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Pleasant Dreams - An Atlanta Dream Blog (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Even with the death of Shabtai Kalmanovich, life goes on. Dynamo Kursk (2-2) hosted the top team in the Russia Superleague A - Ekaterinburg (5-0) - and in front of a crowd of 850 would have ten good minutes before overcoming to Ekaterinburg 92-65. The box score is here . According to the only write-up I've found, the first half of the game was dominated by foreign players. For Kursk, it was Michelle...
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WNBA.com (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
NEW YORK, Oct. 1, 2009 Los Angeles Sparks forward Candace Parker, the 2008 WNBA Most Valuable Player and Rookie of the Year, continues to have the No. 1 selling jersey based upon sales at the NBA Store in New York City and on WNBAStore.com during the 2009 WNBA regular season. Parker's No. 3 jersey appears for the second consecutive time at the top of the list. <p> Parker, who missed part...
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Pleasant Dreams - An Atlanta Dream Blog (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
That's what I call it. Others call it the "fast break". The "transition game". And Swanny's Stats has some extra stats involving fast break points. Most points scored . Cappie Pondexter of the Mercury is the leader with 132 total fast break points, but Iziane Castro Marques is 4th with 103, Angel McCoughtry is 5th with 91, and Chamique Holdsclaw is 18th with 60. Highest percentage...
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WNBA.com (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
Update: <p>INDIANAPOLIS(AP) The Indiana Fever advanced to the WNBA finals for the first time, beating the defending champion Detroit Shock 72-67 on Saturday night in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals.<p>The Fever, who were eliminated by the Shock the last three seasons, open the finals on Tuesday against Phoenix.<p>Tammy Sutton-Brown led the Fever with 17 points. Katie Douglas...
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WNBA.com (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
NEW YORK, Sept. 25, 2009 Indiana Fever forward Tamika Catchings, a three-time WNBA Defensive Player of the Year (2005, 2006 and 2009), headlines the 2009 WNBA All-Defensive Team, the league announced today. Catchings collected 24 points from the league's 13 coaches while Minnesota center/forward Nicky Anosike finished second with 13 points and Seattle Storm forward/center Lauren Jackson, the...
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WNBA.com (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
NEW YORK, Sept. 29, 2009 Phoenix Mercury guard/forward Diana Taurasi has been named the 2009 WNBA Most Valuable Player presented by Kia Motors, the league announced today. Taurasi received 323 total points and 27 first place votes from a national panel of sportswriters and broadcasters, earning her first career MVP award. Indiana Fever forward Tamika Catchings ranked second with 163 points (three...
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Pleasant Dreams - An Atlanta Dream Blog (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
Diana Taurasi received a majority of votes for MVP - my understanding was that no other person received a first place vote. The complete list of votes and vote getters: 323 Diana Taurasi Phoenix Mercury 163 Tamika Catchings Indiana Fever 128 Katie Douglas Indiana Fever 99 Cappie Pondexter Phoenix Mercury 77 Becky Hammon San Antonio Silver Stars 73 Lauren Jackson Seattle Storm 39 Candace Parker Los...
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home (Free subscription) | 09/27/2009
EAST #1 Indiana beat #3 Detroit 72-67. This will be the Fever's first time in the finals. Tammy Sutton-Brown had 17 points for the Fever. Deanna Nolan had 16 points for the Shock. WEST #1 Phoenix beat #3 Los Angeles 85-74. Diana Taurasi had 21 points for the Mercury. Lisa Leslie had 22 points for LA in her final game. Here is the Finals schedule . The series opens Tuesday at Phoenix.
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Pleasant Dreams - An Atlanta Dream Blog (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
From the WNBA , the top finishers for the WNBA All-Defensive teams are: First team Tamika Catchings, Fever Lauren Jackson, Storm Nicky Anosike, Lynx Tanisha Wright, Storm Tully Bevilaqua, Fever Second team Sancho Lyttle, Dream Angel McCoughtry, Dream Lisa Leslie, Sparks Candace Parker, Sparks Alana Beard, Mystics Deanna Nolan, Shock Verrrry cool. It would have been cool to have a first-team defender,...
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WNBA.com (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
NEW YORK, Sept. 14, 2009 – of the Detroit Shock and of the Los Angeles Sparks were named the WNBA Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for regular season games played Monday, September 7 through Sunday, September 13. Deanna Nolan wins her third consecutive Player of the Week award and the sixth of her career to become the second player in league history (Cappie Pondexter,...
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Women's Hoops Blog (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
The Sparks lost in L.A. in a fast-paced back-and-forth game: they trailed, then came back, then trailed, then came back, and so on. "Our team does things the hard way," said Candace Parker. CP and DT scored 28 apiece; Swish Appeal's Mike Lisboa asks, "Can we put them in the Hall of Fame tomorrow?" The game took place not in Staples (thanks to a Britney Spears concert) but in UCLA's...
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Sports Chatter (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
Shavonte Zellous scored 23 points and Deanna Nolan had 22 to lead Detroit to a 75-56 win over Indiana in the first game of the Eastern Finals. The second game is Friday night at Indiana. Detroit, which has won 12 of its last 14 games after a 9-14 start, is looking for a fourth straight trip [...]
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
Deanna Nolan and Shavonte Zellous led quite a comeback for the Shock on Wednesday at the Palace. The Shock trailed by 11 points with 3:08 left in the second quarter and went on to beat the Indiana Fever, 72-56. The Shock took a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three Eastern Conference finals. Game 2 is Friday in Indiana.
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hoopfeed.com (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
Gameday Wednesday: WNBA Conference Finals tip off tonight on ESPN2 (hoopfeed.com) http://bit.ly/1khkpD #wnba 14:37:05 Patriot League women's and men's basketball games to appear on CBS College Sports Network in 2010 http://bit.ly/14mYIP #ncaaw 14:43:25 LPGA narrows down list of prospective commissioners. WNBA pres. @DonnaOrender on the list? (Golf Digest) http://bit.ly/N7PIa #wnba 15:01:14 WNBA.com:...
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