June 3rd, 2008
For the third time in her eight-year career, Katie Douglas has been named the WNBA’s Player of the Week.
Douglas is averaging 21.4 ppg over the first five games of the season. The Indiana Fever finished 2-1 last week, including knocking off the previously unbeaten Los Angeles Sparks in double OT.
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May 30th, 2008
When prompted at a recent autograph session, your favorite WNBA rookie Candace Parker belted out “Rocky Top.” Courtesy of WBIR.com.
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May 28th, 2008
The New York Times briefly profiled a small group of WNBA fans who take their teams “triple-digit driving” seriously.
On Friday, Dr. Shailesh Rajguru, 40, drove with his wife and two daughters to watch the expansion Dream play its first home game at Philips Arena in Atlanta.
The Rajgurus live in Lakeland, Fla., 450 miles away, […]
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May 12th, 2008
Came across this from the people over at SilverStarsNation. The WNBA is hosting community events this week as part of WNBA Cares Week before they officially tip-off. Some of the highlights (I’m a sucker for parent-child stuff.)
Houston: The Comets will host a special Mothers and Daughters Shooting Clinic with the Monica Lamb […]
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May 12th, 2008
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 5th, 2008
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 1st, 2008
Well, it looks as though we’re not going to be seeing much of Penny Taylor in the WNBA this season.
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More reaction and analysis after the jump.
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April 29th, 2008
Former Connecticut Sun center Margo Dydek gave birth to her first child earlier this month and the team posted a picture of Mom and David Jr. on its Web site.
You’ll remember I mentioned that Dydek was considering retiring from the game to spend time with her family, and while nothing’s yet official, it seems that […]
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April 26th, 2008
Tamika Catchings and Alison Bales got together for a quick game of 3-on-3 with presidential candidate Barack Obama after an Indiana rally. Catchings is still recovering from surgery, so she reffed, but Bales clogged the lane for the Democrat.
No word on how they all played, though.
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April 25th, 2008
We’ve talked before about Nothing But Nets, but now, with World Malaria Day happening today, the San Antonio Silver Stars and WNBA are helping out with trying to provide mosquito nets for families in Africa.
This is a big program for the Stars’ Ruth Riley, so if you’re so inclined, a $10 donation will purchase a […]
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