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Diana Lorena Taurasi (born June 11, 1982) is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Taurasi is widely recognized as one of the greatest women's basketball players of all time; she rose to fame while playing college basketball at the University of Connecticut .
Aug 4, 2023 · Phoenix Mercury guard Diana Taurasi made WNBA history on Thursday when she became the first player to score 10,000 career points. Taurasi, 41, reached the milestone with a three-point shot in the...
Aug 3, 2023 · With her 18th point Thursday against the Atlanta Dream, Diana Taurasi has passed the threshold of 10,000 regular-season points in her WNBA career. She is the first player in league history to...
Aug 4, 2023 · Fans cheer after Phoenix Mercury Diana Taurasi scored her 10,000th career point during the second half of a WNBA basketball game against the Atlanta Dream, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023, in Phoenix. Taurasi, the WNBA’s all-time leading scorer, is the only player in league history to reach the 10,000 point milestone.
Taurasi has won three collegiate championships, three WNBA titles, and five Olympic gold medals — tied with another fellow Huskie, Sue Bird, for most ever by a basketball player. Diana Taurasi ...
Taurasi is now a seven-time All-Star, a record nine First Team All-WNBA selections, a three-time WNBA champion and the 2009 WNBA MVP. She was MVP of the 2009 and 2015 WNBA Finals. “In the decisive Game 5 finale,” Sports Illustrated’s Jackie McCallum wrote in her Nov. 2009 piece.
Three-time WNBA Champion (2014, 2009, 2007) Five-time Olympic gold medalist (2016, 2012, 2008, 2004, 2020)…One of only two athletes in history with five Olympic gold medals in basketball...
Aug 11, 2024 · The 42-year-old American was part of the U.S. women’s team that beat France 67-66 on Sunday, Taurasi’s sixth gold medal, breaking a tie with longtime American teammate Sue Bird for most in Olympic basketball history.
Aug 4, 2023 · Taurasi became the first WNBA player to score 10,000 points, hitting the mark with 8:23 remaining in the third quarter against the Atlanta Dream on Thursday night.
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