Retirement hits athletes in different ways. Some need to mourn. Taurasi is experiencing this in her own unique way.

Before she became a record-setting pro basketball player, Diana Taurasi was a young athlete in Chino with big dreams. Her father, Mario Taurasi, was a professional soccer player in Italy.

Diana Taurasi knew the end was near, but didn't want to treat it that way. Before she announced her retirement on Feb ... (mother from Argentina, father an Italian who grew up in Argentina ...

Diana Taurasi dribbled up the court at Arroyo High School. It was 1999, the summer before her senior year, and the nationally ranked Don Lugo High star was feeling it. She looked over to the ...

PHOENIX — Diana Taurasi has spent the past two weeks processing her retirement following a legendary 20-year career with the Phoenix Mercury. Her two young children, Leo and Isla, are also ...

Taurasi defined the Mercury for two decades. After her retirement, the Mercury must plot a way forward without their legend.

PHOENIX — As Diana Taurasi recently boarded a flight to New York, her 7-year-old son, Leo, had a question. “Is retirement sad?” he said. In late February, Taurasi, a 20-year veteran of the ...

Diana Taurasi wanted to take her time before deciding whether to retire. Once the Phoenix Mercury star made up her mind, the decision came with the same kind of decisiveness she displayed through one ...

PHOENIX — Diana Taurasi is retiring after 20 seasons ... The WNBA's career scoring leader and a three-time league champion, Taurasi announced her retirement on Wednesday in an interview with ...