Maria Stepanova played for the Phoenix Mercury in their early years, as they drafted her in the 1998 WNBA Draft. She was the eighth pick of that year's draft, and the Mercury drafted three other ...

The Phoenix Mercury had some success in their early years, and they did it by finding the right pieces. In the team's first season, they had Jennifer Gillom and Michele Timms, as they acquired them ...

Maria Stepanova isn’t talking, so we don’t know why she’s leaving the Phoenix Mercury to rejoin the Russian National team. Perhaps she’s a patriot who values country over a summer job. Or perhaps ...

MOSCOW, April 2 (Reuters) - Russia's Olympic medal hopes in women's basketball suffered a big blow when leading player Maria Stepanova was ruled out of the London Games with a knee injury. The ...