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Ladies Court - Women’s Basketball News and Analysis

April 21st, 2008

How the new owners keep Storm in Seattle

With the NBA voting to allow a move for the Seattle Sonics, the Seattle Times has a timely feature about the fight and success to keep the WNBA’s Seattle Storm in town.
“Force 10″ is the exact point when bad weather officially becomes a storm.
And the group has been in the midst of one since finalizing […]

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March 16th, 2008

Seattle Storm re-sign Sue Bird

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Continuing their signing frenzy — although we knew this was coming all along — the Seattle Storm re-signed all-everything guard Sue Bird last week.
Bird got the max (ahem) — $93,000 per year — so I guess she’s got that going for her, but she also […]

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March 4th, 2008

Sheryl Swoops joins Storm

Man, secure your team and make a run at the title, why don’t ya?
The Seattle Storm continue to make move after move in hopes of returning to glory, and didn’t stop Monday as they signed All-WNBA-Everything Sheryl Swoops from the Houston Comets.
But she made it clear that she wanted a new challenge. From the Seattle […]

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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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October 10th, 2007

Sheryl Swoopes doing fine after surgery; teases Mystics fans

Noted WNBA free agent Sheryl Swoopes recovered enough from her back surgery to attend the Human Rights Campaign’s Eleventh National Dinner this past weekend.
Swoopes was honored by the organization dedicated to ending discrimination against gay, lesbian, transgendered and transsexual people.
During her introduction by Washington Mystics president Sheila Johnson, Swoopes joked with the crowd about her […]

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