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  • Pondexter leads Liberty into conference final

    Pondexter leads Liberty into conference final

    September 02, 2010

    Instead of wasting their time chasing LeBron James this offseason, maybe the Knicks should have gone after Cappie Pondexter. The former Rutgers star spurred the Liberty to a...

  • Liberty face do-or-die Game 3 vs. Fever

    September 01, 2010

    It's the best moment in sports: Do or die. Win or go home. A season's worth of intensity, anguish, frustration and jubilation either will be extended or extinguished tonight at...

  • Liberty lose Game 2 to Fever

    Liberty lose Game 2 to Fever

    August 30, 2010

    INDIANAPOLIS -- After picking up some individual awards earlier in the day, Tamika Catchings led the Indiana Fever to a big win. Catchings started the day by being selected the...

  • Liberty on cusp of sweep

    August 29, 2010

    Cappie Pondexter wasted little time showing why she has a very good chance to win the WNBA MVP award. With the Liberty trailing by as many as 10 points early in Thursday's 85-73...

  • Pondexter lifts Liberty in playoff series opener

    Pondexter lifts Liberty in playoff series opener

    August 27, 2010

    Cappie Pondexter scored 23 of her 28 points in the first half, Essence Carson scored nine of her 17 in a big fourth-quarter run, and the Liberty beat the Fever 85-73 last night in...

  • Mitchell, Liberty set for playoffs

    August 26, 2010

    Leilani Mitchell's ascension from struggling sophomore to starting Liberty point guard to breakout star to playoff linchpin is expected to add another milestone. With the...

  • Liberty catch case of playoff Fever

    August 24, 2010

    After a one-year hiatus, the Liberty are back in the playoffs. They begin their quest for their first WNBA  championship with a first-round matchup against the Indiana Fever. As...

  • Liberty 'Cap' season by sealing homecourt

    August 23, 2010

    The WNBA playoffs don't start until later this week, but last night's regular-season finale sure had a postseason feel -- right up until Cappie Pondexter took it over down the...

  • Libs still have top-spot shot

    August 22, 2010

    The Liberty quickly will have to forget Friday night's loss, which snapped their franchise-record 10-game winning streak. Trailing by 12 after three quarters, New York went...

  • Disgraced Olympian, college coach seek 'redemption' in WNBA

    Disgraced Olympian, college coach seek 'redemption' in WNBA

    August 20, 2010

    The road to redemption went through Madison Square Garden last night, and on it were two people who were a lot more successful when they weren’t so agreeable. Nolan Richardson,...

  • Liberty win 10th straight, tie for 1st

    Liberty win 10th straight, tie for 1st

    August 20, 2010

    As it has for the past three weeks, the Liberty looked adversity in the face last night and came away victorious. Facing the run-and-gun attack of Nolan Richardson -- now the...

  • Liberty like view from the top

    August 19, 2010

    Less than a month ago, the Liberty were 11-11, straddling a line that had them on the precipice of missing the playoffs in consecutive years for the first time in franchise...

  • Liberty win 9th in a row, close in on top seed

    Liberty win 9th in a row, close in on top seed

    August 18, 2010

    The Liberty are scary good. They dominated the Eastern Conference-leading Indiana Fever for a 78-57 victory at Madison Square Garden last night for their ninth straight win and...

  • Big test for Liberty

    August 17, 2010

    Two months ago, the Liberty was 4-7 and it looked as if they might miss the playoffs for a second straight season. Fast forward to tonight, and the Liberty, who have already...

  • Liberty make it eight straight wins

    August 15, 2010

    It was a record-breaking night for the Liberty. They pounded the Phoenix Mercury for their eight straight victory, clinched a playoff spot and scored a franchise high for points...

  • Liberty Dream-ing big

    August 13, 2010

    It was less than two months ago when the Liberty looked left for dead, a team with a 4-7 record and the chance of making the playoffs seeming bleak. But tonight, when the Liberty...

  • Liberty edge Lynx for sixth straight win

    August 09, 2010

    MINNEAPOLIS — The Liberty barely extended their longest winning streak in six seasons. Nicole Powell scored 21 points and Cappie Pondexter added 17 to help the Liberty win their...

  • Liberty go for six in row

    August 08, 2010

    The Liberty (16-11, third place, one game out of first) enter tonight’s game vs. the Lynx (9-16) in Minnesota on a season-high five-game win streak for many reasons. Cappie...

  • Mitchell, Liberty win fifth in a row

    August 07, 2010

    The Liberty, who were wearing pink uniforms in honor of breast cancer awareness week, recorded their fifth consecutive win with an 85-77 victory over the Washington Mystics last...

  • Liberty set to make push for playoffs

    August 06, 2010

    Last month, the Liberty upset the then-first place Mystics, 75-67, and used it as a springboard for success. Tonight at 7:30, the Mystics (16-10) will seek revenge on a Liberty...

  • Surging Liberty getting Indy thick of playoff hunt

    August 03, 2010

    East meets test. Fresh off a revitalizing 3-0 homestand that propelled it into playoff position in the Eastern Conference, the fourth-place Liberty enter a crucial portion of...

  • Liberty blanket Sun with crunch-time 'D'

    August 02, 2010

    There was a moment late in the third quarter when it looked as if the Liberty were going to let yesterday's crucial game against the Connecticut Sun slip away. The Liberty led for...

  • Sun up next for scorching Liberty

    August 01, 2010

    Cappie Pondexter clearly is the biggest star on the Liberty. And though she tends to make an impact every night, so does another member of the starting rotation: underrated point...

  • Liberty win, keep playoff hopes high

    July 31, 2010

    If the Liberty hope to reach the playoffs, they will need their defense to carry them. Last night they defended like a sieve -- except when they absolutely needed it, and gutted...

  • Liberty score some help for Cappie

    July 30, 2010

    Anne Donovan knows there's one thing in particular that she needs her Liberty to do if they're going to make the playoffs. "We need to continue to find secondary scoring,"...

  • Pondexter gets help as Liberty edge Silver Stars

    July 28, 2010

    The Liberty got exactly what it needed in last night's 77-72 victory over the San Antonio Silver Stars. It got 41 points from its bench, which took the pressure off Cappie...

  • Liberty need to show Silver mettle

    July 27, 2010

    If WNBA games lasted 20 minutes, the Liberty would be in very good shape in their attempt to make the playoffs. Unfortunately for the Libs, there are 40 minutes, and the team...

  • Liberty back in last after loss to Dream

    July 26, 2010

    ATLANTA -- Angel McCoughtry had 28 points and the Atlanta Dream went on a late 11-0 run to snap a four-game losing streak with an 82-75 victory over the Liberty on Sunday. Iziane...

  • Liberty looking to keep on a roll

    July 25, 2010

    Chemistry is unpredictable. It can elude a team for years, but in a little more than a month, it looks as if the Liberty have transformed from a random assortment of players into...

  • Liberty face pivotal road trip

    July 23, 2010

    The Liberty's season is at a critical junction, and the two-game road trip that starts tonight could either make or break its season. But coach Anne Donovan isn't getting...

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