{"id":132344,"date":"2025-08-09T18:15:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T18:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/132344\/"},"modified":"2025-08-09T18:15:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T18:15:10","slug":"new-mural-at-phx-arena-celebrates-women-in-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/132344\/","title":{"rendered":"New mural at PHX Arena celebrates women in sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\"><b>PHOENIX (AZFamily)<\/b> \u2014 A new piece of artwork was unveiled Saturday at PHX Arena in downtown Phoenix. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">The Phoenix Suns\/Phoenix Mercury Foundation collaborated with local muralist Antoinette Cauley to design and create the mural on the west side of the arena.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">It features Mercury legend Diana Taurasi, Mercury guard Kahleah Copper and young girls from the Jr. Mercury Legacy League youth basketball program.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">This new mural replaced a previous one that celebrated former Mercury star Britney Griner after her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/2024\/07\/22\/brittney-griner-honored-be-wearing-usa-basketball-jersey-again-after-time-russian-prison\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/2024\/07\/22\/brittney-griner-honored-be-wearing-usa-basketball-jersey-again-after-time-russian-prison\/\">release from detention in Russia<\/a>. Griner left the team in free agency last offseason to join the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/2025\/01\/29\/report-10-time-wnba-all-star-brittney-griner-sign-with-atlanta-dream\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/2025\/01\/29\/report-10-time-wnba-all-star-brittney-griner-sign-with-atlanta-dream\/\">Atlanta Dream<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Last summer, Cauley painted a Mercury-themed mural on an outdoor basketball court at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Palomino+Park\/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0xcd885387865216b0?sa=X&amp;ved=1t:2428&amp;ictx=111\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Palomino+Park\/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0xcd885387865216b0?sa=X&amp;ved=1t:2428&amp;ictx=111\">Palomino Park<\/a> to celebrate Phoenix hosting 2024 WNBA All-Star Weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">See a spelling or grammatical error in our story? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/page\/send-us-your-feedback\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Please click here to report it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Do you have a photo or video of a breaking news story? Send <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/community\/user-content\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">it to us here<\/a> with a brief description.<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2025 KTVK\/KPHO. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHOENIX (AZFamily) \u2014 A new piece of artwork was unveiled Saturday at PHX Arena in downtown Phoenix. 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