Hoopfeed Daily Twitter Digest for 2009-07-30

• Tamika Williams designates Dayton YWCA as recipient of $10K award check (Dayton Business Journal) http://bit.ly/q5ADp #wnba #kansas 13:16:41
• In grading WNBA diversity, raw numbers tell the real story by Charles Hallman (Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder) http://bit.ly/Wd8z6 #wnba 16:52:32
• Charles Hallman was one of the six or seven black reporters that covered the All-Star game along with @hoopfeed @jaydaevans and others. 16:53:37
• Sun-Fever Preview – Connecticut (9-7) at Indiana (13-4), 7:00 pm EDT (Stats) http://bit.ly/sVGdW #wnba 17:28:36
• Mystics-Liberty Preview – Washington (9-8) at New York (6-10), 7:30 pm EDT (Stats) http://bit.ly/1Nm1Wt #wnba 17:29:11
• Mercury-Dream Preview – Phoenix (14-5) at Atlanta (8-10), 7:30 pm EDT http://bit.ly/6td56 #wnba 17:29:59
• Penicheiro lifts Monarchs to OT win over Silver Stars (AP) http://bit.ly/tKmym #wnba 18:00:07
• Storm celebrating 10 years – @JaydaEvans blog (seattletimes.com) http://bit.ly/kCShP #wnba 18:01:35
• UConn's Maya Moore working her way back (Connecticut Post) http://bit.ly/11ZPXR #ncaaw 18:02:08

Hoopfeed Daily Twitter Digest for 2009-07-29

• RT @IndianaFever: Join six-time WNBA All-Star, Tamika Catchings, in a live online chat today at 1pm ET: http://bit.ly/k22Tg 11:53:49
• WNBA Fan Interest At All-Time Low In June (Sports Business Daily) http://bit.ly/1ayK9U subscription required to read story #wnba 12:50:59
• That fan interest survey was conducted by ESPN Sports Poll, http://sportspoll.com. 28% all-time low, 32.8% 12 mo. avg., 48% record high. 13:10:30
• Mama don't let your babies grow up to do webcams: "Stephon Marbury streaming webcast is a sad show" (ESPN) http://bit.ly/1lG3Mj 13:30:25
• RT @13teams1journey: Ok, better late than never. CT Sun blog posted. PB&J and Modeling. You just gotta see it. http://bit.ly/1lgjR 13:50:40
• RT @Jenniferazzi: Posted photos, video from my trip to the White House… http://azziblog.blogspot.com #wnba 14:39:12
• Pat Summitt No. 11 on Sporting News' list of 50 greatest coaches of all time, Geno Auriemma at No. 42 http://bit.ly/PHGXU #ncaaw 15:03:25
• Sparks-Sky Preview – Los Angeles (5-9) at Chicago (8-10) – 8:00 pm EDT (Stats) http://bit.ly/13CXZ4 #wnba 15:26:35
• RT @wnba: Making the Grade: Players assess their teams' first-half performance, Eastern Conference edition: http://ow.ly/ix2f 16:10:52

Hoopfeed Daily Twitter Digest for 2009-07-28

• Mystics-Fever Preview – Washington (9-7) at Indiana (12-4) – 7:00 pm EDT (Yahoo!/Stats) http://bit.ly/5w70E #wnba 15:01:36
• Mercury-Sun Preview – Phoenix (13-5) at Connecticut (9-6) 7:30 pm EDT – (Yahoo!/Stats) http://bit.ly/eWvQU #wnba 15:02:32
• Sparks-Lynx Preview – Los Angeles (4-9) at Minnesota (10-7) – 8:00 pm EDT – (Yahoo!/Stats) http://bit.ly/xpGeD #wnba 15:03:30
• Storm-Silver Stars Preview – Seattle (11-6) at San Antonio (7-8) – 8:00 pm EDT – (Yahoo!/Stats) http://bit.ly/N4nrK #wnba 15:04:23
• Lynx gameday (startribune.com) http://bit.ly/hkRvS #wnba 15:05:04
• Canada loses to undefeated Spain at world under-19 women's basketball tourney (AP) http://bit.ly/1AaAJO #fiba 15:07:31
• Former Baylor standout Stasha Richards named head coach at Univ. of Texas at Tyler http://bit.ly/aSCXW #ncaaw #baylor 15:09:11
• Putting it all into perspective: Tennessee's Amber Gray & North Carolina's Jessica Breland (New Haven Register) http://bit.ly/BQet7 #ncaaw 15:11:40
• RT @wnba: Making the Grade: Players assess their teams' first-half performance, Western Conference edition: http://tinyurl.com/ly3sgg 15:18:09
• Berkeley Golden Bears past, present get work in summer pro-am league (Rivals.com) http://bit.ly/5bbN2 #wnba 15:19:35
• Texas Techs fills assistant coach vacancy, Brooke Stoehr from Southern Miss. http://bit.ly/IhSEw #ncaaw 15:23:58

