments of the women in our sport. From the years of Team USA’s Olympic Gold Medals, to the celebration of all 12 current WNBA teams, to acknowledgment of the years Phoenix has hosted and the X-Factor has shown up for the WNBA’s marquee event, the court is one-of-a-kind and intentional. But perhaps nothing is more special about this design, created in-house by the Mercury, than the keys on each end, which include the names of every All-Star in WNBA history and highlight the previous game MVPs. This transformational moment in women’s basketball was built on the shoulders of all the women who came before, who predated charter travel and signature shoes and dedicated practice facilities, but sacrificed every day to build opportunity for the athletes today.
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The First Ever Specially Designed WNBA All-Star Court

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The All-Star Court for 2024 WNBA All-Star Weekend is a Phoenix Mercury creation, dedicated to the incredible accomplishments of the women in our sport. From the years of Team USA’s Olympic Gold Medals, to the celebration of all 12 current WNBA teams, to acknowledgment of the years Phoenix has hosted and the X-Factor has shown up for the WNBA’s marquee event, the court is one-of-a-kind and intentional. But perhaps nothing is more special about this design, created in-house by the Mercury, than the keys on each end, which include the names of every All-Star in WNBA history and highlight the previous game MVPs. This transformational moment in women’s basketball was built on the shoulders of all the women who came before, who predated charter travel and signature shoes and dedicated practice facilities, but sacrificed every day to build opportunity for the athletes today.

This court is a celebration. And a thank you.

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GRAMMY® AWARD-WINNING GLOBAL SUPERSTAR PITBULL TO HEADLINE AT HALFTIME DURING 2024 AT&T WNBA ALL-STAR GAME

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--2024 AT&T WNBA All-Star Game Set for Saturday, July 20 at Footprint Center in Phoenix--

PHOENIX – The Phoenix Mercury today announced that GRAMMY® Award-winning global superstar Pitbull will perform at halftime during the 2024 AT&T WNBA All-Star Game, marking another investment from Phoenix Mercury and Phoenix Suns owner Mat Ishbia to elevate AT&T WNBA All-Star 2024 in Phoenix. The sold-out AT&T WNBA All-Star Game will be played on Saturday, July 20 (5:30 p.m. PT/8:30 p.m. ET) at Footprint Center, home of the Phoenix Mercury, and air on ABC.

“We have an opportunity to use AT&T WNBA All-Star to showcase an incredible league and some of the greatest athletes in the world. It’s important everything we do, on and off the floor, is at the same level as the superstars who will be playing,” said Ishbia. “Pitbull is one of the world’s most dynamic artists and I wanted a halftime performer who reflects the same excitement, passion and incredible fandom of the WNBA.”

“I was raised by a woman, and a woman made me a man,” said Armando Christian Perez (Pitbull). “It’s an honor to make history and perform at the WNBA All-Star Game. Here’s to all the powerful women of the WNBA. So buckle up and get ready to have a good time, Dale!”

Pitbull, a Cuban-American artist from Miami, Florida, invites disruption on a global scale as a GRAMMY® Award-winning independent international superstar, education ambassador, entrepreneur, and motivational speaker. He has had multiple Billboard Hot 100-number one singles including “Give Me Everything” (featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer) and “Timber” (featuring Kesha). Pitbull’s recent musical releases include Trackhouse and Trackhouse: Daytona 500 Edition, where he fuses music and racing to unite fans globally. The tracks feature special guests Dolly Parton, Tim McGraw, Nile Rodgers, T-Pain, Omar Courtz, and more.

Pitbull will embark on his Party After Dark Tour this summer, visiting 25 cities across the U.S. with special guest T-Pain and openers SiriusXM Globalization DJ’S. Lil Jon will also join in select markets. Following numerous successful solo touring runs and a recent triple headlining one-of-a-kind multigenerational arena run – The Trilogy Tour – with Enrique Iglesias and Ricky Martin, Mr. Worldwide is set to deliver another incredibly dynamic tour with an electrifying mix of his biggest career-spanning hits of instantly recognizable smashes and surprises.

Tickets to the 2024 AT&T WNBA All-Star Game are sold out but available via verified resale on Ticketmaster here. Limited tickets remain available for the WNBA STARRY® 3-Point Contest and the Kia WNBA Skills Challenge on Friday, July 19 and can be found here.

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GRAMMY® AWARD-WINNING GLOBAL SUPERSTAR PITBULL TO HEADLINE AT HALFTIME DURING 2024 AT&T WNBA ALL-STAR GAME

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—2024 AT&T WNBA All-Star Game Set for Saturday, July 20 at Footprint Center in Phoenix—

PHOENIX – The Phoenix Mercury today announced that GRAMMY® Award-winning global superstar Pitbull will perform at halftime during the 2024 AT&T WNBA All-Star Game, marking another investment from Phoenix Mercury and Phoenix Suns owner Mat Ishbia to elevate AT&T WNBA All-Star 2024 in Phoenix. The sold-out AT&T WNBA All-Star Game will be played on Saturday, July 20 (5:30 p.m. PT/8:30 p.m. ET) at Footprint Center, home of the Phoenix Mercury, and air on ABC.

“We have an opportunity to use AT&T WNBA All-Star to showcase an incredible league and some of the greatest athletes in the world. It’s important everything we do, on and off the floor, is at the same level as the superstars who will be playing,” said Ishbia. “Pitbull is one of the world’s most dynamic artists and I wanted a halftime performer who reflects the same excitement, passion and incredible fandom of the WNBA.”

“I was raised by a woman, and a woman made me a man,” said Armando Christian Perez (Pitbull). “It’s an honor to make history and perform at the WNBA All-Star Game. Here’s to all the powerful women of the WNBA. So buckle up and get ready to have a good time, Dale!”

Pitbull, a Cuban-American artist from Miami, Florida, invites disruption on a global scale as a GRAMMY® Award-winning independent international superstar, education ambassador, entrepreneur, and motivational speaker. He has had multiple Billboard Hot 100-number one singles including “Give Me Everything” (featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer) and “Timber” (featuring Kesha). Pitbull’s recent musical releases include Trackhouse and Trackhouse: Daytona 500 Edition, where he fuses music and racing to unite fans globally. The tracks feature special guests Dolly Parton, Tim McGraw, Nile Rodgers, T-Pain, Omar Courtz, and more.

Pitbull will embark on his Party After Dark Tour this summer, visiting 25 cities across the U.S. with special guest T-Pain and openers SiriusXM Globalization DJ’S. Lil Jon will also join in select markets. Following numerous successful solo touring runs and a recent triple headlining one-of-a-kind multigenerational arena run – The Trilogy Tour – with Enrique Iglesias and Ricky Martin, Mr. Worldwide is set to deliver another incredibly dynamic tour with an electrifying mix of his biggest career-spanning hits of instantly recognizable smashes and surprises.

Tickets to the 2024 AT&T WNBA All-Star Game are sold out but available via verified resale on Ticketmaster here. Limited tickets remain available for the WNBA STARRY® 3-Point Contest and the Kia WNBA Skills Challenge on Friday, July 19 and can be found here.

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PHOENIX MERCURY TO UNVEIL DIANA TAURASI BASKETBALL COURTS DURING GRAND OPENING OF STATE-OF-THE-ART PRACTICE FACILITY

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Phoenix Mercury and Phoenix Suns owner Mat Ishbia will celebrate the official grand opening of the Mercury’s new state-of-the-art, 58,000-square-foot, $100 million practice facility in downtown Phoenix. As part of the celebration, Ishbia and the Mercury will unveil two-full sized Diana Taurasi basketball courts, dedicated to the three-time WNBA champion, six-time Olympian, 11-time WNBA All-Star, and the WNBA’s all-time leading scorer. Each court will be named the Diana Taurasi Court and adorned with a one-of-a-kind Taurasi-inspired logo. The celebration will mark the official tip-off of 2024 WNBA All-Star in Phoenix, and bring together Mercury players, WNBA All-Stars, Olympians, and leaders in women’s sports to celebrate the GOAT and experience the world-class Phoenix Mercury practice facility.

