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What We Can All Learn from Connecticut Sun Coach Mike Thibault
by SLAM Online -W
posted October 24, 2011 at 5:32pm

by Ben York / @bjyork Initially, I was hesitant to ask Connecticut Sun coach Mike Thibault about his tragic family history with Cystic Fibrosis. Not because I didn’t care, but simply out of respect and sensitivity. “I’m not sure how to frame the ...more

How Lauren Jackson's 3-year/$1M Aussie deal could shape sports wages
by Swish Appeal
posted October 18, 2011 at 9:01am

How Lauren Jackson's 3-year/$1M Aussie deal could shape sports wages The lede: Basketball star Lauren Jackson's dazzling $1 million three-year domestic basketball contract is the largest ever awarded to a woman in Australia. But it's not just her bank ...more

The Subtle Value Of Great Point Guards: Why Potential Assists Matter
by Swish Appeal
posted October 15, 2011 at 11:49am

Minnesota Lynx point guard Lindsay Whalen running Chin Iso, as described/diagrammed by Fast Model Sports. Whenever people try to suggest that point guard play doesn't matter that much, I immediately think of the Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team'...more

2011 Tulsa Shock - Wrap Up, Rundown and Ribbon Ceremony
by Swish Appeal
posted October 14, 2011 at 1:33pm

There's no way to sugar coat the fact that this summer for the Shock was made extra lengthy, and not just due to the record-breaking temperatures in Oklahoma. Tulsa started the season with three from 2010 opening day on their roster. Marion Jones, Amber H...more

WNBA Champions: Ranking the Lynx, Part II
by Swish Appeal
posted October 13, 2011 at 3:40pm

pilight's great post on ranking the Minnesota Lynx definitely caught my eye. As someone who never got a chance to see the great teams of the Houston Comets or the Minnesota Lynx, I've always been interested in which teams in the WNBA were the best ever....more

In the break between WNBA and NCAA, no games, but plenty of news
by They're Playing Basketball
posted October 13, 2011 at 9:44am

Anybody else jonesing for college ball to start? I thought so.It's always fascinated me, the way some athletes go on from an ACL injury like nothing ever happened, while it ends the careers of others. In talking to Seimone Augustus for this piece, that mo...more

WNBA Champions: Ranking the Minnesota Lynx
by Swish Appeal
posted October 13, 2011 at 9:18am

Now that the season is over, we naturally start wondering where the 2011 Lynx rank among WNBA champions. Could they be the best team the league has ever seen, or did they just catch some lucky breaks and end up with the trophy? How do we determine whe...more

2011 WNBA Regularized Adjusted Plus-Minus: Who Were The Top Offensive & Defensive Performers?
by Swish Appeal
posted October 12, 2011 at 6:48pm

Yesterday I took a look at plus/minus ratings with a focus on four-year Regularized Adjusted Plus Minus as a metric that measures player impact (click here to revisit that). Today, I continue looking at RAPM, but narrow the scope to a one-year perspectiv...more

Hip-hop and the WNBA are coming together..."Numbers" freestyles about Angel McCoughtry
by Swish Appeal
posted October 12, 2011 at 11:09am

From Numbers - Angel McCoughtry (via ixs515). Hip-hop and the WNBA are coming together nicely. This is apparently Numbers' second effort as he previously did a song about his favorite player, "an All-Star player, two times": Washington Mystics forward...more

Minnesota Lynx celebration parade draws 15,000
by They're Playing Basketball
posted October 12, 2011 at 10:51am

The weather was perfect yesterday for a celebratory parade for the 2011 WNBA Champion Lynx. More than 15,000 crowded the streets for the event.Check out the Video on WNBA.com.Players have been expressing the joy that the parade brought them via social med...more

Plus-Minus: A Primer & The Value Of Four-Year WNBA Regularized Adjusted Plus-Minus (RAPM)
by Swish Appeal
posted October 12, 2011 at 10:24am

Just yesterday in a comment on the 2011 WNBA All-Playoff Team post, Shannon correctly pointed out that I had sort of loosely tossed out the term "plus/minus" without sufficient explanation. The confusion, as I described briefly there, was that there ar...more

2011 WNBA "All-Playoff" Team: Which Players Did The Most For Their Teams In The Post-Season?
by Swish Appeal
posted October 11, 2011 at 4:33pm

