The profits from the concert were used to launch The Mercury Phoenix Trust AIDS charity organisation.

In April 2002, for the 10th anniversary of the Mercury Phoenix Trust, the concert was released on DVD and entered the UK charts at number 1.

The league began with eight teams: the Charlotte Sting, Cleveland Rockers, Houston Comets and New York Liberty in the Eastern Conference ; and the Los Angeles Sparks, Phoenix Mercury, Sacramento Monarchs and Utah Starzz in the Western Conference.

Former Los Angeles Lakers championship coach Paul Westhead was named head coach of the Phoenix Mercury on October 11, 2005, bringing his up-tempo style of play to the WNBA.

Much like the early Houston Comets championship teams, the Phoenix Mercury had risen to prominence led by their own " Big Three " of Cappie Pondexter, Diana Taurasi, and Penny Taylor.

Phoenix averaged a league-record 88. 97 points per game in 2007 ; teams could not keep up with the new style of play, and the Mercury were propelled into first place in the Western Conference.

In 2009, the Phoenix Mercury became the first professional basketball team to feature advertisements on their uniform when they sold an ad to LifeLock Insurance on the front of their jerseys, leading many people to wonder if ads on NBA uniforms were coming soon.

The Phoenix Mercury is a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association ( WNBA ).

The Mercury has qualified for the WNBA Playoffs in six of its fourteen years in Phoenix.

Michele Margaret Timms ( born 28 June 1965 in Melbourne ) is a retired Australian professional basketball player who played for the Phoenix Mercury in the Women's National Basketball Association.

At the onset of the WNBA in 1997, she went to the Phoenix Mercury, for whom she played in the Finals in 1998, losing to the Houston Comets.

On 7 August 2002, her number " 7 " jersey became the first to be retired by the Phoenix Mercury, and only the 2nd jersey ever retired by the WNBA.

In February 2005, the Phoenix Mercury announced that she had been signed as an assistant coach under fellow Australian and Mercury head coach Carrie Graf.

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They went on to repeat as championships, defeating the Phoenix Mercury in the first-ever WNBA Finals that year due to the championship game being extended into a three game championship series.

The Mercury Phoenix Trust is a charity organisation that fights AIDS worldwide.

After the death of Freddie Mercury from AIDS-related causes in London in 1991, the remaining members of Queen and Jim Beach, their manager, organised The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness, the proceeds of which were used to launch The Mercury Phoenix Trust.

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In 1997, Colangelo's team in the Women's National Basketball Association, the Phoenix Mercury, began playing.

It opened in 1992, and is the home of the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association, the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association, and the Arizona Rattlers of the Arena Football League.

* 1953 ( 7 ) Jacksonville Open, Titleholders Championship, New Orleans Women's Open, Phoenix Weathervane ( tied with Louise Suggs ), Reno Open, All American Open, World Championship

The Queens and the Ramblers: Women's Championship Softball in Phoenix, 1932-1965 ( Arizona State University: Dissertation )

* Niele Ivey ( born 1977 ), a former Women's National Basketball Association ( WNBA ) player for the Indiana Fever, Detroit Shock, and Phoenix Mercury basketball teams

Other divas that have held both the Women's and Divas Championship include Mickie James, Melina, Beth Phoenix and Layla.

The team was formerly known as the Philadelphia Phoenix and formerly played in the National Women's Football Association.

* 1953 ( 9 ) Tampa Open, Betsy Rawls Open, Phoenix Weathervane ( tied with Patty Berg ), San Diego Open, Bakersfield Open, San Francisco Weathervane, Philadelphia Weathervane, 144 Hole Weathervane, Women's Western Open

He provided editing, design and production for numerous publications, including Arizona Living, Arizona Women's Voice, Comics Interview, Comics Revue, Phoenix, Phoenix Resource, Louisiana Weekly Employer, Scottsdale and Sun Tennis.

At One Night Stand, Melina competed in a losing effort against Phoenix in the first ever Women's " I Quit " match.

Following the match, Melina stated her intentions to take the WWE Women's Championship from Beth Phoenix.

On January 25, 2009, Melina won her third WWE Women's Championship at the Royal Rumble by defeating Phoenix.

Beth Phoenix became the number one contender for the Women's Title after winning a Diva battle royal at SummerSlam.

At No Mercy on October 7, Candice dropped the title to Phoenix, ending her reign as Women's Champion.

On October 22, Candice legitimately cracked her clavicle during her rematch for the Women's Title against Phoenix in a two out of three falls match ; Phoenix ran into the ropes, causing Candice to fall face-first off of the turnbuckle onto her face, neck, and shoulders necessitating a rushed finish and putting her out of action for 14 weeks.