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PHOENIX MERCURY TO UNVEIL DIANA TAURASI BASKETBALL COURTS DURING GRAND OPENING OF STATE-OF-THE-ART PRACTICE FACILITY

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Phoenix Mercury and Phoenix Suns owner Mat Ishbia will celebrate the official grand opening of the Mercury’s new state-of-the-art, 58,000-square-foot, $100 million practice facility in downtown Phoenix. As part of the celebration, Ishbia and the Mercury will unveil two-full sized Diana Taurasi basketball courts, dedicated to the three-time WNBA champion, six-time Olympian, 11-time WNBA All-Star, and the WNBA’s all-time leading scorer. Each court will be named the Diana Taurasi Court and adorned with a one-of-a-kind Taurasi-inspired logo.

The celebration will mark the official tip-off of 2024 WNBA All-Star in Phoenix, and bring together Mercury players, WNBA All-Stars, Olympians, and leaders in women’s sports to celebrate the GOAT and experience the world-class Phoenix Mercury practice facility.

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BRITTNEY GRINER NAMED WNBA WESTERN CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

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Nine-Time WNBA All-Star Earns 14th Player of the Week Honor

PHOENIX – Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner has been named the Western Conference Player of the Week for June 10-16, the WNBA announced today.

This marks Griner’s 14th career Player of the Week honor, the second most in franchise history behind only Diana Taurasi (21), and her first since Sept. 13, 2021. Phoenix joins Connecticut and New York as the only teams to have two Player of the Week selections this season, as Kahleah Copper won the award for the week of May 20-26.

Griner averaged 26.5 points on 62.5% shooting, to go along with 9.0 rebounds and 2.0 blocks in the two games on the week.. She recorded 25 points on 58.8% shooting, 9 rebounds and 2 blocks in Phoenix’s loss to Las Vegas on June 13, followed by a season-high 28 points on 66.6% shooting, 9 rebounds and 2 blocks in the team’s victory over Seattle on June 16.

Appearing in four games this season after missing the first 10 due to injury, Griner is averaging 22.0 points on 63.0% shooting, 7.8 rebounds and 1.8 blocks, while the Mercury is 3-1 since her return to the court. Her two 25-plus point performances on the week marked her 54th and 55th career 25-plus point games, moving her into eighth for the most such games in league history. She also surpassed Sylvia Fowles (206) for the third-most games all-time with two or more blocks (207).

The Mercury host the New York Liberty tonight at 7 p.m. PT at Footprint Center. Tickets to the game and all 2024 home games are available at phoenixmercury.com/single-game-tickets.

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BRITTNEY GRINER NAMED WNBA WESTERN CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

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Nine-Time WNBA All-Star Earns 14th Player of the Week Honor

PHOENIX – Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner has been named the Western Conference Player of the Week for June 10-16, the WNBA announced today.

This marks Griner’s 14th career Player of the Week honor, the second most in franchise history behind only Diana Taurasi (21), and her first since Sept. 13, 2021. Phoenix joins Connecticut and New York as the only teams to have two Player of the Week selections this season, as Kahleah Copper won the award for the week of May 20-26.

Griner averaged 26.5 points on 62.5% shooting, to go along with 9.0 rebounds and 2.0 blocks in the two games on the week.. She recorded 25 points on 58.8% shooting, 9 rebounds and 2 blocks in Phoenix’s loss to Las Vegas on June 13, followed by a season-high 28 points on 66.6% shooting, 9 rebounds and 2 blocks in the team’s victory over Seattle on June 16.

Appearing in four games this season after missing the first 10 due to injury, Griner is averaging 22.0 points on 63.0% shooting, 7.8 rebounds and 1.8 blocks, while the Mercury is 3-1 since her return to the court. Her two 25-plus point performances on the week marked her 54th and 55th career 25-plus point games, moving her into eighth for the most such games in league history. She also surpassed Sylvia Fowles (206) for the third-most games all-time with two or more blocks (207).

The Mercury host the New York Liberty tonight at 7 p.m. PT at Footprint Center. Tickets to the game and all 2024 home games are available at phoenixmercury.com/single-game-tickets.

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TAURASI, GRINER AND COPPER NAMED TO USA BASKETBALL WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAM FOR THE 2024 OLYMPIC PARIS GAMES

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Taurasi Competing for a Record-Setting Sixth Olympic Gold Medal Griner Looks to Bring Home a Third Olympic Gold Medal Copper to Make Her Olympic Debut PHOENIX – Five-time Olympic gold medalist Diana Taurasi, two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner and Kahleah Copper, who will make her Olympic debut, were named to the USA Basketball Women’s National Team ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris, USA Basketball announced today. The Olympic Games Paris 2024 is set to run from July 26-Aug. 11, 2024. Taurasi will make a USA Olympic Basketball record sixth appearance in Paris and look to become the first player in Olympic basketball history, women’s or men’s, to win six gold medals, breaking a tie with Sue Bird. Taurasi, who won her first gold medal with Team USA at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, has played more games than any other women’s player in USA Basketball Olympic history (38) and is second in points scored (414), trailing only Lisa Leslie (488). Griner is one of only three active players on Team USA with multiple Olympic gold medals – Taurasi (5) and Breanna Stewart (2) – after bringing home gold in Tokyo (2020) and Rio de Janeiro (2016). In the 2020 Olympic Games, Griner started all six games and averaged a team-best 16.5 points (tied with A’ja Wilson) and 7.2 rebounds per game. She scored 30 points in the gold medal game against Japan, joining Lisa Leslie as the only USA Women's National Team members to score 30 points in an Olympic game. The 2024 Summer Games will be Copper’s first Olympics appearance. She won a gold medal with USA Basketball at the 2022 FIBA World Cup and participated in the 2024 FIBA Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Belgium in February. A three-time All-Star and 2021 WNBA Champion and Finals MVP, Copper is having a career year with the Mercury, averaging 24.0 points and 2.9 made threes per game, which both rank third in the league. Just twelve games into the 2024 season, Copper has scored 30 or more points in a league-best four games and made history by becoming the first player in WNBA history to record back-to-back 37-plus point games in May.
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The USA Women’s National Team is seeking their eighth straight, and 10th overall, Olympic gold medal in Paris, while the 2024 Olympics marks the second consecutive Summer Games that the Mercury has featured three players on Team USA (Taurasi, Griner and Skylar Diggins-Smith – 2020 Olympic Tokyo Games). Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker and forward Kevin Durant will be in Paris as part of the USA Basketball Men’s National Team, joining the Mercury trio to mark the first time one city’s NBA and WNBA teams have combined for at least five players named to the USA Basketball national teams at a single Olympic Games. The USA Women’s National Team will hold training camp in Phoenix before competing against the WNBA All-Stars in the league’s All-Star Game on Saturday, July 20 at 5:30 p.m. PT (ABC). A full 2024 USA Basketball Women’s National Team roster and schedule can be found here.
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TAURASI, GRINER AND COPPER NAMED TO USA BASKETBALL WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAM FOR THE 2024 OLYMPIC PARIS GAMES

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Taurasi Competing for a Record-Setting Sixth Olympic Gold Medal Griner Looks to Bring Home a Third Olympic Gold Medal Copper to Make Her Olympic Debut

PHOENIX – Five-time Olympic gold medalist Diana Taurasi, two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner and Kahleah Copper, who will make her Olympic debut, were named to the USA Basketball Women’s National Team ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris, USA Basketball announced today. The Olympic Games Paris 2024 is set to run from July 26-Aug. 11, 2024.

Taurasi will make a USA Olympic Basketball record sixth appearance in Paris and look to become the first player in Olympic basketball history, women’s or men’s, to win six gold medals, breaking a tie with Sue Bird. Taurasi, who won her first gold medal with Team USA at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, has played more games than any other women’s player in USA Basketball Olympic history (38) and is second in points scored (414), trailing only Lisa Leslie (488).

Griner is one of only three active players on Team USA with multiple Olympic gold medals – Taurasi (5) and Breanna Stewart (2) – after bringing home gold in Tokyo (2020) and Rio de Janeiro (2016). In the 2020 Olympic Games, Griner started all six games and averaged a team-best 16.5 points (tied with A’ja Wilson) and 7.2 rebounds per game. She scored 30 points in the gold medal game against Japan, joining Lisa Leslie as the only USA Women’s National Team members to score 30 points in an Olympic game.

