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PHOENIX MERCURY

Japan Times
BASKETBALL
May 21, 2023
'Day of joy' as freed Brittney Griner makes WNBA return
Griner, who was released by Russia as part of a prisoner swap last year, made her first appearance in a WNBA game in 579 days as the Phoenix Mercury faced the Los Angeles Sparks.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Feb 22, 2023
Brittney Griner signs deal to return to Phoenix Mercury
The two-time Olympic gold medalist and eight-time WNBA All-Star was released last December in a prisoner swap with Russia in exchange for arms dealer Viktor Bout.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Feb 20, 2023
Brittney Griner signs one-year deal with Mercury
Brittney Griner, who was imprisoned in Russia for nearly 10 months last year, has signed a one-year deal with the Phoenix Mercury, according to multiple reports Sunday.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Dec 21, 2022
Suns owner Robert Sarver agrees on $4 billion sale to financier
Sarver said last September he would sell the team after being banned by the NBA for a year and fined $10 million for racist and misogynist remarks and workplace bullying.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Sep 22, 2022
Embattled Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver to sell NBA and WNBA clubs
Sarver's decision was welcomed by NBA commissioner Adam Silver as well as Sarver's co-owners and the NBA Players' Association.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Aug 6, 2022
Brittney Griner prison sentence sparks show of solidarity and calls for U.S. to act
Phoenix Mercury and Connecticut Sun players observed 42 seconds of silence before their game on Thursday in solidarity with WNBA star Brittney Griner after she was sentenced to nine years in prison in Russia.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Apr 26, 2016
Gaines gets to work with Japan's women's hoop team
Japan's Olympic-bound women's national basketball team has entered its second training camp in Tokyo, with Phoenix Suns assistant Corey Gaines as a guest coach.

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