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Archive for October 2007

October 15th, 2007

Teresa Weatherspoon named head coach of ABA team

Former WNBA player Teresa Weatherspoon was named head coach of the Westchester (N.Y.) Phantoms of the ABA.
“This is something I really wanted to do even before I was out of the WNBA,” the four-time All Star said to reporters. “Once I was asked, I immediately said yes. Regardless of what I’ve done in the past, […]

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October 14th, 2007

WNBA nearing announcement of Atlanta expansion franchise

WNBA president Donna Orender said last week the league is nearing an agreement with an Atlanta ownership group to award an expansion franchise to the Georgia city.
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October 12th, 2007

Monarchs’ forward arrested for DUI

Sacramento Monarchs forward Rebekkah Brunson was arrested on DUI charges early Thursday morning reported the Sacramento Bee.
Brunson, a 2007 All-Star, was arrested and booked into the Sacramento County jail.
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October 10th, 2007

Sheryl Swoopes doing fine after surgery; teases Mystics fans

Noted WNBA free agent Sheryl Swoopes recovered enough from her back surgery to attend the Human Rights Campaign’s Eleventh National Dinner this past weekend.
Swoopes was honored by the organization dedicated to ending discrimination against gay, lesbian, transgendered and transsexual people.
During her introduction by Washington Mystics president Sheila Johnson, Swoopes joked with the crowd about her […]

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October 10th, 2007

Mercury on Wheaties box, milk in refrigerator

Wheaties will produce a special-edition box with the WNBA Champion Phoenix Mercury on the cover.
This is the fourth time General Mills has placed WNBA players on its cover. The special-edition box will be available nationwide this month.
Previous editions have been the championship squads of the Sacramento Monarchs and Detroit Shock, while the first WNBA-themed box […]

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October 9th, 2007

The Sky dynamic

There’s a great article from the Chicago Tribune about the Chicago Sky and how they’ve managed to support each other as women and teammates.
Off-setting that competitiveness, however, is a shared goal. Price, at the tender age of 22, understands the responsibility of playing in a women’s league that must be constantly promoted by its players […]

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October 8th, 2007

Former WNBA star Fran Harris to launch magazine

This fall, former WNBA player Fran Harris and her company will launch CollegePreneur, a magazine geared towards (obviously) college entrepreneurs.
From our friends at BlackAthlete.net.
“The key to personal and financial freedom is entrepreneurship — always has been, always will be,” said Harris.
Subscription information is available on the magazine’s Web site. I’m actually pretty interested to see […]

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October 8th, 2007

Russia wins EuroBasket; Olympic qualifying wrap-up

With their 74-68 victory over Spain, the Russians clinched the final qualification spot from the 2007 tournaments for the 2008 Olympics.
If you didn’t win your tournament this year, your only way in is if you qualified for the play-in tournament next June, but until then, here’s the teams who have punched their ticket for Beijing.
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October 5th, 2007

Two bullets - one per coast

First off, in an online chat a few days ago, Seattle Storm star Lauren Jackson said she is likely to return to the team this upcoming season. There was speculation during the playoffs that with an uneasy ownership situation as far as the location of the franchise, the league MVP might considering sitting a season […]

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October 3rd, 2007

Where are my favorite players going?

Funny you should ask, actually.
The WNBA has posted a running list of its players and their whereabouts in overseas play
Most will be playing in Russia, Spain and Turkey. I’m giving myself a primer on Euroleague and Eurocup, so I can pass that along to you soon.
(Photo Credit: Oleg Nikishin/Getty Images for ESPN.com)
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