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All-WNBA first and second teams announced

2011 ALL-WNBA FIRST TEAMTamika Catchings Angel McCoughtry Tina Charles Diana Taurasi Lindsay Whalen 2011 ALL-WNBA SECOND TEAMPenny Taylor Seimone Augustus Sylvia Fowles Sue Bird Cappie Pondexter StoryFirst team photo gallerySecond team photo galleryWha...

Catchings checks in

WNBA MVP Tamika Catchings reflects on the season, the end of the season, and her Indiana Fever teammates. She's also soon going to join Kara Lawson in raising funds for Alzheimer's research. No surprise there.......

Class of 2012 recruiting rankings, so far

About six weeks before signing day, so far it's Connecticut, Texas A&M, Notre Dame, Tennessee and Duke rounding out the top five of the signing classes. The 21st-ranked prospect in the class - Katie Collier…

More game one wrap-up, and Monday reports

Atlanta Dream notes and quotes.Minnesota Lynx notes and quotes.WNBA President Laurel Richie's statements.Game one photo gallery.Today both teams had an off-day, but of course they were on a full schedule.Minnesota off-day report. Lovin Mama Taj.......A...

Atlanta vs. Minnesota critical for the development of the game?

A friend of mine is currently taking time out as a women's college basketball coach. But he never takes time out from the game, or from thinking about it. In fact, he usually has some…

Lynx take game one, 88-74

Minnesota started slowly, but they ignited in the fourth quarter and put Atlanta away:For three quarters Sunday, the Lynx struggled against visiting Atlanta.Then the fourth quarter began and everything changed. The Lynx went on a…

Lets get this finals party started

Finals preview.The Dream is getting ready for their second shot at the title.Lynx forward Seimone Augustus expects a fast-paced game today.The previously-injury-plagued Augustus is ready.....with a little help from WNBA MVP Tamika Catchings.Augustus in...

Gearing for Lynx vs. Dream

For all their differences, the Minnesota Lynx and the Atlanta Dream have something in common: both teams are a gleaming beacon of winning and hope in cities that haven't had much of that going on…

USA Women’s National Team wins their first game

The score: USA 77, Familia Schio 48. Brittney Griner lead the way with 15 points, and Swin Cash, Renee Montgomery and Tina Charles each chipped in 12.Coach and player quotes.Griner's blog. (This girl is almost…

Lady Vols in the news

Kara Lawson is embarking on a journey with her husband to raise funds for Alzheimer's Disease research:Pat Summitt has meant so much to so many of us. Whether you're a former player like myself or…

Sylvia Fowles is Defensive Player of the Year

Chicago Sky center Sylvia Fowles is the defensive POY of the WNBA this year.The All-First Team:Sylvia FowlesTamika CatchingsRebekkah BrunsonTanisha WrightAngel McCoughtryThe All-Second Team:Sancho LyttleSwin CashTina CharlesArmintie PriceKatie DouglasM...

Talkin’ newspaper coverage, freshman and recruiting visits

Clay Kallam says high school sports coverage in the Northern California area is in danger, due to the consolidation of several small publications:High school sports is the most labor-intensive activity in the sports department. (All…

More on the Eastern Conference final

Atlanta forward Angel McCoughtry embraced her role as the villain last night, taunting fans all game long. Jeez. And I thought ignoring her coach's substitute for her to come out of the game was bad…

And the beat don’t stop…….

Your WNBA team lost? You'll be out of the country within two days.USA Basketball's National Team will play soon. They're kicking it in the meantime.Minnesota - one of the last two teams standing - has…

Dream beat Fever, advance to league finals

Atlanta dominated from beginning to end and took the Eastern Conference title, beating Indiana 83-67.The stats of some individuals were good, but the overall turnover, fouls, shooting percentage and rebounding stats of both teams left…

Catchings warming up for Eastern Conference final – will give playing a try

Just seconds ago, the WNBA "tweeted" a report by the Indy Star that Fever forward Tamika Catchings will try to play in tonight's deciding game three in the Eastern Conference finals. She was injured Sunday,…

Alyssia Brewer to UCLA?

Rumors popped up yesterday on a couple message boards that the former Tennessee forward, who left the team earlier this month, will play for UCLA. Then ESPN Hoopgurlz tweeted a few hours ago that, per…

Sue Bird has surgery

Storm point guard Sue Bird had successful surgery this morning to repair the labrum in her right hip.ESPN W had a summit yesterday in Tucson, AZ that included Lisa Leslie, Skylar Diggins and a host…

Pat Summitt has received an outpouring of love

I asked Debby Jennings, University of Tennessee Associate Athletic Director for Media Relations, how much mail Coach Pat Summitt has received since announcing Aug. 23 that she has early-onset dementia."Thousands and thousands of emails, cards,…

No word on Catchings; deciding game three tomorrow

Not a peep today on the status of Indiana Fever forward Tamika Catchings, who was carried out of Eastern Conference finals game two in the middle of the fourth quarter yesterday after injuring her right…

Dream force a game three; Lynx take first Western Conference championship

Oh, what an afternoon.The Dream came out strong and capitalized on Fever turnovers and poor shooting, and took the game, 94-77.Tamika Catchings came down on her right foot funky at the fourth quater 4:54 mark,…

A twist in the playoff plot, and more on Catchings and Taurasi

Advantage, Indiana: Atlanta Dream Center Erika de Souza will miss the rest of the Eastern Conference finals. She has returned to her home country Brazil to play for the Brazilian national team in the FIBA…

Forbes profiles Sparks owners Kathy Goodman, Carla Christofferson and Paula Madison

It's nothing that hasn't already been printed elsewhere, but it's in Forbes, baby.

More on the playoffs

The Indy Star says last night's Fever win over the Dream epitomizes Tamika Catchings' MVP credentials. And they got a picture of Iziane Castro Marques' flagrant, when she tried to take Catch's head off.Catchings took…

Fever, Lynx take game one

Eastern Conference semifinal game one:Fever 82, Atlanta 74It was the Tangela Smith show for a while, but the league MVP Tamika Catchings made a crucial, outrageous basket late in the fourth quarter that fueled her…

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