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Ladies Court - Women’s Basketball News and Analysis

March 3rd, 2008

A profile of Donna Orender

This is a great profile of WNBA Commissioner Donna Orender from the Tampa Tribune.
I won’t overhype it much more than that, but here are some nuggets from the story. The first one is more about her role as Commish.
Play hard and refit public opinion. Full-court pressure will break down the critics. Crash the boards hard […]

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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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January 8th, 2008

Clay Bennett selling Seattle Storm

Looks as though the Storm will be staying in Seattle.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer is reporting that a local ownership group is purchasing the Seattle Storm from Clay Bennett.
The Seattle Storm is staying put. A local ownership group has bought the WNBA franchise from Clay Bennett and his Oklahoma City-based group, a source with knowledge of the […]

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