Liberty’s WNBA title quest begins with Game 1 battle vs. Dream
The Liberty and its men's practice squad held an intense, physical scrimmage on the Barclays Center practice court on Saturday in preparation for Sunday's postseason opener against Atlanta. “Obviously, there was no crappy practice,” All-Star guard Sabrina Ionescu said. “No shooting practice, we were taped up, we were practicing live. The girls were in playoff […]
Breanna Stewart, Sabrina Ionescu lead Liberty’s rout of Sparks
Breanna Stewart and Sabrina Ionescu had precious little time to bask in the joy of winning gold medals. It evokes the Liberty’s ambitions to win a WNBA title. On Sunday, the star duo traveled to Paris and helped the U.S. team secure a dynastic eighth consecutive Olympic title with a tense second-half comeback to beat […]
Liberty’s Betnija Laney-Hamilton has ‘minor’ knee surgery
The month-long Olympic break comes at a lucky time for Betnijah Rainey-Hamilton and Liberty. The Liberty star underwent “minor” surgery on his right knee on Tuesday and is expected to miss four to six weeks, the team announced. “Yeah, the B’s did a little cleaning today,” coach Sandy Brondello said before Liberty’s 82-74 win. “I […]
Liberty’s Betnijah Laney-Hamilton has knee surgery, out 4-6 weeks
The month-long Olympic break comes at a lucky time for Betnijah Rainey-Hamilton and Liberty. The Liberty star underwent “minor” surgery on his right knee on Tuesday and is expected to miss four to six weeks, the team announced. The Liberty team closes out the first half of the WNBA season on Tuesday night against the […]
Liberty’s Breanna Stewart out of Sky clash for load management
The Liberty was without its two-time reigning MVP on Saturday, but there were no long-term concerns about Breanna Stewart’s status. “Stewie could have played today but it’s probably wise to rest him,” coach Sandy Brondello said before the match against the Sky. “We just need to get as much time as we can. It’s a […]
Liberty’s Betnijah Laney-Hamilton misses second game with knee injury
It shouldn’t take Betnijah Rainey Hamilton much longer. But she missed her second straight game, Liberty’s 98-88 win over the Sparks on Saturday afternoon at Barclays Center. Lainie Hamilton, who started every game this year before missing Thursday and Saturday’s games against the Sparks, is struggling with a right knee injury. Betnijah Rainey-Hamilton missed her […]
Jonquel Jones thriving after pain of Liberty’s WNBA Finals loss
It was still training camp, but Diane Richardson could already sense that things were starting to go well for Jonquel Jones. The Liberty star, who overcame a stress fracture before the start of the 2023 season and is entering his second year with the superteam, is “kind of in a good place,” and that optimism […]
Liberty’s Sandy Brondello bemoans venue change for Commissioner’s Cup
Liberty coach Sandy Brondello didn’t seem too excited about playing in the WNBA Commissioner’s Cup Finals on Long Island, but told reporters Tuesday that her players are professionals and “we’re going to go out there and compete.” On Monday, it was announced that the finals would be played at UBS Arena, home of the Islanders, […]
Liberty’s superteam, title-contending offer couldn’t land Nneka Ogwumike
The Liberty found a way to keep their superteam intact this offseason, but they were unable to acquire Nneka Ogwumike to strengthen it. Ogwumike, who left the Sparks after 12 years, was pursued by the Liberty and appeared in a Nets-Suns game with Brianna Stewart and Bethany Laney Hamilsion on Jan. 31, but a week […]
Liberty’s spotty offense still proves enough to top Storm
When the Liberty offense is at its best, it can approach the century mark and easily build a 20-point lead, as it did six times last year. That’s the perk of forming a star-studded super team and then running the team all together again a year later. It has pace. There is efficiency. But there […]