The 2024 Summer Games will be Copper’s first Olympics appearance. She won a gold medal with USA Basketball at the 2022 FIBA World Cup and participated in the 2024 FIBA Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Belgium in February. A three-time All-Star and 2021 WNBA Champion and Finals MVP, Copper is having a career year with the Mercury, averaging 24.0 points and 2.9 made threes per game, which both rank third in the league. Just twelve games into the 2024 season, Copper has scored 30 or more points in a league-best four games and made history by becoming the first player in WNBA history to record back-to-back 37-plus point games in May.

The USA Women’s National Team is seeking their eighth straight, and 10th overall, Olympic gold medal in Paris, while the 2024 Olympics marks the second consecutive Summer Games that the Mercury has featured three players on Team USA (Taurasi, Griner and Skylar Diggins-Smith – 2020 Olympic Tokyo Games). Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker and forward Kevin Durant will be in Paris as part of the USA Basketball Men’s National Team, joining the Mercury trio to mark the first time one city’s NBA and WNBA teams have combined for at least five players named to the USA Basketball national teams at a single Olympic Games.

The USA Women’s National Team will hold training camp in Phoenix before competing against the WNBA All-Stars in the league’s All-Star Game on Saturday, July 20 at 5:30 p.m. PT (ABC). A full 2024 USA Basketball Women’s National Team roster and schedule can be found here.

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KAHLEAH COPPER NAMED WNBA WESTERN CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

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PHOENIX – Phoenix Mercury guard/forward Kahleah Copper has been named the WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for May 20-26, the league announced today.

In three games during the week, Copper helped lead Phoenix to a 2-1 record and averaged a league-best 29.7 points per game on 53.2% shooting and 48.0% from three-point range. In the Mercury’s win over the two-time defending champion Aces on May 21 in Las Vegas, Copper scored a career-high 38 points on 65.2% shooting (5-of-9 from three-point range), becoming the first player in WNBA history to record back-to-back 37-plus point games after notching 37 on May 18 vs. the Atlanta Dream.

Copper followed up her career performance with 20 points on May 23 in Phoenix’s win over the Atlanta Dream and 32 points on 50.0% shooting against the Dallas Wings on May 25. This marks Copper’s second career Player of the Week honor, the first coming in 2022 with the Chicago Sky.

Through five games this season, Copper is averaging a career and league-high 29.2 points, while shooting career highs of 50.5% from the field and 48.6% from three-point range, to go with 4.0 rebounds, 2.4 assists and a career-high 1.0 steals. She has totaled 146 points through the first five games of the season, the third-most in WNBA history behind only Maya Moore (149 in 2014) and Elena Delle Donne (148 in 2015). Copper joins Moore as the only other player in WNBA history to average 29 or more points while shooting at least 53.0% from the field and 48.0% from three-point range through the first five games of the season and is currently the only player in the league this season with three 30-plus point games.

The Mercury (3-2) visit the Connecticut Sun (5-0) tonight in the first game of a three-game road trip, before returning home to face the Los Angeles Sparks at Footprint Center on Sunday, June 2 at 3 p.m. Tickets to Sunday’s game and all 2024 Mercury home games are on sale now at phoenixmercury.com/single-game-tickets.

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KAHLEAH COPPER NAMED WNBA WESTERN CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

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PHOENIX – Phoenix Mercury guard/forward Kahleah Copper has been named the WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for May 20-26, the league announced today.

In three games during the week, Copper helped lead Phoenix to a 2-1 record and averaged a league-best 29.7 points per game on 53.2% shooting and 48.0% from three-point range. In the Mercury’s win over the two-time defending champion Aces on May 21 in Las Vegas, Copper scored a career-high 38 points on 65.2% shooting (5-of-9 from three-point range), becoming the first player in WNBA history to record back-to-back 37-plus point games after notching 37 on May 18 vs. the Atlanta Dream.

Copper followed up her career performance with 20 points on May 23 in Phoenix’s win over the Atlanta Dream and 32 points on 50.0% shooting against the Dallas Wings on May 25. This marks Copper’s second career Player of the Week honor, the first coming in 2022 with the Chicago Sky.

Through five games this season, Copper is averaging a career and league-high 29.2 points, while shooting career highs of 50.5% from the field and 48.6% from three-point range, to go with 4.0 rebounds, 2.4 assists and a career-high 1.0 steals. She has totaled 146 points through the first five games of the season, the third-most in WNBA history behind only Maya Moore (149 in 2014) and Elena Delle Donne (148 in 2015). Copper joins Moore as the only other player in WNBA history to average 29 or more points while shooting at least 53.0% from the field and 48.0% from three-point range through the first five games of the season and is currently the only player in the league this season with three 30-plus point games.

The Mercury (3-2) visit the Connecticut Sun (5-0) tonight in the first game of a three-game road trip, before returning home to face the Los Angeles Sparks at Footprint Center on Sunday, June 2 at 3 p.m. Tickets to Sunday’s game and all 2024 Mercury home games are on sale now at phoenixmercury.com/single-game-tickets.

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PHOENIX MERCURY ANNOUNCES MERCURY LIVE SUBSCRIPTION PACKAGES FOR 2024 SEASON

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Direct-to-Consumer Streaming Platform Offers Annual and Monthly Subscription Options PHOENIX – The Phoenix Mercury announced today the pricing and packaging for Mercury Live, the team’s direct-to-consumer streaming platform powered by Kiswe and presented by Cleveland Avenue and their portfolio brands. Annual and monthly subscription packages for the 2024 season are available for $19.99/season or $5.99 per month at Live.PhoenixMercury.com. Fans who purchase an annual subscription by May 22 will receive two tickets to a Phoenix Mercury home game.* All 28 locally broadcast regular season games will simulcast on Mercury Live allowing subscribers to live stream games at home or on the go using their desktop or mobile devices. In addition to live games, subscribers will have access to behind-the-scenes content and on-demand games. Live game streams begin with the Mercury’s regular season home opener on May 18 versus the Atlanta Dream. This marks the second year of the Mercury’s industry-shifting partnership with Arizona’s Family and Kiswe, the team’s direct-to-consumer streaming partner, to offer fans more ways to watch Mercury games than ever before. To purchase a Mercury Live subscription, visit live.PhoenixMercury.com. *Offer expires on May 22, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. PT, while supplies last. Game inventory subject to availability.

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Direct-to-Consumer Streaming Platform Offers Annual and Monthly Subscription Options

PHOENIX – The Phoenix Mercury announced today the pricing and packaging for Mercury Live, the team’s direct-to-consumer streaming platform powered by Kiswe and presented by Cleveland Avenue and their portfolio brands.

Annual and monthly subscription packages for the 2024 season are available for $19.99/season or $5.99 per month at Live.PhoenixMercury.com. Fans who purchase an annual subscription by May 22 will receive two tickets to a Phoenix Mercury home game.*

All 28 locally broadcast regular season games will simulcast on Mercury Live allowing subscribers to live stream games at home or on the go using their desktop or mobile devices. In addition to live games, subscribers will have access to behind-the-scenes content and on-demand games.

Live game streams begin with the Mercury’s regular season home opener on May 18 versus the Atlanta Dream.

This marks the second year of the Mercury’s industry-shifting partnership with Arizona’s Family and Kiswe, the team’s direct-to-consumer streaming partner, to offer fans more ways to watch Mercury games than ever before.

To purchase a Mercury Live subscription, visit live.PhoenixMercury.com.

*Offer expires on May 22, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. PT, while supplies last. Game inventory subject to availability.

