Mercury Falling

How in hell did our WNBA-champion Phoenix Mercury go 0-fer-May? And how ’bout that sparkling 3-6 record they carried into mid-June? Well, there’ve been three significant changes since last year’s campaign, and that’s a ton for any pro-basketball team, no matter the gender. But since someone specific must be blamed – we’re American sports fans; that’s what we do – go ahead and pick your poison: 1) the loss of Penny Taylor; 2) the transition to new head coach Corey Gaines, who replaced fast-break high priest Paul Westhead; 3) Diana Taurasi’s selection to the U.S. Women’s Olympic Basketball Team.

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On the other hand, we could just say thank God we don’t live in Atlanta and enjoy the game against the New York Liberty.