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WNBA, Wednesday, June 20, 2012 Capsules: Phoenix halts losing streak, Los Angeles outlasts Tulsa

Phoenix 80, Washington 77 The Phoenix Mercury (3-7) overcame a three-game losing streak to close out a contest at home and beat the Washington Mystics, 80-77. It was the first Mercury win since June 3…

White House celebrates Title IX, WNBA President Laurel Richie on the legislation

This week marks the 40th anniversary of Title IX, the legislation that opened up opportunities for women in sports, and the White House celebrates this milestone with an event that includes women’s basketball notables such…

Notes and Quotes: Connecticut survives Indiana, New York gets road win in Atlanta

Connecticut 88, Indiana 85 Game Notes Connecticut improves to 9-2 on the season, and leads the Eastern Conference. The Sun are 6-2 at home and a perfect 8-0 in conference play. This was the first…

The Shimmy and Cheryl Show: Podcast for 6/19/12: The WNBA week in review, upcoming games, streaks and closers

Welcome to the fifth episode of “The Shimmy and Cheryl Show” with University of Nebraska assistant coach Shimmy Gray-Miller and Cheryl Coward, founder of Hoopfeed.com.

Chicago Sky guard Epiphanny Prince will be sidelined approximately six to eight weeks

Chicago Sky guard Epiphanny Prince will be sidelined approximately six to eight weeks

From the Sky: Chicago Sky guard Epiphanny Prince will be sidelined approximately six to eight weeks due to a Jones fracture in her right foot according to the Sky. The injury occurred during the first…

Tulsa Shock make roster moves: re-sign Amber Holt after waiving Jené Morris, add Courtney Paris after cutting Lynetta Kizer

A day after releasing guard Jené Morris, the Tulsa Shock announced the re-signing of guard Amber Holt. Holt started 33 of 59 games in which she appeared for the Shock in the past two seasons.…

WNBA, Sunday, June 17, 2012 capsules: the Sun win on the road, the Shock break through, the Storm halt the Lynx

Connecticut 75, Atlanta 73 The Connecticut Sun (8-2) continued their reign in the Eastern Conference with a 75-73 road win over the Atlanta Dream (4-6) Sunday afternoon. The Sun, on a 3-0 road game streak,…

Photo Gallery: Los Angeles Sparks at San Antonio Silver Stars, June 16, 2012

Photos © Robert Franklin, all rights reserved. June 16, 2012, San Antonio 98, Los Angeles 85 AT&T Center, San Antonio, Texas

WNBA, Friday June 15, 2012 capsules: Minnesota improves to 10-0, setting a new WNBA record for most consecutive wins to begin a season

Minnesota 78, Phoenix 60 With fives games on the slate Friday night, Minnesota (10-0) ended the evening beating the Phoenix Mercury 78-60 and improved to 10-0, setting a new WNBA record for most consecutive wins…

WNBA partners with 100 Black Men of America, Inc. to honor father-daughter bonds

From the WNBA: The WNBA and 100 Black Men of America, Inc. will come together to celebrate the special connection between dads and daughters or girls with their male father figures by inviting them to…

Video: WNBA president Laurel Richie on LiveAccess and future broadcast plans

WNBA president Laurel Richie talked with the media before Wednesday’s Sparks at Sun game. In this video she responds to David Siegel’s question about LiveAccess and future broadcast plans: “What led to charging for Live…

WNBA: Five games on Friday, June 15, 2012 and the weekend schedule

WNBA Super Friday (all times ET) Indiana @ Washington, 7 p.m., Comcast SportsNet/Live Access | Preview New York @ Connecticut, 7 p.m., Live Access | Preview Los Angeles @ Atlanta, 7:30 p.m., SPSO/Live Access |…

WNBA: Efficiency leaders for games played on June 13, 2012

Candace Parker shines as Sparks hand Sun home defeat, 87-81 Los Angeles gets road win and takes down Connecticut, Chicago continues win streak and beats Seattle For games played on 6/13/2012 Los Angeles @ Connecticut…

