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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

NCAA Soccer – Bubble Watch v2.0
by All White Kit
posted October 3, 2012 at 1:27pm

  (Note: There were some disparities between the RPI being calculated on the statistical database maintained at nc-soccer.com and the NCAA’s official release. It has come to our attention from the NCAA that bonus/penalty adjustments have been...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

Wild, Wild Card
by Draft Day Suit
posted October 2, 2012 at 10:02pm

This Friday, Major League Baseball will host its first-ever Wild Card games in its new expanded format. This will be a one-game, winner-take-all between the two wild cards in each league for the right to advance to play the team with the best record in ea...more

Interview with Danielle Ahead of InvictaFC 3
by Wombat Sports
posted October 2, 2012 at 9:55pm

It is the call any female fighter wants to get. For Danielle West, it was a ling time coming. After an unfortunate concussion sidelined Elaina Maxwell in her match with #5 Unified ranked featherweight Julia Budd, Invicta put in the call to ex-patriot Wes...more

Trackcenter Top Ten
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted October 2, 2012 at 9:43pm

Today’s top afternoon news links… College news… The new college cross country poll is out, and Florida State has overtaken #1 in the women’s rankings. Here in the Rust Belt, Toledo’s women are at #15, the highest ranking ...more

InvictaFC 3 Preview – Part 3
by Wombat Sports
posted October 2, 2012 at 9:36pm

During this week of InvictaFC 3, we will preview the 14 fights of the card. You can watch InvictaFC 3 this Saturday at 4 p.m. pacific/7 p.m. eastern live and free on InvictaFC.com.  Budd West Top featherweights go at it as #5 Unified rank...more

LPGA: Lorena Ochoa Makes Brief Return in France
by Sarah Hallett
posted October 2, 2012 at 12:41pm

Former world No.1 Lorena Ochoa will return this week to professional golf to take part in the Ladies European Tour....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

NCAA Soccer – RPI Bracket v2.0
by All White Kit
posted October 2, 2012 at 8:14am

  Seeded Teams 1 – Stanford – Pac-12* 2 – Penn State – Big Ten* 3 – UCLA – Pac-12 4 – Florida State – ACC* 5 – BYU – WCC* 6 – North Carolina – ACC 7 – San Diego State &nd...;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

Weekend College Cross Country Wrap
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted October 2, 2012 at 7:58am

Yesterday I ran down the weekend results for the top 30 men’s teams. Today I look at the top 30 women’s teams. #1 Washington finished second at the Greater Louisville Classic behind #12 Arizona. The Huskies were without one of their stars, ...more

Habitat For Humanity Build-a-thon 2012
by Moving Down the Right Track
posted October 2, 2012 at 7:54am

Hey everyone, So this weekend was AMAZING!! I went to Sony Studios and joined Habitat For Humanity at the Build-a-thon 2012, building homes for the Culver City Project.  Now I must say it was my 1st time doing that, hammering in nails, building wall...more

Trackcenter Top Ten
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted October 1, 2012 at 5:29pm

Today’s top news links… Pro news Berlin marathon fallout. Geoffrey Mutai won the Berlin Marathon yesterday and clinched the World Marathon Majors title and the $500,000 prize that goes with it. But Mutai’s training partner, Dennis Ki...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

What’s your local spectator event?
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted October 1, 2012 at 5:20pm

I’m looking for help from you, my thousands…nay, millions of faithful readers, to help me get a better sense of offerings for track fans all across the country. In terms of track, cross country, or road running, what is the best spectator ev...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

NCAA Soccer – The First XI for October 1, 2012 – Arizona State vs UCLA
by All White Kit
posted October 1, 2012 at 2:29pm

  Zakiya Bywaters Will Try to Fire UCLA to Another Pac-12 Win Against Arizona State on Monday (49) Arizona State vs (3) UCLA – 10:00 PM Games seldom come on Mondays in conference season in the college soccer world, and meaningful games are...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

U18 3X3 team wins the gold
by They're Playing Basketball
posted October 1, 2012 at 8:16am

Team USA's U18 women claimed the 3X3 gold medal today, with a 21-13 victory over Spain.The team consists of Diamond DeShields, Kaela Davis, Erica McCall and Brianna Turner.McCall, from Bakersfield, Calif., is the sister of the Phoenix Mercury's DeWanna Bo...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

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