Mercury's Taurasi Wins WNBA Rookie of Year
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Diana Taurasi of the Phoenix Mercury was a runaway selection Monday as the WNBA's rookie of the year.
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Tennessee Titans' versatile quarterback Vince Young, who threw 12 touchdown passes and rushed for more than 500 yards, was named the NFL's Rookie of the Year on Thursday.
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Outfielder Jason Bay became the first Pittsburgh Pirate to win the National League Rookie of the Year, as he was voted the honor on Monday.
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NEW YORK (Sports Network) - Outfielder Jason Bay became the  first Pittsburgh Pirate to win the National League Rookie of  the Year, as he was voted the honor on Monday.
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Diana Taurasi , a University of Connecticut graduate who won three national titles with the Huskies, has always been welcomed when the Phoenix Mercury come East to play the Connecticut Sun. But fans will have to swallow hard when her name is announced this afternoon at the Mohegan Sun Arena.
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New York, NY (Sports Network) - Charlotte Bobcats forward/center Emeka Okafor and Dallas Mavericks guard Devin Harris were named Eastern and Western Conference Rookies of the Month, respectively, for games played in November.
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INDIANAPOLIS -- Rookie Carl Landry scored 13 of his career-high 22 points in the fourth quarter, and the Houston Rockets beat the Indiana Pacers 106-103 on Friday night for their sixth straight road victory.
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UNCASVILLE, CONN. - The Connecticut Sun reached the WNBA finals for the first time by beating the New York Liberty 60-57 on Sunday to complete a two-game sweep of the Eastern Conference finals.
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The expansion Bobcats won on the road for the first time, getting 21 points and 11 rebounds from rookie Emeka Okafor. Charlotte, a loser in its first 10 road games, got a season sweep over
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Lindsay Whalen made the most of the biggest game of her professional career. The rookie guard led the Connecticut Sun to a 68-64 victory over the Seattle Storm last night in the opening game of the WNBA Finals.
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Guard Diana Taurasi scored 30 points to lead the Phoenix Mercury over the Detroit Shock, tying the best-of-five W.N.B.A. championship series at 1-1.
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Tina Thompson scored 26 points and Tamecka Dixon had a season-high 20 to lift Houston over New York.
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Rookie Alana Beard has resembled a seasoned veteran ever since the Washington Mystics put teammate Chamique Holdsclaw on the injured list.
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No Cheryl Ford, no problem. The Detroit Shock shook off the absence of their interior star and held off the run-and-gun Phoenix Mercury in a wild 108-100 victory in Game 1 of the WNBA finals last night.
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Connecticut&#39;s Taj McWilliams-Franklin played outstanding against New York on Sunday as the Sun swept the Liberty to earn their first trip to the WNBA finals.
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PHOENIX - Cappie Pondexter scored 9 of her 33 points in the final five minutes and the Phoenix Mercury advanced to the WNBA Finals with a 98-92 win last night over the San Antonio Silver Stars.
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Rookie Diana Taurasi had 21 points and eight assists to lead host Phoenix to a 72-58 victory over Los Angeles last night, snapping the Sparks' 18-game winning streak over the Mercury.