Today's game results:
The Wings topped the Dream, 94-84. Rookie Allisha Gray came up big with a four-point play down the stretch to ice her career-high 20-point out pour.
The Sun routed the Stars, 89-56, and most of the scoring was done by those who aren't the usual suspects.
The Mercury powered past the Mystics, 88-80, on the strength of Brittney Griner's 30 points and 14 rebounds.
WNBA team news:
How the Sun have turned around their fortunes.
WNBA player news:
Sun center Jonquel Jones is becoming one of the league's best bigs.
Mystics rookie Shatori Walker-Kimbrough is emerging from her shell.
The league shakes things up in their weekly MVP rankings.
Jasmine Thomas and Candace Parker are the Eastern and Western Conference players of the week.
Jonquel Jones and Sylvia Fowles are the Eastern and Western Conference players of the month for June.
Allisha Gray is the rookie of the month for June.
WNBA coach news:
Brian Agler is the coach of the month.
Watching the Lynx play from the stands is hard for former assistant coach Jim Peterson.
Tomorrow's game schedule:
The Lynx could make a statement with a win against the Sparks.
A statement is at stake for Minnesota.
It's time to stop whining about losing last year's Finals, Minnesota.
The season series is up for grabs when the Liberty visit the Storm.
The Storm's version of this match up.
College player news:
Loryn Goodwin has tranferred from UTSA to Oklahoma State.
Former Texas Longhorn Tasia Foman has landed at Texas-Corpus Christi.
College coach news:
Former Texas Tech great Sheryl Swoopes has been named director of player development for the team.
The Raiders' new associate head coach is Melanie Balcomb.
Diane Richardson brings a varied background to Towson.
Camille Collier is Radford's new assistant coach.
Western Carolina has a new assistant coach in Josh Keys.
Wednesday, July 5, 2017
Humbling start for prized rookie Plum
For those unable to read this fine story about Kelsey Plum due to subscription issues, I've received permission to reprint it in its entirety. Great stuff:
By Melissa Rohlin
San Antonio Express-News
SAN ANTONIO -- A video produced in January compared NBA star James Harden to Kelsey Plum, who at the time was starring for the Washington Huskies. Both players are left-handed guards who can seemingly score at will.
Harden is a household name, a recent runner-up for the NBA Most Valuable Player award who earned $28.3 million in 2016-17.
Plum went on to be the No. 1 pick by the San Antonio Stars in the 2017 WNBA draft.
While their playing styles may have similarities, their earning potential is starkly different. Harden made $26.5 million this past season. Rookie pay in the WNBA is about $50,000, while the veteran maximum is $115,000 per year.
Yet it was Plum who was not thrilled with the comparison.
“I never wanted to aspire to play like a man,” Plum said. “I think it’s really important to show that women are just as capable. And comparing a woman to a man is like apples and oranges, because it’s not that we’re limited, we’re different.”
After Harden saw the video, he tweeted at Plum, saying, “I see you.”
Harden and Plum did eventually meet in May when Harden was in town for a playoff series against the Spurs.
Plum was having dinner at Ruth’s Chris with Irv Roland, a family friend who works in player development for the Rockets. Roland asked Harden to stop by.
When Harden joined them, he handed Plum a pair of signed basketball shoes. Plum responded accordingly, autographing a pair of her own shoes for Harden.
Early years
Plum’s father, Jim, can pinpoint the moment when he saw his daughter gain her voice.
She was in third grade, and came home upset from school one day. She didn’t think her teacher liked her because she wore basketball shorts every day, didn’t do her hair and always had dirt streaked on her face from playing basketball at recess.
Her father then gave her an ultimatum — he told her she needed to confront the teacher or else he would.
Plum approached her teacher the following day and told her how she felt.
“The teacher cried and said I actually have more respect for you than anyone,” Jim recalled. “That seemed to jump-start her being independent.”
Growing up in the Plum household was not easy.
Plum’s mother and two older sisters played college volleyball. Her father played college football. And her younger brother plays college football.
Everything was a competition. After they would go out to dinner, Jim would quickly pay the check and sprint to his truck. His kids would immediately run after him. Anyone who didn’t make it to the car in time would be left behind.
Plum would play shooting games in the backyard with her family over who would have to clean up the dog poop. There would also be competitions over who would have to clean the dishes and who would get the best dessert.