Candice received a push upon her return as she was named the number one contender for the Women's Championship, but lost to Beth Phoenix at No Mercy.

On the February 16 episode of RAW, Candice, James and Kelly stopped Merella and Mendes from interfering in the Women's Championship match between Melina and Phoenix, which was won by Melina.

She lived briefly in Phoenix, Arizona, and was Arizona Women's Bowling Association Champion in 1954 and 1955.

"... Turquoise was chosen because the greenish-blue stone is indigenous to Arizona, copper because Arizona is one the nation's top copper-producing states and purple because it has become a favorite color for Arizona sports fans, thanks to the success of the National Basketball Association's Phoenix Suns.

The Phoenix Coyotes are a National Hockey League franchise based in Arizona.

* Phoenix, annual sports festival at the National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, India

* Project Phoenix ( South Africa ), South African National Defence Force program

From 1995 through March 2004, Phoenix conducted observations at the 64-meter Parkes radio telescope in Australia, the radio telescope of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Green Bank, West Virginia, and the radio telescope at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico.

In 1994 James Sedares conducted a re-recording of the score performed by The Phoenix Symphony Orchestra ( which also included a suite from Bernstein's score for The Hallelujah Trail, issued by Koch Records ; Bernstein himself conducted the Royal Scottish National Orchestra for a performance released by RCA in 1997, but the original film soundtrack was not released until the following year by Rykodisc ( Varèse Sarabande reissued this album in 2004 ).

Tourists wishing for a more vertical perspective can board helicopters and small airplanes in Las Vegas, Phoenix and Grand Canyon National Park Airport ( seven miles from the South Rim ) for canyon flyovers.

( formerly ImprovOlympic ) in Chicago and Los Angeles, The Second City in Chicago and Toronto, The Players Workshop in Chicago, National Comedy Theatre in San Diego, New York and Phoenix, Upright Citizens Brigade, The Peoples Improv Theater, Eight is NEVER Enough in New York City, the Groundlings, BATS Improv in San Francisco, Wing-It Productions in Seattle, Philly Improv Theater in Philadelphia

In the United States, many Hispanic immigrants from Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean concentrated in barrios located in cities with large Hispanic populations such as East Los Angeles, California ; Boyle Heights, California, Orange County, California, Anaheim, Baldwin Park, Chino, El Centro, El Monte, Fresno, Huron, Hemet, Indio, Los Angeles, Long Beach, Modesto, Monrovia, Moreno Valley, San Fernando Valley, National City, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Cincinnati, Compton, Downey, South Central, Inglewood, South Los Angeles, Oakland, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, Berkeley, East San Jose, Santa Ana, California and Temecula ; Alexandria, Virginia, Langley Park, Maryland, Wheaton, Maryland, Dallas, Houston, El Paso, and San Antonio, Texas ; north of Philadelphia, PA and Phoenix, Tucson, and Yuma, Arizona ; Denver ; Oklahoma City ; New York City ; Brentwood, New York ; Chicago ; Sterling, Illinois.

The American National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association holds two national tournaments a year in Friendship, Indiana as well as the Western National Shoot Event held in Phoenix, AZ.

On September 16, 1921 the board of the Apache Council met with scouters from Phoenix at the Tempe National Bank to reorganized into the Roosevelt Council, to be headquartered in Phoenix.

Jobing. com Arena ( formerly Glendale Arena ) is adjacent to University of Phoenix Stadium, and is the home of the Phoenix Coyotes of the National Hockey League ( NHL ).

Universities and colleges that serve the area include: University of California, Davis ; California State University, Sacramento ; American River College ; Sierra College ; McGeorge School of Law ; Lincoln Law School ; Golden Gate University ; University of Phoenix ; and National University.

In August 2006, resident Jim Kramer won the United States Scrabble Open in Phoenix to become the National Scrabble Association ( NSA ) champion.

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* Gary Hogeboom, National Football League player for the Dallas Cowboys, Indianapolis Colts, Phoenix Cardinals, and Washington Redskins after playing college football at the Central Michigan University and high school football at Northview High School in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

For his performance in the latter, Phoenix garnered enormous praise and won a Volpi Cup at the Venice Film Festival, along with Best Actor from the National Society of Film Critics.

In early 1989, Phoenix was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor ( as well as for a Golden Globe ) and received the Best Supporting Actor honor from the National Board of Review for his role in Running on Empty.

For his role in My Own Private Idaho, Phoenix won Best Actor honors at the Venice Film Festival, the National Society of Film Critics and the Independent Spirit Awards.