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The Phoenix Suns, a professional basketball team, reportedly has announced a two-year partnership with Txtstation , a mobile marketing company that specializes in sports and entertainment.

Many young athletes dream of playing in the pros. This weekend several young athletes in Bettendorf got a change to play alongside with a pro, all thanks to a fellow student's inspirational essay.

This week's star: Phoenix Mercury Star Diana Taurasi. You may recall that Taurasi was pulled over in the the wee hours of July 2 when a Phoenix cop spotted her Land Rover going nearly 20 mph over the speed limit and driftng out of her traffic lane on Camelback.

Albert Pujols wants to stay in St. Louis. "The fans know and the Cardinals know that I want to be a Cardinal for my whole career,'' Pujols told St.

Is it too early for dynasty talk? The Phoenix Mercury has won two titles in the last three years, and yet no one seems to notice.

The three-time WNBA champion Detroit Shock are reportedly set to leave Motown and head to Oklahoma.

NAME GAME Top WNBA players Candace Parker: Los Angeles Sparks forward and former Tennessee star is averaging 16.2 points per game in her career and led the league in rebounds.

Earlier this month, the New York Times ' Karen Crouse argued that America was falling for women's hoops.

The Phoenix Mercury is the WNBA champion for the second time in three seasons, leaning on its "big three" to pull out a 94-86 victory over the tenacious Indiana Fever in the deciding Game 5 tonight.

ESPN2, lifted by good numbers for its Game 4 and Game 5 coverage, scored the second-best WNBA Finals mark and the most since the championship series went to cable in 2006.

State employees in Arizona will retain domestic-partner benefits for the next 12 months , even though the Legislature's decided to eliminate those benefits in their last budget.

2009, 12:50pm WNBA Champions ! The Phoenix Mercury won their second title in 3 years last night.

The Phoenix Mercury say All-Star guard Cappie Pondexter underwent successful surgery on her right eye, which she injured in last week's WNBA championship game against the Indiana Fever.

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The Phoenix Mercury celebrate their second WNBA championship Friday night. a How big of a deal was Friday's WNBA championship game in Phoenix? Well, consider this: the only other times a basketball team's won a championship in this city, it was the Boston Celtics beating the Phoenix Suns on our home court in 1976, and then the Chicago Bulls beating ...

The Indiana Fever can close out the WNBA Finals at home Wednesday night when they host the Phoenix Mercury in game four of the best-of-five series.

The Phoenix Mercury have won the WNBA title, beating Indiana 94-86 for a 3-2 series victory.

After galloping away early to a 1 - 0 series lead and then falling behind in the series, 1 - 2, the Phoenix Mercury have won Game 5 of the 2009 WNBA Finals and secured their 2nd world championship title in 3 seasons.

Yanks and Angels take 2-0 leads...Mercury capture W NBA title NEW YORK Mark Teixeira lined a leadoff homer in the 11th inning to give the New York Yankees a 4-3 victory over the Minnesota Twins and 2-0 lead in their AL playoff series.

Staff and wire services INDIANAPOLIS - The high-scoring Phoenix Mercury saved their season with defense.