“I got picked on my whole childhood,” Plum said. “They always ganged up on me. I was kind of sensitive growing up, so I’d always go to mom and cry. That never worked. It was difficult. I had to find my own way. My outlet was basketball. It was my thing. It was different from what everyone else was doing.’
Enter basketball
Plum began seriously focusing on basketball when she was 10. By 12, her father was taking her to local gyms to play pickup games with men three times her age.
She quickly learned that she could make the biggest impact on the court with her shot.
She was too small to defend effectively, but opponents would often leave her open because they didn’t see her as a threat. If she could score, she was valuable.
After she learned how to shoot over men, she had an almost unfair advantage playing against girls.
Plum, who is from Poway, California, attended La Jolla Country Day for high school. She made an immediate impact as a freshman. During her junior year, Plum’s team lost just one game and won the state title.
“She would score 30 or 40 points whenever we needed it,” said Terri Bamford, the girls basketball coach at La Jolla Country Day for the last 20 years. “She would get in a mode where she’d take the game over. Everyone knew if you could stop Kelsey, you could stop our team. That year, she was triple-teamed and she’d still put up those types of numbers.”
While Plum was an extraordinary player in high school, Bamford never imagined what her star would accomplish in college.
But then again, Plum was always in the gym, always improving.
She would practice before school from 6:15-7:30 a.m. three or four times a week, then attend practice, then stay afterward for a few hours to work out with the team’s assistant coach.
“Her work ethic was off the charts,” Bamford said.
College success
Plum chose Washington because she wanted to play for an up-and-coming program.
She averaged 37.3 minutes a game her first season, a freshman record. She was named a team captain because her attitude impressed her coaches.
Ever since Plum was a little girl, she would write down her goals. When she was young, she used to write them on her mirror. Before her final college season, she typed her goal into her phone — she wanted to be the best player in women’s college basketball.
Plum averaged 31.7 points a game during her senior year, nearly six points better than anyone else in Division I. She scored an NCAA-record 1,109 points and led her team to the program’s first Final Four.
The 5-foot-8 guard had developed into a crafty scorer. Her mid-range game was unstoppable, she could attack the rim and she was deadly from beyond the 3-point line.
Over her four seasons as a Husky, she scored 3,527 points, the most in the history of women’s Division I hoops.
This past season, she won the Wooden Award, the Naismith Trophy, the Wade Trophy, the Nancy Lieberman Award, the Associated Press Player of the Year award, the Ann Meyers Drysdale Award and the Dawn Staley Award. She was also named Pac-12 Player of the Year and ESPNW Player of the Year.
“What happened toward the end of my career, I could have never imagined,” she said.
WNBA becomes reality
Despite all of her success, Plum didn’t think she would be selected No. 1 in the WNBA draft. And, yes, she knows that sounds ridiculous.
When her name was called, she was stunned.
“I didn’t know where to go,” she said.
Plum explained that her ascent had been so gradual for so long, that when she reached the top, it felt unreal. Her self-image hadn’t quite caught up with her skill level.
“You have to understand, I came out of high school, and I was like top 50 in the country, but I wasn’t like the No. 1 player,” she said. “In college, even coming into freshman, sophomore, junior years, I wasn’t one of the best players in the country. My senior year, when we started playing, I think I had worked really hard that summer and I proved I was. But it was like, I started here (holds hand low), and I was like boom, boom, boom (she incrementally moves her hand higher and higher). I never thought that I was like this (holds hand high).”
So when Plum’s name was called, it was an awe-inspiring moment for her family. Her father cried. Plum realized she had finally accomplished something she had written on her mirror when she was a child — reach the WNBA.
The next few weeks were a whirlwind of media. In April, she was introduced to San Antonio at a Spurs game and made a huge impression by tossing T-shirts to the crowd at the AT&T Center. Media around the country had fun with her athleticism.
A New York Daily News headline read: “Top WNBA pick Kelsey Plum puts T-shirt cannon out of a job” while an SB Nation headline described her as having a “QB arm.”
It seemed like everything she touched was turning to gold.
Rough start
Then things began to go in a different direction.
She sustained an ankle injury during practice in early May. It sidelined her for three weeks.
Once she was able to play, she had trouble scoring. She failed to reach double figures in any of her first 11 games and was twice held scoreless. Averaging just 13.5 minutes per game, Plum scored at a 3.4 point per game pace, while shooting 23.3 percent from the field.