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PHOENIX MERCURY TO UNVEIL PERMANENT BANNERS AS PART OF REIMAGINED RING OF HONOR DURING HOME OPENER ON MAY 18

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PHOENIX – The Phoenix Mercury will permanently honor the most prominent figures in team history with a reimagined Ring of Honor, unveiling new banners in a halftime ceremony during the team’s Fry’s Food Stores Home Opener on Saturday, May 18.“The Mercury is one of the original WNBA franchises and it’s important that we celebrate our 28-year history and those who have helped the organization become one of the league’s premier franchises,” said Mat Ishbia, owner of the Phoenix Mercury and Phoenix Suns. “We look forward to recognizing the outstanding contributions of our Ring of Honor members and cementing their legacy in Mercury history with these new permanent banners.” The banners commemorating the Ring of Honor members will be suspended from the rafters above the east sideline of the seating bowl. The uniform number and last name will be featured on the banners of the player inductees, while non-players will have their years of tenure and last name displayed. As part of the reimagined Ring of Honor celebration, the Mercury commissioned local artists Antoinette Cauley and Paige Reesor to create murals of the Mercury greats, which debuted in October alongside the Phoenix Suns Ring of Honor murals. Fans can view the murals on the upper level of the arena throughout the CarMax Concourse. The five current members of the Ring of Honor that will have permanent banners unveiled are Jennifer Gillom, Cheryl Miller, Bridget Pettis, Penny Taylor and Michele Timms. Ring of Honor members, as well as other Mercury alumni, will be in attendance on May 18 for the ceremony. Jennifer Gillom (#22) – Originally inducted on June 6, 2006 Gillom, the originator of the “Mighty Mercury” chant still used today, became the first player in franchise history after being awarded to Phoenix in the league’s initial allocation. During her six years in a Mercury jersey, Gillom helped lead the franchise to playoff appearances in three of its first four seasons, including a berth in the 1998 WNBA Finals. Cheryl Miller – Originally inducted on June 6, 2006 Miller, a basketball legend and member of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame’s Class of 1995, was named the first head coach and general manager of the Phoenix Mercury ahead of the WNBA’s inaugural season. She coached the Mercury for four seasons, leading the team to three playoff appearances and a trip to the WNBA Finals in 1998. Bridget Pettis (#32) – Originally inducted on June 6, 2006 Pettis scored the first points in team history during the league’s inaugural season, playing six total seasons in Phoenix and establishing a franchise record with 154 consecutive games played. Following her on-court career, she continued as an assistant coach with the Mercury, winning WNBA Championships in 2007 and 2009. Penny Taylor (#13) – Originally inducted on July 9, 2017 Taylor, selected first overall by Phoenix in the 2004 Cleveland Dispersal Draft, helped lead the Mercury to WNBA titles in 2007, 2009 and 2014, joining Diana Taurasi as the only members of all three Mercury championship teams. The Australia native played 10 seasons in a Mercury uniform and finished her decorated career in the top five of nearly every statistical category in the franchise record books. Michele Timms (#7) – Originally inducted on June 6, 2006 Timms, an Aussie sensation and member of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame’s Class of 2024, became the second player in Mercury history after being awarded to the team during the league’s initial allocation. The high-energy point guard played five seasons in Phoenix and still ranks in the top five on the franchise’s all-time assists and steals lists. Tickets for the home opener and all 2024 regular season home games are on sale now and can be purchased at phoenixmercury.com/single-game-tickets.

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PHOENIX MERCURY TO UNVEIL PERMANENT BANNERS AS PART OF REIMAGINED RING OF HONOR DURING HOME OPENER ON MAY 18

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PHOENIX – The Phoenix Mercury will permanently honor the most prominent figures in team history with a reimagined Ring of Honor, unveiling new banners in a halftime ceremony during the team’s Fry’s Food Stores Home Opener on Saturday, May 18.“The Mercury is one of the original WNBA franchises and it’s important that we celebrate our 28-year history and those who have helped the organization become one of the league’s premier franchises,” said Mat Ishbia, owner of the Phoenix Mercury and Phoenix Suns. “We look forward to recognizing the outstanding contributions of our Ring of Honor members and cementing their legacy in Mercury history with these new permanent banners.”

The banners commemorating the Ring of Honor members will be suspended from the rafters above the east sideline of the seating bowl. The uniform number and last name will be featured on the banners of the player inductees, while non-players will have their years of tenure and last name displayed.

As part of the reimagined Ring of Honor celebration, the Mercury commissioned local artists Antoinette Cauley and Paige Reesor to create murals of the Mercury greats, which debuted in October alongside the Phoenix Suns Ring of Honor murals. Fans can view the murals on the upper level of the arena throughout the CarMax Concourse.

The five current members of the Ring of Honor that will have permanent banners unveiled are Jennifer Gillom, Cheryl Miller, Bridget Pettis, Penny Taylor and Michele Timms. Ring of Honor members, as well as other Mercury alumni, will be in attendance on May 18 for the ceremony.

Jennifer Gillom (#22) – Originally inducted on June 6, 2006
Gillom, the originator of the “Mighty Mercury” chant still used today, became the first player in franchise history after being awarded to Phoenix in the league’s initial allocation. During her six years in a Mercury jersey, Gillom helped lead the franchise to playoff appearances in three of its first four seasons, including a berth in the 1998 WNBA Finals.

Cheryl Miller – Originally inducted on June 6, 2006
Miller, a basketball legend and member of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame’s Class of 1995, was named the first head coach and general manager of the Phoenix Mercury ahead of the WNBA’s inaugural season. She coached the Mercury for four seasons, leading the team to three playoff appearances and a trip to the WNBA Finals in 1998.

Bridget Pettis (#32) – Originally inducted on June 6, 2006
Pettis scored the first points in team history during the league’s inaugural season, playing six total seasons in Phoenix and establishing a franchise record with 154 consecutive games played. Following her on-court career, she continued as an assistant coach with the Mercury, winning WNBA Championships in 2007 and 2009.

Penny Taylor (#13) – Originally inducted on July 9, 2017
Taylor, selected first overall by Phoenix in the 2004 Cleveland Dispersal Draft, helped lead the Mercury to WNBA titles in 2007, 2009 and 2014, joining Diana Taurasi as the only members of all three Mercury championship teams. The Australia native played 10 seasons in a Mercury uniform and finished her decorated career in the top five of nearly every statistical category in the franchise record books.

Michele Timms (#7) – Originally inducted on June 6, 2006
Timms, an Aussie sensation and member of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame’s Class of 2024, became the second player in Mercury history after being awarded to the team during the league’s initial allocation. The high-energy point guard played five seasons in Phoenix and still ranks in the top five on the franchise’s all-time assists and steals lists.

Tickets for the home opener and all 2024 regular season home games are on sale now and can be purchased at phoenixmercury.com/single-game-tickets.

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PHOENIX MERCURY FINALIZES TRAINING CAMP ROSTER

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Air Hearn, Bella Murekatete, Desi-Rae Young Sign Training Camp Contracts
PHOENIX – The Phoenix Mercury today announced the signings of guard Air Hearn and centers Bella Murekatete and Desi-Rae Young to training camp contracts, finalizing 2024 training camp roster. The Mercury will tip off training camp on April 28 Hearn was a three-time All-American Athletic Conference selection at the University of Memphis (2012-16) where she ranks first in Tigers history in threes made and fourth in assists. The 5-8 guard just finished her third season with Athletes Unlimited (AU) Basketball, where she averaged 18.0 points, 5.6 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 2.2 assists per game while shooting 54.6% from the field, 43.3% from three and 91.7% from the free throw line. Murekatete, a 6-3 center, averaged 10.1 points and 6.5 rebounds during her five-year collegiate career (2019-24) at Washington State. She ranks as the Cougar’s all-time leader in rebounds, blocks, games played and is fifth in career points. A Rwanda native, Murekatete started for the Rwandan National Team in the 2021 FIBA Women’s Basketball Afrobasket qualifier, helping lead the team to a third-place finish. Young, a 6-1 center, finished her career at UNLV as one of only two players in program history to reach 2,000 career points and 1,000 rebounds and ranks second on the Lady Rebels’ all-time scoring list. In 2023-24, she was one of four Division I players to average at least 17.0 points, 9.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.0 steals. Young was a two-time Mountain West Player of the Year and earned four All-Conference Team, three All-Defensive Team and two All-Tournament Team selections.
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The Mercury will open the 2024 season against the two-time defending champion Las Vegas Aces on May 14 in a nationally televised matchup on ESPN2. Phoenix tips off its home schedule on Saturday, May 18 against the Atlanta Dream for the Fry’s Food Stores Home Opener. Tickets to all Mercury home games are on sale now at phoenixmercury.com/single-game-tickets.

