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Ladies Court - Women’s Basketball News and Analysis

July 31st, 2008

Your Olympic viewing guide

As one of my last posts at the LC, I wanted to let you know when you can see Team USA play Click here (courtesy of the Women’s Hoops Blog).
Tags: beijing, Olympics, USA-Basketball, womens-basketball

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June 7th, 2008

Hammon to be focus of ESPN feature on Olympic decision

Set your DVRs for Sunday morning as ESPN’s “Outside The Lines” will profile Becky Hammon’s decision to play for Russia in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
Preview video clip here.
Here’s the full story from ESPN.com: Preview below.
Even though Hammon is not of Russian descent, speaks no Russian and is not a full-time resident, she […]

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April 24th, 2008

‘Super Mom’ Lisa Leslie feature

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Los Angeles Sparks star Lisa Leslie might be falling to the background with the drafting of Candace Parker, but lest you forget, the People’s Daily Online from China would like you to remember that one of the best players in WNBA history is returning to the court after taking […]

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April 17th, 2008

Some Becky Hammon reaction

It’s been a week since Becky Hammon announced her intention to play for the Russian National Team in the 2008 Olympics, and there’s been a bit of reaction, which certainly can’t hurt the sport since it’s garnering larger mainstream media attention — but not much.
Tags: 2008-Olympics, becky-hammon, beijing olympics, FIBA, russian national team, san-antonio-silver-stars, team […]

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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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December 30th, 2007

Aussie basketball recap

With the end of the year drawing close, we take a brief look back at the Australians and how they performed this year.
Well, The Melbourne Age did, at least.
Of course, there’s All-World Lauren Jackson, but the rest of the Opals starred as well, especially Penny Taylor, who along with teammate Belinda Snell, were part of […]

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December 13th, 2007

Lisa Leslie to give Los Angeles a spark

No, her baby’s not playing — she is.
Tags: lisa-leslie, los-angeles-sparks, Olympics, USA-Basketball, WNBA, wnba-basketball

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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.
Tags: 2008-Olympics, atlanta, chicago-sky, connecticut-sun, detroit-shock, FIBA, los-angeles-sparks, minnesota-lynx, new-york-liberty, Olympics, phoenix-mercury, sacramento-monarchs, san-antonio-silver-stars, seattle-storm, USA-Basketball, washington-mystics, WNBA, wnba-basketball

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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 4th, 2007

Anne Donovan resigns, must not like Oklahoma City

First and foremost, my apologies for these couple of silent days. Long work hours, along with bad poker and the inevitable recuperation from the mix of the two, prevented me from updating during this surprisingly busy time.
Apparently, Anne Donovan must be tired of long work hours (or bad poker, maybe) as she resigned as head […]

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