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Ladies Court - Women’s Basketball News and Analysis

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

Lindsay Harding looking to bounce back in 2008

When last we mentioned Minnesota Lynx guard Lindsay Harding, she was having her number retired by her high school, but now, she’s in preparation for the 2008 season and is hopeful of a successful return from major surgery, which she said is completely healed.
From WNBA.com:
Q. Are you getting closer to the point where you’ll be […]

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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 9th, 2008

Storm to hire Brian Alger from Silver Stars

Only because they love having 11 a.m. press conferences, the Seattle Storm will reportedly hire Brian Alger as their new head coach.
Alger, an assistant coach with the San Antonio Silver Stars,  previously was head coach of the Minnesota Lynx from 1999-2002.
Oh, yeah, the team got sold to a local ownership group, too.
Tags: basketball, basketball-news, minnesota-lynx, […]

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December 19th, 2007

Harding has retirement on her mind

But luckily for Lynx fans, it was because her number from high school was retired.
Lindsey Harding was in her hometown of Houston this week to have her #12 hung in the gym of Cy-Fair High School.
Last season’s #1 draft pick should have some help coming as the Lynx have the third pick in the upcoming […]

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December 13th, 2007

Here’s the schedule

The WNBA schedule is out.
While the WNBA has their own “Games To Watch,” I’m going to wait a little bit to see where free agency falls out, but I’ll release an initial list sometime tonight.
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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.
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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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November 11th, 2007

Worm not welcome in Atlanta; Edwards maybe so

Updating our previous post on Dennis Rodman doing whatever he can to get his name in the papers, he’s not going to be the coach of the new Atlanta WNBA franchise, said owner Ron Terwilliger.
From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Not so fast, said Ron Terwilliger, the owner of Atlanta’s new franchise, which will begin play in 2008. […]

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October 23rd, 2007

WNBA Draft Lottery to be held today

Fourteen ping-pong balls will determine five of the first six picks in the WNBA Draft. The annual lottery takes place later on today in which four of 14 balls will be drawn at least three times to determine which non-playoff team will have the first, second and third pick in the 2008 WNBA Draft.
The newly-announced […]

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