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PHOENIX MERCURY FINALIZES TRAINING CAMP ROSTER

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Air Hearn, Bella Murekatete, Desi-Rae Young Sign Training Camp Contracts

PHOENIX – The Phoenix Mercury today announced the signings of guard Air Hearn and centers Bella Murekatete and Desi-Rae Young to training camp contracts, finalizing 2024 training camp roster. The Mercury will tip off training camp on April 28

Hearn was a three-time All-American Athletic Conference selection at the University of Memphis (2012-16) where she ranks first in Tigers history in threes made and fourth in assists. The 5-8 guard just finished her third season with Athletes Unlimited (AU) Basketball, where she averaged 18.0 points, 5.6 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 2.2 assists per game while shooting 54.6% from the field, 43.3% from three and 91.7% from the free throw line.

Murekatete, a 6-3 center, averaged 10.1 points and 6.5 rebounds during her five-year collegiate career (2019-24) at Washington State. She ranks as the Cougar’s all-time leader in rebounds, blocks, games played and is fifth in career points. A Rwanda native, Murekatete started for the Rwandan National Team in the 2021 FIBA Women’s Basketball Afrobasket qualifier, helping lead the team to a third-place finish.

Young, a 6-1 center, finished her career at UNLV as one of only two players in program history to reach 2,000 career points and 1,000 rebounds and ranks second on the Lady Rebels’ all-time scoring list. In 2023-24, she was one of four Division I players to average at least 17.0 points, 9.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.0 steals. Young was a two-time Mountain West Player of the Year and earned four All-Conference Team, three All-Defensive Team and two All-Tournament Team selections.

2024 PHOENIX MERCURY TRAINING CAMP ROSTER

The Mercury will open the 2024 season against the two-time defending champion Las Vegas Aces on May 14 in a nationally televised matchup on ESPN2. Phoenix tips off its home schedule on Saturday, May 18 against the Atlanta Dream for the Fry’s Food Stores Home Opener. Tickets to all Mercury home games are on sale now at phoenixmercury.com/single-game-tickets.

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PHOENIX MERCURY UNVEIL NIKE REBEL EDITION UNIFORM AND FIRST EVER MATCHING COURT

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PHOENIX – The Phoenix Mercury and Nike today unveiled a new Rebel Edition uniform that celebrates the rich history of Valley basketball and the Mercury’s passionate and loyal fan base. The Mercury will also debut a matching Rebel court, becoming the first WNBA team to introduce an alternate court that will be used throughout an entire season. “This uniform and court are dedicated to our fans and to the Valley itself for helping to bring our 28-year franchise to this watershed moment in women’s sports,” said Mercury President Vince Kozar. “Led by Mat Ishbia, our organization is committed to pushing WNBA investment to new heights, and becoming the first team to develop a second court specifically designed for an alternate uniform – something that has become the standard in the NBA – is another example of that commitment.” The Place: The new Rebel Edition uniform features a pixelated sunset gradient along the side panels of the jersey and shorts, across the base of the shorts and on the trim of the collar, paying homage to Arizona’s signature vibrant skies. The People: Like the original Rebel Edition iteration, the 2024 Rebel Edition jersey features a large “PHX” script across the chest – a mark introduced by Nike in 2021 for the Mercury – with the X highlighted in orange, proudly celebrating the X-Factor, the most avid fan base in the WNBA. The History: The 2024 Rebel Edition uniform celebrates the most popular uniform in Arizona sports history, the Suns’ “Valley” jersey. The uniform’s incorporation of the distinctive sunrise/sunset gradient on a black chassis is just one more link between the two franchises and their 28-year history together. The new Rebel Edition will join the Heroine (white) and Explorer (purple and orange gradient) Editions as Phoenix’s three uniforms for the 2024 season. The Mercury will wear the Rebel Edition uniform throughout the season, starting with their May 25 matchup against the Dallas Wings at Footprint Center. In 2024, all three jerseys will feature newly announced badge partner, Partake Foods, on the left shoulder – part of the Mercury and Cleveland Avenue’s revolutionary partnership that introduces the first-ever rotating jersey badge. Fans can purchase the new Rebel Edition jersey online at shop.phoenixmercury.com and at the Player 15 Group business headquarters located at 475 E Lincoln Street in downtown Phoenix. A Rebel Edition merchandise collection will also be available at the Player 15 headquarters and the Team Shop at Footprint Center. More information on the Rebel Edition uniforms and images of the design details are available at phoenixmercury.com/rebel. Phoenix will open the 2024 season against the two-time defending champion Las Vegas Aces on May 14 in a nationally televised matchup on ESPN2. The Mercury will tip off its home schedule on Saturday, May 18 against the Atlanta Dream for the Fry’s Food Stores Home Opener. Tickets for all Mercury home games, including the only visit by the Indiana Fever and the 2024 No. 1 Pick Caitlin Clark on June 30, are on sale now at phoenixmercury.com/single-game-tickets.

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PHOENIX MERCURY UNVEIL NIKE REBEL EDITION UNIFORM AND FIRST EVER MATCHING COURT

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PHOENIX – The Phoenix Mercury and Nike today unveiled a new Rebel Edition uniform that celebrates the rich history of Valley basketball and the Mercury’s passionate and loyal fan base. The Mercury will also debut a matching Rebel court, becoming the first WNBA team to introduce an alternate court that will be used throughout an entire season.

“This uniform and court are dedicated to our fans and to the Valley itself for helping to bring our 28-year franchise to this watershed moment in women’s sports,” said Mercury President Vince Kozar. “Led by Mat Ishbia, our organization is committed to pushing WNBA investment to new heights, and becoming the first team to develop a second court specifically designed for an alternate uniform – something that has become the standard in the NBA – is another example of that commitment.”

The Place: The new Rebel Edition uniform features a pixelated sunset gradient along the side panels of the jersey and shorts, across the base of the shorts and on the trim of the collar, paying homage to Arizona’s signature vibrant skies.

The People: Like the original Rebel Edition iteration, the 2024 Rebel Edition jersey features a large “PHX” script across the chest – a mark introduced by Nike in 2021 for the Mercury – with the X highlighted in orange, proudly celebrating the X-Factor, the most avid fan base in the WNBA.

The History: The 2024 Rebel Edition uniform celebrates the most popular uniform in Arizona sports history, the Suns’ “Valley” jersey. The uniform’s incorporation of the distinctive sunrise/sunset gradient on a black chassis is just one more link between the two franchises and their 28-year history together.

The new Rebel Edition will join the Heroine (white) and Explorer (purple and orange gradient) Editions as Phoenix’s three uniforms for the 2024 season. The Mercury will wear the Rebel Edition uniform throughout the season, starting with their May 25 matchup against the Dallas Wings at Footprint Center.

In 2024, all three jerseys will feature newly announced badge partner, Partake Foods, on the left shoulder – part of the Mercury and Cleveland Avenue’s revolutionary partnership that introduces the first-ever rotating jersey badge.

Fans can purchase the new Rebel Edition jersey online at shop.phoenixmercury.com and at the Player 15 Group business headquarters located at 475 E Lincoln Street in downtown Phoenix. A Rebel Edition merchandise collection will also be available at the Player 15 headquarters and the Team Shop at Footprint Center.

More information on the Rebel Edition uniforms and images of the design details are available at phoenixmercury.com/rebel.

Phoenix will open the 2024 season against the two-time defending champion Las Vegas Aces on May 14 in a nationally televised matchup on ESPN2. The Mercury will tip off its home schedule on Saturday, May 18 against the Atlanta Dream for the Fry’s Food Stores Home Opener. Tickets for all Mercury home games, including the only visit by the Indiana Fever and the 2024 No. 1 Pick Caitlin Clark on June 30, are on sale now at phoenixmercury.com/single-game-tickets.

