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Did Candace Parker Swallow A Basketball?
I don't want to tell the WNBA how to run their offseason training programs, but Canadce Parker might want to think about cutting back on the carbs. [BlackSportsOnline]...
According To Snooping Europeans, Candace Parker Might Be Pregnant (UPDATE: She's Offcially Bumped Up)
They claim she won't be playing this season while she awaits her new baby. In case This is true.Please send your condolences to this heartbroken commenter. [FIBA]...
Good Night, Sweet Comet Boy
There are many ways to remember the Houston Comets, one of the original WNBA franchises which announced on Monday that it was being disbanded. The sister team of the Houston Rockets won the first four WNBA championships, once included the league's first MVP, Cynthia Cooper, and had on its roster las...
Candace Parker First To Sweep WNBA Honors
Candace Parker took home the WNBA MVP award on Friday, making her the first player to win MVP and Rookie of the Year in the same season. Add that to a list of credits that include College Player of the Year, a national college championship, and an Olympic gold medal. I'd say she's doing alright. ...
The Home Of Your New WNBA Champions: Ypsilanti!
If you're the kind of person who pays attention to such things, you may have noticed that the Detroit Shock will not be playing their WNBA Finals games in Detroit or Auburn Hills or any place else within the I-275 belt. Instead, their playoffs are being held in beautiful and spacious Ypsilanti, Mich...
Rick Mahorn Gets Suspended For "Peacemaking"
The fallout from the most exciting thing to happen in the WNBA's longer-than-expected history is complete. Players suspended for one game included Detroit's Kara Braxton, Tasha Humphrey, Elaine Powell and Sheri Samalong with Los Angeles' Lisa Leslie, Candace Parker and DeLisha Milton-Jones. Two game...
50 Year Old Nancy Lieberman Coming to a WNBA Court Near You
Or maybe not near you at all. What's important is that the WNBA is on fire. First the brawl, now an old chick who likes to wear headbands, works for ESPN, and is 50 joins the league. Nancy Lieberman will play for the Detroit Shock and, seriously, help to replace Cheryl Ford who was injured in the br...
Rick Mahorn Still Can't Figure Out How To Talk To Girls
Sadly, last night's brawl between the Los Angeles Sparks and the Detroit Shock will probably be the only storyline that puts the WNBA above the fold for the rest of the regular season. As far as sports melees go, it was monumental; it involved two of the leagues major stars (Candace Parker, Lisa Les...
First Hillary, Then 'Sex And The City,' And Now This
In a pivotal evolutionary moment reminiscent of that scene in Jurassic Park where the Velociraptor figures out how to work the doorknob, Candace Parker of the Los Angeles Sparks threw one down in the waning seconds of a win over the Indiana Fever on Sunday. No, it wasn't the first dunk in WNBA histo...
Becky Hammon Not Going To Be The Most Popular Gal At The V.F.W
Becky Hammon's decision to play for the Russian national team in the 2008 Olympics has stirred up all sorts of Cold War emotions in Americans, yet once U.S. coach Anne Donovan calls you a "traitor" for your decision, well, it's a Rocky IV mindset all over again....
She Does Not Suck
Candace Parker's WNBA debut went about as well as anyone could have hoped. The Tennessee product led her Los Angeles Sparks to a 99-94 win over the Phoenix Mercury, the league's defending champions. Parker scored 34 points, including some big baskets down the stretch, while amassing 12 rebounds and ...
Gussying Up the WNBA's Rookie Class
The WNBA, like other professional leagues, holds an annual orientation for their new rookie class. Unlike other professional leagues, this orientation featured courses on hairstyles, makeup tips, and other non-pillow fighting related slumber party activities....
WNBA Avoids Minor Labor Pains
Kids, get off the danged roof, open the garage door and shut the engine off: The WNBA isn't going on strike after all....
Enjoy Eight More Years Of The WNBA On ESPN
Big weekend for the WNBA, and boy, there's a sentence. (Well, independent clause, actually, but you get the point.) First off, the WNBA All-Star Game was yesterday. Bless their heart, the intrepid folks at WNBA.com live blogged the whole thing. Hope nobody kicked them out of the press box for that....
The WNBA Wants To Stir Your Soul
Different leagues have different ways of self-promotion. Major League Baseball signs deals with Scott Stapp. The NFL has beer companies make ads in which sisters flirt with each other. The NHL ... well, the NHL plays games. (Occasionally.) But no one has quite mastered the concept of athlete poetry ...
Female Jordan Retires Out Of Boredom With The WNBA
Imagine, for a moment, if LeBron James were clinically depressed. If all his natural skill was wasted on a mind that couldn't get its act together; a million dollar body in a 10-cent head, if you will. He would be a tragic figure, Steve Blass writ large, an epic athletics cautionary tale....
Hello, SPORTS FAN, Allow Us To Tell You About LOCAL SPORTS FRANCHISE
We understand that the WNBA is doing everything in its power to increase its fanbase or, more accurately, survive. One of the keys to this: Making sure "mainstream" media outlets cover the team in their pages. But team public relations people can only do so much. Enter form letters fans can send to ...