Hoopfeed Twitter Weekly Updates for week ending 2009-05-31

• What’s going on with the ESPN.com women’s basketball page? ESPN.com update by @MechelleV http://cli.gs/vHMH4E #ncaaw #wnba #
• Tanisha Wright is bacK Storm backcourt beginning to take shape by @JaydaEvans (seattletimes.com) http://cli.gs/gpuqa9 #
• Missed a hoopfeed tweet last week? Catch-up via the weekly digest plus a new featured video (Sylvia Fowles) http://cli.gs/VSP6vP #
• RT @MechelleV: What’s missing from Missouri’s sports resurgence? http://tinyurl.com/r8mnc8 #
• Monarchs waive Barbara Farris, Silver Stars waive Morenike Atunrase, Sky waive Quianna Chaney and Danielle Gant http://cli.gs/vWqM8P #wnba #
• WNBA training camp: A look around the league by @JaydaEvans (seattletimes.com) http://cli.gs/38hYTa #
• Connecticut Sun’s Lyndra Littles wears passion on her sleeve — and skin (Norwich Bulletin) http://cli.gs/tDubMB #wnba #
• RT @LSUCoachStarkey Some thoughts on leadership and how it was provided at LSU by Temeka Johnson. http://bit.ly/otTOq #
• The high school vs. AAU basketball debate: How does it apply to girls’ basketball? (Rethinking Basketball) http://cli.gs/1s1mhs #
• @3DSSportsPerfor i hope it doesn’t get to that point in reply to 3DSSportsPerfor #
• Another part of Missouri’s women’s basketball troubles – Mechelle Voepel’s blog http://cli.gs/UDuyAe #ncaaw #
• RT @ConnecticutSun:

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The Phoenix Mercury web site is locked down until Monday’s big announcement

Update: The Lifelock logo was deleted from the padlock image on the site.

Visitors to the Phoenix Mercury’s web site this weekend are greeted with a splash page indicating the site is locked down. The marketing tactic, complete with a sound effect of locks being installed, is obviously related to Monday’s league announcement in New York City since two Mercury players are a part of the event.

Diana Taurasi and Cappie Pondexter will be on hand for what is being described by the Mercury as the biggest event in the team’s history. WNBA fans have been abuzz since Friday when the Mercury sent out its X-Factor email newsletter describing the occasion.

Is the flamboyant owner of Spartak Moscow, Shabtai von Kalmanovic, going to buy the Mercury? I doubt it but all signs point to an ownership change. Will it be Mercury GM and Suns VP Ann Meyers Drysdale? Is it a corporate entity like Lifelock? It is their branding on the splash page. We’ll see.

The choice of New York as the location for the event is puzzling but maybe the glitz and glamour of the big apple means a takeover by someone with a high public profile. This is all conjecture of course, so take it with a… Read more

Weekly Photo – Sunday, May 31, 2009

Hoopfeed Daily Twitter Digest for 2009-05-30

• Maine coach and former WNBA player Cindy Blodgett to be Inducted into Maine Sports Hall of Fame http://cli.gs/AVzEdR #wnba 02:35:40
• UTSA sign last 3 of 2009-10 recruits: Ashleigh Franklin (TX), Kameisha Johnson (TX) & Jermini Malone (LA) http://cli.gs/S3huWu #ncaaw 03:00:33
• Mercury rookie DeWanna Bonner is all out, all the time (azcentral.com) http://cli.gs/WryBEt #wnba 07:41:02
• RT @WNBAplayers: Kara Lawson (Sacramento @monarchs) is @karalawson20 #WNBA players #Monarchs 07:43:16
• Sisters Taber (Tennessee) and Shalin Spani (Kansas State) impress young players http://cli.gs/HhEX3X #ncaaw 07:57:36
• Vandy friends, Jennifer Risper and Christina Wirth, in pro game against each other (scout.com) http://cli.gs/t0bRVy #wnba 07:58:43
• Lauren Jackson on hand for Suzy Batkovic wedding http://cli.gs/aYant1 (They look like mermaids in those dresses) #wnba 08:07:15
• Spokane star Briann January to start for Indiana Fever by @JaydaEVans (seattletimes.com) http://cli.gs/zD6uJs #wnba 08:17:37
• Women’s teams from 9 African counties to compete in Africa Zone 5 Club Championships, July 27 – August 2 http://cli.gs/5me1yp 08:24:05
• Connecticut Sun’s Mike Thibault Dealing With Amber Holt’s Injury (courant.com)

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WNBA Weekend Update

Transactions and briefs for this weekend in the WNBA

In Wednesday’s WNBA media call, all of the coaches in attendance indicated they were going to wait until after the games this weekend to make the remaining cuts on their rosters.

