Police now believe that the gunmen who shot and killed 18-year-old basketball standout Tayshana Murphy early Sunday morning in her Harlem housing complex intended to kill her because of a dispute with her brother. Originally, authorities believed that Murphy, who was shot in the head on the fourth floor of the Grant Houses around 4 a.m., was killed because she was wearing a sweatshirt that made her resemble another boy. Now, police are "looking into the possibility she was involved in an earlier assault," a source tells the Daily News. "It looks like they were aiming for her and the two people she was with." more ›

An eighteen-year-old girl was shot dead in her Harlem apartment building early this morning in what is being reported as a case of mistaken identity. Tayshana Murphy, a top-rated basketball standout who played for Murray Bergtraum High, was attempting to outrun a gunman in a hallway on the fourth floor of the Grant Houses at around 4:10 a.m. "They caught her on the fourth floor and they had her at gunpoint and they shot her in her head," her friend told the Daily News. "She was pleading for her life. She was saying, 'No, please I don't have nothing to do with it." more ›

Fever 74, Liberty 59: The last time the Liberty and Fever faced off was before the under the lights of Arthur Ashe Stadium at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center before the Olympic break. In that matchup, the Fever handily defeated the Liberty, 71-55. Even before last night's game, both the Liberty and Fever clinched spots in the upcoming playoffs with playoff seeding as the only thing left to be decided. If New York managed to win all its remaining games while the Detroit Shock and Connecticut Sun (tied for 1st before yesterday's games) lost all their games, the Liberty would sneak into the playoffs as the Eastern Conference's top seed. more ›

For those looking for WNBA news, today is a huge day. The WNBA draft took place -- one day after the college season ended -- and the league announced the Liberty will play the first outdoor game in the history of professional basketball. New York will play the Indiana Fever at Arthur Ashe Stadium at 7:30 p.m. on July 19. Ashe Stadium, which has been the main stadium court of the U.S. Open since 1997, has never hosted an athletic event other than a tennis match. more ›