UCONN | Women's Basketball (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Courtesy of the WNBA's San Antonio Silver Stars, here is a video from the banquet that preceded Tuesday's doubleheader in San Antonio. Note the nifty sweatsuits some of the players and coaches chose to wear to the banquet - to a BANQUET...
WNBA.com (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Head coach Dan Hughes joined coaches and players from the college ranks for the ESPNU Road to the Championship banquet at the Grand Hyatt in San Antonio.
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...
Black Voices Blogs (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Filed under: Basketball , Women's Sports Last month, former Atlanta Dream center Chantelle Anderson announced through her blog that she was retiring from basketball at age 28. She was released by the Atlanta Dream in May and was unable to find another gig within the league. So what is she going to do with all that spare time? Write an autobiography, of course. Anderson is an avid blogger and recently...
hoopfeed.com (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
China: Former WNBA players help PLA collect 7th consecutive National Games title (Xinhua) http://j.mp/1×7xv3 # wnba # UConn: RIP, Jasper: A campus & a family mourn, football player was close to women's hoops players (courant.com) http://j.mp/1wDplt # Sophomores filling role for New Mexico State women's hoops (Las Cruces Sun-News) http://j.mp/3v97jO # ncaaw # Minnesota Gopher Women Add Four...
WNBA.com (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
Malibu Castle Nights: The Ballad of Sophia and Becky
WNBA.com (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio center Ruth Riley underwent successful surgery Friday to remove a bony growth from her right heel. Dr. Marque Allen of Sports Medicine Associates performed the surgery.
WNBA.com (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
NEW YORK, Oct. 1, 2009 – Los Angeles Sparks forward Candace Parker, the 2008 WNBA Most Valuable Player and Rookie of the Year, continues to have the No. 1 selling jersey based upon sales at the NBA Store in New York City and on WNBAStore.com during the 2009 WNBA regular season. Parker's No. 3 jersey appears for the second consecutive time at the top of the list. <p> Parker, who missed part...
WNBA.com (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
NEW YORK, Oct. 1, 2009 – Atlanta Dream forward Angel McCoughtry was named the 2009 adidas Rookie of the Year, the WNBA announced today. McCoughtry received 30 votes from a national panel of sportswriters and broadcasters to earn the award. <p> McCoughtry, the No.1 overall pick in the 2009 WNBA Draft presented by adidas, topped the charts among all WNBA rookies in points (12.8) and steals...
WNBA.com (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
NEW YORK, Sept. 29, 2009 – Phoenix Mercury guard/forward Diana Taurasi has been named the 2009 WNBA Most Valuable Player presented by Kia Motors, the league announced today. Taurasi received 323 total points and 27 first place votes from a national panel of sportswriters and broadcasters, earning her first career MVP award. Indiana Fever forward Tamika Catchings ranked second with 163 points (three...
Pleasant Dreams - An Atlanta Dream Blog (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
Diana Taurasi received a majority of votes for MVP - my understanding was that no other person received a first place vote. The complete list of votes and vote getters: 323 Diana Taurasi Phoenix Mercury 163 Tamika Catchings Indiana Fever 128 Katie Douglas Indiana Fever 99 Cappie Pondexter Phoenix Mercury 77 Becky Hammon San Antonio Silver Stars 73 Lauren Jackson Seattle Storm 39 Candace Parker Los...
WNBA.com (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009
As the last second ticked off the clock, the normal disappointment of our season coming to an end was accompanied by an added twinge of sadness due to the realization that this is the last time I will ever see Erin and VJ in a WNBA uniform.
WNBA.com (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
Silver Stars forward Erin Perperoglou is retiring from the WNBA following eight seasons with the league, three in San Antonio. Perperoglou played for four WNBA franchises during her career.
Pounding The Rock (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
We're being literal tonight This post is overdue. I apologize, but after a painful loss like Monday's I needed some time to process it, put things in perspective, tell myself that "it's just a silly game". For those of you that missed the memo, the Silver Stars lost to the Mercury in the third game of the best-of-three Western Conference Semifinals, and thus their season is now over. Finished....
WNBA.com (Free subscription) | 09/23/2009
For the third consecutive season, Silver Stars Becky Hammon and Sophia Young are among the league's best, earning first and second-team All-WNBA honors, respectively.
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