As I was digging through some of our old college coverage in preparation for college season I wondered, Why not have a WNBA "All-Tournament team" for the playoffs? The moment passed as the playoffs are sort of a weird beast given that people played any...more

The Victor And The Vanquished: Reflections on the WNBA Finals
by Swish Appeal
posted October 11, 2011 at 4:31pm

In winning a championship after establishing themselves as the class of the league within their first few games, the Minnesota Lynx' triumph as 2011 WNBA champions seems obvious as already written in a piece entitled "Eschewing Eschaton" at SB Nation's Ca...more

Minnesota Lynx honored at Sunday's Vikings game
by They're Playing Basketball
posted October 10, 2011 at 1:13am

They were introduced, met the mascot, were interviewed, and got to hold up the trophy, which I am guessing has been held continuously by one Lynx since Friday night.Story.The Lynx rank among Minnesota's best-ever teams.Details on Tuesday's Lynx parade.Goi...more

The Hunt for (Legit) Pink October: Think Before You Pink - Questions to Ask
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted October 9, 2011 at 12:42pm

October has been a busy month. Women's college basketball practice officially started, Breast Cancer Awareness month is in full pink-force and Candice Wiggins finally has a major championship. October is also Breast Cancer Aw...more

Laurel Richie, WNBA needs to go after pure sports fans
by They're Playing Basketball
posted October 8, 2011 at 4:08pm

New WNBA President Laurel Richie has made marketing her primary focus. And to her credit, she's done some great work, like landing the Boost Mobile deal. Her next task will be to identify the league's fans and go after them to buy game tickets. To do that...more

Fans vote top moment in WNBA history: Teresa Weatherspoon’s half-court buzzer shot in 1999 Finals
by Swish Appeal
posted October 8, 2011 at 11:36am

The WNBA and Boost Mobile today unveiled the top moment in league history, as voted by fans: Teresa Weatherspoon’s half-court shot at the buzzer to win Game 2 of the 1999 WNBA Finals for the New York Liberty to send the series to a decisive third game...more

Minnesota Lynx Sweep Atlanta Dream To Earn First WNBA Championship
by Swish Appeal
posted October 8, 2011 at 11:28am

For the third consecutive WNBA Finals game, the Atlanta Dream held a halftime lead. And for the third consecutive contest, the Minnesota Lynx has stormed back for the win. Minnesota gets it's first WNBA Championship in franchise history in their first t...more

Glen Taylor Is One Happy Pappy
by Swish Appeal
posted October 7, 2011 at 10:38am

Glen Taylor Is One Happy Pappy The owner of the Minnesota Lynx, Glen Taylor, can bask in the glow in the participation in a WNBA Finals after many years of the opposite of success. Taylor is a self-made millionaire that bought the Timberwolves way back...more

Lynx take game two, 101-95
by They're Playing Basketball
posted October 6, 2011 at 9:24am

What was that? It was Angel McCoughtry and Seimone "sick filthy crossover" Augustus duking it out for the game two win. Both broke the finals scoring record - McCoughtry with 38 and Augustus with 36. But in the end it was the Lynx who came up big in the f...more

Why The 2011 WNBA Finals Is A Great Time For Depressed NBA Fans To Give The League A Chance
by Swish Appeal
posted October 6, 2011 at 2:44am

While sitting in a Berkeley cafe trying to write something about Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals recently, this middle-aged guy sitting next to me and peering over my shoulder at my computer screen full of spreadsheets leaned over to ask a questio...more

2011 WNBA Finals: Minnesota Lynx Take a 2-0 Series Lead In Come From Behind Win Over Atlanta Dream
by Swish Appeal
posted October 6, 2011 at 1:33am

The Minnesota Lynx fought to a 2-0 WNBA Finals advantage after taking down the Atlanta Dream 101-95 in front of 15,124 fans at the Target Center in Minneapolis. Atlanta's Angel McCoughtry continued in her fantastic Finals performances with a 38-point nigh...more

TV Alert: The return of Atlanta Dream center Erika de Souza
by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog
posted October 5, 2011 at 4:06pm

The WNBA Finals resume Wednesday at 5 p.m. local time on ESPN2 and all the buzz seems to be about the return of Atlanta Dream C Erika de Souza (pictured right). She made what some found to be a questionable decision to skip the Eastern Conference Finals t...more

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