Diana Taurasi

Diana Taurasi, the leading scorer for the Phoenix Mercury basketball team, was cited with driving under the influence in Phoenix early Thursday morning, according to the Phoenix Police Department. Taurasi, a guard for the team, was pulled over at 2:30 a.m. in the area of Seventh Avenue and Camelback Road, allegedly for speeding and lane violations, police said.

A police officer conducted several field sobriety tests after he first detected the order of alcohol, the department said. Officers then drew her blood in a Phoenix Police Mobile DUI van after she refused a breath test, Phoenix police said. She was cited and released. If this was part of some WNBA push to be taken seriously alongside male hoops…nice try, but I don’t think it’s going to work. I mean, sure, getting hit with a DUI citation will be good for Taurasi’s street cred, but I’m sorry, the story is just not juicy enough to get any run.

Just to prove that male athletes have no monopoly on stupidity, Phoenix Mercury star Diana Taurasi was cited for DUI early Thursday morning after being pulled over by Phoenix police. Cops say Taurasi was stopped for speeding, and was issued a field sobriety test after the officer smelled liquor on her. She was then taken to a mobile DUI van to give a blood sample, after which she was cited and released.