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Archive for December 2007

December 31st, 2007

The best and worst of sports from b5media

 
Happy New Year from the b5media Sports Channel
 
Let’s take a look back at some of the best (and worst) of 2007 and a quick peek ahead to 2008.
 
BCS Frenzy: The Five Best Sports Video Games of 2007
BCS Frenzy: The Ten Hottest Quarterbacks of 2007
Gossip on Sports: Best and Worst of Sports in 2007, […]

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December 31st, 2007

Candace Parker’s Magical Mystery Tour

So based on my reading, it seems that as Candace Parker (oh, and the Lady Vols, too) travel around the country, there always seems to be the story about the woman some say may save the WNBA.
Today’s edition comes from the Chicago Sun-Times.
There’s no shortage of Candace Parker video on YouTube. You can watch footage […]

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December 30th, 2007

Hammon named top sportswoman (in San Antonio)

Just released, the San Antonio Express-News has named Silver Stars guard Becky Hammon as their Sportswoman of the Year (Full disclosure — I still occasionally work on the sports desk of the E-N, but I had no upfront knowledge of this story or was involved in the process — I did cover one Silver Stars […]

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December 30th, 2007

Aussie basketball recap

With the end of the year drawing close, we take a brief look back at the Australians and how they performed this year.
Well, The Melbourne Age did, at least.
Of course, there’s All-World Lauren Jackson, but the rest of the Opals starred as well, especially Penny Taylor, who along with teammate Belinda Snell, were part of […]

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December 28th, 2007

Dunker down

Dunker-extraordinaire Sylvia Fowles from LSU is out of commission for the next few weeks following arthroscopic knee surgery.
Fowles was injured during the Tigers win over Miami last week.
“She should be fine,” said Brian Miller, LSU’s associate sports information director. “Once she gets back to full strength, she should be good to go.”
Apparently, […]

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December 26th, 2007

Storm have a short list

The Seattle Storm are nearing closer and closer to naming a replacement for Anne Donovan, who resigned in late November as head coach of the team.
According to the Seattle Times, Karen Bryant, the team’s COO, has passed a short list of experienced candidates to ownership for further consideration. She will begin interviewing soon and make […]

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December 26th, 2007

UConn moves to No. 1

After the Lady Vols fell for the first time season — a 73-69 overtime loss to Stanford — the UConn Huskies moved into the No. 1 spot in the Associated Press’ latest poll.
The Huskies received 29 of 31 first-place votes.
Stanford moved to second, Tennessee falls into third, while North Carolina and Maryland round out the […]

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December 26th, 2007

Happy Holidays!

Just wanted to send a last-minute heaping of well-wishes to you and yours for the holiday season.
I’m back to the grind tonight, so here’s to catching up.
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December 19th, 2007

Harding has retirement on her mind

But luckily for Lynx fans, it was because her number from high school was retired.
Lindsey Harding was in her hometown of Houston this week to have her #12 hung in the gym of Cy-Fair High School.
Last season’s #1 draft pick should have some help coming as the Lynx have the third pick in the upcoming […]

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December 17th, 2007

Will this woman save the WNBA?

According to Kurt Streeter of the Los Angeles Times: Yes.
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