It was a tough coming-back-to-earth experience for a player who was expected to make an immediate impact.
“It’s no secret that I’m struggling right now,” she said. “I’m not playing at the level that I think I can play at. It’s frustrating.”
Stars coach Vickie Johnson said Plum is undergoing a huge transition. She has confidence Plum will eventually live up to her lofty expectations.
“It’s like going from high school to the NBA,” Johnson said. “Some players are ready. LeBron James was ready. Kobe (Bryant), when he went in, he wasn’t ready. It took him a year or two to get ready. This is the best of the best.”
Eight of the last nine top picks in the WNBA draft have won the Rookie of the Year award. Plum does not want to be the second exception.
Her work ethic as a pro is the same as it has been at other levels. She is the first player to show up at practice and the last to leave. After a recent session, she stayed on the court for an extra hour to work out with Becky Hammon, a former Stars great who is an assistant coach for the Spurs.
“She was saying that you’ve got to become a wizard off the pick-and-rolls and passing with the right hand versus passing with your left,” Plum said “Just like gold nuggets of information.”
Forget Harden. Plum would rather follow in Hammon’s footsteps.
“Just to be able to see someone still dominate the game with your mind, that’s the level you want to get to as a point guard,” Plum said.
Throughout the last two months, when she has gotten down, Jim Plum has been there to guide her.
He told her this drought will be temporary. He has encouraged her to use this time as an opportunity to be a sponge around her coaches and to be the loudest possible cheerleader for her teammates.
Plum is once again deeply focused. She has written down new goals for herself, and she’s dead set on achieving them.
According to Jim, these are the times when she excels the most.
“I think this is very humbling and actually very positive because she’s just going to have to work,” he said.
That’s something she’s always been good at.
By Melissa Rohlin
San Antonio Express-News
SAN ANTONIO -- A video produced in January compared NBA star James Harden to Kelsey Plum, who at the time was starring for the Washington Huskies. Both players are left-handed guards who can seemingly score at will.
Harden is a household name, a recent runner-up for the NBA Most Valuable Player award who earned $28.3 million in 2016-17.
Plum went on to be the No. 1 pick by the San Antonio Stars in the 2017 WNBA draft.
While their playing styles may have similarities, their earning potential is starkly different. Harden made $26.5 million this past season. Rookie pay in the WNBA is about $50,000, while the veteran maximum is $115,000 per year.
Yet it was Plum who was not thrilled with the comparison.
“I never wanted to aspire to play like a man,” Plum said. “I think it’s really important to show that women are just as capable. And comparing a woman to a man is like apples and oranges, because it’s not that we’re limited, we’re different.”
After Harden saw the video, he tweeted at Plum, saying, “I see you.”
Harden and Plum did eventually meet in May when Harden was in town for a playoff series against the Spurs.
Plum was having dinner at Ruth’s Chris with Irv Roland, a family friend who works in player development for the Rockets. Roland asked Harden to stop by.
When Harden joined them, he handed Plum a pair of signed basketball shoes. Plum responded accordingly, autographing a pair of her own shoes for Harden.
Early years
Plum’s father, Jim, can pinpoint the moment when he saw his daughter gain her voice.
She was in third grade, and came home upset from school one day. She didn’t think her teacher liked her because she wore basketball shorts every day, didn’t do her hair and always had dirt streaked on her face from playing basketball at recess.
Her father then gave her an ultimatum — he told her she needed to confront the teacher or else he would.
Plum approached her teacher the following day and told her how she felt.
“The teacher cried and said I actually have more respect for you than anyone,” Jim recalled. “That seemed to jump-start her being independent.”
Growing up in the Plum household was not easy.
Plum’s mother and two older sisters played college volleyball. Her father played college football. And her younger brother plays college football.
Everything was a competition. After they would go out to dinner, Jim would quickly pay the check and sprint to his truck. His kids would immediately run after him. Anyone who didn’t make it to the car in time would be left behind.
Plum would play shooting games in the backyard with her family over who would have to clean up the dog poop. There would also be competitions over who would have to clean the dishes and who would get the best dessert.
“I got picked on my whole childhood,” Plum said. “They always ganged up on me. I was kind of sensitive growing up, so I’d always go to mom and cry. That never worked. It was difficult. I had to find my own way. My outlet was basketball. It was my thing. It was different from what everyone else was doing.’