Hoopfeed Daily Twitter Digest for 2009-07-27

• RT @eyeonlynx: A Lynx official said Mon team is still looking for a jersey sponsor like Pho and LA have. Time is running out, though. #wnba 16:42:21
• WNBA.com: Remarks by the President Honoring the 2008 WNBA Champion Detroit Shock http://bit.ly/bJXLZ 16:47:03
• WNBA.com photos: Shock Honored at White House http://bit.ly/LQGmL 16:47:39
• Obama applauds Shock players as role models (Detroit News) http://bit.ly/QlEU5 #wnba 16:57:51
• Sparks Coach Michael Cooper is pushing Vanessa Hayden's buttons (Los Angeles Times) http://bit.ly/1660bT #wnba 17:00:02
• Monday morning dribble: Obama, KissCam, and Twitter – @JaydaEvans blog (seattletimes.com) http://bit.ly/1aAVx2 #wnba 17:32:01
• Storm back from break, play at San Antonio Silver Stars – by @JaydaEvans (seattletimes.com) http://bit.ly/1bFJMa #wnba 17:43:43

Hoopfeed Daily Twitter Digest for 2009-07-26

• H.S. girls overcome obstacles to reach Aggieland and attend Texas A&M camp attend (AggieSports.com) http://bit.ly/sIGmE #ncaaw 11:27:05
• Minnesota Lynx: The second half of the season by Stephen Litel http://bit.ly/xVoP4 #wnba 11:28:26
• FIBA U19 World Championship for Women, Day 3 Roundup http://bit.ly/2BRmNZ #fiba women #basketball 11:32:33
• Michelle Edwards, C. Vivian Stringer put Iowa on the map (DesMoinesRegister.com) http://bit.ly/2w3Krc #ncaaw 11:33:59
• Former Chico St. Wildcat Audi Spencer to play pro ball in Austria (FOX Sports on MSN) http://bit.ly/5l3Xt 11:52:57
• All-Star Game: Fun for everybody – Mechelle Voepel's blog (@MechelleV) http://bit.ly/mErMT #wnba 12:04:02
• I've seen 2 Joakim Noah look-alikes in the airport today. Either the kids wanna be like Joakim or Yannick got some 'splainin' to do. 12:54:08
• Sittin' in airport just met Ralph Auriantal, a coach at the Master's School who took his 2 yr-old daughter to the WNBA event Fri. #wnbaas 13:31:18
• Auriantal: Basketball is a tool & players need to have a greater purpose in life than playing the game. He's a "teach life skills" coach 13:32:03
• Mercury-Liberty Preview (Yahoo!/Stats) http://bit.ly/112EUl #wnba 13:35:48
• Monarchs-Mystics Preview (Yahoo!/Stats) http://bit.ly/18uK5D #wnba 13:36:07
• Finally boarding after morning delays. Looking forward to getting back to the great state of Texas! Had a great time at All-Star weekend! 13:38:42

Hoopfeed Twitter Weekly Updates for week ending 2009-07-26

• Without Jackson, Storm knocks off Lynx, 72-69 (theolympian.com.com) http://bit.ly/1Pj1qy #wnba #
• Bird leads Storm to 69-56 win over Monarchs (AP) http://bit.ly/3WlrK #wnba #
• Naperville basketball court named after Candace Parker (Naperville Sun) http://bit.ly/SxBOi #wnba #
• Lynx forward Charde Houston has found success, satisfaction after enduring hardest of roads (TwinCities.com) http://bit.ly/Vi3iv #wnba #
• Donovan enjoying role as 'second head coach' for Liberty (USATODAY.com) http://bit.ly/OnoCw #wnba #
• Sun-Fever Developing Into Hatfields-McCoys (TheDay.com) http://bit.ly/nU3nw #wnba #
• Family mourns for former Roosevelt High basketball star who had WNBA dreams (KGMB9 News Hawaii) http://bit.ly/3W3PkW #wnba #
• Sandrine Gruda Makes Presence Felt As Sun Slow Fever (TheDay.com) http://bit.ly/OFOm #wnba #
• Sparks discuss reasons for inconsistencies (Los Angeles Times) http://bit.ly/wKG6M #wnba #
• Sky's Jia Perkins: "Part coach, part salesman" (dailyherald.com) http://bit.ly/13KOIt #wnba #
• Over 50 and still ballin': Cali's San Marcos Dreamers basketball team heads to Senior Games nationals http://bit.ly/YpKqu #
• Too on One: DeWanna Bonner (eastvalleytribune.com) http://bit.ly/REg8R #wnba #
• @wyndwalker thank you for the mrtweet rec my friend! in reply to wyndwalker #
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Hoopfeed Daily Twitter Digest for 2009-07-25

