Canada, Becky Hammon are winners

What a night:

Canada beat the USA in the Pan American Games Championship, 81-73. Kia Nurse lead the Canadians with 33 points.

Around the same time, Becky Hammon lead the Spurs to an NBA summer league championship.

WNBA news.......

Lynx:

Maya Moore podcast.

Dev Peters podcast.

Fever:

Tamika Catchings blogs......the goat will have her autobiography out next year.

Sky:

Elena Delle Donne is back in the swing of things.

Stars:

The Stars are in playoff contention despite their losing record.

Sun:

Connecticut is continuing their free fall in the East.

Storm:

The Storm is sticking to the developmental approach with rookies Jewell Loyd and Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis.

Players of the week:

Tina Charles for the East and Maya Moore for the West.

College:

One news source says North Carolina is sacrificing coach Sylvia Hatchell in the school's academic fraud scandal.