Enter basketball
Plum began seriously focusing on basketball when she was 10. By 12, her father was taking her to local gyms to play pickup games with men three times her age.
She quickly learned that she could make the biggest impact on the court with her shot.
She was too small to defend effectively, but opponents would often leave her open because they didn’t see her as a threat. If she could score, she was valuable.
After she learned how to shoot over men, she had an almost unfair advantage playing against girls.
Plum, who is from Poway, California, attended La Jolla Country Day for high school. She made an immediate impact as a freshman. During her junior year, Plum’s team lost just one game and won the state title.
“She would score 30 or 40 points whenever we needed it,” said Terri Bamford, the girls basketball coach at La Jolla Country Day for the last 20 years. “She would get in a mode where she’d take the game over. Everyone knew if you could stop Kelsey, you could stop our team. That year, she was triple-teamed and she’d still put up those types of numbers.”
While Plum was an extraordinary player in high school, Bamford never imagined what her star would accomplish in college.
But then again, Plum was always in the gym, always improving.
She would practice before school from 6:15-7:30 a.m. three or four times a week, then attend practice, then stay afterward for a few hours to work out with the team’s assistant coach.
“Her work ethic was off the charts,” Bamford said.
College success
Plum chose Washington because she wanted to play for an up-and-coming program.
She averaged 37.3 minutes a game her first season, a freshman record. She was named a team captain because her attitude impressed her coaches.
Ever since Plum was a little girl, she would write down her goals. When she was young, she used to write them on her mirror. Before her final college season, she typed her goal into her phone — she wanted to be the best player in women’s college basketball.
Plum averaged 31.7 points a game during her senior year, nearly six points better than anyone else in Division I. She scored an NCAA-record 1,109 points and led her team to the program’s first Final Four.
The 5-foot-8 guard had developed into a crafty scorer. Her mid-range game was unstoppable, she could attack the rim and she was deadly from beyond the 3-point line.
Over her four seasons as a Husky, she scored 3,527 points, the most in the history of women’s Division I hoops.
This past season, she won the Wooden Award, the Naismith Trophy, the Wade Trophy, the Nancy Lieberman Award, the Associated Press Player of the Year award, the Ann Meyers Drysdale Award and the Dawn Staley Award. She was also named Pac-12 Player of the Year and ESPNW Player of the Year.
“What happened toward the end of my career, I could have never imagined,” she said.
WNBA becomes reality
Despite all of her success, Plum didn’t think she would be selected No. 1 in the WNBA draft. And, yes, she knows that sounds ridiculous.
When her name was called, she was stunned.
“I didn’t know where to go,” she said.
Plum explained that her ascent had been so gradual for so long, that when she reached the top, it felt unreal. Her self-image hadn’t quite caught up with her skill level.
“You have to understand, I came out of high school, and I was like top 50 in the country, but I wasn’t like the No. 1 player,” she said. “In college, even coming into freshman, sophomore, junior years, I wasn’t one of the best players in the country. My senior year, when we started playing, I think I had worked really hard that summer and I proved I was. But it was like, I started here (holds hand low), and I was like boom, boom, boom (she incrementally moves her hand higher and higher). I never thought that I was like this (holds hand high).”
So when Plum’s name was called, it was an awe-inspiring moment for her family. Her father cried. Plum realized she had finally accomplished something she had written on her mirror when she was a child — reach the WNBA.
The next few weeks were a whirlwind of media. In April, she was introduced to San Antonio at a Spurs game and made a huge impression by tossing T-shirts to the crowd at the AT&T Center. Media around the country had fun with her athleticism.
A New York Daily News headline read: “Top WNBA pick Kelsey Plum puts T-shirt cannon out of a job” while an SB Nation headline described her as having a “QB arm.”
It seemed like everything she touched was turning to gold.
Rough start
Then things began to go in a different direction.
She sustained an ankle injury during practice in early May. It sidelined her for three weeks.
Once she was able to play, she had trouble scoring. She failed to reach double figures in any of her first 11 games and was twice held scoreless. Averaging just 13.5 minutes per game, Plum scored at a 3.4 point per game pace, while shooting 23.3 percent from the field.
It was a tough coming-back-to-earth experience for a player who was expected to make an immediate impact.
“It’s no secret that I’m struggling right now,” she said. “I’m not playing at the level that I think I can play at. It’s frustrating.”