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PHOENIX MERCURY AND CLEVELAND AVENUE ANNOUNCE REVOLUTIONARY ROTATING BADGE PARTNERSHIP

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Partake Foods to be Featured on 2024 Mercury Jerseys

PHOENIX – The Phoenix Mercury and Cleveland Avenue, a global venture capital firm specializing in investments in lifestyle consumer brands and technology companies, today announced a revolutionary partnership introducing the first-ever rotating jersey badge. The innovative partnership will tip off with Partake Foods selected as the jersey badge partner for the 2024 Mercury season. The multi-year partnership will highlight Cleveland Avenue’s diverse portfolio of founders and businesses by featuring a different brand on the jersey each season, underscoring Cleveland Avenue’s commitment to investing in brands that strengthen communities and build momentum for positive change. This is an extension of the global partnership announced last week between the Phoenix Mercury, Phoenix Suns and Cleveland Avenue. “The magnitude of this historic partnership with Cleveland Avenue is built on our shared commitment to invest in and support women – from athletes to entrepreneurs,” said Phoenix Mercury and Phoenix Suns Chief Executive Officer Josh Bartelstein. “Featuring Partake Foods on Mercury jerseys this season offers the opportunity to showcase a woman-founded company making a positive impact in its industry, furthering our goal to empower women on and off the court.” As the official jersey badge for the 2024 season, Partake Foods’ logo will be featured on the left shoulder of Mercury’s game jerseys. Partake Foods, a leading CPG brand that offers better-for-you, allergy-friendly snacks, including cookies, graham crackers and vanilla wafers, was founded in 2016 by Denise Woodard after her daughter was diagnosed with multiple food allergies. Partake’s products are gluten-free, vegan, non-GMO, and free from the top nine allergens – safe and shareable for the more than 32 million Americans impacted by food allergies. Partake Foods can be found at local and national retailers across the country by visiting their Find Us locator. “Being chosen as the inaugural brand of this incredible partnership is both an honor and aligned to Partake’s mission of radical inclusivity,” said Partake Foods Founder and Chief Executive Officer Denise Woodard. “We are proud to join Cleveland Avenue and the Phoenix Mercury in championing all that women are capable of achieving.” “Building on the Phoenix Mercury, Phoenix Suns and Cleveland Avenue announcement last week, the selection of Partake Foods is a great example of how Cleveland Avenue accelerates growth for entrepreneurs and their businesses,” said Don Thompson, Founder & CEO, Cleveland Avenue, LLC.  “Our organizations share a vision where diversity is valued, and collaboration is needed to bring communities together for mutual success in a world where large and small companies thrive alongside one another.” Cleveland Avenue’s mission is to foster growth for a new generation of lifestyle consumer brands and technology companies that positively disrupt large and growing markets. By providing financial resources, expertise, and holistic business support to help unlock the value of their investments, Cleveland Avenue is committed to their portfolio of businesses for the long-term benefit of investors, entrepreneurs and communities. One of the original franchises in the WNBA, the Mercury has long empowered the growth of the league and women’s sports. Furthered by owner Mat Ishbia’s commitment to and investment in the Mercury and Phoenix community, the organization continues to raise the bar for women’s sports, launching the first-ever all-girls YMCA youth basketball league, building a dedicated state-of-the-art practice facility set to open summer 2024 and bringing WNBA All-Star 2024 to Phoenix in July. About Cleveland Avenue Cleveland Avenue is a global venture capital firm that invests in lifestyle consumer brands and technology companies that positively disrupt large and growing markets. To learn more, visit www.clevelandavenue.com. About Partake Created in 2016 by Founder and CEO Denise Woodard, when her daughter was diagnosed with multiple food allergies, Partake is a Certified B Corp that works to provide everyone the ability to partake and share in life’s joys—big and small. The Black-owned, women-led company offers delicious, allergy-friendly cookies, graham crackers, and vanilla wafers that are certified gluten-free, non-GMO, vegan, and free of the top 9 allergens (wheat, tree nuts, peanuts, milk, eggs, soy, fish, sesame, and shellfish). The products are made with better-for-you ingredients and offer a variety of new and nostalgic flavors that those with and without dietary restrictions can enjoy. With radical inclusivity at its core, Partake partners with non-profit organizations actively pursuing an end to food insecurity and creates career opportunities for HBCU students with their Black Futures Fellowship program. Find Partake in 14,000 stores across the US. For more information, please visit: partakefoods.com or follow @PartakeFoods on Instagram.

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PHOENIX MERCURY AND CLEVELAND AVENUE ANNOUNCE REVOLUTIONARY ROTATING BADGE PARTNERSHIP

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Partake Foods to be Featured on 2024 Mercury Jerseys

PHOENIX – The Phoenix Mercury and Cleveland Avenue, a global venture capital firm specializing in investments in lifestyle consumer brands and technology companies, today announced a revolutionary partnership introducing the first-ever rotating jersey badge. The innovative partnership will tip off with Partake Foods selected as the jersey badge partner for the 2024 Mercury season.

The multi-year partnership will highlight Cleveland Avenue’s diverse portfolio of founders and businesses by featuring a different brand on the jersey each season, underscoring Cleveland Avenue’s commitment to investing in brands that strengthen communities and build momentum for positive change. This is an extension of the global partnership announced last week between the Phoenix Mercury, Phoenix Suns and Cleveland Avenue.

“The magnitude of this historic partnership with Cleveland Avenue is built on our shared commitment to invest in and support women – from athletes to entrepreneurs,” said Phoenix Mercury and Phoenix Suns Chief Executive Officer Josh Bartelstein. “Featuring Partake Foods on Mercury jerseys this season offers the opportunity to showcase a woman-founded company making a positive impact in its industry, furthering our goal to empower women on and off the court.”

As the official jersey badge for the 2024 season, Partake Foods’ logo will be featured on the left shoulder of Mercury’s game jerseys. Partake Foods, a leading CPG brand that offers better-for-you, allergy-friendly snacks, including cookies, graham crackers and vanilla wafers, was founded in 2016 by Denise Woodard after her daughter was diagnosed with multiple food allergies. Partake’s products are gluten-free, vegan, non-GMO, and free from the top nine allergens – safe and shareable for the more than 32 million Americans impacted by food allergies. Partake Foods can be found at local and national retailers across the country by visiting their Find Us locator.

“Being chosen as the inaugural brand of this incredible partnership is both an honor and aligned to Partake’s mission of radical inclusivity,” said Partake Foods Founder and Chief Executive Officer Denise Woodard. “We are proud to join Cleveland Avenue and the Phoenix Mercury in championing all that women are capable of achieving.”

“Building on the Phoenix Mercury, Phoenix Suns and Cleveland Avenue announcement last week, the selection of Partake Foods is a great example of how Cleveland Avenue accelerates growth for entrepreneurs and their businesses,” said Don Thompson, Founder & CEO, Cleveland Avenue, LLC.  “Our organizations share a vision where diversity is valued, and collaboration is needed to bring communities together for mutual success in a world where large and small companies thrive alongside one another.”

Cleveland Avenue’s mission is to foster growth for a new generation of lifestyle consumer brands and technology companies that positively disrupt large and growing markets. By providing financial resources, expertise, and holistic business support to help unlock the value of their investments, Cleveland Avenue is committed to their portfolio of businesses for the long-term benefit of investors, entrepreneurs and communities.

One of the original franchises in the WNBA, the Mercury has long empowered the growth of the league and women’s sports. Furthered by owner Mat Ishbia’s commitment to and investment in the Mercury and Phoenix community, the organization continues to raise the bar for women’s sports, launching the first-ever all-girls YMCA youth basketball league, building a dedicated state-of-the-art practice facility set to open summer 2024 and bringing WNBA All-Star 2024 to Phoenix in July.

About Cleveland Avenue

Cleveland Avenue is a global venture capital firm that invests in lifestyle consumer brands and technology companies that positively disrupt large and growing markets. To learn more, visit www.clevelandavenue.com.

