Angel McCoughtry, Shalee Lehning, Brittainey Raven and Chanel Mokango all make appearances in the latest Atlanta Dream video. McCoughtry speaks about taking a leadership role and whipping the rookies into shape, while Lehning plays good cop to McCoughtry's tough cop.The video link is right here. … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2010
Gonzaga’s Heather Bowman gets welcome to WNBA from vet
Storm F Heather Bowman looks completely different. And that's not a good thing. During a play underneath the hoop, she took a hard elbow from veteran Camille Little, which busted Bowman's nose. The team's trainer stuffed both nostrils with gauze and Bowman continued playing, knowing a little broken … [Read more...]
NBA Commissioner David Stern to players and coaches “Make my day”
Fed up with the critical comments from players and coaches, NBA Commissioner David Stern has chosen to rock his inner Dirty Harry. The commissioner hasn't threatened to shoot anyone but he will fine your sorry ass if you are a player and call out game officials on your blog or if you are a coach who … [Read more...]
A change of pace
In high school, I was a runner, and I was seriously committed to becoming a better athlete with each day of training. I ran what my coach told me to run, I rarely complained, I dug deep and breathed heavy and pushed myself as hard as I could, taking comfort in knowing that my efforts would pay off. … [Read more...]
Softball Tip: How to Choose a Good Instructor
Guest post by Ken Krause, Life in the Fastpitch Lane blog When looking for a good softball hitting, pitching, or fielding instructor, there's one message I want to share with you today: Beware of False Qualifications The other day I was hanging around a training facility where I don't normally … [Read more...]
But what does that have to do with the Diamondbacks?
I think we can all agree that Arizona's new immigration law is fascist at best, but how can boycotting the Diamondbacks make it any better? I understand that opponents think that not going to an Arizona Diamondbacks will hurt Arizona tourism, but um, Arizona doesn't own the Diamondbacks. There are … [Read more...]
Women Coaching Top-Level Soccer: A Discussion with the 6 Female Coaches in WPS
On Wednesday, April 28th, I held a conference call with all 6 female coaches in Women's Professional Soccer to talk about the development of women's soccer coaches - in America and around the world. On the call, we had: +ACo Emma Hayes, Chicago Red Stars Head Coach +ACo Pauliina Miettinen, Sky Blue FC … [Read more...]
If we owned the team …
Last night was the opening reception for the Association for Women in Sports Media convention. As I was trying not to embarrass my native Buffalo with my bowling game at Lucky Strikes, we had a break in the action for our guest speaker, Kathy Goodman. Kathy is co-owner of the L.A. Sparks of the … [Read more...]
Training camp updates: Preseason games begin, player arrivals, injury update
Preseason games begin today at 1 p.m. ET when Chicago and Minnesota meet at Concordia University in St. Paul, Minnesota. Last year during the Lynx's out of town preseason game at the College of St. Benedict in St. Joseph, there were no updates until the game was over except for a few fans tweeting … [Read more...]
Liz Clark joins Patagonia trip to the Mentawai Islands
We're sliding open the doors to the Shed and sweeping it clean this spring. Tune into the season with a fresh batch of stories from our friends and ambassadors out in the wild - in videos, audio and the written word. Gerry Lopez, Wayne Lynch, Liz Clark and the Malloys set out with Fletcher Chouinard … [Read more...]