Stars coach Vickie Johnson said Plum is undergoing a huge transition. She has confidence Plum will eventually live up to her lofty expectations.
“It’s like going from high school to the NBA,” Johnson said. “Some players are ready. LeBron James was ready. Kobe (Bryant), when he went in, he wasn’t ready. It took him a year or two to get ready. This is the best of the best.”
Eight of the last nine top picks in the WNBA draft have won the Rookie of the Year award. Plum does not want to be the second exception.
Her work ethic as a pro is the same as it has been at other levels. She is the first player to show up at practice and the last to leave. After a recent session, she stayed on the court for an extra hour to work out with Becky Hammon, a former Stars great who is an assistant coach for the Spurs.
“She was saying that you’ve got to become a wizard off the pick-and-rolls and passing with the right hand versus passing with your left,” Plum said “Just like gold nuggets of information.”
Forget Harden. Plum would rather follow in Hammon’s footsteps.
“Just to be able to see someone still dominate the game with your mind, that’s the level you want to get to as a point guard,” Plum said.
Throughout the last two months, when she has gotten down, Jim Plum has been there to guide her.
He told her this drought will be temporary. He has encouraged her to use this time as an opportunity to be a sponge around her coaches and to be the loudest possible cheerleader for her teammates.
Plum is once again deeply focused. She has written down new goals for herself, and she’s dead set on achieving them.
According to Jim, these are the times when she excels the most.
“I think this is very humbling and actually very positive because she’s just going to have to work,” he said.
That’s something she’s always been good at.
Tuesday, July 4, 2017
Fourth of July, no news, no lie
WNBA team news:
WNBA power rankings go: Lynx, Sparks, Mystics and Sun.
Connecticut rose in the AP's WNBA power poll.
With attendance numbers down, the Wings are working harder to become a part of the Dallas sports community.
Tomorrow's game schedule:
Dream at Wings will be up-tempo.
The Sun pay a visit to the Stars.
Mystics are at Mercury, who are trying to rebound.
College player news:
No longer a follower, Katie Lou Samuelson is leading UConn players onto the court.
WNBA power rankings go: Lynx, Sparks, Mystics and Sun.
Connecticut rose in the AP's WNBA power poll.
With attendance numbers down, the Wings are working harder to become a part of the Dallas sports community.
Tomorrow's game schedule:
Dream at Wings will be up-tempo.
The Sun pay a visit to the Stars.
Mystics are at Mercury, who are trying to rebound.
College player news:
No longer a follower, Katie Lou Samuelson is leading UConn players onto the court.
Monday, July 3, 2017
Sometimes the news takes a half day off
No players of the week from the WNBA, but there is other news.......
WNBA team news:
Why Storm co-owner Dawn Trudeau took a big political risk.
Wings GM Greg Bibb says his team's identity is "Gritty, never give up."
WNBA player news:
How does Chiney Ogwumike handle injuries? By becoming a star broadcaster.
Indiana Fever point guard Erica Wheeler has a heart for helping others.
Kiah Stokes is getting it done for the Liberty.
College team news:
Some champs celebrate at Disneyland....South Carolina is celebrating at Disneyland in Japan.
College player news:
Pepperdine has added two transfers.
College coach news:
Purdue coach Sharon Versyp is cancer free and ready to begin her 12th season with the Boilermakers.
New Dayton assistant coach Ryan Gensler knows the A-10 well.
Cincinnati has two new assistant coaches.
Chris Lewis has joined East Tennessee State as an assistant coach.
Gabriel Lazo is FIU's new assistant coach.
WNBA team news:
Why Storm co-owner Dawn Trudeau took a big political risk.
Wings GM Greg Bibb says his team's identity is "Gritty, never give up."
WNBA player news:
How does Chiney Ogwumike handle injuries? By becoming a star broadcaster.
Indiana Fever point guard Erica Wheeler has a heart for helping others.
Kiah Stokes is getting it done for the Liberty.
College team news:
Some champs celebrate at Disneyland....South Carolina is celebrating at Disneyland in Japan.
College player news:
Pepperdine has added two transfers.
College coach news:
Purdue coach Sharon Versyp is cancer free and ready to begin her 12th season with the Boilermakers.
New Dayton assistant coach Ryan Gensler knows the A-10 well.
Cincinnati has two new assistant coaches.