The Washington Mystics sign free agent guard Shannon Bobbitt & waive guard Dominique Canty

From the Washington Mystics: Washington Mystics General Manager and Head Coach Trudi Lacey announced today that free agent guard Shannon Bobbitt has signed with the team. Bobbitt was selected in the second round (15th overall)…

Connecticut’s Tina Charles Receives Dawn Staley Community Leadership Award

From the WNBA: The 2010 WNBA Rookie of the Year center Tina Charles of the Connecticut Sun is the recipient of the Dawn Staley Community Leadership Award in recognition of her outstanding work in the…

Big East announces repeat opponents for 2012-13

The Big East released the women’s basketball repeat schedule of league teams as well as home and away schedule for its 15 members. The regular-season format is a 16-game schedule. Each team plays 16 conference…

WNBA: Rookie statistical leaders as of June 12, 2012

Scoring PLAYER NAME, TEAM NAME GP MPG PTS FGM-FGA FG% 3PM-3PA 3P% FTM-FTA FT% 1 Nneka Ogwumike , LAS 7 26.3 14.9 5.6-9.3 .600 0.0-0.4 .000 3.7-4.3 .867 2 Samantha Prahalis , PHO 7 31.8…

WNBA: Efficiency Leaders as of June 12, 2012

Most Efficient Players as of June 12, 2012 PLAYER NAME, TEAM NAME GP MPG PTS RPG APG STPG BLKPG EFF40M EFF 1 Sylvia Fowles , CHI 7 33.7 18.6 14.6 0.9 1.0 1.4 33.0 27.7…

Sky’s Prince and Sparks’ Ogwumike named Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week

The WNBA named Epiphanny Prince of the Chicago Sky and Nneka Ogwumike of the Los Angeles Spark as the league’s Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week for games played June 4 – June…

The Los Angeles Sparks sign guard Coco Miller

The Los Angeles sparks signed guard Coco Miller to replace Sharnee Zoll who is out for the rest of the season due to an ACL injury and was waived. From the Sparks: The Los Angeles…

Sky guard Shay Murphy out until June 24 to fulfill obligations with the Montenegro women’s national basketball team

Sky guard Shay Murphy out until June 24 to fulfill obligations with the Montenegro women’s national basketball team

From the Chicago Sky: Sky guard Shay Murphy will be unavailable to the team until June 24 as she fulfills a contractual obligation with the Montenegro women’s national basketball team, Sky head coach and general…

The Shimmy and Cheryl Show: Podcast for 6/05/12: The WNBA week in review, upcoming games, transactions, Lynx close calls

Welcome to the third episode of “The Shimmy and Cheryl Show” with University of Nebraska assistant coach Shimmy Gray-Miller and Cheryl Coward, founder of Hoopfeed.com.

WNBA: Rookie statistical leaders as of June 5, 2012

PLAYER NAME, TEAM NAME GP MPG PTS FGM-FGA FG% 3PM-3PA 3P% FTM-FTA FT% 1 Nneka Ogwumike , LAS 6 24.6 13.2 4.7-8.5 .549 0.0-0.3 .000 3.8-4.3 .885 2 Samantha Prahalis , PHO 6 32.2 10.3 3.5-9.5 .368 1.2-4.3 .269…

WNBA: May 28 – June 3, 2012 Efficiency Leaders

Most Efficient Players, May 28 – June 3, 2012 PLAYER DATE OPP MIN FGM-A FTM-A REB AST ST BS TO PTS EFF S.Fowles CHI 06/02/12 @ Dream 40 7-11 6-7 19 1 2 2 2 20 +…

Atlanta Dream signs forward/center Jessica Moore after waiving center Courtney Paris

From the Atlanta Dream: The Atlanta Dream announced Monday that the team has signed forward/center Jessica Moore. Moore takes the roster spot of center Courtney Paris, who was waived Sunday. Moore, a 6-3 post player,…

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