Women's Hoops Blog (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Congrats to Coach Dunn : One of the most successful women's basketball coaches in the United States, Indiana Fever Head Coach Lin Dunn has been named as one of 11 inductees into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame. Dunn will be enshrined during induction ceremonies on February 19, 2010, at the Renaissance Hotel in Nashville.
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...
Pleasant Dreams - An Atlanta Dream Blog (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Newest changes: Kathy Betty replaces Ron Terwilliger as owner of the Dream. Bill Cameron and David Box replace Jean Davidson as owners of the Detroit/Tulsa franchise. Atlanta Dream -- Kathy Betty Kathy Betty is the newest of the WNBA owners. Betty was married to Gary Betty, who was the CEO of Earthlink, an internet service provider. After Gary Betty died of cancer, his widow used his fortune to found...
Women's Hoops Blog (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
More from Ben York at SlamOnline: Crossing Over - WNBA gaining widespread appeal. Finals series between the Phoenix Mercury and Indiana Fever contributed largely to the increase in awareness but the overall enhanced momentum has been predicated on 13 teams who continually feature an immense array of talent to showcase on the floor. Not that this is anything new for the WNBA, however, not by a long...
Pleasant Dreams - An Atlanta Dream Blog (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
It just seems to go back and forth between Fenerbahce (2-0), the winner of last year's TBBL championship, and Mersin (1-1), the runner up last year and winner of the President's Cup game against Fenerbahce this year. This time, the defending champions managed to hold off Mersin, winning 71-61 at home. The box score is here . A write-up of the game is here . Fenerbahce scored the first few points, but...
Indy Star (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Kelly Krauskopf, chief operating officer for the Indiana Fever, is sorry Detroit lost its WNBA franchise. At least she won't have to retool her roster because of it.
Pleasant Dreams - An Atlanta Dream Blog (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
Ivory Latta greets her new teammates. It looks like I'm a little bit late on reporting on the President's Cup in the TBBL - the Turkish Women's Basketball League. It looks like the Turkish season gets started with the President's Cup, and Mersin - which was swept 3-0 in the TBBL championship last year - gained some measure of revenge with an 86-74 win over defending champion Fenerbahce. Finding a box...
The FanHouse - NBA (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
by Michelle Smith Filed under: WNBA It's a bit of whiplash that two weeks after fans filled arenas in Indianapolis and Phoenix, after the WNBA got some momentum out of a fabulous Finals series, one of the league's most successful franchises is packing up and leaving its town. The Detroit Shock reportedly are headed to Tulsa, a new ownership group ready to take over with former Arkansas men's basketball...
The FanHouse - NBA (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
by Michelle Smith Filed under: WNBA It's a bit of whiplash that two weeks after fans filled arenas in Indianapolis and Phoenix, after the WNBA got some momentum out of a fabulous Finals series, one of the league's most successful franchises is packing up and leaving its town. The Detroit Shock reportedly are headed to Tulsa, a new ownership group ready to take over with former Arkansas men's basketball...
Pleasant Dreams - An Atlanta Dream Blog (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
From The Associated Press : A Detroit Shock official says the WNBA team is moving to Tulsa, Okla. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity to The Associated Press on Monday because he was not authorized to make the announcement. Detroit made its debut in the league in 1998 and won titles in 2008, 2006 and 2003. The Shock lost last month to the Indiana Fever in the Eastern Conference finals...
Women's Hoops Blog (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
Clay Kallam gets a flashback on SlamOnline: They Still Got Next As the WNBA closed the curtain on it’s 13th year, the league still seems to have to prove itself to network executives and mainstream public. In a deciding Game 5, between the Indiana Fever and Phoenix Mercury, for the WNBA Championship, coverage was brushed aside to ESPN 2. It’s counterpart on ESPN? College football, in the...
Pleasant Dreams - An Atlanta Dream Blog (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
Ros Casares (2-0) took its act on the road, and the outcome was never truly in doubt. Against Joventut Mariana (0-2), they won the first three quarters and led 69-50 after three quarters on the way to an 84-70 victory, with both Erika de Souza and Delisha Milton-Jones scoring in double figures. The box score is here . (A key to reading these box scores is here .) According to the write-ups on the web,...
AfterEllen (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
This week, From the Cheap Seats congratulate the Phoenix Mercury and Indiana Fever for a great 2009 WNBA Finals series. Of course, Becca and Michelle talk about the close series and the eventual Champions, the Mercury. Now that the season is officially over, the girls discuss following their favorite WNBA players abroad, the USA Basketball team and of course, women’s college basketball. This...
Indy Star (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
They didn't win a championship, but they won a reprieve. The Indiana Fever, who reached the WNBA Finals for the first time, will return for another summer. The announcement was made Tuesday on the team's Web site, feverbasketball.com.
The FanHouse - NBA (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
by Michelle Smith Filed under: WNBA , Women's Basketball The Indiana Fever, who came within one game of winning its first WNBA title last week, is not on the verge of extinction after all. In an open letter to fans -- who filled Conseco Fieldhouse with sold-out games during the WNBA Finals -- team ownership indicated they are committed to keeping the team for the immediate future after owner Herbert...
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