Taurasi played her final game for the Mercury on Sept. 25 — Phoenix lost to the Minnesota Lynx 101-88 in the first round of the playoffs. She didn't comment on whether she would return at the time and ...

And nearby that city, on the backfields of Peoria, a new phoenix waits to arise: Felnin Celesten, the Mariners’ 19-year-old ...

Diana Taurasi was cagey about what’s next, now that she’s retired from the WNBA. “That’s a tough question,” she said at the ...