Diana Taurasi retires from Mercury after 20 seasons as WNBA's all-time leading scorer
Taurasi, 42, joined the Phoenix Mercury at 22 years old as the first overall pick out of UConn in 2004. She went on to play 20 WNBA seasons, all with the team that drafted her. She helped lead the franchise to WNBA championships in 2007, 2009 and 2014, earning Finals MVP honors in 2009 and 2014.
WNBA great Diana Taurasi announced her retirement on Tuesday, calling it a career after nearly three decades of dominating basketball courts at all levels. Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark also ...
Plans for the Mercury’s future started to come to light last offseason. In February 2024, they acquired Copper, the 2021 WNBA ...
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If Taurasi does indeed retire, the curtain will be closed on a glorious era of women’s basketball defined by Taurasi and her former UConn teammate Sue Bird. The two have shaped women’s basketball for ...
Like so much of Taurasi's career, she managed an exit that everyone saw coming but that still caught us all a bit surprised.
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Fans React as Paige Bueckers Overshadows Diana Taurasi on Historic UConn ListPaige Bueckers made history for the UConn Huskies, surpassing WNBA legend Diana Taurasi on the program’s all-time scoring list. The Huskies’ star guard hit another milestone against Seton Hall, ...
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