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April 26th, 2008

Indiana Fever players ball with Barack Obama

Tamika Catchings and Alison Bales got together for a quick game of 3-on-3 with presidential candidate Barack Obama after an Indiana rally. Catchings is still recovering from surgery, so she reffed, but Bales clogged the lane for the Democrat.
No word on how they all played, though.
Tags: “alison bales”, “barack obama”, “tamika catchings”, indiana-fever, WNBA, wnba-basketball, […]

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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

Fever, Sun swap stars

Alright, alright, so I’m playing catch-up, but it seems as though we have the server issues resolved.
As you’ve no doubt read already (again, apologies), but the Indiana Fever and Connecticut Sun swapped players on Tuesday, bringing local star Katie Douglas back to Indiana for Tamika Whitmore, the rights to Aussie Jessica Foley and a draft […]

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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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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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December 13th, 2007

The schedule’s a comin’

The WNBA schedule is expected to be released today, but still no collective bargaining agreement.
Yep, there’s going to be an OIympic break this season (July 28 - August 27) and the season will go into October to compensate.
Tags: 2008-Olympics, chicago-sky, connecticut-sun, detroit-shock, FIBA, houston-comets, indiana-fever, los-angeles-sparks, minnesota-lynx, new-york-liberty, Olympics, phoenix-mercury, san-antonio-silver-stars, seattle-storm, sheryl-swoopes, sports-blogs, sports-news, […]

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December 13th, 2007

Fever promote from within; name Dunn head coach

Before anything, I’d like to thank Kori for filling in for me these past few days. I had to leave to Minnesota on business and Kori stepped to the plate for me and you, keeping the site fresh.
So while I’m sitting in the MSP airport last night getting some final browsing in before my plane […]

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November 16th, 2007

WNBA Photo of the Year contest

In addition to working as a print and web journalist, I’m also starting to learn photojournalism. I just bought a nice Nikon DSLR last week and have been trying to get used to it more and more. Anyway, I saw this over at WNBA.com and thought you’d like to join in.
Which are your favorite photos? […]

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October 27th, 2007

Winters no longer giving anybody Fever

An interesting incident in Indianapolis late Friday as the Indiana Fever announced they did not exercise the option on head coach Brian Winters contract.
Winters was the winningist coach in Fever history, going 78-58 in four seasons. A replacement has yet to be named, but the search is underway according to Fever management.
(Photo Credit: WNBA.com)
Tags: indiana-fever, […]

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