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Boost Mobile logos to debut on most WNBA jerseys tomorrow night
by HoopFeed.com
posted August 22, 2011 at 8:05pm

Boost Mobile logo rendering on the jersey of Minnesota Lynx player Candice Wiggins. (Courtesy WNBA) The WNBA and Boost Mobile entered a deal that puts the logo of the wireless service on the jerseys of most of the league’s teams. The wireless compa...more

Countdown to the playoffs: Minnesota clinches its first playoff berth since 2004
by HoopFeed.com
posted August 22, 2011 at 10:09am

On a day with four games on the slate, the WNBA had its first team qualify for the 2011 playoffs, the Minnesota Lynx. At 20-6, Minnesota has the best record in the league, two games up on Indiana and are first in the West, 4.5 games up on Phoenix. The ...more

Game recap: New York Liberty at Seattle Storm
by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog
posted August 22, 2011 at 10:04am

STORM WINS: Bird had a little message for the pouty Liberty following a 63-62 Storm win. "I joked with them and said, 'Now we're even,'" said Bird of the one-point loss in New York earlier this month. "I got fouled at their place and you think you got fou...more

Saturday night WNBA action: three close ones and a blowout
by They're Playing Basketball
posted August 22, 2011 at 10:01am

Watching Saturday night's WNBA action proved to be a workout in three of the four cases. Uno First there was the controversial foul called at the end of the Sky-Mystics game: The Sky trailed by one when the Mystics' Matee Ajavon missed a pair of free t...more

Lauren Jackson Scores Season-High 20 In Return From Injury Against New York Liberty
by Swish Appeal
posted August 22, 2011 at 9:58am

Lauren Jackson Scores Season-High 20 In Return From Injury Against New York Liberty Lauren Jackson isn't necessarily the story of the Storm's 63-62 win tonight, but her return from injury was impressive not because she "didn't miss a beat" - as some mig...more

Tales of two tall ballers: Lauren Jackson and Candace Parker
by They're Playing Basketball
posted August 21, 2011 at 2:34pm

It's easy to see the differences between Lauren Jackson and Candace Parker. Jackson was drafted into the WNBA at age 19, and had already played pro - and in an Olympics. Parker is the product of one of the USA's best college basketball programs, and won ...more

Dream Advance to Winning Record With Overtime Win Over Sun
by Swish Appeal
posted August 20, 2011 at 11:55pm

(ATLANTA) – The 2011 Dream are a tale of two different teams. The first team was a 3-9 team beset by injuries and was desperately looking for an emergency repair with whatever spare parts were available. The second team has gone 10-3 since then, wit...more

Liberty Win Overtime Thriller : The Stat Analysis
by Swish Appeal
posted August 20, 2011 at 3:51pm

NEWARK, NJ - As much as we tempo-free advocates analyze and love to break a game down, there are times when a player rises above any numbers or equations to literally will a team to victory. Last night was a perfect example as the New York Liberty's Cappi...more

WNBA recap; heading toward the playoffs
by They're Playing Basketball
posted August 19, 2011 at 3:29pm

Maybe there is a chance of making the playoffs for the Sparks after all......Ebony Hoffman POPPED OFF last night for 21 points in LA's 75-70 win over the Fever - Hoffman's former team. On the other side of the country, it was Cappie Pondexter who pushed ...more

The Minnesota Lynx: A Case About Media Coverage for Female Athletes
by One Sport Voice
posted August 19, 2011 at 3:13pm

I live in Minneapolis and am a fan, advocate and scholar about gender issues in sport, particularly girls and women in sport. In the last two months, while I haven’t blogged much I have been keeping in eye on happenings around women in sport. Media cove...more

Lizzie Cambage was reprimanded today by the WNBA for the way she wears her shorts
by Swish Appeal
posted August 19, 2011 at 12:21am

Lizzie Cambage was reprimanded today by the WNBA for the way she wears her shorts (tucked and rolled). She went on to tweet, "The league is just keeping a respectable look. So now I'm going @LisaLeslie style and rock those short shorts :)". The Tulsa Sh...more

Ring of Honor Retrospective: Rebecca Lobo
by Swish Appeal
posted August 18, 2011 at 3:22pm

This is not the retrospective I was expecting to write, and I'm not sure what that says about me, about us, about her, or about them. But that's the end of the story, and we should be beginning at the beginning. It begins in New York, and it begins w...more

NY Liberty 69 Washington 66 : The Stat Analysis
by Swish Appeal
posted August 17, 2011 at 4:14pm