Chris Lewis has joined East Tennessee State as an assistant coach.
Gabriel Lazo is FIU's new assistant coach.
Sunday, July 2, 2017
Sparks win eighth straight, Liberty lose for third time
Today's game results:
The Sparks rallied to beat the Mystics, 76-69, for their eighth straight win.
Brittney Sykes and Layshia Clarendon helped the Dream top the Liberty, 81-72.
What's going on with the Liberty? They've lost three in a row. Sure they lost Brittany Boyd to injury, but they won five in a row after that. What other issues are keeping them from winning?
WNBA player news:
Last night's game against Breanna Stewart is a reminder of how much room Wings rookie Allisha Gray has to grow.
Stewart has strengthened her game and voice as a pro.
College coach news:
Aisha Stewart is New Mexico State's new assistant coach.
U18 Fiba 3X3 World Cup:
USA's U18 team won the 3X3 godl medal today.
The Sparks rallied to beat the Mystics, 76-69, for their eighth straight win.
Brittney Sykes and Layshia Clarendon helped the Dream top the Liberty, 81-72.
What's going on with the Liberty? They've lost three in a row. Sure they lost Brittany Boyd to injury, but they won five in a row after that. What other issues are keeping them from winning?
WNBA player news:
Last night's game against Breanna Stewart is a reminder of how much room Wings rookie Allisha Gray has to grow.
Stewart has strengthened her game and voice as a pro.
College coach news:
Aisha Stewart is New Mexico State's new assistant coach.
U18 Fiba 3X3 World Cup:
USA's U18 team won the 3X3 godl medal today.
Saturday, July 1, 2017
Sun back to scorching, Storm rejuvenate
Tonight's game results:
The Sun continue to win. They downed the Fever, 91-85, behind 29 points and 15 rebounds from Jonquel Jones, who is the league leader in rebounds per game. Jasmine Thomas has 22 points.
The Storm snapped a three-game losing streak by routing the Wings, 89-69. Breanna Stewart scored 30 points for Seattle.
WNBA team news:
Three-pointers are changing the WNBA, with the Washington Mystics leading the way.
Fever: 'Defend or we're not going to win. Make that a headline.'
The Sun are making the playoff prediction of ESPN's Rebecca Lobo look smart.
The Connecticut Sun and UConn have enjoyed a fruitful relationship.
Tomorrow's game schedule:
Mystics at Sparks
Liberty at Dream
College player news:
Now a senior, Gabby Williams is looking inward to elevate her game at UConn.
The Sun continue to win. They downed the Fever, 91-85, behind 29 points and 15 rebounds from Jonquel Jones, who is the league leader in rebounds per game. Jasmine Thomas has 22 points.
The Storm snapped a three-game losing streak by routing the Wings, 89-69. Breanna Stewart scored 30 points for Seattle.
WNBA team news:
Three-pointers are changing the WNBA, with the Washington Mystics leading the way.
Fever: 'Defend or we're not going to win. Make that a headline.'
The Sun are making the playoff prediction of ESPN's Rebecca Lobo look smart.
The Connecticut Sun and UConn have enjoyed a fruitful relationship.
Tomorrow's game schedule:
Mystics at Sparks
Liberty at Dream
College player news:
Now a senior, Gabby Williams is looking inward to elevate her game at UConn.
Friday, June 30, 2017
Big things always going down
Tonight's game results:
The Stars finally got their first victory of the season, as they beat the Sky, 89-82.
The Sparks dropped the Dream, 85-76, for the seventh win in a row.
The Lynx clamped down to beat the Mercury, 91-83.
WNBA team news:
The entire New York Liberty team has received the WNBA Cares Community Assist Award for May.
The Mercury are celebrating Diana Taurasi with a goat petting zoo.
WNBA player news:
Facts about Nneka Ogwumike, who will be in this year's ESPN Magazine's the Body Issue.
Ogwumike still characterizes herself as a learner.....women tend to underestimate themselves, and men tend to overestimate themselves, studies have shown.
Here's why Ogwumike decided to bare it all.
Layshia Clarendon, a gender non-conformer, is pushing the WNBA forward on LGBTQ inclusion.
Q&A with Glory Johnson.
Brittney Griner's big leap is taking the Mercury forward.
Tayler Hill is making an All-Star case.
Former WNBA player news:
Angel Goodrich's journey from the WNBA to camp instructor.
