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Women's Hoops Blog (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
From the Sacramento Bee's Ailene Voisin: Monarchs' demise leaves bitterness, memories While awaiting word about a possible Monarchs relocation to the Bay Area, the hangover lingers. No more WNBA in Sacramento. I hate it, hate it, hate it, hate it. I even grudgingly grasp the rationale – the slumping economy and the Kings having sucked the life out of the local franchise – and I still hate...
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Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Yolanda Griffith, right, hugs Kara Lawson after the Monarchs won the 2005 WNBA title at Arco. The franchise that turned Arco Arena into a purple haze of confetti in September 2005, that captured a basketball championship and paraded down J Street, is uprooting and possibly dissolving. The Monarchs on Friday ceased operations in Sacramento, though WNBA President Donna Orender is pressing to keep the...
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Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
For the fifth time in team history, the Monarchs will have the second overall pick of the 2010 WNBA draft. Coach and general manager John Whisenant just hopes to draft a player who will be as good as some of their prior No. 2 picks. "We would have liked to have No. 1 and been in the catbird seat, but in the end it might not make much difference," said Whisenant. The Minnesota Lynx will have...
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WNBA.com (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
Phoenix, AZ, September 28, 2009 -- The Indiana Fever arrived at US Airways Center this afternoon for the first practice of their first appearance in the WNBA Finals, which gets underway Tuesday night at 9 p.m. ET. <p> But not everyone walking into the gym today was in unfamiliar territory. While this is the first time the Fever franchise has advanced to the championship round, a number of Fever...
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Pleasant Dreams - An Atlanta Dream Blog (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
With Shannon "Pee Wee" Johnson retiring, I'm going to look at my version of the "Keltner List" for women's basketball and see if Shannon Johnson is a real "Hall of Fame" player. 1. Was Shannon Johnson ever regarded as the best player in basketball? Did anybody, while she was active, ever suggest that she was the best player in basketball? She was nominated as one of 30...
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Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 09/14/2009
Rebekkah Brunson gets her shot blocked by the Lynx's Rashanda McCants in the first half. The record came early in the first quarter – on a three-pointer with 6:11 left. Nicole Powell just didn't have time to celebrate. "I knew it was early, and I heard the fans," Powell said. "But we were still playing a game so I don't think anybody was really paying attention to it." Powell...
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Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
The season of Monarchs forward Nicole Powell (14) will go down as one of the best in franchise history. Some athletes feign ignorance as to their statistics, coming off as modest while secretly tracking their numbers down to seconds played. But when told of Monarchs records she is close to surpassing, Nicole Powell is genuinely taken aback by the notion her career-best 2009 will go down as one of...
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Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 09/04/2009
Nicole Powell isn't overly concerned with her statistics. Mention her career-high seven assists in Tuesday's game, and Powell offers tongue-in-cheek disappointment that her career high is only seven assists. "That is terrible," she said. "That is so sad." The seven assists represent the latest notch in what will prove to be one of the best offensive seasons in Monarchs history....
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Pleasant Dreams - An Atlanta Dream Blog (Free subscription) | 08/25/2009
Who : The Atlanta Dream (14-12) take on the Sacramento Monarchs (9-18). The Dream have Chamique Holdsclaw (13.9 ppg) as well as All-Star Team members Sancho Lyttle (13.1 ppg) and Erika de Souza (11.0 ppg). Nicole Powell (16.3 ppg) leads the Monarchs in scoring and Rebekkah Brunson (10.6 ppg, 6.6 rpg) leads Sacramento in rebounding. What : The first of two games this year against the Monarchs. The Dream...
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Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 08/21/2009
Former Monarchs star Yolanda Griffith, who retired after injuring an Achilles' tendon while playing for Indiana, was honored Thursday. There's a point in games when the Monarchs, who have the worst record in the WNBA, are supposed to fold. That time appeared to come with 6:48 left in the third quarter Thursday at Arco Arena. Monarchs forward DeMya Walker had been called for a technical foul, as had...
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hoopfeed.com (Free subscription) | 08/21/2009
RT @MCG5 : #Monarchs have Indiana Fever at home tonight. Big tribute planned for Yolanda Griffith to celebrate her career. 13:35:17 DeWanna Bonner, shoo-in for Rookie of the Year? see this week's WNBA.com: Rookie Rankings http://bit.ly/6hMuj #wnba 16:37:42 Observations and Interviews – Atlanta's Playoff chances and Q&A with Ashja Jones (theindychannel.com) http://bit.ly/zLpus #wnba 16:41:02...
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Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 08/20/2009
Asst. Sports Editor/Opinion Baseball needs first-year player scale Ever hear of a pitcher named Aaron Crow? Probably not. He's a 6-foot-3, 195- pound right-handed flame thrower from Missouri who scouts say can paint the black like da Vinci. They say this 22-year-old is so talented he should be in the big leagues now. If not for 500,000 reasons. Crow was the Washington Nationals' first-round pick –...
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Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 08/20/2009
Monarchs (7-18) vs. Fever (19-5) When: 7 p.m. Where: Arco Arena. TV: WNBA LiveAccess on wnba.com. Radio: KHTK (1140 AM). THREE-POINTERS 1. Former Monarchs star Yolanda Griffith will be honored during tonight's game. She retired this season after injuring her Achilles' tendon playing for the Fever. Vignettes from players, fans and members of the Monarchs organization will be played during the game....
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WNBA.com (Free subscription) | 08/12/2009
p>INDIANAPOLIS(AP) Two-time Olympic gold medalist Yolanda Griffith is ending her playing career after 11 seasons in the WNBA.<p>The 39-year-old Indiana Fever forward announced her retirement Tuesday, saying she plans to begin coaching after this season. The seven-time WNBA All-Star suffered a career-ending tear of her left Achilles' tendon on June 9.<p>She had earlier said 2009 would...
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hoopfeed.com (Free subscription) | 08/06/2009
"Making people only talk about ESPN is a quick one-way ticket to 'who cares?'” -Chris Brogan http://bit.ly/13VKUA #espnfail @BuckyKatt 23:25:51 Penny Taylor lifts Mercury past Storm in OT (AP) http://bit.ly/iyabQ #wnba 00:13:19 Who can stop the Mercury? – Mechelle Voepel's blog http://bit.ly/6bjCm #wnba 06:00:02 Phoenix pulls away from Storm for 101-90 OT win by @JaydaEvans (seattletimes.com)...
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