NEWARK, NJ - This is getting to be a habit. Liberty coach John Whisenant greets the media post game shaking his head while perusing the stats before saying, "it wasn't pretty but it's a win." In the case of the Liberty's 69-66 too close for comfort victor...more

Candace Parker ejected in debut; Sparks lose to Dream 84-79
by They're Playing Basketball
posted August 17, 2011 at 1:33pm

Things didn't go quite as planned in Candace Parker's return to the Sparks last night after a six-week rehab from a torn meniscus: LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles Sparks forward Candace Parker was ejected for arguing with the referees at the end of the Sparks...more

Commentary: Really, it’s okay to go to Maya’s Connecticut return
by HoopFeed.com
posted August 17, 2011 at 1:41am

Recently there was a column by a Connecticut writer that called out women’s basketball fans in the Nutmeg State for the fact that tonight’s Connecticut Sun vs. Minnesota Lynx game is a sellout (or will be by game time), while the average attendance fo...more

Storm guard Tanisha Wright deals with family loss
by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog
posted August 17, 2011 at 1:38am

Storm starter Tanisha Wright departed after her team's loss on Saturday to be with family after the passing of her mother. According to Storm coach Brian Agler, Wright was notified of the passing Friday and felt she needed to compete with her teammates in...more

Temeka Johnson blogs about overcoming defeat
by Hoop Thoughts
posted August 15, 2011 at 5:25pm

The following comes from the blog "Meek's Moments" written by one of my student-athletes and current starting point guard of the Phoenix Mercury, Temeka Johnson. Meek basically uses her blog to help promote her HOPE Foundation. She has took her profe...more

Tamika Catchings Joins an Elite Club of One - 5000 Points, 2000 Rebounds, 1000 Assists
by Swish Appeal
posted August 14, 2011 at 2:38pm

Tamika Catchings Joins an Elite Club of One - 5000 Points, 2000 Rebounds, 1000 Assists Excerpts from the Indy Star: Catchings tied a career high of 32 points -- and reached the 5,000 plateau in her 10-year career -- in leading the Fever past the Liberty...more

WNBA needs to increase fan relations
by They're Playing Basketball
posted August 14, 2011 at 9:51am

Last summer I recommended that the WNBA do a better job of developing team identities, which would include keeping franchise players and cutting down on the massive trading we see annually. Now I'm going to urge the league to do something else to increase...more

Los Angeles “strike first” mentality in overtime fuels win over Phoenix
by HoopFeed.com
posted August 13, 2011 at 1:36pm

Mercury’s Candice Dupree and LA’s LaToya Pringle. LOS ANGELES – Fueled by the career-high production of their first-round-draft pick, the Los Angeles Sparks (9-13) fought from a 16-point deficit to beat the Phoenix Mercury (13-10) Friday night ...more

Liz Cambage Scored A Career-High 24 Points In Loss To Storm
by Swish Appeal
posted August 12, 2011 at 4:12pm

Liz Cambage Scored A Career-High 24 Points In Loss To Storm In the context of the short history between the Seattle Storm and Tulsa's version of the Shock, the Storm's 77-63 win last night could be considered "uneventful". But Liz Cambage's career-hi...more

SLAM W: Candace Parker Will Return Better Than Ever
by SLAM Online -W
posted August 11, 2011 at 6:19pm

by Ben York / @bjyork Newark, NJ – June 26, 2011 — Los Angeles Sparks forward Candace Parker sits alone inside the New York Liberty’s locker room, her eyes red and face painted with dried tears. Three letters run through Parker’s mind – A, C, ...more

Seattle Storm fizzles out in New York
by Swish Appeal
posted August 11, 2011 at 12:22am

Just the Facts, Ma'am: Cappie Pondexter's 19 points led all scorers in the New York Liberty's 58-56 win over the Seattle Storm. Sue Bird led Seattle with 17 points, 12 in the first half. For pink, lost signs, training, more pink, temporal anomalies, mis...more

Photos: New York Liberty host Breast Health Awareness Night & honor Rebecca Lobo
by Swish Appeal
posted August 10, 2011 at 7:53pm

As part of WNBA Breast Health Awareness Week, the New York Liberty hosted Breast Health Awareness Night and made Rebecca Lobo (above) their fourth Ring of Honor inductee during their 58-56 win against the visiting Seattle Storm at the Prudential Center ...more

Alana Beard to miss remainder of WNBA Season
by HoopFeed.com
posted August 10, 2011 at 7:30pm

Washington Mystics star guard Alana Beard is going to have to miss the remainder of the WNBA season after re-injuring her foot during rehab last week. The team issued statement the following statement from Beard: “I tried my best to join my teammates ...more

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