Breanna Stewart puts Game 1 errors behind her as Liberty even WNBA Finals
Brianna Stewart wanted this and all of this. The mantle of a superstar among the stars of Liberty. The responsibility of winning the original WNBA franchise's first title and bringing the first professional basketball championship to New York City since the likes of Clyde, Dollar Bill, and the Pearl. He was at fault for going […]
WNBA Finals Player Grades: how Breanna Stewart, Sabrina Ionescu fared in Lynx vs. Liberty
Just days after suffering a crushing loss to the Lynx in Game 1, it was Liberty who pulled away in the end to tie the game. WNBA The final match was won 80-66. Bethonia Rainey Hamilton was the hero in this game, scoring a season-high 20 points as Liberty won Game 2, sending the series […]
MTA bus driver who helped little girl on UWS sidewalk moonlights as New York Liberty dancer, performs at finals game
The MTA bus driver who bravely rescued a girl who was wandering alone on the Upper West Side last month went rogue and crashed into a hardwood forest Sunday. Timeless Torches members — 40+ dance troupe performing at the Liberty Games in New York. Luis Jimenez, 60, wore a black Torches jersey and black track […]
Betnijah Laney-Hamilton shot sparks Liberty in Game 2 WNBA Finals win
From her spot in the corner, Bethniya Rainey Hamilton made the same shot that became her signature shot, her go-to spot to distance herself from the Liberty's other stars. But during last year's finals run, Laney Hamilton hit the following shot: window. It's short, but enough to get you something. She caught a pass from […]
The Liberty confident in WNBA Finals response after Game 1 meltdown
The Liberty will have two days between games to bounce back and recover from Thursday's disastrous meltdown loss to the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA Finals opener at Barclays Center. All-Star guard Sabrina Ionescu said this after her Liberty team lost a 15-point lead with five minutes left and ultimately lost in overtime, losing home […]
WNBA Finals Notebook: Scheduling issues, when the Lynx realized they were special, Liberty redemption tour
brooklyn — The New York Liberty and Minnesota Lynx are scheduled to tip off in Game 1 on Thursday night. WNBA finals, and players and coaches alike addressed the media prior to the start of the series. For the Lynx, there will be less than 48 hours between their victory over the Lynx in Game […]
Liberty vs. Lynx WNBA Finals matchups, predictions: Who has the edge?
It's incorrect to view the WNBA Finals as a matchup between the up-and-coming Liberty seeking their franchise's first title and the once-great Minnesota Lynx seeking to raise their fifth flag. That's because Liberty are loaded with elite players and are set up as strong betting favorites after dominating the league for the past five months. […]
Napheesa Collier and the Lynx have been overlooked all year. Now, they’re in the WNBA Finals
brooklyn — Nafeesa Collier doesn't really care about the national attention. In a year that began with the rookie debuts of Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese and was punctuated by Aja Wilson's unanimous MVP win, her excellence was occasionally sidelined. But Collier's on-court excellence spoke for itself. This season, she averaged 20.4 points, 9.7 rebounds, […]
Liberty’s Sabrina Ionescu believes mindset change will help her in WNBA Finals
Throughout this season, Sabrina Ionescu has detailed the changes she made to her game after the poor offensive performance in the Liberty's loss to the Las Vegas Aces in the WNBA Finals a year ago. But perhaps the biggest flaw the All-Star guard needed to eradicate after that botched performance had to do with her […]
Courtney Williams (and her dad) are ready for the WNBA Finals
minneapolis — Courtney Williams was literally impossible to miss. With each shot, her trademark smile spread across her face. Just a few feet away was her father, Don Williams, known at Target Center as her biggest fan. With each basket he makes, Don's dancing becomes more pronounced, his screams more jubilant, and the list of […]