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Hoopfeed Weekly Twitter Digest for 08-28-2017

Hoopfeed Weekly Twitter Digest for 08-28-2017

Australia beats Japan 85-76 to win World University Games gold medal https://t.co/CmBagimSCh -> Catch up on last week’s news: Hoopfeed Weekly Twitter Digest for week of 8-21-2017 https://t.co/f22Z5Q7SgO #ncaaw #wnba #fiba -> #WNBA Players of…

Minnesota Lynx to host 2018 All-Star Game

Minnesota Lynx to host 2018 All-Star Game

The Minnesota Lynx will host the 2018 WNBA All-Star Game, the franchise and the league announced today. The event is set for Saturday, July 28 in Minneapolis with a 3:30 p.m. ET tip off. It…

Hoopfeed Weekly Twitter Digest for 08-21-2017

Catch up on last week’s news: Hoopfeed Weekly Twitter Digest for week of 8-14-2017 https://t.co/uCLY4euxhT #ncaaw #wnba -> #WNBA Players of the Week: Tina Charles (New York), Breanna Stewart (Seattle) https://t.co/aP1tcsUUi9 -> Indiana Fever guard…

Elena Delle Donne honors Sheryl Swoopes with a player exclusive Nike React Hyperdunk 2017

Elena Delle Donne honors Sheryl Swoopes with a player exclusive Nike React Hyperdunk 2017

Images: Nike. It has been 22 years since Sheryl Swoopes became the first women’s basketball player to have a Nike shoe named after her. The Air Swoopes became an iconic shoe prized by basketball fans…

Indiana guard Briann January out for rest of season with torn meniscus, Fever sign Jennie Simms

From the Fever:  Indiana Fever point guard Briann January will miss the final two weeks of the 2017 season due to torn meniscus in her right knee. She is the third Indiana guard, joining Shenise…

Hoopfeed Weekly Twitter Digest for 08-14-2017

Catch up on last week’s news: Hoopfeed Weekly Twitter Digest for week of 8-07-2017 https://t.co/6orrs9Gkgv -> San Antonio Stars sign forward Cierra Burdick to a 7-day contract https://t.co/DcM0SBb09y #wnba -> #WNBA Players of the Week:…

Anucha Browne leaves NCAA, to Join UNICEF USA senior management team

The NCAA’s top women’s basketball executive, Anucha Browne, will be leaving the organization in the fall to serve on the senior management team of UNICEF USA. Browne has served as the NCAA’s Vice President of…

Hoopfeed Weekly Twitter Digest for 08-07-2017

Hoopfeed Weekly Twitter Digest for 08-07-2017

Catch up on last week’s news: Hoopfeed Weekly Twitter Digest for week of 7-31-2017 https://t.co/oUz2iacrHA https://t.co/8awD4iWRi6 -> #WNBA Players Of The Week: Courtney Vandersloot (Chicago Sky), Glory Johnson (Dallas Wings) https://t.co/l0SMvKXs3Q -> Current #WNBA standings…

San Antonio Stars waive injured center Erika de Souza

The San Antonio Stars waived center Erika de Souza who suffered a lower right leg bone bruise during the team’s practice on Aug. 8. The veteran requested the waive so that she can return home…

Minnesota Lynx unveil new logo

Minnesota Lynx unveil new logo

The Minnesota Lynx unveiled a new logo as part of a rebranding effort of teams owned by the Timberwolves and Lynx organization. The Lynx will continue using their current logo for the remainder of the…

Mercury center Brittney Griner returns to action Aug. 12 vs. Seattle

Mercury center Brittney Griner returns to action Aug. 12 vs. Seattle

Phoenix Mercury starting center Brittney Griner will return to the team’s lineup tomorrow, Saturday, Aug. 12, against the Seattle Storm at Talking Stick Resort Arena. Griner missed the Mercury’s last eight games after suffering a…

Seattle Storm parts ways with head coach Jenny Boucek, Gary Kloppenburg named interim coach

The Seattle Storm has parted ways with head coach Jenny Boucek the team announced today. Gary Kloppenburg, a 14-year WNBA coaching veteran and current Storm assistant coach has been named interim head coach. The Storm…

D.C.’s Verizon Center becomes Capital One Arena

D.C.’s Verizon Center becomes Capital One Arena

Washington D.C.’s Verizon Center has a new name: Capital One Arena. The name change is effective immediately. Monumental Sports and Entertainment (MSE) and Capital One announced the naming rights partnership Wednesday. The naming rights deal…

