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Green and Yellow ruled Green and Blue: Seattle rolled over Dallas by 21.
Yah, ’twas ugly. Sparks snuffed out Westchester by 26.
Rachel roared, helping the Sun soar over Indiana, 87-78.
Age before….youth, as the Lynx trumped the Aces, 88-73.
Did they listen? Nope. Chicago over Phoenix, 97-88 . Question: should we be worried about Diana’s back?
How’s your short term memory, LA? Sparks welcome the Aces.
It’s that time! ESPN The Magazine‘s Body Issue 2018.
You have to wonder what the trophy case at Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe’s place looks like, other than really, really big. The superstar athletes, who made their relationship public in July 2017, have been dominating their respective sports (Bird in basketball, Rapinoe in soccer) for over a decade. Together, they’ve got five Olympic gold medals — along with plenty of muscle and scars — to show for it. On the set of their recent Body Issue photo shoot, the couple sat down with ESPN’s Jemele Hill to talk about battling injuries, having to kick their nutrition up a notch and who would win in a foot race.
The Unsung 2018 WNBA All-Stars: A list of WNBA players who have never been All-Stars and deserve a shot at making the team this year.
On this particular day, DeWanna Bonner is sitting in an airport waiting to board a flight to Chicago, the start of a 10-day road trip for the Phoenix Mercury.
Candice Dupree, meanwhile, is in the air on this same morning flying back to Indianapolis from Seattle, ending a five-day trip to the West Coast.
This is how the summer of 2018 looks for the WNBA veteran stars, who were married in the fall of 2016 and are juggling their first WNBA season together as parents to 10-month-old twin girls, Cali and Demi.
Veteran women’s college basketball official Rachelle Jones has died after a seven-year fight with cancer.
Gonna have to use multiple platforms to keep up, though….
4pm: Seattle v. Dallas or, as I tend to think of it, GreenYellow v. Green Blue. Really looking forward to this game, as both teams are finding their groove.
5pm: LA v. Westchester. Oooof, with the Sparks coming off a stomping, this could get ugly.
6pm: Las Vegas v. Minnesota: The Newbies v. The Oldies. Which of these teams will maintain their groove from their previous games?
6pm: Phoenix v. Chicago: Great game for the to regain their focus, but let’s not take the Sky lightly, shall we?
We are about a third of the way through the season and with the exception of the Indiana Fever, it would appear every team is in playoff contention. The Lynx have rattled off three wins in a row and appear to be taking shape, while the Sun find themselves on a four-game skid after starting the season 7-1. Both those teams, along with eight others, are in action tonight and there are a handful of trends to know for each game when looking from a betting perspective.
Stewart tells her story in an E:60 feature today at 9 a.m. This is an online exclusive story from ESPN The Magazine’s Body Issue 2018.
Last October Breanna Stewart — four-time NCAA champion, No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft, WNBA All-Star in her second season — joined the #MeToo movement by publishing a powerful essay in The Players’ Tribune in which she detailed years of sexual abuse as a child. The piece was about reclaiming her voice and taking back control of her body. It’s with the same spirit of empowerment that Stewart decided to take part in the 10th edition of the Body Issue: “I’ve really opened myself up to the world this year, so this felt like another part [of that]. It’s hard to open up and tell your story, but it’s worth it. I’ve really embraced myself — being tall, understanding my body — and also the story that my body portrays.” Stewart sat down with espnW’s Julie Foudy to share more details of her story and talk about finding the strength to come forward.
Arizona Desert Swarm: Why are top recruits flocking to Arizona women’s basketball?
“Flat! Flat! Flat!” Interesting night, no?
Don’t see THAT too often. Connecticut had the lead over a rather discombobulated Atlanta, and then they went on and 0-20 run. Dream win by five (welcome back, Ms. Sykes).
Wings of BOOM! Top dog LA went into DFW and got their Sparks handed to them. Dallas by 29.
Tina got her 5000th, but L.V. was playing with house money. Aces pull away in the fourth to win by 10. (oh, and this was cool: Statue of Liberty on Las Vegas Strip dons Aces jersey).
“I’m not dead yet!” Minnesota got their groove back (for a game) and chilled the Merc with an 11-point victory.
The Boss, Sarah Spain showed up (cool) but so did Elena (30-10-6). Washington gets a 16-point win over a struggling Sky.
Shine bright like a diamond! Jewell goes off for 25 and the Storm keep the Fever at one win.
That question was tongue-in-cheek. But a more serious question emerged as Charles and Moore, both Olympic gold medalists and former league most valuable players, dueled inside the Westchester County Center in front of an announced crowd of 2,319.
What constitutes a proper environment for women’s basketball?
Washington Post: Elena Delle Donne took exception to Adam Silver. With that, a WNBA star found her voice.
Hey, remember that time two weeks ago when I said that the Sun couldn’t be stopped?
Well, they were, and now the WNBA’s standings are a bit more complicated than they were at the beginning of the season.
The Aces are currently in the midst of a rebuilding season, but have set their sights on creating brand awareness this year, without regard to on-court success.
Minneaplois Star Tribune: Is Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve the most powerful sports figure in Minnesota?
