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July 30th, 2008

Team USA practice blog

Jayda Evans of the Seattle Times is blogging from Team USA’s practice sessions. They’re very informative and will last through training camp. Give her some page view love, LadiesCourt fans.
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July 27th, 2008

The break is here

With the end of Sunday’s games, the WNBA will take its month-long break for the Olympic Games in Beijing.
All teams will be off as a bulk of players prepare for international competition. Some players have already left, but most will join their teams this week to begin practicing for the basketball competition starting the second […]

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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 2nd, 2008

U.S. women have work cut out for them

This year’s Olympics (less than two months away now) are going to be much different for the United States, especially when you consider they’re the three-time defending gold medalists. Teams from Australia, Russia and Brazil are thought to be top contenders for Olympic Gold, as well as the Americans, but as Bob Kravitz of the […]

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June 9th, 2008

Does Becky hate America or like playing basketball for money?

(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

Hammon to be focus of ESPN feature on Olympic decision

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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May 31st, 2008

Olympic squad announced

The names you’d expect fill the roster (so far) of the U.S. Women’s National Team. From the AP via ESPN:

Candace Parker
Lisa Leslie
Sue Bird
Cappie Pondexter
Diana Taurasi
Katie Smith
Tina Thompson
Seimone Augustus
Sylvia Fowles

But it wasn’t that hard, according to head coach Anne Donovan.
“These nine players are no-brainers,” U.S. Olympic coach Anne Donovan said. “It’s so exciting to have these […]

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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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