The Phoenix Mercury have been around since 1997, and they remain one of the WNBA's best teams. They reached the WNBA Finals, but they lost to the Las Vegas Aces. Before that, they beat the New York ...

Phoenix Mercury guard Diana Taurasi (3) and Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner (42) jump for a side bump before playing the Connecticut Sun on July 1, 2024 at Footprint Center in Phoenix. / Owen ...

In Maria Stepanova’s novel “The Disappearing Act,” an accidental stopover in a foreign town leads to personal change. By John Self John Self is a book critic whose writing has appeared in The Guardian ...

Written from exile after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, this autofictional blend of memory and fable tracks a changing sense of self M, a 50-year-old novelist living in an idyllic place by a lake ...

M is a celebrated writer living in exile from her country – referred to only as “the beast” – which is waging war on its neighbour with missiles and fire from the skies. Definitively unmoored: from ...

Russian tennis icon Maria Sharapova was among the brightest stars during the Los Angeles Lakers' win over the Denver Nuggets ...

Luka Doncic can dwarf non-basketball people, but not tennis legend Maria Sharapova. Although Sharapova is several inches shorter than ...

Fans were left stunned by a photo of Los Angeles Lakers star Luka Doncic with tennis great Maria Sharapova this week.

At 6-foot-8, Luka Doncic can dwarf non-basketball people, but not tennis legend Maria Sharapova. Although Sharapova is several inches shorter than Doncic ...

Fans take photos with Scorch the Phoenix Mercury mascot before their WNBA Finals game against the Las Vegas Aces at the Mortgage Matchup Center in Phoenix on Oct. 8, 2025. / Joe Rondone/The Republic / ...

The Phoenix Mercury have had some of the WNBA's biggest stars, and some of them helped the team win championships. Diana Taurasi comes to mind, and she was the first pick of the 2004 WNBA Draft. The ...