About Partake

Created in 2016 by Founder and CEO Denise Woodard, when her daughter was diagnosed with multiple food allergies, Partake is a Certified B Corp that works to provide everyone the ability to partake and share in life’s joys—big and small. The Black-owned, women-led company offers delicious, allergy-friendly cookies, graham crackers, and vanilla wafers that are certified gluten-free, non-GMO, vegan, and free of the top 9 allergens (wheat, tree nuts, peanuts, milk, eggs, soy, fish, sesame, and shellfish). The products are made with better-for-you ingredients and offer a variety of new and nostalgic flavors that those with and without dietary restrictions can enjoy. With radical inclusivity at its core, Partake partners with non-profit organizations actively pursuing an end to food insecurity and creates career opportunities for HBCU students with their Black Futures Fellowship program. Find Partake in 14,000 stores across the US. For more information, please visit: partakefoods.com or follow @PartakeFoods on Instagram.

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PHOENIX MERCURY ANNOUNCES COMPREHENSIVE LOCAL BROADCAST SCHEDULE

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28 Regular Season Games to Broadcast Across Arizona on Arizona’s Family and Live Stream on Mercury Live

PHOENIX – The Phoenix Mercury today announced its comprehensive local broadcast schedule for the 2024 season, which features 28 regular season games and one preseason contest set to air across Arizona on Arizona’s Family, and will also live stream on Mercury Live. Twelve games will be national exclusive broadcasts on ABC (2), ESPN (2), ESPN2 (1) and ION (7).

All fans across Arizona will once again have access to watch every non-national exclusive game on Arizona’s Family. Last season, in the first year of the transformative partnership with Arizona’s Family, viewership increased over 400 percent compared to 2022 – setting a ratings record for Mercury broadcasts.

The Mercury’s regular season broadcast schedule will tip off on Saturday, May 18 when Phoenix takes on the Atlanta Dream in the Fry’s Food Stores Home Opener at 7 p.m. PT. The Mercury’s home preseason matchup on Friday, May 10 against the Los Angeles Sparks will also air on Arizona’s Family and live stream on Mercury Live.

Veteran play-by-play announcer Cindy Brunson returns for her third season calling Mercury games, while basketball legend and Hall of Famer Ann Meyers Drysdale will return for her 11th season providing expert analysis.

Tickets for the home opener and select homes games are available now at phoenixmercury.com/single-game-tickets. Single-game tickets for all games will go on sale on Tuesday, April 16.

Join the family and become a member of the PayPal X-Factor in 2024!

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PHOENIX MERCURY ANNOUNCES COMPREHENSIVE LOCAL BROADCAST SCHEDULE

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28 Regular Season Games to Broadcast Across Arizona on Arizona’s Family and Live Stream on Mercury Live

PHOENIX – The Phoenix Mercury today announced its comprehensive local broadcast schedule for the 2024 season, which features 28 regular season games and one preseason contest set to air across Arizona on Arizona’s Family, and will also live stream on Mercury Live. Twelve games will be national exclusive broadcasts on ABC (2), ESPN (2), ESPN2 (1) and ION (7).

All fans across Arizona will once again have access to watch every non-national exclusive game on Arizona’s Family. Last season, in the first year of the transformative partnership with Arizona’s Family, viewership increased over 400 percent compared to 2022 – setting a ratings record for Mercury broadcasts.

The Mercury’s regular season broadcast schedule will tip off on Saturday, May 18 when Phoenix takes on the Atlanta Dream in the Fry’s Food Stores Home Opener at 7 p.m. PT. The Mercury’s home preseason matchup on Friday, May 10 against the Los Angeles Sparks will also air on Arizona’s Family and live stream on Mercury Live.

Veteran play-by-play announcer Cindy Brunson returns for her third season calling Mercury games, while basketball legend and Hall of Famer Ann Meyers Drysdale will return for her 11th season providing expert analysis.

Tickets for the home opener and select homes games are available now at phoenixmercury.com/single-game-tickets. Single-game tickets for all games will go on sale on Tuesday, April 16.

Join the family and become a member of the PayPal X-Factor in 2024!

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PHOENIX MERCURY SELECTS CHARISMA OSBORNE AND JAZ SHELLEY WITH THE 25TH AND 29TH OVERALL PICKS IN THE 2024 WNBA DRAFT

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PHOENIX – The Phoenix Mercury selected Charisma Osborne and Jaz Shelley with the 25th and 29th (from Chicago) overall picks in the third round of the 2024 WNBA Draft.

Osborne, a 5-9 guard out of UCLA, was a four-time All-Pac-12 and two-time All-Pac-12 Defensive Team selection and finished her career as the second guard in Pac-12 Conference history to record 2,000-plus points and 800-plus rebounds (joining Sabrina Ionescu from the University of Oregon). A five-year starter (2019-24), Osborne averaged 14.9 points, 5.6 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.5 steals for her career. During her graduate season, she was named a finalist for the Ann Meyers Drysdale Award – presented to the nation’s top shooting guard – and helped lead the Bruins to the Sweet 16 as a No. 2 seed in the 2024 NCAA Tournament. Osborne leaves UCLA as the program’s all-time leader in game played and three-pointers made.

Shelley, a 6-3 guard, played three years at the University of Nebraska after transferring from the University of Oregon following her freshman year. The three-time All-Big Ten selection averaged 13.4 points, 5.7 assists and 4.3 rebounds and 1.6 steals during her senior season and earned a spot on the 2024 Big-Ten All-Tournament Team after setting Huskers’ tournament records for points, assists and made threes. She finished her career fourth in Nebraska history in made threes and is the only player to have recorded two triple-doubles. An Australian native, she was the only college player on the Opals’ 2021 FIBA Asia Cup bronze medal squad, was named to the preliminary roster for the 2020 Summer Olympics and won three FIBA gold medals at the junior level.

With the additions of Osborne and Shelley, the Mercury’s training camp roster now stands at 15 players. A complete training camp roster will be sent out prior to the start of camp.

Phoenix will open the 2024 season against the two-time defending champion Las Vegas Aces on May 14 in a nationally televised matchup on ESPN2. The Mercury will tip off its home schedule on Saturday, May 18 against the Atlanta Dream for the Fry’s Food Stores Home Opener. Tickets for select Mercury home games, including the only visit by the Indiana Fever and the 2024 No. 1 Pick Caitlin Clark on June 30, are on sale now at phoenixmercury.com/single-game-tickets.

Join the family and become a member of the PayPal X-Factor in 2024!

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PHOENIX MERCURY SELECTS CHARISMA OSBORNE AND JAZ SHELLEY WITH THE 25TH AND 29TH OVERALL PICKS IN THE 2024 WNBA DRAFT

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PHOENIX – The Phoenix Mercury selected Charisma Osborne and Jaz Shelley with the 25th and 29th (from Chicago) overall picks in the third round of the 2024 WNBA Draft.

Osborne, a 5-9 guard out of UCLA, was a four-time All-Pac-12 and two-time All-Pac-12 Defensive Team selection and finished her career as the second guard in Pac-12 Conference history to record 2,000-plus points and 800-plus rebounds (joining Sabrina Ionescu from the University of Oregon). A five-year starter (2019-24), Osborne averaged 14.9 points, 5.6 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.5 steals for her career. During her graduate season, she was named a finalist for the Ann Meyers Drysdale Award – presented to the nation’s top shooting guard – and helped lead the Bruins to the Sweet 16 as a No. 2 seed in the 2024 NCAA Tournament. Osborne leaves UCLA as the program’s all-time leader in game played and three-pointers made.

Shelley, a 6-3 guard, played three years at the University of Nebraska after transferring from the University of Oregon following her freshman year. The three-time All-Big Ten selection averaged 13.4 points, 5.7 assists and 4.3 rebounds and 1.6 steals during her senior season and earned a spot on the 2024 Big-Ten All-Tournament Team after setting Huskers’ tournament records for points, assists and made threes. She finished her career fourth in Nebraska history in made threes and is the only player to have recorded two triple-doubles. An Australian native, she was the only college player on the Opals’ 2021 FIBA Asia Cup bronze medal squad, was named to the preliminary roster for the 2020 Summer Olympics and won three FIBA gold medals at the junior level.

With the additions of Osborne and Shelley, the Mercury’s training camp roster now stands at 15 players. A complete training camp roster will be sent out prior to the start of camp.

