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Dishin & Swishin 10/03/13 Podcast: Lin Dunn and Brian Agler break down the WNBA finals

Dishin & Swishin 10/03/13 Podcast: Lin Dunn and Brian Agler break down the WNBA finals

[display_podcast] The last team Indiana Fever coach Lin Dunn faced this season was the Atlanta Dream. As coach of the Seattle Storm, the last team Brian Agler faced this season was the Minnesota Lynx. Who…

A Special Dishin & Swishin 10/01/13 Podcast: DeLisha Milton-Jones and husband Roland on the past, present, and future…and retirement

A Special Dishin & Swishin 10/01/13 Podcast: DeLisha Milton-Jones and husband Roland on the past, present, and future…and retirement

[display_podcast] DeLisha Milton-Jones is one of the greatest players in the history of women’s basketball, destined for the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame and perhaps the Naismith Hall of Fame. A pretty bold statement, but…

Lynx and Dream advance to WNBA Finals: 2011 redux

Lynx and Dream advance to WNBA Finals: 2011 redux

It’s the playoffs like it’s 2011. The Atlanta Dream and the Minnesota Lynx are set to fight again for the league championship. After finishing a two-game sweep of the Phoenix Mercury with a 72-65 win…

Dishin & Swishin 09/26/13 Podcast: Dissecting the conference finals with players who have been there: Katie Smith, DeLisha Milton-Jones, Monique Ambers and Chasity Melvin

Dishin & Swishin 09/26/13 Podcast: Dissecting the conference finals with players who have been there: Katie Smith, DeLisha Milton-Jones, Monique Ambers and Chasity Melvin

[display_podcast] Last week we broke down the WNBA conference semifinals with some of the best that cover the game: writers and broadcasters. This week, we kick it up a notch and dissect the conference finals…

Tina Thompson’s career comes to an end, a Dishin’ story, and Thompson’s peers pay tribute to a legend

Tina Thompson’s career comes to an end, a Dishin’ story, and Thompson’s peers pay tribute to a legend

We have known the inevitable, that the Seattle Storm’s season would eventually end and with it, the end of Tina Thompson’s legendary career. The tributes have been many, the amazing statistics repeated again and again.…

Taurasi explodes in third quarter to propel Phoenix over Los Angeles in conference semifinals game one

Taurasi explodes in third quarter to propel Phoenix over Los Angeles in conference semifinals game one

While Candace Parker had an MVP performance worthy of the honor received before her team’s Western Conference semifinals opener, in the end it was a previous MVP, Diana Taurasi, that ruled the court to help…

Latta leads the way in Mystics playoff opener victory at Atlanta

Latta leads the way in Mystics playoff opener victory at Atlanta

The Washington Mystics earned a big 71-56 win on the road against Atlanta in their opener of the Eastern Conference semifinals best-of-three series Thursday night. Point guard Ivory Latta led a quartet of Mystics in…

Sparks’ Candace Parker Named 2013 WNBA Most Valuable Player

Sparks’ Candace Parker Named 2013 WNBA Most Valuable Player

From the league: Candace Parker of the Los Angeles Sparks has been named the 2013 WNBA Most Valuable Player, the WNBA announced today. Parker received 234 points (10 first-place votes) from a national panel of…

Dishin & Swishin 9/19/13 Podcast: Breaking down the WNBA Playoffs: Conference semifinals

Dishin & Swishin 9/19/13 Podcast: Breaking down the WNBA Playoffs: Conference semifinals

[display_podcast] Tonight the post-season begins! After working through an injury-plagued regular season, eight teams begin their quest for the WNBA championship with conference semifinal matchups. On today’s podcast we have four of the most well-known…

Angel McCoughtry, Sylvia Fowles and Danielle Robinson capture 2013 WNBA Peak Performer honors

Angel McCoughtry (Atlanta Dream), Sylvia Fowles (Chicago Sky) and Danielle Robinson (San Antonio Silver Stars) have won the 2013 WNBA Peak Performer Awards for scoring, rebounding and assists, respectively, it was announced by the WNBA…

Elena Delle Donne sweeps Rookie of the Month awards for 2013

The WNBA named Chicago Sky’s Elena Delle Donne Rookie of the Month for September, the fourth consecutive honor for the guard/forward. After earning the awards for every month during the 2013 season Delle Donne becomes…

Sun end season with hard fought win over equally depleted Fever 82-80 in overtiime

There were more WNBA All-stars on the bench or not in attendance from the two teams involved than were on the court. With Tina Charles, Kara Lawson, Allison Hightower and first round pick Kelly Faris…