• Highest scoring All-Star game so far was in '05: West 122, East 99 at Mohegan #wnbaas @wyndwalker 16:18:01
• They just played one of my fave songs from a Brazilian group in '08: Cansei de Ser Sexy sings "Music Is My Hot Hot…" #wnbaas 16:20:48
• Irony: Cansei der Ser Sexy is a parody of a Beyonce quote, said once she was tired of being sexy. CSS in Portuguese = "Tired of Being Sexy” 16:24:40
• Alright, Sylvia #wnbaas #dunk 16:26:44
• Players throwing t-shirts to the audience #wnbaas 16:28:53
• MVP Swin Cash with 22 points, 6 rebs #wnbaas 16:31:19
• Couldn't find Daily News reporter RT @JaydaEvans Cool moment: All of the black ASG reporters gathered 4 a photo. There are 5 of us #wnbaas 17:40:08
• Orender confident WNBA will have 13 teams in 2010 (AP) http://bit.ly/fOnrL #wnba 17:51:45

Powell leads All-Star first-timers in scoring, de Souza tops in rebounds

In Saturday’s WNBA All-Star game, Sylvia Fowles was the only first-timer to start. The East had five newbies while the West had three.

EAST

• Sylvia Fowles
  Center, Chicago Sky
  17 points, five rebounds
• Jia Perkins
  Guard, Chicago Sky
  16 points, five assists, three rebounds
• Shameka Christon
  Forward, New York Liberty
  12 points, four assists, three rebounds
• Erika de Souza
  Forward/Center, Atlanta Dream
  12 points, nine rebounds, 1 assist

• Sancho Lyttle
  Forward/Center Atlanta Dream
  Eight rebounds, six points, three assists

WEST

• Nicole Powell
  Forward, Sacramento Monarchs
  21 points, two rebounds
• Charde Houston
  Forward, Minnesota Lynx
  16 points, six rebounds, one assist
• Nicky Anosike
  Center, Minnesota Lynx
  Two points, five rebounds

The West breaks the East’s two-game winning streak in 2009 WNBA All-Star game

In the highest scoring game in WNBA All-Star history, the West beat the East 130-118 led by Swin Cash’s record performance of 22 points, six rebounds and four assists. She was selected as the game’s MVP.

The West broke the East’s two-game winning streak and is now 7-2 all-time in All-Star games. Sacramento Monarch Nicole Powell, an All-Star first-timer had 21 points. Powell was the replacement for injured Los Angeles Sparks forward Lisa Leslie. Phoenix Mercury Diana Taurasi scored 18 and the Seattle Storm’s Sue Bird added 16.

“It was a great game,” said Bird. “I’m glad that the West was able to finally get another victory, breaking Katie Smith’s streak. Way to go West.”

Both Cash and Powell broke the previous single-game scoring record of 20 (achieved three times, the last in 2005 by the Detroit Shock’s Deanna Nolan). Cash also set the WNBA All-Star game record for field goals in the game with 10. The previous record was set by Leslie in 2000 and 2001.

“We we were definitely led by Swin,” said Bird of her teammate’s record-breaking effort, “who was well deserving of the MVP.”

Bird set the All-Star record for assists with ten.

The Chicago Sky’s Sylvia Fowles led the East in scoring with 17 points. Jia Perkins, also of the Sky, had 16 and… Read more

Despite the economy, All-Star weekend had plenty to offer players and fans

Die-hard Liberty fans Joan Valentine and Janice Battle at Mohegan Sun 

The economy may have put a dent in the amount of events planned by the WNBA for All-Star weekend but there was still a lot going on in the days leading up the marquee event at Mohegan Sun Casino and Resort, the home of the Connecticut Sun. The location alone made up for a lack of planned activities. Mohegan Sun is a frenzied hybrid playground for gamblers, shoppers, concert-goers, foodies and sports fans.

Players, league staff and reporters began trickling into Connecticut Thursday afternoon. The league started filming spots for playoff commercials that evening with Swin Cash, Diana Taurasi and Cappie Pondexter. Taurasi was one of the last players to arrive and taping lasted until after 9 p.m.

Friday morning, several players were up at the crack of dawn getting ready for a community service appearance 20 miles down the road in Willimantic, Conn. Former Stanford and WNBA star Jennifer Azzi hosted a ceremony to unveil a refurbished basketball court. Asjha Jones, Charde Houston, Katie Douglas, Tamika Catchings and Cappie Pondexter participated in the ceremony and ran drills during a clinic for kids.

Just a few hours later, all of the All-Stars were at Mohegan Sun Arena for the open practices. Fans filled up one side of… Read more