Cheryl Reeve has achieved so much with the Minnesota Lynx that she’s now one of the most accomplished coaches in Minnesota sports history.
The journey to get there was not always easy — nor was the path always clear. A standout student and point guard at La Salle University in Philadelphia, Reeve went into coaching and moved her way up the college and professional basketball ranks.
She endured tough early years, with franchises she worked for folding or relocating, but Reeve was able to parlay her role as a well-respected WNBA assistant with Detroit into the Lynx head coaching job starting with the 2010 season.
It’s hard to believe that the WNBA season is just about a third of the way through.
Enough time to determine front-runners – teams such as Los Angeles, Phoenix, Seattle and Connecticut. Enough time to determine surprises, disappointments and teams that still have a lot of work to do.
But the breakouts, those players who have gone from being role players to marquee names, those are much easier to spot.
Kvetch and be heard? A response from the league on Tuesday’s ‘Hoops Happening‘: A source from the NBA/WNBA reached out to address concerns raised in Tuesday’s column. Here’s a roundup of the points that were addressed.
Although this passage does not include intentional or unintentional critique of the league’s scheduling, I was asked to report that the number of back-to-backs in the WNBA for the 2018 season is 2 games per team, which is close to the all-time low for seasons condensed by international competition: World Cup (WC) and Olympic Games.
Knoxville Sentinel: Does UT administration care about Lady Vols?
At the symposium, the participants took an active role in exploring many important areas of college athletics, such as: personal branding, individual strengths and values, resume building, interviewing and goal and vision setting.
“The symposium consisted of multiple sessions each day on a variety of topics,” Wall said. “All of the speakers were excellent and taught me so much that I didn’t know before. There was so much insight they had to offer.
So now what? I have a 9 month recovery, no more school, no more scholarship check to live on, no more training table every day… crap. When my family asked me my plan, my first idea I shot out was that I was going to be an Uber driver! Yes… a Duke graduate, business masters owning, WNBA draftee Uber driver. Heck, I bet I could get 5 stars and make a name for myself. I was hype about this idea and honestly still may do it in the fall… but luckily another gig panned out in the meantime. I was lucky enough to snag a summer sports marketing internship with an awesome company in Chicago called Intersport. Ask me how I got it if you want to hear a funny story.
Dig deep: FIBA Central Board gives final approval for wide range of changes to official basketball rules. Paul’s quick hits.
Washington Mystics point guard Natasha Cloud wholeheartedly embraced the two unusual aspects of her team’s Thursday matinee against the Minnesota Lynx.
The first was especially welcome: Coach Mike Thibault inserted Cloud, usually a reserve, into the starting lineup. The second was the buzz of the large crowd, which doubled as early arrivals for the watch party for Game 5 of the Stanley Cup finals in Las Vegas, with the Washington Capitals one win from capturing their first championship, filled up Capital One Arena.
MSG management has exiled the Liberty to an venue that resembles a big high school or small college arena. And it is not a shiny new place, either. The Center opened in 1930 and was last renovated in 1988. It even has a stage at one end. Set up for basketball, it is smaller than many high schools. The lighting is dim.
This is not the place for a professional sports team to play. It insults the game. It insults the team. It is also difficult to imagine how the change can be anything but an economic disaster. Last season, at the Garden, the Liberty averaged 9,899 fans. That was among the top numbers in the WNBA, but less than half of the Garden’s 20,789 capacity. New York averaged similar numbers during the three years they played at Prudential Center, which seats 19,500, in Newark, N.J.
And from there I just began to fixate on basketball, as much of it in whatever form I could find. I coached, watched, played and read constantly. At the same time, I began to wish that I hated the sport instead. Why have this passion that I didn’t share with anyone in my family?
Well, there was one person, I was later told. I just never got to know that part of her.
13 years ago this month, my grandma’s battle with Alzheimer’s came to a close. I was 12 years old.
The WNBA champions won’t be going to the White House. Instead, they’ll give shoes to kids.
Latvia will co-host the FIBA Women’s EuroBasket 2019 and so how much of a celebration do you think it will be and can the team handle the pressure and expectation?
Right now, in the summer of 2018, we are only focusing on playing our best at the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup. That is our main and only focus. Of course, when looking to the future, everyone is very excited about Latvia hosting another major event. But before tackling ‘the party planning’ for 2019, we have business to take care of in Tenerife.
Chris Dailey recalls sitting next to Mickie DeMoss as both watched prospects at a high school gym in 1995, not that long after UConn won its first national championship by defeating Tennessee in the final. DeMoss, then an assistant with the Lady Vols, mentioned to longtime Huskies assistant Dailey that Tennessee was going to need to make some changes in style of play.
Kentucky.com: ‘It’s been such a great ride.’ Ex-Cat’s Cell Berry ready for Hall of Fame induction.
Playing basketball in college is the hardest thing I’ve ever done.
In fact, college basketball was so hard I almost stopped doing it. One afternoon during my freshman season at the University of Colorado, I walked into a meeting with my head coach and told her I couldn’t keep playing: It was too much, too demanding, and I wasn’t up to the challenge. I wasn’t who I thought I was. Even worse in my mind, I wasn’t who shethought I was.
Lisa Thomas thought her basketball days were over.

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