Dishin & Swishin 9/12/13 Podcast: Disappointed but a lot to be optimistic about for Gary Kloppenburg and Tulsa

Dishin & Swishin 9/12/13 Podcast: Disappointed but a lot to be optimistic about for Gary Kloppenburg and Tulsa

[display_podcast] Hopes were high heading into the season for the Tulsa Shock. Authorities like the esteemed Dishin & Swishin preseason roundtable panel of Debbie Antonelli, Mechelle Voepel, Cindy Brunson and Christy Winters-Scott picked the Shock…

Short-handed but determined Sun stun Dream on lob to Mistie Bass

Short-handed but determined Sun stun Dream on lob to Mistie Bass

UNCASVILLE, Conn. – With only eight players available and three stars and their number one draft choice in street clothes, a gritty and determined Connecticut Sun team defeated the Atlanta Dream on an improbable lob…

Atlanta Dream hires Alton Byrd as chief revenue officer

From the Atlanta Dream: The Atlanta Dream today announced the hire of Alton Byrd as chief revenue officer. Byrd, a former Columbia University and British basketball league standout, was most recently chief executive officer of…

Dishin & Swishin 9/05/13 Podcast: The WNBA Western conference – Maya Moore & the Lynx want the title back & Jayda Evans discusses the West

Dishin & Swishin 9/05/13 Podcast: The WNBA Western conference – Maya Moore & the Lynx want the title back & Jayda Evans discusses the West

[display_podcast] As we near the end of the WNBA regular season, the playoff spots in the Western conference look pretty similar to what many predicted at the start of the year, with possibly the only…

Social media reaction to Sophia Young’s anti-gay tweets

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Dishin & Swishin 8/29/13 Podcast: The WNBA Eastern conference – Swin Cash & Chicago are #SkyHigh & Ros Gold-Onwude discusses the final playoff spots

Dishin & Swishin 8/29/13 Podcast: The WNBA Eastern conference – Swin Cash & Chicago are #SkyHigh & Ros Gold-Onwude discusses the final playoff spots

[display_podcast] Pundits across the WNBA felt that the Chicago Sky would be a playoff team this season. They returned young stars Sylvia Fowles and Epiphanny Prince and a maturing Courtney Vandersloot plus added a star…

Vets Pierson and Smith lead Liberty past Sun 76-66 in win by “any means necessary” game

UNCASVILLE, Conn. – Saturday night at the Mohegan Sun Arena, the rock bands Styx and REO Speedwagon played a double bill. The two bands popular in the eighties might have brought back a slew of…

Seattle Storm signs former Stanford player Joslyn Tinkle

Seattle Storm signs former Stanford player Joslyn Tinkle

The Seattle Storm sign Joslyn Tinkle Saturday. Rookie Jasmine Hassell, who was previously signed to a trio of consecutive seven-day contracts, has not been re-signed. “I’m very grateful for this opportunity and am honored to…

Dishin & Swishin 8/15/13 Podcast: Is Brian Agler the WNBA Coach of the Year?

Dishin & Swishin 8/15/13 Podcast: Is Brian Agler the WNBA Coach of the Year?

[display_podcast] The winner of the WNBA’s Coach of the Year award usually resides at the top of their conference. In fact, the last coach to win the award who did not come from a first…

Lynx’s Rebekkah Brunson gets her first WNBA bobblehead

The Minnesota Lynx announced that their Friday, August 16 game against the Tulsa Shock will be “Rebekkah Brunson Bobblehead Night.” The first 2,500 fans to enter Target Center will receive an exclusive Rebekkah Brunson bobblehead,…

Silver Stars sign former Iowa State star, forward Chelsea Poppens

Silver Stars sign former Iowa State star, forward Chelsea Poppens

The San Antonio Silver Stars today signed forward Chelsea Poppens. Per team policy, terms of the contract were not announced. Poppens, 6-2, was drafted by the Seattle Storm with the 18th overall pick in the…

Parker leads Sparks in “big win” at home against Chicago, Delle Donne misses second half

Parker leads Sparks in “big win” at home against Chicago, Delle Donne misses second half

Los Angeles beat the only Eastern Conference team with a win over the Sparks this season Tuesday night. The Chicago Sky (15-8) defeated L.A. 94-82 on June 29 at home but their luck changed at…

Prince, Delle Donne and Fowles lead Sky in dominant win over Sun, 77-61

Prince, Delle Donne and Fowles lead Sky in dominant win over Sun, 77-61

UNCASVILLE, Conn. – When the WNBA announced the season schedule, the Chicago Sky at the Connecticut Sun appeared to be a marquee matchup. The Sun had the best record in the Eastern Conference in 2012…

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