Women's Hoops Blog (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Jayda checks in about the death of Kalmanovich and notes: Spartak is currently in season. Other WNBA players on the squad are MVP Diana Taurasi, a Phoenix G, New York C Janel McCarville, Chicago C Sylvia Fowles, San Antonio PG Edwige Lawson-Wade, Connecticut G Anete Jekabsone-Zogota, and Minnesota G Kelly Miller.
Pleasant Dreams - An Atlanta Dream Blog (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
Here's a thought. You have a team with Janel McCarville and Sylvia Fowles. Throw into the mix Ilona Korstin, one of the best Russian players, and add Edwige Lawson-Wade and Kelly Miller just to be on the safe side. Put Pokey Chatman in as that team's head coach. Then have them play a visiting team that only has eight active players. What you end up with is a 102-65 drubbing in front of 1,000 loyal...
WNBA.com (Free subscription) | 09/20/2009
Update: <p>SAN ANTONIO(AP) Sophia Young scored 24 points to lead the San Antonio Silver Stars to a 92-91 victory over the Phoenix Mercury on Thursday night in the opening game of the WNBA's Western Conference first-round series.<p>The previous two Western Conference champions will play Game 2 in Phoenix on Saturday night.<p>Edwige Lawson-Wade added 16 points for the Silver...
Pounding The Rock (Free subscription) | 09/19/2009
TP: "Sacre bleu... diz game eez infinitezly better than watching ze Houzewivez. " Where's LatinD? is the first thing that comes to mind upon seeing this. I saw that perplexed look on your face from a mile away as I have a 6th sense, but don't tell anybody, mmmkay? If you've been following our previous playoffs game thread , PtR's resident WNBA-lover boy has been caught by the Jinx Police...
Women's Hoops Blog (Free subscription) | 09/18/2009
The Silver Stars, who just slid into the playoffs, proved they belonged in the postseason last night: the SASS led for most of the game, fell behind late in the fourth, but pulled ahead again thanks to clutch shooting from the usually unheralded Edwige Lawson Wade, who finished 4-6 from behind the arc. "They didn't guard me," Lawson-Wade said. The SASS played good defense on Cappie, befuddled...
hoopfeed.com (Free subscription) | 09/16/2009
WNBA players with plans to play overseas this winter may face the unfortunate prospect of squads in economic turmoil. Women’s basketball team CSKA Moscow announced today that although it is premature to say the team will cease operations, they are currently seeking more sponsors and avenues of financing to keep the team afloat. WNBA players on CSKA Moscow include Janel McCarville, Becky Hammon,...
Pounding The Rock (Free subscription) | 09/13/2009
Last game thread of the regular season, people. There won't be much of a preview, but if you happen to want to watch it - well, magic could also happen here. Two's company. There's safety in numbers. Etc. Game #34: San Antonio Silver Stars (15-18) Vs Seattle Storm (19-14) Matchups STARS Vs STORM Becky Hammon PG Tanisha Wright Edwige Lawson-Wade SG Shannon Johnson Ann Wauters C Ashley Robinson Sophia...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
RICH PEDRONCELLI Associated Press Monarchs guard Ticha Penicheiro, left, pressures Silver Stars guard Edwige Lawson-Wade in the first quarter of Thursday night's game. With the playoffs officially no longer a possibility, Monarchs coach John Whisenant adjusted his goals for the final two games of the season. Sacramento still had a chance to finish three games above .500 over the second half with two...
hoopfeed.com (Free subscription) | 09/07/2009
Lawson-Wade powers Silver Stars to rout of Sparks (mySA.com) http://bit.ly/3NtGmW #wnba 05:29:40 The Associated Press: Johnson's shooting lifts Silver Stars past Sparks (AP) http://bit.ly/vWdOF #wnba 05:29:58 Silver Stars Boost Postseason Chances With Win Over Sparks (hoopfeed.com) http://bit.ly/wwJFF #wnba 05:30:21 Bonner scores 20 as Mercury win No. 1 seed in West (AP) http://bit.ly/bhqB9 #wnba...
Pounding The Rock (Free subscription) | 09/05/2009
So, the San Antonio Silver Stars have won two in a row, and are back in the last playoffs spot of the Western conference. There are only four games left in the regular season, and if they want to keep that spot, they need every victory they can get. Directly above them in the standings? The Los Angeles Sparks , our opponents tonight. The Sparks, team of apparently the only superduperstars who can dunk...
Pounding The Rock (Free subscription) | 09/02/2009
I'm busy busy busy, so there's not really time for a proper game thread / recap. I'll get to it later, but in the meantime, go root for the Silver Stars now, after their first win in 5 games. If we want to finish above .500, we need to win the next 5. Sounds easy, eh? Hack preview, after the jump. Game #30: San Antonio Silver Stars Vs Minnesota Lynx Matchups STARS @ SHOCK Becky Hammon PG Kelly Miller...
WNBA.com (Free subscription) | 08/25/2009
In the latest installment of our weekly Who's Hot and Who's Not report, we look at the past week of games to see which players are at the top of their game and which players have hit a rough patch and need to turn things around. WHO'S HOT Diana Taurasi, Phoenix Mercury; Cappie Pondexter, Phoenix Mercury; Sophia Young, San Antonio Silver Stars; Lauren Jackson, Seattle Storm; Alana Beard, Washington...
WNBA.com (Free subscription) | 08/10/2009
Becky Hammon scored 22 points and Ann Wauters (13 points) hit the buzzer-beater Sunday as the Silver Stars edged the Lynx 89-87 in Minnesota. Edwige Lawson-Wade added 15 points and Sophia Young scored 13 points.
Pleasant Dreams - An Atlanta Dream Blog (Free subscription) | 07/17/2009
Chamique Holdsclaw is 12th in field goals blocked so far this year with 12 blocked. The most blocked? Sophia Young of San Antonio with 19 field goals blocked. Jennifer Lacy is 8th in percentage of field goals blocked (minimum 40 attempts). 12.1 percent of her field goal attempts are rejected. The leader is Chante Black of Connecticut with 22.0 percent of her shots blocked, over 1 in 5. There are five...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 06/27/2009
SAN ANTONIO – When a team is struggling mightily – as the Monarchs are – sometimes things can be repaired only one step at a time. But the Monarchs may have taken two steps Friday night. Sacramento still lost 62-52 to the San Antonio Silver Stars in front of an announced crowd of 7,973. Silver Stars guard Becky Hammon scored 26 points, hitting all 10 foul shots and handing out six assists...
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