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January 25th, 2008

You people love your Storm

First off, a hat tip to the Women’s Hoops Blog for this find.
Ain’t this grand? According to an article in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, season ticket sales for the Storm since the announcement of new ownership for the WNBA franchise, have already exceeded last season’s total. Granted, that has to be a valley since ownership wasn’t […]

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January 19th, 2008

She’s staying in Seattle

Well, looks like the city of Seattle’s basketball outlook just keeps getting better and better.
The Daily Telegraph is reporting that Lauren Jackson will play in the WNBA this season, taking only a short break (five games, apparently) to prepare for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
It was suggested the Australian captain might sit out the WNBA […]

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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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January 5th, 2008

So much for Stanford…

Any other top teams have people they’d like me not to do a blog post about? So far, I’ve had Candace Parker and Candice Wiggins and their teams lose shortly thereafter.
The UCLA women knocked off No. 2 Stanford pretty handily 69-56 Friday night.
The Bruins have played well against some top teams only to fall off […]

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January 4th, 2008

The quiet Storm

Still no coach for the Seattle Storm, but the Seattle Post-Intelligencer eliminated one candidate today.
Linda Hargrove, former coach and general manager of the now-defunct Portland Fire and current Washington Mystics general manager, won’t be leaving the nation’s capital.
“I was never a candidate,” Hargrove said Wednesday. “I have had contact with Karen about a lot of […]

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January 1st, 2008

Hunter Pence, fool!

We’ve got a new addition to the b5media Sports channel starting today. He’s a New Year’s Baby (of sorts), but what infant do you know that can swing a bat the way Hunter Pence does?
Houston Astros OF Hunter Pence joins b5 with his own blog about the life of a professional baseball player at InsideTheBallpark.com.
Pence […]

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December 31st, 2007

Candace Parker’s Magical Mystery Tour

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 30th, 2007

Hammon named top sportswoman (in San Antonio)

Just released, the San Antonio Express-News has named Silver Stars guard Becky Hammon as their Sportswoman of the Year (Full disclosure — I still occasionally work on the sports desk of the E-N, but I had no upfront knowledge of this story or was involved in the process — I did cover one Silver Stars […]

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December 26th, 2007

Storm have a short list

The Seattle Storm are nearing closer and closer to naming a replacement for Anne Donovan, who resigned in late November as head coach of the team.
According to the Seattle Times, Karen Bryant, the team’s COO, has passed a short list of experienced candidates to ownership for further consideration. She will begin interviewing soon and make […]

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December 26th, 2007

UConn moves to No. 1

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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