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Archive for the ‘Olympics’ Category

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.

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More reaction and analysis after the jump.
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April 27th, 2008

Team USA falls to China in Good Luck games

Team USA came back from a double-digit deficit, but they fell just short of Team China 84-81 in the gold medal game of the Good Luck Beijing Tournament.
Katie Smith (16 points), Sylvia Fowles (14 points), Swin Cast (13 points) and Lisa Leslie (10 points, 10 rebounds) gave the world reason to believe Team USA is […]

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April 24th, 2008

‘Super Mom’ Lisa Leslie feature

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Los Angeles Sparks star Lisa Leslie might be falling to the background with the drafting of Candace Parker, but lest you forget, the People’s Daily Online from China would like you to remember that one of the best players in WNBA history is returning to the court after taking […]

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April 17th, 2008

Some Becky Hammon reaction

It’s been a week since Becky Hammon announced her intention to play for the Russian National Team in the 2008 Olympics, and there’s been a bit of reaction, which certainly can’t hurt the sport since it’s garnering larger mainstream media attention — but not much.
Tags: 2008-Olympics, becky-hammon, beijing olympics, FIBA, russian national team, san-antonio-silver-stars, team […]

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April 9th, 2008

Becky Hammon live chats

Just came upon it and not sure if it’s still going on, but Becky Hammon speaks more about her playing for Team Russia.
Craig, South Dakota: Becky, What did your folks say when you said you were considering playing for the Russians in the olympics?
 Becky Hammon: (12:13 PM ET ) My mom gave me a […]

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April 9th, 2008

Becky’s really playing for Russia

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As I touched upon last month, Becky Hammon is going to play for Russia in the 2008 Olympics.
From what Becky told the Associated Press, she’d have played for USA if given the chance to compete, but you can’t really fault her for wanting to play for Team Russia […]

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