Minnesota Lynx move to 6-3, best 9-game start in franchise … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2011
Despite the excellent effort by de Souza, it was Harding who hit every big shot for Atlanta
Despite the excellent effort by de Souza, it was Harding who hit every big shot for Atlanta down the stretch. Her three pointer with 3:19 left gave Atlanta a 79-74 lead. Harding would score nine of Atlanta's last eleven points down the stretch. Armintie Price and Coco Miller each scored eight points … [Read more...]
Phoenix Mercury Guard Temeka Johnson Started Season ‘Half-Step Slow’
It was obvious watching the Phoenix Mercury in their first few games of the season that point guard Temeka Johnson was struggling to defend her opponent. She certainly looked slow in … [Read more...]
Forget being a good skater for a girl. She is just an awesome skater in general.
Brianna Beristain to compete in Girls Riders Organization competition July 16 in L.A. HAMMOND +AHw When Brianna Beristain was 11-years old, she showed an interest in skateboarding when her older cousin vehemently declared, +ACI-girls don't skate.+ACI Luckily, for Morton High School Sophomore Beristain, she's … [Read more...]
Before they had Fans (And Twitter and Facebook…)
Sorry C and R haven't written a blog for a while. We stuck our head in Twitter and didn't emerge for a breath for three days. Heard it was Social Media Day today so we decided to use all our avenues of communication. … [Read more...]
WNBA All-Star 2011 Voting…
WNBA All-Star 2011 … [Read more...]
Being fit and healthy improves the quality of life
For years, Becca had watched her mother fight health battles, first with weight then with cancer. She saw the affects that the battles had, not just on her mother's body but on her quality of life. And so, Becca made a decision. She wasn't going to out that way. So she started running, short … [Read more...]
2011 Women’s World Cup: perspective on Equatorial Guinea’s “controversies”
When sports journalists describe Equatorial Guinea as an unknown quantity, I wonder if that's just their way of saying they haven't wanted to look too closely at the team and the country's football association.Since they upset Nigeria in the 2008 African Women's Championship, they haven't been much … [Read more...]
Is there an ideal ownership model for the WNBA?
Since January 2003 when the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority (the owner of the Mohegan Sun Casino) bought the then-Orlando Miracle, the WNBA has turned from a league that was basically run by the NBA (mostly to give it a leg up in the league's early stages), to a league today where currently half, or … [Read more...]
USOC CEO Scott Blackmun: “No athlete should be forced to choose between faith and sport”
By Narayan LakshmanKulsoom Abdullah (35) can deadlift 111 kg and snatch over 47.5 kg without breaking sweat. But the Atlanta-based weightlifter, also a Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering, is struggling with a weightier issue - clothing.While Ms. Abdullah has already made a name for herself … [Read more...]