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Archive for July 2008

July 18th, 2008

Sylvia Fowles expected back before Olympic break

From the Women’s Hoops Blog, we get news that Chicago Sky rookie Sylvia Fowles is practicing again and should return by the Olympic break. Good to hear, they could use her help.
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July 18th, 2008

Five questions with Betty Lennox

Every week, we touch base with Internet Broadcasting’s five questions series, and this week is no different. This time, Atlanta Dream star Betty Lennox reflects on the team’s first franchise victory after 17 consecutive losses to open the season. From KSAT.com:
Q: Is there anything positive you can take away from the 0-17 start?
A: Every game, […]

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July 16th, 2008

How the Silver Stars succeed

Similar to how their brotherly counterparts in the NBA seem to be, the San Antonio Silver Stars don’t have a bunch of stars, but they have a set of complimentary players to build around Sophia Young and Becky Hammon. Q from the outstanding blog “Rethinking Basketball” did an in-depth analysis of the Stars following their […]

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July 15th, 2008

WNBA Olympians begin exodus

We’re less than a month away from the Olympic games and thus begins the departure of the world’s best basketballers as they return to their home countries to begin practicing for the Beijing Games. In Seattle, Lauren Jackson left Tuesday. From the Seattle Times:
Jackson and Bird have nearly been inseparable since last fall when they […]

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July 13th, 2008

Crystal Langhorne playing the mental game

Washington Mystics rookie Crystal Langhorne believes she thinks too much. It’d be closer to say she over-thinks, sometimes. The explainer from the Washington Post.
“I really have a problem with thinking too much, and it’s not just basketball. I think too much all the time,” Langhorne said. “But lately if I miss a shot, it’s been […]

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July 12th, 2008

How did the Dream work through 17 losses?

By youth, faith and some superstition, according to the New York Times.
On July 5, the Dream was losing, 19-6, to visiting Chicago, the W.N.B.A.’s second-sorriest team, but Atlanta’s loyal fans were shrieking and pounding ThunderStix. A crew hired for the third straight game to blast streamers out of air cannons at the final horn […]

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July 11th, 2008

The Baltimore Hamsterdams?

So I wake up to this story from the Baltimore Sun:
 Representatives of the WNBA have met with Mayor Sheila Dixon to discuss the possibility of moving a franchise to Baltimore once a new downtown arena is built, Dixon said today.
The mayor also said she’d like to see the new facility built on the same downtown […]

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July 10th, 2008

Final three Olympic spots reportedly decided

Tamika Catchings, Kara Lawson and DeLisha Milton-Jones are the three reportedly selected to round out the U.S. Women’s Basketball team, according to a post from Matt Stout of the Norwich Bulletin and Matt’s Connecticut Sun Blog.
Tamika Catchings, DeLisha Milton-Jones and Kara Lawson have earned the final three spots on the U.S. women’s national team, “a […]

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July 9th, 2008

The Becky saga continues

It’s almost over, and while the Becky Hammon saga continues, so does the hypocrisy.
Over the past few weeks, another basketballer has made it known he would be playing for another team rather than his home country. Chris Kaman of the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers received his German citizenship and will play for their team in […]

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July 6th, 2008

The nightmare is over

With four starters in double figures, the Atlanta Dream defeated the Chicago Sky 91-84 for its first ever franchise victory Saturday evening.
After a league-record 17 straight defeats to begin the franchise, the reserves were the stars of the show, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
For the second game in a row, Atlanta’s reserves pulled their team […]

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