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Storm All-Star Lauren Jackson, others may need offseason surgery
by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog
posted October 3, 2012 at 9:16pm

Storm All-Star Lauren Jackson went immediately to the training table after her team's 73-72 Game 3 Western Conference semi-final loss at Target Center on Tuesday. She received a cortisone injection to relieve a hamstring injury during the WNBA season. But...more

First Day of Practice
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted October 3, 2012 at 9:05pm

October 1 marked the first day that collegiate women could officially practice basketball with their coaches. Stanford Junior Chiney Ogwumike tweeted it was like “being home.” Stanford welcomed 3 freshmen to the mix, and the team is ranked 1nu...more

2012 WNBA Playoffs: Conference finals schedule set
by Swish Appeal
posted October 3, 2012 at 12:25pm

After a close call to decide the final team to advance to the next round of the 2012 WNBA Playoffs, the Minnesota Lynx live to defend their title at least for a few more days. The Lynx, who narrowly escaped the first round after being taken down to the ...more

WNBA Conference finals set
by They're Playing Basketball
posted October 3, 2012 at 8:58am

Got heart medication?Eastern Conference:The Fever shook off a slow start to beat the Dream, 75-64 and advance to the Eastern Conference finals. Erlana Larkins lead Indiana with 16 points and 20 rebounds; Katie Douglas had 24 points; Tamika Catchings nette...more

Indiana, Minnesota advance to WNBA conference finals after Game Three wins
by Swish Appeal
posted October 3, 2012 at 8:55am

The possibility of a 2011 WNBA Finals rematch ended tonight. While the Minnesota Lynx advanced after another dramatic bout with the Seattle Storm, the Atlanta Dream fell to the Indiana Fever. Kris Willis of SB Nation Atlanta has a brief recap of the Dre...more

Washington Mystics Pick 4th In the 2013 WNBA Draft: General Manager Search Underway and What Team Building Route Should They Take?
by Swish Appeal
posted October 3, 2012 at 8:50am

Team President Sheila Johnson told Carla Peay of the Washington Times last Thursday that for now, the most important thing to do is to search for a new General Manager, a position that is currently vacant after the team fired Trudi Lacey of that positio...more

Poll: Does the Storm need to beat Minnesota for a successful season?
by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog
posted October 2, 2012 at 8:16am

Top-seeded Minnesota and fourth-seed Seattle will face-off Tuesday in a decisive Game 3 of its Western Conference opening-round playoff series. Winner plays No. 2 seed Los Angeles in the best-of-three conference finals beginning Thursday. The Storm neede...more

News and Notes from Game 2 of the Minnesota-Seattle Western Conference playoff series
by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog
posted October 2, 2012 at 8:12am

UPDATE: In case you haven't heard, Minnesota Timberwolves G Ricky Rubio purchased 500 tickets to the Lynx (1-1) decisive Game 3 playoff game against the Storm (1-1) on Tuesday. He gave them away Monday morning. Prior to Friday's Game 1 at Target Center, t...more

News and Notes from Game 2 of the Minnesota-Seattle Western Conference playoff series
by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog
posted October 1, 2012 at 5:23pm

Storm fans may be bopping into work on Monday, horse but ecstatic about a 86-79 double-overtime playoff win against Minnesota at KeyArena on Sunday. The victory tied the best-of-three opening-round Western Conference series between the WNBA's past two cha...more

Video: Highlights of the Seattle Storm's double overtime win over the Minnesota Lynx
by Swish Appeal
posted October 1, 2012 at 2:41pm

The Seattle Storm beat the Minnesota Lynx 86-79 in double overtime in the first round of the WNBA Playoffs to extend the series to a third and decisive game on Tuesday. Check out SBN Minnesota for a full account of the game.   ...more

2012 WNBA Playoffs: Seattle Storm force Game Three against Minnesota Lynx
by Swish Appeal
posted October 1, 2012 at 2:37pm

The Seattle Storm beat the Minnesota Lynx 86-79 in double overtime in the first round of the WNBA Playoffs to extend the series to a third and decisive game on Tuesday. Check out SBN Minnesota for a full account of the game. If there was one defining p...more

New York Liberty fall to Connecticut Sun in first round of 2012 WNBA playoffs
by Swish Appeal
posted October 1, 2012 at 2:26pm

After becoming the first team in WNBA history to earn a playoff berth after an 0-5 start to the regular season, the New York Liberty fell to the Connecticut Sun in the first round of the 2012 WNBA Playoffs. The following is our coverage of the series, p...more

