UCONN | Women's Basketball (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
You never know who you might see if you show up early to practice at Gampel Pavilion for the holidays... Well, Sue Bird just walked into UConn practice - dressed to practice. And you wonder why UConn continues to do...
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...
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...
Women's Hoops Blog (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Need to kill some time before the season starts? Check out YouTube for Diana Taurasi and Sue Bird: Best Friends, Better Rivals
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...
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.
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....
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 [...]
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...
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.
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...
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...
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,...
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.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...
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