hoopfeed.com (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
Oregon State women a mix of veterans, new players (gazettetimes.com) http://j.mp/1fbA0j #ncaaw 16:03:57 Washington State women poised to make history? (Scout.com) http://bit.ly/1gZpz6 #ncaaw 16:04:55 Champion UConn Huskies look for next leader (Rivals.com) http://j.mp/djMrB #ncaaw 16:06:14 Tulsa World: WNBA investors make official request to league for Tulsa http://j.mp/1yJqOc #wnba 16:28:32 RT @WNBL...
The FanHouse - NBA (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
by Michelle Smith Filed under: WNBA , USA Basketball Camp Geno breaks today. The current incarnation of the U.S. women's national team, coached by Geno Auriemma, leaves today for Ekaterinburg, Russia to take on a group of club teams in an invitational tournament. Following six days of training camp in Washington, the 13-player roster was selected for Monday's flight. It includes 2008 Olympians Sue...
Women's Hoops Blog (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
Ta Da!: USA Basketball Women's National Team Set To Travel To Russia For First Test After training for six days in Washington, D.C., 2009-12 USA Basketball Women's National Team members and Olympic gold medalists Sue Bird (Seattle Storm), Sylvia Fowles (Chicago Sky) and Candace Parker (Los Angeles Sparks) will lead a USA squad in Russia in the four-team 2009 Ekaterinburg International Invitational....
Pleasant Dreams - An Atlanta Dream Blog (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
From USA Basketball via the Hartford Courant and John Altavilla: "After training for six days in Washington, D.C., 2009-12 USA Basketball Women's National Team members and Olympic gold medalists Sue Bird (Seattle Storm), Sylvia Fowles (Chicago Sky) and Candace Parker (Los Angeles Sparks) will lead a USA squad in Russia in the four-team 2009 Ekaterinburg International Invitational. Also selected...
DC BasketCases (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
The Future Is Now How lucky are we?!! The USA Basketball Women's National Team convened its first training camp this week (since the last Olympics) right here in Washington, D.C., at -- appropriately enough -- American University. Today the team held an open practice, and those of us who passed up the glorious fall day outside to spend several hours indoors at Bender Arena made an excellent choice....
home (Free subscription) | 10/03/2009
Here are some of the practice photos at the US National Team from Friday's practice . Former Gopher Lindsay Wahlen (Hutchinson) is among those on the try out roster, but is injured. . Current Lynx players Candice Wiggins and Renee Montgomery are there. Also former Lynxster Lindsey Harding is trying out.
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 10/03/2009
During a five-on-five drill Thursday at U.S. women's national team practice, Lindsey Harding saw a trap coming at her in the corner. So the point guard drove baseline and, as the defense collapsed, fired a no-look pass into the crowded paint. The ball stuck to the hands of center Sylvia Fowles, who promptly laid it in. "The most fun is you're playing with the best athletes in the country, basically...
DC BasketCases (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
Wrapping Up . . . As the WNBA playoffs continue on around us -- and without us --and with a little bit of time having elapsed since the end of the Mystics’ own season, we wanted to post a few closing thoughts on this season as well as a few thoughts on what’s in store for the future. The BasketCases have been Mystics season ticketholders since the inception of the franchise in 1998. And...
WNBA.com (Free subscription) | 09/23/2009
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Sept. 22, 2009) -- Fourteen athletes who have been members of prior USA Basketball teams have accepted invitations to attend the 2009 USA Basketball Women's National Team's fall training camp as the U.S. begins preparations for the 2010 FIBA World Championship. <p> The 14 athletes will join the previously announced eight members of the 2009-12 USA Basketball Women's National...
home (Free subscription) | 09/23/2009
The WNBA looks back at the best performances in the first round of the playoffs. Here is a preview of the Western Conference finals between #1 Phoenix and #3 Los Angeles. Kara Lawson of Sacramento is the Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award winner for 2009. 11 more names have been added to the USA National Training Camp roster . Among the names: Former Gopher Lindsay Wahlen of Connecticut (Hutchinson) Former...
Pleasant Dreams - An Atlanta Dream Blog (Free subscription) | 09/22/2009
Angel McCoughtry has accepted an invitation to attend the 2009 USA Basketball Women's National Team fall training camp. The camp meets from September 30th to October 5th at American University in Washington, DC. A 12-member team will be assembled at some point in the future. Currently attending the camp: Alana Beard Swin Cash Tina Charles * Shameka Christon Candice Dupree Lindsey Harding Ebony Hoffman...
Women's Hoops Blog (Free subscription) | 09/22/2009
Some new names added to the USA Basketball Training Camp Roster: Jayne Appel (Stanford / Pleasant Hill, Calif.); Alana Beard (Washington Mystics); Swin Cash (Seattle Storm); Tina Charles (Connecticut / Jamaica, N.Y.); Shameka Christon (New York Liberty); Candice Dupree (Chicago Sky); Lindsey Harding (Washington Mystics); Ebony Hoffman (Indiana Fever); Asjha Jones (Connecticut Sun); Crystal Langhorne...
DC BasketCases (Free subscription) | 09/22/2009
Welcome Additions! U S A Basketball announced today that 14 additional players have been invited to this fall's USA Women's National Team Training Camp, which will be held right here in DC at American University from September 30th to October 5th. The 14 "newcomers" will join the 8 players already selected for the 2009-12 National Team, and will be vying for roster spots on the 12-member...
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 09/21/2009
The Washington Mystics were eliminated from the WNBA playoffs on Saturday night with an 81-74 overtime loss to the host Indiana Fever in Game 2 of the best-of-three Eastern Conference semifinals. Crystal Langhorne (Maryland) scored 11 of her 15 points in the second half. Lindsey Harding and Alana Beard scored 10 each for Washington, but Beard shot a 10-foot airball from the left side as the fourth...
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 09/18/2009
In each regular-season game against the Indiana Fever this season, the Washington Mystics' fate came down to fourth-quarter play. So it really wasn't a surprise that the same was true Thursday night in Game 1 of the teams' best-of-three Eastern Conference semifinal series. As was the case four times in the regular season, the Mystics opened the fourth quarter with a string of defensive lapses and mental...
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