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Ladies Court - Women’s Basketball News and Analysis

June 24th, 2008

Phoenix Mercury give back

The Phoenix Mercury were honored for their 2007 championship season by President George W. Bush at the White House Monday, but the president also went out of his way to point out the community work the Mercury participate in as well.
The thing I love about this team and a lot of champions that I […]

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June 23rd, 2008

Seattle Storm acquire Camille Little

Following their 13th consecutive loss, the expansion Atlanta Dream traded forward Camille Little to the Seattle Storm for a 2009 second round pick, according to a report from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Little is reunited with Storm head coach Brian Agler, who was an assistant coach of Little’s during her time with the San Antonio Silver Stars. […]

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June 23rd, 2008

Phoenix Mercury visit President Bush

The WNBA champion Phoenix Mercury were honored Monday morning by President George W. Bush at the White House.
President Bush singled out Mercury stars and Olympians Diana Taurasi and Cappie Pondexter for their efforts in the WNBA and the upcoming 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China.
Now, this is not the first time that Diana has been […]

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June 23rd, 2008

Candace Parker dunks

Los Angeles Sparks rookie Candace Parker became the second woman (teammate Lisa Leslie was the first) to dunk in a WNBA game. From the Associated Press via the Los Angeles Times.
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June 22nd, 2008

WNBA rookies wrecking shop

Some might forget (well, not my readers) that the WNBA has a number of rookie stars not named Candace Parker are doing well this season. John Altavilla of the Hartford Courant and their impressive WNBA coverage touched briefly on the rooks making an impact.
Parker, the consensus national player of the year for the national champion […]

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June 20th, 2008

Five questions with Lindsay Whalen

The Connecticut Sun have gotten off to a great start this season and Lindsay Whalen is playing a huge part, averaging over 15, 5 and 5 so far. Internet Broadcasting’s David Zingler sits for five questions via KSAT.com.
Q: (The Sun) have gotten off to a great start this year, even with all of the new […]

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June 20th, 2008

Candace Wiggins’ transition to WNBA includes learning how to lose

In ten games of Candace Wiggins’ professional career with the Minnesota Lynx, she’s already lost the same amount of games that she lost all of last season with the Stanford Cardinal.
She’s doing well so far, averaging more than 17 points per game and leading the league with just under 4 assists per game, but she […]

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June 16th, 2008

WNBA names Leslie, McCarville players of the week

Janel McCarville and Lisa Leslie were selected as the WNBA’s players of the week Monday.
The New York Liberty star topped the East with 18 ppg and 5 rebounds and dimes per game. A cool little point from WNBA.com is this is McCarville’s first POW while the left coast version this week brings home No. 15.
Lisa […]

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June 14th, 2008

Stars staying in contention with defense

A W-L record of 5-4 is probably not where many (including writer man here) expected the San Antonio Silver Stars to be at right now, but alas, here we are with the Stars fighting for the fourth spot in the West. As Terrance Thomas of the San Antonio Express-News puts it, though, it’s all built […]

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June 14th, 2008

‘Silk’ the future of the league

In case you hadn’t heard yet, there’s this rookie in the WNBA wrecking shop. We’re gonna have a bunch more of these throughout the season, but since it’s Los Angeles Sparks rook Candace Parker, it’s OK.
Ailene Voisin of the Sacramento Bee is the latest to stumble upon the greatness that is Parker. Courtesy of the […]

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