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March 13th, 2008

Silver Stars re-sign Becky Hammon, Ruth Riley

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In an effort to keep their core intact, the San Antonio Silver Stars reached agreements with All-Star guard Becky Hammon and center Ruth Riley on contract extensions this week.
The two major losses for the Silver Stars through this off-season have been bench players Marie Ferdinand-Harris […]

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March 11th, 2008

Top WNBA off-season additions so far

If your choice is anybody other than my No. 1, then you’re just wrong, but just to keep you waiting, here’s my list in reverse.
5. Iziane Castro Marques, Atlanta.
WHY? This move isn’t likely to pay as many dividends early on as it will in the future. Castro Marques is a veteran player who can […]

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February 26th, 2008

WNBA Draft date announced

The WNBA Draft will be held on April 9 in Tampa, Florida, according to a WNBA press release.
The draft is scheduled to begin at 12 p.m. CST and will be televised on ESPN 2, according to the release.
The Los Angeles Sparks currently have the No. 1 pick and are likely to take All-American Candace Parker, […]

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February 21st, 2008

WNBA releases preseason schedule

Apologies once again for the delays, we’re having some server issues which are preventing me from updating the site in a timely fashion.
The latest news from the WNBA is the Wednesday release of the pre-season schedule. Take a look at it. I haven’t had a chance to take a longer look at it, but hopefully […]

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February 17th, 2008

Swin Cash expected to be traded

I hope you got to watch the Shooting Stars competition, because it might have been the last time you see Swin Cash in Detroit Shock swag.
A report from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (based off a report in the Detroit Free Press) states Cash expects to be traded to the Seattle Storm when free agency begins on […]

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February 8th, 2008

Some reaction to the expansion draft

Height will hopefully be an advantage for the Dream.
New coach Brian Agler shakes up the Storm.
Detroit reacts to loss of two players on expansion draft day, but the bigger news just might be Swin Cash’s ultimate departure.
The Connecticut Sun find it hard to hire a translator.

Tags: atlanta-dream, connecticut-sun, detroit-shock, seattle-storm, swin cash, WNBA, wnba-basketball, womens-basketballShare […]

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February 8th, 2008

Your Dream begins here

First off, apologies from b5 as well as myself for the delay in updates. The server issues seem to have been resolved, so here’s the catch up on the blogs I wrote while offline.
The WNBA’s expansion draft went out without a hitch — so to speak — but there were two surprising moves made by […]

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February 3rd, 2008

Expansion draft fun!

So the expansion draft is a few days away, but what I really hate is that we won’t know who is protected essentially until the list of who joins the Atlanta Dream is announced.
According to the L, this is how this is going down:
The Dream will submit to the league the list of players selected […]

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January 29th, 2008

Top Ten WNBA Games To Watch (Early Season Edition)

When last we saw some WNBA action, the Phoenix Mercury were celebrating their WNBA Finals victory over the Detroit Shock.
But now that we have this whole CBA business out of the way, we can begin thinking about next season. Here’s my Games To Watch for the first few weeks of the season.
Difficulty: You will not […]

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January 29th, 2008

Let there be labor peace!

Slightly over-dramatic, but I’m hopped up on Cocoa Puffs trying to work tonight.
Anyway,  the players and the league finally reached an agreement that can officially start this off-season.
Basics of the deal include:

Player salary and team salary cap increases
Living upgrades — namely, five-year vets no longer have to share rooms on the road.
Revenue sharing agreement remains […]

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