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New York Liberty basketball team honored with ticker-tape parade in Canyon of Heroes
NEW YORK (AP) — Jonquel Jones, Breanna Stewart, Sabrina Ionescu and their New York teammates were showered with confetti as the Liberty celebrated winning the WNBA title in the Canyon of Heroes in downtown Manhattan. New York Sen. Chuck Schumer, Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York City...
New York Liberty win first WNBA championship, beating Minnesota 67-62 in OT
NEW YORK (AP) — As confetti fell and Frank Sinatra’s “New York, New York” blared through the arena, the New York Liberty celebrated the end of a long odyssey. The team that always fell short, starting from their days in Madison Square Garden, through detours to Radio City...
Laney-Hamilton was difference maker for the Liberty in win over Lynx that evened WNBA Finals 1-1
NEW YORK (AP) — Betnijah Laney-Hamilton has been working her way back for the last six weeks since she returned from having surgery on her right knee. The Liberty guard looked like her pre-surgery self Sunday, scoring 20 points in New York's 80-66 win over Minnesota that evened the...
Liberty and Lynx both trying to make history as they face off in WNBA Finals
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Liberty and the Minnesota Lynx both have a shot to make history when the teams meet in the WNBA Finals. The Liberty are looking for the franchise's first championship while the Lynx are vying for a record fifth. They were the best two teams during the...
Liberty top Aces 88-84 to take a 2-0 lead in the WNBA semifinals and put the champs on the brink
NEW YORK (AP) — Sabrina Ionescu and her New York teammates downplayed being on the brink of knocking off the Aces. In their mind, they haven't accomplished anything yet. Ionescu scored 24 points and the Liberty beat Las Vegas 88-84 on Tuesday night to take a 2-0 lead in the...
Minnesota's Napheesa Collier is Defensive Player of the Year and Cheryl Reeve is Coach of the Year
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Napheesa Collier was voted the WNBA Defensive Player of the Year and Cheryl Reeve earned the Coach of the Year award on Sunday. Collier won the defensive award for the first time, receiving 36 votes from a 67-person national media panel. A'ja Wilson finished...
Tina Charles' record night lifts Atlanta Dream into postseason with 78-67 win over New York Liberty
NEW YORK (AP) — Tina Charles and her Atlanta Dream teammates packed for an extended trip to New York. They got their wish by reaching the postseason with a 78-67 win over the Liberty on Thursday night to earn the eighth seed. The two teams will meet in the postseason that begins...
WNBA playoff picture starting to come into focus as Liberty clinch top seed and Minnesota second
More than half of the WNBA playoff seeds are set with the New York Liberty clinching the No. 1 seed on Tuesday night. The rest of the postseason matchups will be determined when the regular season closes out on Thursday night. The Liberty topped the Washington Mystics...
Aces star A'ja Wilson sits out against Liberty with ankle injury
NEW YORK (AP) — Las Vegas Aces star A'ja Wilson will not play against the New York Liberty on Sunday because of an ankle injury. Wilson hasn't missed a game since Aug. 3, 2019, and only has missed three regular-season contests in her six-year career. She tweaked her right leg late...
Stewart, Jones, Vandersloot have double-doubles, Liberty defeat Wings 94-74
NEW YORK (AP) — Breanna Stewart had 26 points and 12 rebounds, Jonquel Jones and Courtney Vandersloot also had a double-doubles, and the New York Liberty handed coach Sandy Brondello a 94-74 birthday victory over the Dallas Wings on Tuesday night. Jones had 23 points and 12...