Skylar Diggins-Smith becomes a Puma Women’s Ambassador

Skylar Diggins-Smith becomes a Puma Women’s Ambassador

https://www.instagram.com/p/BXiQ-9SDEvz/ Skylar Diggins-Smith announced via Instagram that she is Puma’s newest women’s ambassador. Previously, the Dallas Wings guard was a Nike athlete. She signed with Nike in 2013 the year she became a pro and…

Hoopfeed Weekly Twitter Digest for 07-31-2017

Catch up on last week’s news: Hoopfeed Weekly Twitter Digest for week of 7-24-2017 https://t.co/SPt8zOLhOw #ncaaw #wnba #FIBA -> Los Angeles reaches a deal to host to the 2028 Olympics, giving up a bid for…

Linnae Harper to replace A’ja Wilson on U23 National Team, Wilson out with groin strain

From USA Basketball: Six-time USA Basketball medalist Linnae Harper (Ohio State/Chicago, Ill.) will join the 2017 USA Basketball Women’s U23 National Team. A’ja Wilson (South Carolina/Hopkins, S.C.), who was named to the team on Aug.…

Minnesota Lynx guard Lindsay Whalen out indefinitely after surgery on left hand

Minnesota Lynx guard Lindsay Whalen out indefinitely after surgery on left hand

Minnesota Lynx guard Lindsay Whalen underwent successful surgery to repair a fracture of her fifth metacarpal in her left hand today at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. She will be sidelined indefinitely according to…

Atlanta Dream’s Brittney Sykes is the WNBA Rookie of the Month for games played in July 2017

Atlanta Dream’s Brittney Sykes is the WNBA Rookie of the Month for games played in July 2017

Atlanta Dream guard Brittney Sykes earned the WNBA Rookie of the Month for games played in July. The seventh overall pick in 2017 WNBA draft out of Syracuse led all rookies in scoring for the…

Hoopfeed Weekly Twitter Digest for 07-24-2017

Hoopfeed Weekly Twitter Digest for 07-24-2017

Dallas Wings forward Evelyn @Akhator named to Nigerian National Team, will miss games to compete in AfroBasket https://t.co/QaEsai08Yc #wnba -> The Atlanta Dream sign guard Chelsea Hopkins to a second 7-day contract https://t.co/QZzRGvU136 #wnba https://t.co/eonItG2HDZ…

Los Angeles Sparks signed center Sandrine Gruda for the remainder of the season

From the Sparks: The Los Angeles Sparks have signed 6-foot-4 center Sandrine Gruda for the remainder of the season, as announced by Executive Vice President/General Manager Penny Toler. “We are looking forward to Sandrine rejoining…

Chicago Sky will start playing games in the city next season, franchise’s games will be at new Wintrust Arena

Chicago Sky will start playing games in the city next season, franchise’s games will be at new Wintrust Arena

Details of Wintrust Arena from DePaul Athletics The Chicago Sky will have a new home for the franchise’s games next season as the  Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority (MPEA) approved an arena agreement that will…

WNBA Players of the Week for games played July 17-23, 2017: Tina Charles and Sylvia Fowles

Tina Charles of the New York Liberty and Sylvia Fowles of the Minnesota Lynx are the WNBA’s Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for games played July 17-23. Charles earned Player of…

Dallas Wings forward Evelyn Akhator named to the Nigerian National Team, will miss games to compete in Afrobasket

From the team: Dallas Wings forward Evelyn Akhator has been named to the Nigerian National Team and will train and compete with the side during several dates in July and August. The national team is…

Maya Moore leads the West with 23 points in 2017 All-Star Game for 130-121 win

Maya Moore leads the West with 23 points in 2017 All-Star Game for 130-121 win

MVP: Maya Moore Halftime 3-point contest winner: Allie Quigley Attendance: 15,221 Highlight: Connecticut Sun’s Jonquel Jones with a dunk shot in the last minute [View the story “West tops the East 130-121 in 2017 WNBA…

Lisa Borders at the 2017 WNBA All-Star Game: Transcript from the league president’s press conference

WNBA president Lisa Borders meet with the media in a televised press conference before the start of the 2017 All-Star game in Seattle. Below is the league-provided transcript of the press conference. LISA BORDERS: Well, good…

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