I understand the Coyotes name was chosen because of the desert areas in Arizona and the southwestern area being the "ancestral home", if you will, of the American coyote.
Also the coyote is the number one animal in Arizona
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∙ 10y agoThe WNBA Phoenix Mercury get their name from the city Phoenix which is known for being hot. Being that they are the female counterpart to the Phoenix Suns which again is hot. Mercury being close to the Sun as in 3 planets away is hot.
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∙ 12y agoBecause Phoenix, Arizona is a very humid place and the sun is out 353 of the days in a years.
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∙ 16y agoPhoenix is known as "the valley of the sun" ; also, in mythology, the Phoenix is the bird who rises from its ashes after flying too close to the sun
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∙ 12y agoBecause the color of a phoenix is like Mercury red!!
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∙ 13y agoBecause Phoenix's are a Mercury red color.
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∙ 13y agoIn 1968 they bought the Suns.
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∙ 12y agoIt was sunny at the time?
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∙ 12y agoidfk
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The Phoenix Mercury
Phoenix Mercury
The Phoenix Mercury is WNBA team in Phoenix, Arizona. Its mascot is Scorch, a purple animal that resembles a dog.
The Phoenix Mercury won the 2007 championship.
Candice Dupree of the Phoenix mercury
The Phoenix Mercury defeated the Detroit Shock in five games (3 games to 2) to win the 2007 WNBA Finals. Phoenix point guard Cappie Pondexter was named the Finals MVP and this was the Mercury's first WNBA Championship.
The Phoenix Mercury defeated the Indiana Fever in 5 games (3-2) to win the 2009 WNBA finals.
Diana Taurasi was the number one draft pick for the Phoenix Mercury in the 2004 WNBA Draft. Since then, she has become one of the best players in the game today.
Standing at 6 feet 8 inches tall, the tallest player in the WNBA is Brittney Griner. Griner graduated from Nimitz High School in Houston and now plays for the Phoenix Mercury.
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