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Archive for July 2008

July 31st, 2008

Your Olympic viewing guide

As one of my last posts at the LC, I wanted to let you know when you can see Team USA play Click here (courtesy of the Women’s Hoops Blog).
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July 30th, 2008

Team USA practice blog

Jayda Evans of the Seattle Times is blogging from Team USA’s practice sessions. They’re very informative and will last through training camp. Give her some page view love, LadiesCourt fans.
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July 28th, 2008

Dream puts positive spin on inagural season

The 3-23 Atlanta Dream are keeping their head held high, especially after 17 consecutive losses to being the franchise’s history before winning two straight games and 3 of 5.
Head coach Marynell Meadors said she is proud of how some of her players have made headway as faras effort even thought they’ve been long eliminated from […]

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July 27th, 2008

Hammon begins quest for Russian gold

The time is here. Becky Hammon will leave the San Antonio Silver Stars following Sunday’s game against the Detroit Shock to join Team Russia as they begin their quest for Olympic supremacy with its newest, most-visible citizen in the Stars’ point guard.
David King of the San Antonio Express-News takes a good, long, in-depth look at […]

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July 27th, 2008

The break is here

With the end of Sunday’s games, the WNBA will take its month-long break for the Olympic Games in Beijing.
All teams will be off as a bulk of players prepare for international competition. Some players have already left, but most will join their teams this week to begin practicing for the basketball competition starting the second […]

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July 26th, 2008

Will brawl bring viewers to the WNBA?

Of course, the brawl’s been in the news over the last few days. Hell, I had a discussion about the brawl with a recruiter I met with while here at the UNITY convention in Chicago. Anyway, Barry Horn of the Dallas Morning News asked the question, and here’s his answer.
But here’s what the skirmish proved: […]

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July 24th, 2008

Cheryl Ford out for season

Many who watched it thought so and it seems their initial reactions were correct.
Detroit Shock forward Cheryl Ford is out for the season after suffering an ACL injury.

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July 23rd, 2008

Shock, Sparks brawl

Something about the Palace at Auburn Hills.

At least the league’s not sweeping it under the carpet with its coverage.
Safe to say Candace Parker and Delisha Milton-Jones are getting suspended for a game, though.
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July 20th, 2008

Mystics fire Tree Rollins

It seems like it was only nine months ago we talked about Tree Rollins becoming the official coach of the Washington Mystics.
Well, that’s because it was — and since we’re talking about it, it’s because he was fired Saturday. From the Washington Post:
General Manager Linda Hargrove said the completely demoralizing nature of the back-to-back […]

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July 19th, 2008

Fever take Outdoor game

Even after the Indiana Fever arrived early Saturday morning and hadn’t had a chance to practice in the fresh air, they handily defeated the New York Liberty 71-55 in front of a reported 19,000 fans at Arthur Ashe Stadium in the first regular-season pro basketball game to take place outdoors. The New York Times has […]

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