New York advances to East Finals
By Cheryl Coward at 2 September, 2010, 8:16 am
The New York Liberty advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals Wednesday night with a 77-74 win over the Indiana Fever. With Janel McCarville out of the game with a sprained ankle, the Liberty’s bench came up big and helped the team conquer the Fever in front… Read more
Read More >>Fever and Liberty go down to the wire in their semifinal series
By Cheryl Coward at 1 September, 2010, 10:08 am
| EASTERN CONFERENCE | ||
| New York Liberty (2) vs. Indiana Fever (3) – Series Tied 1-1 | ||
| Game 3: Wednesday, September 1 Fever at Liberty, 7:30 p.m., NBATV and LiveAccess Madison Square Garden |
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The Fever vs. Liberty series is the only conference semifinal series to g |
Tina Charles named the 2010 WNBA Rookie of the Year, headlines All-Rookie Team
By Cheryl Coward at 31 August, 2010, 11:00 am
After sweeping Rookie of Month awards during her first season as a professional player in the WNBA, it is no surprise that the league announced Tina Charles as the 2010 Rookie of the Year. A national panel of 39 sportswriters and broadcasters unanimously awarded… Read more
Read More >>Fever take game two in East semifinals series vs. New York
By Staff at 30 August, 2010, 7:00 am
The Indiana Fever defeated the New York Liberty 75-67 Sunday night in Indianapolis evening the best-of-three series at 1-1. Tamika Catchings led the Fever with 17 points and 13 rebounds. Game 3 is Wednesday in New York.
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Tamika Catchings headlines 2010 WNBA All-Defensive Team
By Cheryl Coward at 29 August, 2010, 2:39 pm
Indiana Fever forward Tamika Catchings, the 2010 WNBA Defensive Player of the Year, headlines the 2010 WNBA All-Defensive Team. Catchings also won the 2010 Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award.
A panel of the WNBA’s 12 head coaches voted on the WNBA All-Defensive Tea… Read more
Read More >>Seattle avoids three games with sweep of Los Angeles
By Sue Favor at 28 August, 2010, 8:24 pm
LOS ANGELES — The Seattle Storm overcame a slow start and withstood a run by a scrappy Los Angeles Sparks team in the third quarter to sweep them in the first-round Western Conference playoff series Saturday, 81-66. It was the Storm’s… Read more
Read More >>Day 2: 2010 WNBA Playoffs, Liberty and Mercury victorious
By Cheryl Coward at 27 August, 2010, 7:20 am
| EASTERN CONFERENCE | ||
| New York Liberty (2) vs. Indiana Fever (3) | ||
| Game 1: New York 85, Indiana 73 Gm 2: at Indiana, Sun., 8/29, 8 p.m. ET, ESPN 2 Gm 3*: at New York, Wed., 9/1, 7:30 p.m. ET, NBA TV |
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Seattle takes game one in Western Conference semifinal vs. Los Angeles
By Cheryl Coward at 26 August, 2010, 12:40 am
The Seattle Storm (29-6) overcame its postseason curse when playing the Los Angeles Sparks (14-21) with a victory in Game 1 of their Western Conference semifinal Wednesday night. Swin Cash scored 18 points in the win over the Sparks in front of a crowd of 1… Read more
Read More >>Atlanta Dream upsets Washington Mystics, earns first-ever playoff victory
By Cheryl Coward at 25 August, 2010, 8:56 pm
The fourth-seeded Atlanta Dream earned their first-ever playoff victory in game 1 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series against No. 1 seed Washington Mystics Wednesday night. Second-year forward Angel McCoughtry led her team with 28 points i… Read more
Read More >>2010 WNBA Peak Performer Awards
By Cheryl Coward at 25 August, 2010, 11:15 am
Diana Taurasi of the Phoenix Mercury, Tina Charles of the Connecticut Sun, and Ticha Penicheiro of the Los Angeles Sparks won the 2010 WNBA Peak Performer Awards for scoring, rebounding, and assists.
The annual awards are given to the players who lead the league i… Read more
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