In this latest edition of Mercury Minute, we caught up with former Arizona State basketball head coach and current Mercury assistant, Charli Turner Thorne. She discussed being an assistant under…
Mercury Minute with Charli Turner Thorne
The Phoenix Mercury announced Friday that Charli Turner Thorne, the winningest coach in ASU basketball history, has joined interim head coach Nikki Blue’s coaching staff as an assistant. Blue was…
By Jeff Metcalfe Vanessa Nygaard was never going to ease into her first season as a WNBA head coach. Hired in late January 2022, Nygaard inherited a Phoenix Mercury team…
Charli Turner Thorne joined Brad after she announced her retirement from coaching ASU Women’s basketball.
(photo courtesy: ASU Athletics) So what can you do for an encore? After last weekend’s monumental weekend in Tempe upsetting the then second and third-ranked teams in the country, Charli…
I loved watching Jose Altuve play baseball. I loved watching his small stature put up big numbers. He was the 2017 MVP of Major League Baseball. But now Altuve is…
Charli Turner Thorne has her team in the Sweet 16. Women’s basketball at Arizona State has been rock solid with Charli as the coach. With all of the attention given…
By Jeff Munn This is a big week in local sports. And no, my calendar is not a week behind. If you’re a college basketball fan in Arizona, this week…
Arizona State basketball has opened the last five weekends with a loss. The consistency of making three’s that we saw in November and most of December is gone. What’s left…
By Jeff Munn I can’t believe we’re still talking about this, but here goes… Is UConn’s streak of 100 straight wins good or bad for women’s college basketball? You may…
