January 15th, 2008
Adding to the new faces coming to Los Angeles, the Sparks hired former NBA player Larry Smith as an assistant coach.
Smith shared the floor with Sparks head coach Michael Cooper in the NBDL when the Albuquerque Thunderbirds won the league’s title.
This adds to the list of Lisa Leslie and likely No. 1 draft pick Candace […]
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January 11th, 2008
I came across an interesting article in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram today and I thought I’d pass it along. The writer has two reasons why there’s a lot less parity in the women’s game versus the men’s, and they’re good reasons, albeit known ones if you invest a little time thinking about it.
Women stay in […]
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January 4th, 2008
Although most have been good ones, it’s nice to see some other ladies get their run.
Candice Wiggins, Stanford’s stellar shooting guard, had a great profile in the Los Angeles Times.
Ask about her most memorable moment from the Tennessee game and Wiggins doesn’t bring up the game-tying free throws she converted with 1:32 remaining in regulation, […]
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December 31st, 2007
So based on my reading, it seems that as Candace Parker (oh, and the Lady Vols, too) travel around the country, there always seems to be the story about the woman some say may save the WNBA.
Today’s edition comes from the Chicago Sun-Times.
There’s no shortage of Candace Parker video on YouTube. You can watch footage […]
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December 26th, 2007
After the Lady Vols fell for the first time season — a 73-69 overtime loss to Stanford — the UConn Huskies moved into the No. 1 spot in the Associated Press’ latest poll.
The Huskies received 29 of 31 first-place votes.
Stanford moved to second, Tennessee falls into third, while North Carolina and Maryland round out the […]
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December 17th, 2007
According to Kurt Streeter of the Los Angeles Times: Yes.
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November 22nd, 2007
LSU senior Sylvia Fowles stole the ball just past half-court, streaked down and didn’t stop for a defender as she became the sixth player in NCAA Women’s Basketball history to dunk the ball during a game.
(Photo Credit: Steve Franz, LSU)
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November 18th, 2007
Turn on your TVs now (well, at 3 p.m. EST) to ESPN 2.
You get Texas vs. Tennessee. No. 21 @ No. 1.
Go. Now.
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November 15th, 2007
No. 1 vs. No. 9. (Or, No. 8 if you’re an ESPN poll person)
Candace Parker vs. Courtney Paris.
For the eight of you that have ESPNU, this should be a great game to watch. For the rest of us, there’s various stat trackers. Just reading Mechelle Voepel’s column over at ESPN.com and I didn’t realize Paris […]
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October 26th, 2007
Across the nation, groups of media members and sports info directors are voting on their respective pre-season polls. As the headline suggests, the defending NCAA Champion Lady Vols received all but two first-place votes by the SEC media members. LSU finished a distant second.
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