Los Angeles Sparks head coach Michael Cooper even said he knew what his final roster will look like but will hold off on making any moves until after his team’s Sunday game.

The Connecticut Sun’s Mike Thibault is concerned about starting the season with just ten players. Second-year forward Amber Holt broke her hand in a game on Wednesday. She will be out for at least a month. And Thibault has said he will not cut her from the team.

The Minnesota Lynx will introduce their 2009 roster at the Mall of America, Sunday, May 31.

Chantelle Anderson, a center on the Atlanta Dream, wrote on her Twitter page this week that the Dream were going to cut her but the league has yet to make an official announcement about her status. She wrote an entry about getting waived in her blog on Yardbarker.com.

Rumor mill: On Monday, the league will make a big announcement in New York City. NBA commissioner David Stern, WNBA president Donna Orender, and Phoenix Mercury players Diana Taurasi and Cappie Pondexter are slated… Read more

Hoopfeed Daily Twitter Digest for 2009-05-29

• RT @: ESPN HoopGurlz podcast on the opening session of the USA Basketball U16 trials:http://bit.ly/16AYqE 09:38:44
• A bright new day for Hawai’i women’s basketball by Wes Nakama http://cli.gs/qytGam #ncaaw 09:40:38
• #followfriday Duke Head Coach Joanne P. McCallie @CoachPDuke #ncaaw 10:02:59
• RT @wnba: WNBA.com Season Preview: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of a Championship http://tinyurl.com/l3vkho 10:12:33
• Louisiana Tech head coach Teresa Weatherspoon lands former Maryland asst. Daron Park http://cli.gs/Rg829y #ncaaw 10:19:02
• Canadian women’s national basketball team working towards berth in next year’s world championship http://cli.gs/ApXyTa #fiba 10:46:29
• Watching ‘Heart of the Game’ yet again. Darnellia Russell, where are you? http://cli.gs/n3tAUM 10:59:47
• RT @eyeonlynx Lynx are going 2 scrimmage against men’s practice team at 7 p.m. Saturday & then Coach Z willl make first cuts. Needs to cut 4 11:14:30
• Tara Tansil-Gentry, head coach at Univ. of Tenn.-Martin (alma mater of Pat Summitt), resigns (jacksonsun.com) http://cli.gs/JJervn 12:33:09
• DeMya Walker struggles after long layoff (Sacramento Bee) http://cli.gs/rQQLaj #wnba 15:54:43
• La’Tangela Atkinson, Shannon Johnson battling for spots on Storm roster by @JaydaEvans http://cli.gs/V5j8Z3 #wnba 17:53:05

Hoopfeed Daily Twitter Digest for 2009-05-28

• End of 3rd Mystics 56 Liberty 40 #wnba 10:02:13
• RT @WashMystics: Great game by the team today as they come away with a convincing 74-56 win at home today over New York. 10:37:46
• RT @coachcollier Havin fun watching Storm, Monarchs & Mercury scrimmage on UNLV practice court. Great athletes…Maloof (Palms) in the house 12:30:28
• 1st female NBA referee Violet Palmer leaving for job as the WCC coordinator of women’s basketball officials http://cli.gs/aDa4s5 13:03:32
• RT @wnba: WNBA.com Season Preview: Storm Ready to Reign? http://tinyurl.com/n7lpv9 14:24:29
• RT @MissChantelle New YB blog up: Waived…Cut…Whatever… http://www.yardbarker.com/chantelleanderson 14:27:19
• Hawaii search committee for new women’s hoops coach forwards choice to AD Jim Donovan (starbulletin.com) http://cli.gs/A93YyA #ncaaw 15:06:46
• Preseason matchup starting: Chicago Sky at Indiana Fever, Yahoo box score: http://cli.gs/8SuAyj 16:04:58
• Chicago starters: Canty, Perkins, Nan, Dupree, Wyckoff http://cli.gs/8SuAyj 16:13:17
• Indiana starters: Douglas, January, Sutton-Brown, Catchings, Griffith http://cli.gs/8SuAyj 16:13:29
• RT @LSUCoachStarkey: A great article on LSU’s own Seimone Augustus on basketball, jazz, cars & the Olympic experience. http://bit.ly/JQb8C 16:36:21

