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NEW YORK (AP) — The WNBA has fined the New York Liberty, Phoenix Mercury and Indiana Fever and their players for wearing plain black warm up shirts in the wake of recent shootings by and against police officers. All three teams were fined $5,000 and each player was fined $500...

NEW YORK (AP) — Tina Charles scored 18 points to help the New York Liberty beat the Seattle Storm 78-74 on Wednesday night, overcoming a strong effort by Breanna Stewart. Tanisha Wright added a season-high 18 points for the Liberty (13-6), who have won three of their past four games...

NEW YORK (AP) — Swin Cash has announced she will retire at the end of the season. The New York Liberty forward wrote a piece for the Players' Tribune that was released Tuesday morning. The 15-year WNBA veteran was the second pick in the 2002 draft and has won three championships in the league with Detroit (2003 and 2006) and Seattle (2010)...

SEATTLE (AP) — Tina Charles had 19 points and 13 rebounds and the New York Liberty used a strong third quarter to beat the Seattle Storm 86-78 on Sunday night. Neither team led by more than five until the Liberty (4-3) went on a 17-2 run in the third to go up 68-51 on Charles' jumper with 3:14 left in the quarter...

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Liberty acquired All-Star point guard Shoni Schimmel from the Atlanta Dream for a 2017 second-round draft pick. Schimmel, the eighth pick in the 2014 draft, has made the All-Star team in each of her first two seasons in the WNBA...

Bill Laimbeer is the WNBA coach of the year the league announced Thursday. He guided New York to a franchise record 23 wins and the No. 1 overall seed in the playoffs for the first time. It's the second time in his career that Laimbeer earned the award, also winning it in 2003 when he was coaching Detroit...

NEW YORK (AP) — Tina Charles scored 29 points and the New York Liberty pulled away in the third quarter to beat the Seattle Storm 78-62 on Sunday for their fourth straight home victory. Up 36-35 at the half, the Liberty (13-6) outscored for Storm (5-16) 24-9 in the third quarter...

SEATTLE (AP) — Tina Charles scored a season-high 30 points to help the New York Liberty beat the Seattle Storm 81-77 on Tuesday night for their fourth straight win. New York (11-5) is off to its best start since going 16-5 in 2001...