Twitter reactions to the Seattle Storm's thrilling double OT win over the Minnesota Lynx
by Swish Appeal
posted October 1, 2012 at 2:18pm

OK, how can you not grin at that ... maybe even if you are a Lynx fan. LJ struggles shooting all night, then makes the 3-pointer to go to OT — Mechelle Voepel (@MechelleV) October 1, 2012 The Seattle Storm's 86-79 double overtime win against the d...more

January's career night gives Fever critical Game Two win; Game Three to decide series
by Swish Appeal
posted October 1, 2012 at 2:01pm

(ATLANTA) – Indiana only had two days to solve the problems the Atlanta Dream caused them in Game One or their plans in Indianapolis when they arrived back home would be cleaning out their lockers and buying plane tickets to Europe. Indiana guard...more

Playoffs round 1, day 4: forced to a third game
by They're Playing Basketball
posted October 1, 2012 at 8:15am

Have you calmed back down yet after that double-overtime Storm-Lynx game? Seattle beat the Lynx 86-79, thanks to separate three-point shots from the veterans Lauren Jackson and Sue Bird. The series continues to three games on Tuesday, in Minnesota.Key Are...more

Ashley Preisinger becomes first female CEO of the Atlanta Dream
by Swish Appeal
posted October 1, 2012 at 8:14am

Ashley Preisinger will take over for Peter Canalichio as the first female CEO of the Atlanta Dream. If you look at the Atlanta Dream staff directory, you will no longer see Peter Canaliciho's name as CEO. He was named CEO on January 4, 2012. Accordi...more

Tina Charles' MVP performance helps Connecticut Sun advance in 2012 WNBA Playoffs
by Swish Appeal
posted October 1, 2012 at 7:54am

NEWARK, NJ- The night began on an upbeat note for the home team. The Prudential Center crowd was pumped, the music blaring and the New York Liberty faithful were certain their favorites could protect 'our house'. The opening quarter had Liberty fans al...more

Charles powers Connecticut to first-round sweep of New York
by Swish Appeal
posted September 30, 2012 at 1:20pm

So this might very well be it. And if this is it, I'm okay with that. We fought just hard enough to make the playoffs and just hard enough to look respectable in Game 1. If we win, we win. If we lose, then Connecticut deserves to advance. The Liberty...more

Playoffs round 1, day 3: two sweeps complete
by They're Playing Basketball
posted September 30, 2012 at 8:55am

The Sparks staved off a Silver Stars fourth quarter comeback to win, 101-94. Candace Parker lead Los Angeles in their sweep of San Antonio with 32 points and nine rebounds. The Sparks advance to the Western Conference finals.The Sun came from behind to be...more

How competitive was the WNBA in 2012?
by Swish Appeal
posted September 30, 2012 at 8:50am

With the end of the 2012 WNBA regular season, it is time to compare this season against the 15 completed seasons that have come before it. We do this using a method called a Noll-Scully Measure, which compares the final standings in the season to the f...more

Some WNBA fans need to get over the college thing
by They're Playing Basketball
posted September 29, 2012 at 10:06pm

This week several UConn fans were taking up for the Mercury after they won the first draft pick next year. Because Diana Taurasi is on the team, they were acting like the Mercury were the Huskies. They were giving the twitter virtual middle finger to anyo...more

Offensive struggles haunt Liberty
by MartinDeF
posted September 29, 2012 at 10:01pm

Back in June, I took to my blog to share my perspective on the New York Liberty's perceived and struggling identity....more

Playoffs round 1, night 2
by They're Playing Basketball
posted September 29, 2012 at 10:15am

Dream 75, Fever 66.Lynx 78, Storm 70.Tomorrow it's:Sparks at San Antonio, noon Pacific/3 p.m. EasternSun at Liberty, 4 p.m. Pacific/7 p.m. Eastern ...more

Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton to retire from WNBA
by Swish Appeal
posted September 29, 2012 at 12:13am

Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton, after four seasons with three different WNBA teams, has joined the Purdue women's basketball staff and has indicated that she intends to retire from the WNBA. According to an article from the Lafayette (Indiana) Journal and Couri...more

Connecticut Sun eclipse New York Liberty in series opener
by Swish Appeal
posted September 29, 2012 at 12:08am

Just the Facts, Ma'am: A 12-0 second half run broke a 45-45 tie and propelled the Connecticut Sun to a Game 1 victory over the New York Liberty, 65-60. 17 points and four blocks from newly crowned MVP Tina Charles led the way for the Sun, with Asjha ...more

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