Coaches Reeve, Dunn downplay conflictINDIANAPOLIS -- A ho-hum Friday morning shootaround before Game 3 of the WNBA Finals?Not exactly. Instead, the media were crowded around Fever coach Lin Dunn and Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve to play a couple rounds of she said/she said.Dunn appeared to ...
Ogwumike (rookie), Ross (coach) honoredLOS ANGELES -- The biggest surprise for Nneka Ogwumike in her first season in the WNBA?Just how easy it was.Well, maybe she didn't put it exactly like that, but as the Los Angeles Sparks forward accepted the WNBA Rookie of the Year award Sunday ...
Lynx have Sparks on their heelsIn the immediate aftermath of falling surprisingly flat to open the Western Conference finals Thursday, the Los Angeles Sparks had different ideas about what had gone wrong in a 94-77 loss to Minnesota.Candace Parker was irritated by her team's ...
Toliver transformation translates into awardLOS ANGELES -- Sparks coach Carol Ross never doubted that she had a scorer on her team in point guard Kristi Toliver. Whether Toliver could put the ball in the basket was never the issue.But Toliver marked the 2012 season by rounding out her game in ...
Mystics take first step in new directionIt looks like a "changing fortunes" kind of week for the Washington Mystics. And if any WNBA team needs a new direction and new blood, it's them. They ended the regular season Saturday with a 5-29 record, somehow doing even worse than last year's ...
Before playoffs, all eyes on draft lotteryThe participants in the WNBA playoffs and the draft lottery are now set. Washington, Phoenix, Tulsa and Chicago -- which lost Thursday and was eliminated from postseason contention -- are the teams that will be in the Brittney Griner ...
Lynx look unstoppable in win vs. SparksThe first few weeks of this WNBA season, it appeared Minnesota undoubtedly was on its way to a second championship. Then the Lynx had a hiccup in early July, losing three in a row. Well
maybe not so fast on that repeat thing.But, now, it ...
Schedule to test Baylor's win streakWhat's next after 40-0 for the Baylor women's basketball team? How about a little running-and-gunning with Kentucky? A journey to Hawaii, where Stanford awaits? A trip to Notre Dame for a rematch of the 2012 national championship game? A visit from ...
Hayes finishes UConn careerDENVER -- UConn's Tiffany Hayes ended her career with two NCAA titles
and two frustrating NCAA tournament losses to Notre Dame.The Huskies' only senior sat mostly dry-eyed at her locker room stall at the Pepsi Center following an 83-75 ...
Summitt makes Final Four appearanceDENVER -- Amid all of the hoopla that is NCAA Final Four weekend -- the bands, the practices, Tourney Town, hoops fans wearing newly made Peyton Manning Broncos jerseys -- there will be one moment that will be long remembered for years to come.And ...
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