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Archive for May 2008

May 12th, 2008

Would you like some fries with that WNBA season opener?

According to an article in Advertising Age, the WNBA will debut this season (next week, whee!) with a McDonald’s logo on all 14 team jerseys.
As part of a sponsorship of the WNBA’s season-opening week, the fast feeder’s logo will appear on the front of all 14 team jerseys during early-season contests, including three nationally televised […]

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May 8th, 2008

Dawn Staley is South Carolina’s woman now

Dawn Staley is expected to be introduced as the next head coach at the University of South Carolina this weekend, according to a report in The State. (Hat tip to She’s Got Game for the find).
Staley, highly recognized as one of the best women’s basketball players ever, was the winningest head coach in Temple’s history. […]

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May 8th, 2008

Request for blogs, message boards

As you may have noticed (look over there and below —->), I have updated my blogroll with links to message boards and blogs that may be of interest to you, my readers.
Should you have any links that may be of interest to me or the rest of the readers, I’d like for you to leave […]

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May 8th, 2008

Comets hope Year Two brings changes

After a 13-21 finish with rushed first-year coach Karleen Thompson at the helm, a full off-season is expected to bring a full change to the Houston Comets. From the Houston Chronicle:
The team promoted Thompson, a former Comets assistant, to general manager and head coach on Feb. 14, 2007, and she went to work with a […]

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May 6th, 2008

WNBA offering 90 live webcasts for 2008 season

I’m ashamed to admit, but I didn’t know this. The WNBA is offering livestreams of some of its games — for free. A few weeks ago, I made a mention of the New York Liberty offering up some livestreams, too, so it’s very likely you can catch most of your team’s games online.
I’m a big […]

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May 5th, 2008

Seattle Storm may be without Janell Burse

Various injury issues may end up keeping Seattle Storm center Janell Burse out for an extended period of time this season, we learned from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
According to the article, Burse has missed her last few games with her European team and the team will have an announcement this week about her condition. The biggest […]

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May 5th, 2008

WNBA holds rookie camp

If you happen to be a fan of the men’s sports, you may already know that leagues hold rookie camps designed to teach players about various aspects of being a professional athlete, but I found this article on the WNBA’s rookie camp a little more interesting. The league holds a rookie camp on style and […]

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May 4th, 2008

WNBA injury updates

Two WNBA players have already gone down with major injuries suffered in offseason play or training camp. Quick roundup.

Minnesota Lynx guard Lindsey Harding suffered another injury to her left knee (but no damage to her previously repaired ligament) and is out indefinitely.
Sacramento Monarchs forward DeMya Walker can’t get healthy as she broke her right kneecap […]

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May 1st, 2008

Penny Taylor will not join Phoenix Mercury immediately

Well, it looks as though we’re not going to be seeing much of Penny Taylor in the WNBA this season.

Image details: WNBA Finals: Phoenix Mercury v Detroit Shock - Game 1 served by picapp.com
More reaction and analysis after the jump.
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