Phoenix will open the 2024 season against the two-time defending champion Las Vegas Aces on May 14 in a nationally televised matchup on ESPN2. The Mercury will tip off its home schedule on Saturday, May 18 against the Atlanta Dream for the Fry’s Food Stores Home Opener. Tickets for select Mercury home games, including the only visit by the Indiana Fever and the 2024 No. 1 Pick Caitlin Clark on June 30, are on sale now at phoenixmercury.com/single-game-tickets.

Join the family and become a member of the PayPal X-Factor in 2024!

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PHOENIX MERCURY ANNOUNCES 2024 NATIONAL BROADCAST SCHEDULE

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Schedule Features 25 National Broadcasts with 12 National Exclusive Games on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and ION

PHOENIX – The Phoenix Mercury today announced the team’s national broadcast schedule for the 2024 regular season, which features 12 national exclusive broadcasts with five games airing on ESPN networks (ABC, ESPN and ESPN2) and seven games on ION. The Mercury will also have 13 non-exclusive national broadcasts on CBS Sports Network (5), NBA TV (4) and live streamed on Prime Video (4).

The Mercury will be featured in two of the league’s most marquee games of the season – opening night against the two-time defending champion Las Vegas Aces on Tuesday, May 14 (ESPN2), and Sunday, June 30, for the Indiana Fever’s lone visit to Phoenix this season (ESPN). The Mercury will play two games on ABC, including a Sunday, June 16 matinee matchup against the Seattle Storm at Footprint Center. That game was moved from Saturday, June 15, into ABC’s showcase window.

"State Farm WNBA Friday Night Spotlight on ION” returns for a second year, with seven Mercury matchups airing on ION throughout the regular season.

The Mercury’s local broadcast schedule on Arizona’s Family will be announced later this month.

Phoenix Mercury 2024 Regular Season National Broadcast Schedule:

Date | Opponent | Time (PT) | TV
Tuesday, May 14 | AT Las Vegas | 7:00 p.m. | ESPN2
Saturday, May 18 | vs. Atlanta | 7:00 p.m. | NBA TV
Thursday, May 23 | vs. Washington | 7:00 p.m. | Prime Video
Tuesday, May 28 | AT Connecticut | 4:00 p.m. | CBSSN
Wednesday, May 29 | AT New York | 4:00 p.m. | CBSSN
Friday, May 31 | AT Minnesota | 6:30 p.m. | ION
Tuesday, June 4 | AT Seattle | 7:00 p.m. | CBSSN
Friday, June 7 | vs. Minnesota | 7:00 p.m. | ION
Thursday, June 13 | vs. Las Vegas | 7:00 p.m. | Prime Video
Sunday, June 16* | vs. Seattle | 12:00 p.m. | ABC
Tuesday, June 18 | vs. New York | 7:00 p.m. | CBSSN
Saturday, June 22 | AT Minnesota | 5:00 p.m. | NBA TV
Friday, June 28 | vs. Los Angeles | 7:00 p.m. | ION
Sunday, June 30 | vs. Indiana | 12:00 p.m. | ESPN
Wednesday, July 3 | AT Dallas | 5:00 p.m. | ESPN
Friday, July 12 | AT Indiana | 4:30 p.m. | ION
Sunday, July 14 | AT Connecticut | 10:00 a.m. | ABC
Thursday, August 15 | AT Chicago | 5:00 p.m. | Prime Video
Friday, August 16 | AT Indiana | 4:30 p.m. | ION
Friday, August 23 | AT Atlanta | 4:30 p.m. | ION
Monday, August 26 | vs. New York | 7:00 p.m. | NBA TV
Thursday, September 5 | vs. Washington | 7:00 p.m. | Prime Video
Saturday, September 7 | AT Seattle | 6:00 p.m. | NBA TV
Friday, September 13 | vs. Connecticut | 7:00 p.m. | ION
Tuesday, September 17 | AT Los Angeles | 7:30 p.m.** | CBSSN

All time local PHX time * Game date change (moved from Saturday, June 15) ** Game time change

The Phoenix Mercury will host the Fry’s Food Stores Home Opener vs. the Atlanta Dream on May 18 at Footprint Center. Tickets for the home opener and select home games are available now at phoenixmercury.com/single-game-tickets. Single-game tickets for all games will go on sale on Tuesday, April 16.

Join the family and become a member of the PayPal X-Factor in 2024!

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PHOENIX MERCURY ANNOUNCES 2024 NATIONAL BROADCAST SCHEDULE

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Schedule Features 25 National Broadcasts
with 12 National Exclusive Games on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and ION

PHOENIX – The Phoenix Mercury today announced the team’s national broadcast schedule for the 2024 regular season, which features 12 national exclusive broadcasts with five games airing on ESPN networks (ABC, ESPN and ESPN2) and seven games on ION. The Mercury will also have 13 non-exclusive national broadcasts on CBS Sports Network (5), NBA TV (4) and live streamed on Prime Video (4).

The Mercury will be featured in two of the league’s most marquee games of the season – opening night against the two-time defending champion Las Vegas Aces on Tuesday, May 14 (ESPN2), and Sunday, June 30, for the Indiana Fever’s lone visit to Phoenix this season (ESPN). The Mercury will play two games on ABC, including a Sunday, June 16 matinee matchup against the Seattle Storm at Footprint Center. That game was moved from Saturday, June 15, into ABC’s showcase window.

“State Farm WNBA Friday Night Spotlight on ION” returns for a second year, with seven Mercury matchups airing on ION throughout the regular season.

The Mercury’s local broadcast schedule on Arizona’s Family will be announced later this month.

Phoenix Mercury 2024 Regular Season National Broadcast Schedule:

Date | Opponent | Time (PT) | TV
Tuesday, May 14 | AT Las Vegas | 7:00 p.m. | ESPN2
Saturday, May 18 | vs. Atlanta | 7:00 p.m. | NBA TV
Thursday, May 23 | vs. Washington | 7:00 p.m. | Prime Video
Tuesday, May 28 | AT Connecticut | 4:00 p.m. | CBSSN
Wednesday, May 29 | AT New York | 4:00 p.m. | CBSSN
Friday, May 31 | AT Minnesota | 6:30 p.m. | ION
Tuesday, June 4 | AT Seattle | 7:00 p.m. | CBSSN
Friday, June 7 | vs. Minnesota | 7:00 p.m. | ION
Thursday, June 13 | vs. Las Vegas | 7:00 p.m. | Prime Video
Sunday, June 16* | vs. Seattle | 12:00 p.m. | ABC
Tuesday, June 18 | vs. New York | 7:00 p.m. | CBSSN
Saturday, June 22 | AT Minnesota | 5:00 p.m. | NBA TV
Friday, June 28 | vs. Los Angeles | 7:00 p.m. | ION
Sunday, June 30 | vs. Indiana | 12:00 p.m. | ESPN
Wednesday, July 3 | AT Dallas | 5:00 p.m. | ESPN
Friday, July 12 | AT Indiana | 4:30 p.m. | ION
Sunday, July 14 | AT Connecticut | 10:00 a.m. | ABC
Thursday, August 15 | AT Chicago | 5:00 p.m. | Prime Video
Friday, August 16 | AT Indiana | 4:30 p.m. | ION
Friday, August 23 | AT Atlanta | 4:30 p.m. | ION
Monday, August 26 | vs. New York | 7:00 p.m. | NBA TV
Thursday, September 5 | vs. Washington | 7:00 p.m. | Prime Video
Saturday, September 7 | AT Seattle | 6:00 p.m. | NBA TV
Friday, September 13 | vs. Connecticut | 7:00 p.m. | ION
Tuesday, September 17 | AT Los Angeles | 7:30 p.m.** | CBSSN

All time local PHX time
* Game date change (moved from Saturday, June 15)
** Game time change

The Phoenix Mercury will host the Fry’s Food Stores Home Opener vs. the Atlanta Dream on May 18 at Footprint Center. Tickets for the home opener and select home games are available now at phoenixmercury.com/single-game-tickets. Single-game tickets for all games will go on sale on Tuesday, April 16.

Join the family and become a member of the PayPal X-Factor in 2024!

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