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Martin Jordan on Sheryl Swoopes “I feel bad for her”

“I don’t feel like I should be ashamed of doing this, but I feel bad
for her and I hope she doesn’t think bad of me but some dummy had to
do this and it just so happen that I was the fool that done it.”
Martin Jordan of Levelland, Texas to KCBD-TV about selling the
contents of a storage unit containing valuable items of basketball
legend Sheryl Swoopes on eBay.

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Hoopfeed Daily Twitter Digest for 2009-05-27

• 3rd preseason game of the day underway:Connecticut Sun at Atlanta Dream http://cli.gs/qU83Wh #wnba 16:39:12
• RT @ConnecticutSun: starting five – whalen, jones, phillips, black and gardin…. 16:40:25
• Starting 5 for Atlanta: Castro Marques, Teasley, Snow, Desouza, Holdsclaw #wnba 16:41:36
• Halftime – Atlanta Dream took the lead back from Connecticut Sun, 42-39 Yahoo box score http://cli.gs/L6M5Lj 17:28:00
• The School of Melvin, Washington Post’s Mystics Insider http://cli.gs/vZBE4R #wnba 17:30:14
• Atlanta Dream wins their only preseason game, 76-73 over Connecticut Sun http://cli.gs/L6M5Lj #wnba 18:41:51
• Former Houston Comets star Cynthia Cooper-Dyke re-signs with Prairie View http://cli.gs/h3mG1D #ncaaw 20:19:25
• Marsha Sharp Named Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund Executive Director http://cli.gs/QAAmVQ 20:22:48
• RT @womentalksports: WNBA’s Donna Orender answered questions live today http://bit.ly/19nzHz 21:23:35
• WNBA roster cuts weigh heavy as season nears by @MechelleV http://cli.gs/majgGD #wnba 21:43:43
• SEC women’s basketball coaches target officiating (GoVolsXtra.com) http://(li.gs/HSZAZq #ncaaw 21:45:14
• With Katie Douglas and Tamika Catchings in sync, the Fever’s 10th year should be their best yet (nuvo.net) http://cli.gs/dMsJXP #wnba 21:46:38
• This and that: From Geno Auriemma and about Geno Auriemma (courant.com) http://cli.gs/tn5Mdn 21:48:00
• Mystics’ Currie Focuses On Performing Consistently (washingtonpost.com) http://cli.gs/a3LQTE #wnba 21:48:56
• Storm training camp: Vegas baby! by @JaydaEvans (seattletimes.com) http://cli.gs/5JyE1y #wnba 21:51:50

A Cautionary Tale: Sheryl, Malcolm and Michael, or Keep Track of Your Valuables

Swoopes during her visit to the White House with the Houston Comets, 2001.

It has happened to some of the most famous people in modern history, including Malcolm X and Michael Jackson. I remember the shock and heartfelt panic in my chest when news broke in the spring of 2002 that the contents of a random storage locker being auctioned off for unpaid rent contained a large cache of speeches, journals, and notes by Malcolm X.

My alarm stemmed from worrying that those precious artifacts of African American history might be lost without the care and cataloguing that could be provided by a museum or university archive.

Two years later, a similar incident happened when a priceless trove of Michael Jackson memorabilia was sold including items from the making of the groundbreaking Thriller album to home movies of The Jackson Five that had never been seen by the public.

Now it seems that some valuable pieces of women’s basketball history may be in jeopardy of being auctioned off willy-nilly because of unpaid storage fees.

Martin Jordan, a retired oil field worker, bought items from a storage unit in Lubbock, Texas, on May 22. Little did he know of the treasures it contained.

Imagine his surprise when he realized… Read more