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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...

Russian magnate lavished cash on WNBA stars Sue Bird and Lauren Jackson

SI.com (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

Shabtai von Kalmanovic bankrolled the world's most expensive women's basketball roster. Carl Schreck looks at the mystery a Russian magnate who was gunned down this week.

WNBA Notebook: League Watching Russian's Murder Investigation Closely

The FanHouse - NBA (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009

by Michelle Smith Filed under: WNBA When Spartak owner Shabtai von Kalmanovic was murdered in Moscow on Monday, the women's basketball world was rocked. Kalmanonic put together a powerhouse team in Russia with Diana Taurasi , Sue Bird and Lauren Jackson. He showered his players with huge paychecks and opulent accommodations, and he raised the standard for top U.S. players overseas. And he won championships....

Someone Is Killing The Great Sue Bird Benefactors Of Eastern Europe

Can't Stop the Bleeding (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009

“You expect flamboyant wastefulness and outrageously shitty taste from Russian oligarchs,” wrote David Roth in this very space in March of 2008, “but Shabtai von Kalmanovic isn’t about show horses or dipping random things around his house in platinum or competitive jet-sailing or whatever it is that tacky ultra-billionaires do. He is more of [...]

An assassination in Moscow that has basketball...

Women's Hoops Blog (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009

An assassination in Moscow that has basketball connections: Businessman and former spy Shabtai Kalmanovich was murdered. Three last woman Euroleague trophies belong to his team : Spartak Moscow Region. From the December '08 Sports Illustrated article : And then there are Kalmanovic's women. More precisely, there are his female basketball players, the three gemstones of which reside on the southern...

Finding Storm players overseas

Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009

While All-Stars G Sue Bird and F Lauren Jackson have yet to join their Spartak Moscow team in Russia, C Janell Burse is making waves in Poland. She is pictured right by Marek, a Polish basketball fan who sent the images via Twitter account @rzymi. And C Suzy Batkovic-Brown is playing well in Australia.

Q thinks about sports in general, about...

Women's Hoops Blog (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009

Q thinks about sports in general, about Sue Bird and Lauren Jackson in particular, about Sherman Alexie, and about the new film Sonicsgate, which you can apparently watch online. (We hope the women who saved the Storm get props.) Jayda has seen the film; she notes a few other women's hoops documentaries, including one about notorious former Penn State coach Rene Portland. Speaking of films, whatever...

McCoughtry's 20 lead U.S. to gold at Russian tourney

Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009

Fueled by a 23-0 run that covered the last half of the second quarter and the first two minutes of the third, the USA Women's National Team handed host UMMC Ekaterinburg a 78-63 defeat to win its third game in three days and claim the Ekaterinburg International Invitational championship Sunday in Ekaterinburg, Russia. The U.S. was led by Angel McCoughtry 's 20 points on 9-for-15 shooting. Swin Cash...

• USA Women’s National Team Outguns UMMC Ekaterinburg To Capture 2009 Ekaterinburg International Invitational Title - USA Canoe/Kayak
• Auriemma's USA team completes sweep in Ekaterinburg - UCONN | Women's Basketball

E1/2009 - USA Women's National Team 100, Prague 81

Pleasant Dreams - An Atlanta Dream Blog (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009

The USA Women's National Team - including Angel McCoughtry for the time being - has traveled to Ekaterinburg, Russia for an international tournament. The first opponent for the USA Women was ZVVZ UKA Prague, and the USA Women got off to a great start with a 100-81 victory. The box score is here . A detailed write-up of the game can be found here . And guess who led the US team in scoring? That's right,...

USA/RUS/GRE/HUN/CZE – Star-laden USA Women ready for Ekaterinburg event

FIBA (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009

EKATERINBURG (2010 FIBA World Championship for Women) - New Team USA boss Geno Auriemma shouldn't have any problems knowing what buttons to push for many of his players when he coaches a USA side in a four-team tournament in Ekaterinburg, Russia, this week. That's because Sue Bird, Asjha Jones, Swin Cash, Tina Charles and Maya Moore have played for ...

Hoopfeed Daily Twitter Digest for 2009-10-06

hoopfeed.com (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009

Time to put supposed head-butt behind us (ESPN) http://j.mp/bO0EY #wnba 07:00:17 Mercury concerned about foul shots (azcentral.com) http://j.mp/AVVTC #wnba 07:00:18 Fever's Dunn is loud, crude, funny (Indianapolis Star) http://j.mp/1dcPJ7 #wnba 07:30:08 Bowling Green signs women's basketball coach Curt Miller to a two-year contract extension http://j.mp/3nN1BF #ncaaw 08:00:17 Study: NCAA penalties...

Storm All-Stars Swin Cash and Sue Bird headed to Russia

Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009

Swin Cash's "comeback" continues to be a success. The Storm F made it through USA Basketball training in Washington, D.C. last week and departed with the selected 12-member squad to play in a four-team tournament in Russia.

Auriemma Takes Reins of Team USA

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...

Ta Da!: USA Basketball Women's National Team...

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....

McCoughtry Off To Russia for October Tournament

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...