Liberty hungry for second-straight WNBA Commissioner’s Cup
The Liberty are at the top of the WNBA world and will be the center of attention in the WNBA on Tuesday night when they host the Minnesota Lynx in Long Island to play for the Commissioner’s Cup. The Liberty defeated the Las Vegas Aces to win the league’s in-season tournament last year, and have […]
Short-handed Liberty move to top of WNBA standings with rout of Dream
Liberty is exactly where you’d expect it to be. Where they should end up. Where they have always claimed to be. It’s above. Breanna Stewart had 17 points, eight rebounds and six assists in the Liberty’s win over the Atlanta Dream on Sunday. Getty Images The Liberty thumped the lowly Dream, 96-75, on Sunday afternoon […]
Liberty stars overpower Sparks to secure best 17-game start
That’s the beauty of a super team. This is how great Breanna Stewart is. Despite missing two starters, the Liberty remained largely unfazed. There may have been a temporary slowdown. Breanna Stewart attempts a shot during Saturday’s game between Liberty and Sparks. Michel Farsi of the New York Post But the Liberty train continues to […]
Rookie Leonie Fiebich is carving out a Liberty role
For Leonie Fiebig, the challenge also turned into an advantage. Fiebic had heard about the tempo and the physical aspects but didn’t know much about what to expect from the move to the WNBA from Spanish club Casademont Zaragoza. The league also didn’t know much about the 6-foot-4 winger. Fiebic can be “a little sneaky,” […]
Liberty honor Courtney Vandersloot’s mom after two-year cancer battle
The Liberty held a moment of silence before Thursday’s game in memory of Courtney VanderSloot’s mother, Jean, who died over the weekend after a two-year battle with cancer. The Liberty won the Sparks’ game 93-80 at Barclays Center, but Vandersloot has missed the past six games for personal reasons. Breanna Stewart said she approved of […]
Liberty bench helps top Sparks after starter injury conundrum
Last year this didn’t happen at all. That wasn’t the case when Sabrina Ionescu was sidelined with a hamstring injury. The same was true when Courtney VanderSloot missed the second game of a back-to-back in late July. Sabrina Ionescu shoots a shot over Kia Nurse’s head during the first half of Liberty University’s 93-80 win […]
Mugging Lady Liberty And Dividing America. Who’s At Fault?
Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes Over the past few years, there has been extensive commentary about “polarization.” This has come to mean the dividing up of America into more and more extreme views on political, social, and cultural matters. The divide seems to be getting wider and wider. Not only does this make political compromise […]
Liberty fall to Mercury as eight-game win streak is snapped
PHOENIX — Brittney Griner and Diana Taurasi scored 19 points apiece, six Phoenix players scored in double figures and the Mercury hit a WNBA-record 33 3-pointers to beat the New York Liberty 99-93 on Tuesday night. Griner hit a layup to give Phoenix a 92-89 lead, then blocked a shot by Breanna Stewart at the […]
Jonquel Jones’ career-high 34 points propel Liberty over Aces
LAS VEGAS — Jonquel Jones scored a career-high 34 points, Breanna Stewart and Sabrina Ionescu each had double-doubles and the New York Liberty extended their lead in the second half to beat the defending WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces 90-82 on Saturday. Ionescu had 15 points and 12 assists, and Stewart added 14 points and […]
Jonquel Jones says Kelsey Plum’s ‘classless’ comments had some truth for Liberty
At first, Kelsey Plum’s comments hurt Jonquel Jones. This came just after the Liberty lost to the Aces in the WNBA finals in October, but Plum told reporters inside Barclays Center that the Liberty was “a team, but we’re not a team.” She said the team had strong individual players but “didn’t care about each […]