June 20th, 2008
In ten games of Candace Wiggins’ professional career with the Minnesota Lynx, she’s already lost the same amount of games that she lost all of last season with the Stanford Cardinal.
She’s doing well so far, averaging more than 17 points per game and leading the league with just under 4 assists per game, but she […]
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June 18th, 2008
As if we didn’t already know, Seattle Storm center Lauren Jackson will captain the Australian national team this year in the lead-up to the Olympic games. From AP:
Lauren Jackson will lead a full-strength Australian women’s basketball team on home soil for the first time in eight years next month as the side prepares for the […]
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June 16th, 2008
Janel McCarville and Lisa Leslie were selected as the WNBA’s players of the week Monday.
The New York Liberty star topped the East with 18 ppg and 5 rebounds and dimes per game. A cool little point from WNBA.com is this is McCarville’s first POW while the left coast version this week brings home No. 15.
Lisa […]
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June 14th, 2008
In case you hadn’t heard yet, there’s this rookie in the WNBA wrecking shop. We’re gonna have a bunch more of these throughout the season, but since it’s Los Angeles Sparks rook Candace Parker, it’s OK.
Ailene Voisin of the Sacramento Bee is the latest to stumble upon the greatness that is Parker. Courtesy of the […]
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June 13th, 2008
Some more shameless self-promotion between the two gigs.
San Antonio Silver Stars guard Shanna Crossley was at our studio this afternoon and sat down for a brief segment. Here’s the video. Crossley at KSAT 12.
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June 12th, 2008
A report from The Associated Press says Indiana Fever star Tamika Catchings is expected to return from her injured foot this weekend. The best part about this for the Fever is they’ve done decently well (4-3) without her in the lineup, which has allowed Katie Douglas to establish herself on the team.
Catchings was with the […]
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June 11th, 2008
Atlanta Dream point guard Ivory Latta is the face of the WNBA’s newest franchise, and it seems to be a role that’s fitting her just fine. Courtesy of the Winston-Salem Chronicle.
Anthony (Hill): No doubt. What about you? How much have you improved since last year?
Ivory: A lot. At Detroit, I didn’t get […]
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June 9th, 2008
(This is my headline from the column I’m talking about in this post… because that’s what they really wanted to write, it’s just too long).
I wanted to show off this column because it touches on a different aspect of the Becky Hammon-Olympics fiasco. Are people really seeing this Russia as the old-school Soviet Union? Is […]
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June 7th, 2008
Set your DVRs for Sunday morning as ESPN’s “Outside The Lines” will profile Becky Hammon’s decision to play for Russia in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
Preview video clip here.
Here’s the full story from ESPN.com: Preview below.
Even though Hammon is not of Russian descent, speaks no Russian and is not a full-time resident, she […]
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June 7th, 2008
Minnesota Lynx forward Kristen Rasmussen returned Friday to Connecticut for the first time since being traded in the offseason, but as seems to be the standard, holds no ill will toward the Sun’s choice to go in a different direction. From the Norwich Bulletin:
The initial plan, though, had her pegged to be that for Connecticut […]
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