Sparks owners Carla Christofferson (left) and Kathy Goodman (right) By the Fourth of July, the Los Angeles Sparks’ season had been declared a wash. With Candace Parker and Betty Lennox out for the season and…
EASTERN CONFERENCE New York Liberty (2) vs. Indiana Fever (3) Thurs. Aug. 26 Indiana (21-13) at New York (22-12) 7 p.m. ET, NBA TV Gm 2: at Indiana, Sun., 8/29, 8 p.m. ET, ESPN 2…
If tonight’s first-round playoff matchup between the Seattle Storm and Los Angeles Sparks feels like déjà vu, it’s because it is. The two teams have met in the opening round four times out of the…
EASTERN CONFERENCE Washington Mystics (1) vs. Atlanta Dream (4) Wed. Aug. 25 Atlanta at Washington 7:00pm ET, TV: NBA TV 2010 Regular Season: Washington 3, Atlanta 1 This is the first postseason meeting between the…
FIBA announced that women’s basketball legends Cheryl Miller and Natalia Zassoulskaya will be inducted into the International Basketball Federation’s Hall of Fame next month in Turkey during the men’s world championships. “The 2010 Class has…
Tina Thompson’s 33 points and 50 percent-plus shooting were not enough to lift Los Angeles as they dropped a close game to Phoenix last night. The Mercury beat the Sparks 90-84 in front of a…
With her non-profit organization Meek’s Hope well on its way to becoming an established presence in Louisiana, Phoenix Mercury guard Temeka Johnson adds to her humanitarian efforts with the launch of a children’s book series.…
President Barack Obama honored the 2009 WNBA Champion Phoenix Mercury for their accomplishments both on and off the court at a ceremony at the White House on Monday, July 19, 2010. “I live with three…
Several nights a week all spring and most of summer, they are there at the gym practicing: layup and box-out drills, running plays, practicing transition and defense – all to the soundtrack of their own…
Photos courtesy USA Basketball The 12-member USA Under-18 National Team comes off two weeks of training to begin their quest Wednesday for the 2010 FIBA Americas U18 Championship for Women in Colorado Springs, Colo. They…
Update: Plenette Pierson announced via Twitter on Monday, June 14 that she signed with the New York Liberty. (Whatever stumbling blocks were in the way of the previous offer of a New York trade have…
The NCAA released the latest Academic Progress Rates Wednesday. The APR monitors team academic performance. Each Division I team calculates its APR annually based on the eligibility and retention of scholarship student-athletes. Teams scoring below…
Sue Favor interviewed Donna Orender at the “Sunset Showdown†Saturday June 5 when the Los Angeles Sparks hosted the Seattle Storm at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California. Her thoughts on a number of…
Carson, CA – The Los Angeles Sparks staved off what looked to be a rout by the 7-1 Seattle Storm Saturday night, but their fourth quarter surge proved to be too little too late in…
As the only Tulsa Shock player with both college and WNBA championships under her belt, guard Alexis Hornbuckle is no stranger to success on the court. However, this season she faces the daunting task of…
The reigning WNBA champion Phoenix Mercury open their season with a celebration when they receive their rings before Saturday’s opener against the Los Angeles Sparks. However, for head coach Corey Gaines and Mercury veterans, any…
Detroit Shock players Swin Cash #32, Plenette Pierson #23 and Shannon Johnson #7 stand on the sideline against the Phoenix Mercury in Game 3 of the WNBA Finals on September 11, 2007 at US Airways…
Marques Jackson attends the signing of Akil Simpson to SMU. (Photo courtesy of LaMonithal Harris-Simpson) DALLAS — On a rainy weekend in Dallas, mourners gathered to celebrate the life of Marques Jackson, 46, the founder…
A pioneer of AAU girl’s basketball in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex and nationwide, Marques Jackson, 46, passed Sunday morning after suffering from a heart attack. Coaches and players began tweeting thoughts of sadness and heartbreak…
Update: Complete Draft Selection List Live coverage of the 2010 WNBA Draft kicks off at 3 p.m. ET today from NBA Entertainment studios in northern New Jersey on ESPN2 and ESPN3.com. After the first round,…
None of the head coaches in this Final Four are strangers to the event: Kim Mulkey (Baylor) – 2-0 (1.000) Geno Auriemma (Connecticut) – 12-4 (.750) Tara VanDerveer (Stanford) – 5-4 (.556) Sherri Coale (Oklahoma)…
[picappgallerysingle id=”3504964″] I can’t believe we really won a championship! I don’t think anyone believed we could do it and everyone came out to support us. My best friend came from Poland, so I was…
at Cal head coach Joanne Boyle is “just excited to be in the championship game†after her squad beat Illinois State in Normal Wednesday night. The Bears downed the Redbirds in front of a crowd…
at Video: Redbird All-Access Audio: WJBC | Calbears.com Live Stats: GameTracker Games Notes: Illinois State | California The California Golden Bears (22-13, 11-7 Pac-10) head out on the road, playing in the semifinals against the…
Four teams. One tournament. The head coaches of Stanford, Connecticut, Oklahoma and Baylor spent Wednesday afternoon meeting the media and talking about their teams and the NCAA women’s basketball Final Four. What did they have…
