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hoopfeed.com (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Lauren Jackson’s fans in her home country are now getting a taste of what Seattle Storm faithful endured last spring when her future with the team seemed to be in limbo. Jackson, who had plans to play for Spartak Moscow this winter, has not yet arrived in Russia. She went to Australia to recover from back injuries after the WNBA season and now the Australian WNBL is wooing the star. Further...
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RightFielders (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Meet Seattle Storm player Lauren Jackson. She is a ballin’ beauty who’s as attractive as she is tall. Read more below. While the WNBA player was at the rehabilitation clinic in Australia taking care of a back injury, she received some dreadful news. Shabtai von Kalmanovic, owner of the Spartak’s was shot dead. The two-time [...]
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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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AfterEllen (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
When Sheryl Swoopes was unceremoniously waived from from the Seattle Storm in February, it was a kick in the gut to women's basketball fans everywhere — especially lesbians. Swoopes was the matriarch of the WNBA, and one of the only openly gay women in the league. So it warms the crusty cockles of my cynical heart to tell you that she is returning to the court this weekend in an exhibition game...
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Sportress of Blogitude (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Phoenix Mercury (it’s a real team, trust me) player Diana Taurasi pleaded guilty to DUI charges and just spent a day in jail after the judge suspended nine days of her sentence. Taurasi’s blood-alcohol level was 0.17 percent when she was pulled over on July 2 following a 93-81 victory over the Seattle Storm. That’s more [...]
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hoopfeed.com (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Nine months after being waived by the Seattle Storm and a summer of not getting picked up by another WNBA team, Sheryl Swoopes will resurface on the court—in Montana. The basketball legend will play in an exhibition game on Sunday, Nov. 8 in Missoula against the University of Montana women’s basketball team for Northwest Sports, a traveling team run by Idol Sports and Entertainment. Northwest...
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Pleasant Dreams - An Atlanta Dream Blog (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
For visiting Girona (1-2), it was a rough introduction to the best team in the Liga Feminina, Ros Casares (3-0). Girona played in the lower division last year, and Girona was down 19 points at the end of the first quarter along the way to a 79-53 defeat. The box score is here . Currently, there are neither write-ups nor photographs, so all we have to look at is the box score. Girona lost every quarter...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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UCONN | Women's Basketball (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
Here is the news you've been waiting for from USA Basketball's own mouth.... "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)...
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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...
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WNBA.com (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
The Storm's Lauren Jackson and Tanisha Wright both made the WNBA All-Defensive First Team, announced Sept. 25. It's Jackson's fourth All-Defensive appearance and the first for Wright.
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WNBA.com (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
The Storm announced on Sept. 23 that Lauren Jackson has been selected to the All-WNBA First Team for the sixth time in her career.
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WNBA.com (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
At season's end, Lauren Jackson said she plans to sign a new two-year contract with the Storm as soon as free agency allows and intends to finish her career in Seattle.