College team news:
Florida State continues their hot streak on the recruiting trail.
College player news:
Former Penn State center Ashanti Thomas has transferred to Butler.
College coach news:
Long Beach State's coaching staff is complete.
Southeast Missouri has two new assistant coaches.
Pat Summitt:
Former Lady Vol Cierra Burdick said she is who she is because of her coach.
The Stars finally got their first victory of the season, as they beat the Sky, 89-82.
The Sparks dropped the Dream, 85-76, for the seventh win in a row.
The Lynx clamped down to beat the Mercury, 91-83.
WNBA team news:
The entire New York Liberty team has received the WNBA Cares Community Assist Award for May.
The Mercury are celebrating Diana Taurasi with a goat petting zoo.
WNBA player news:
Facts about Nneka Ogwumike, who will be in this year's ESPN Magazine's the Body Issue.
Ogwumike still characterizes herself as a learner.....women tend to underestimate themselves, and men tend to overestimate themselves, studies have shown.
Here's why Ogwumike decided to bare it all.
Layshia Clarendon, a gender non-conformer, is pushing the WNBA forward on LGBTQ inclusion.
Q&A with Glory Johnson.
Brittney Griner's big leap is taking the Mercury forward.
Tayler Hill is making an All-Star case.
Former WNBA player news:
Angel Goodrich's journey from the WNBA to camp instructor.
College team news:
Florida State continues their hot streak on the recruiting trail.
College player news:
Former Penn State center Ashanti Thomas has transferred to Butler.
College coach news:
Long Beach State's coaching staff is complete.
Southeast Missouri has two new assistant coaches.
Pat Summitt:
Former Lady Vol Cierra Burdick said she is who she is because of her coach.
Thursday, June 29, 2017
Dallas Wings rookies fit with team’s fighting mentality
Had a fun time talking with three of the Dallas Wings rookies: check it out.
Mystics, Sun continue their fire
Tonight's game results:
The Mystics beat the Liberty, 67-54, for their third consecutive win.
The Sun just bested the Storm, 96-89.
WNBA team news:
The Monique Currie addition could give the Mercury a third scorer with Diana Taurasi and Brittney Griner.
WNBA player news:
Elena Delle Donne is leading the All-Star voting after early returns.
Aerial Powers could return from injury in the next two weeks.
The WNBA has taught Saniya Chong things she wasn't going to learn in college.
Why Sue Bird and Breanna Stewart get all the feels when they play in Connecticut.
Diana Taurasi threw out the first pitch at the Arizona Diamondbacks game last night.
Tomorrow's game schedule:
Sparks at Dream
Sky at Stars
Lynx at Mercury
Former WNBA player news:
Tina Thompson discusses her former scoring record, and more.
Swin Cash is beginning a new phase of her basketball career.
Chandi Jones was reunited with a sister who was adopted 35 years ago.
College player news:
Katie Lou Samuelson is eager to regroup for UConn's upcoming season.
College coach news:
Kierra McCleary is Butler's new assistant coach.
High school recruiting news:
San Diego incoming sophomore Te-Hina Paopao is no stranger to "Puke Hill" or Kelsey Plum.
The Mystics beat the Liberty, 67-54, for their third consecutive win.
The Sun just bested the Storm, 96-89.
WNBA team news:
The Monique Currie addition could give the Mercury a third scorer with Diana Taurasi and Brittney Griner.
WNBA player news:
Elena Delle Donne is leading the All-Star voting after early returns.
Aerial Powers could return from injury in the next two weeks.
The WNBA has taught Saniya Chong things she wasn't going to learn in college.
Why Sue Bird and Breanna Stewart get all the feels when they play in Connecticut.
Diana Taurasi threw out the first pitch at the Arizona Diamondbacks game last night.
Tomorrow's game schedule:
Sparks at Dream
Sky at Stars
Lynx at Mercury
Former WNBA player news:
Tina Thompson discusses her former scoring record, and more.
Swin Cash is beginning a new phase of her basketball career.
Chandi Jones was reunited with a sister who was adopted 35 years ago.
College player news:
Katie Lou Samuelson is eager to regroup for UConn's upcoming season.
College coach news:
Kierra McCleary is Butler's new assistant coach.
High school recruiting news:
San Diego incoming sophomore Te-Hina Paopao is no stranger to "Puke Hill" or Kelsey Plum.
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