Lauren Jackson

Lauren Jackson to play in Australia

Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009

Seattle Storm center Lauren Jackson will play out the Australian season for the Canberra Capitals in the Women's National Basketball League.

Lauren Jackson to play in Australia

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009

SYDNEY, Australia -- Seattle Storm center Lauren Jackson will play out the Australian season for the Canberra Capitals in the Women's National Basketball League.

Lauren Jackson returns to WNBL

Sydney Morning Herald (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009

Lauren Jackson is returning to Australia's WNBL, following the shocking assassination of the owner of her Russian basketball club.

• Lauren Jackson returns to WNBL - The Age

Spartak releases Lauren Jackson, star will suit up for Canberra

hoopfeed.com (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009

Lauren Jackson is close to signing a deal to play with the Canberra Capitals for the rest of the WNBL season. Just last week, Capitals coach Carrie Graf and Jackson’s agent indicated that the WNBA star might stay in her native Australia if enough funds were raised by investors to pay her a salary of $220,000 AUD. Until early November, Jackson had plans to spend the winter playing for Spartak...

Jackson returns home to Capitals

ABC (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009

Opals centre Lauren Jackson, widely considered Australia's best female basketballer, has signed with Canberra for the rest of the WNBL season.

Jackson to make WNBL return

News.com.au (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009

Lauren Jackson, the world's top women's basketballer and Opals captain, is poised to play out the current WNBL season with Canberra Capitals.

Jackson close to Capitals deal

ABC (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009

The Canberra Capitals will sign Opals superstar Lauren Jackson tomorrow for the rest of the Women's National Basketball League season.

Jackson May Stay Home, Baylor Rolls

Chasing the Title (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009

GIRL NEXT DOOR As the wife of the recently murdered Spartak owner looks over her finances and how she will structure her team, the highly priced Lauren Jackson may not return to Russia and Sue Bird's status is also in question. The Australian press seems certain that Jackson will remain in Australia, where she has been recovering from surgery since the Storm were eliminated from the WNBA playoffs this...

Jackson's WNBL return imminent

ABC (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009

Women's basketball superstar Lauren Jackson is said to be close to signing a $220,000 deal with the Canberra Capitals for an 11-game guest stint.

LJ is in Demand

Chasing the Title (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009

The current word on the street is that the wife of the assassinated owner of the Spartak Moscow basketball team will take over ownership and continue employing Lauren Jackson, Sue Bird, Diana Taurasi, Sylvia Fowles and other WNBA stars this WNBA off-season. Despite that assurance, the Canberra Capitals (coached by Opals Head Coach and Jackson friend, Carrie Graf) of Australia's WNBL are aggressively...

Will Lauren Jackson skip Russia and play for the Canberra Capitals?

hoopfeed.com (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009

Lauren Jackson’s fans in her home country are now getting a taste of what Seattle Storm faithful endured last spring when her future with the team seemed to be in limbo. Jackson, who had plans to play for Spartak Moscow this winter, has not yet arrived in Russia. She went to Australia to recover from back injuries after the WNBA season and now the Australian WNBL is wooing the star. Further...

Jackson poised for lucrative return

ABC (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009

The ACT Government has pledged $50,000 dollars to lure star Australian basketballer Lauren Jackson back to the WNBL with Canberra Capitals.

Married To The Mob

Women's Sports Blog (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009

There's a stretch of 280 South just outside San Francisco that looks like Israel. It's been on my mind in the week since Shabbatai Kalmanovic's murder. Her parents say Lauren Jackson cried when she heard the news. The man was...

Hoopfeed Daily Twitter Digest for 2009-11-06

hoopfeed.com (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009

Game thread: No. 16 Seattle Pacific at Washington (Seattle Times) http://j.mp/1Auz4y #ncaaw 08:30:05 NC State: Pack women regroup (NewsObserver.com) http://j.mp/4ixjwj #ncaaw 09:00:21 Michigan State: Women's basketball defeats Wayne State 79-47 in exhibition http://j.mp/2AITH3 #ncaaw 12:24:56 Baylor Continues exhibition play tomorrow http://j.mp/4xCo5n I'll be there seeing Brittney Griner for the...

Owning A Russian Basketball Team Can Be Hazardous To Your Health

No Land Grab (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009

Deadspin The irreverent sports blog broke this story about the drive-by murder earlier this week of a billionaire Russian oligarch sports team owner. If future Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov ever invites you to watch a game in the owner's box, don't accept. Not only will you be stuck watching the Nets, there's a decent chance you'll be caught up in an assassination attempt. Shabtai Kalmanovich, one...