Video recap The Minnesota Lynx doused the Los Angeles Sparks, 94-77, in the first game of the Western Conference finals at the Target Center Thursday night in front of a raucous crowd of 8,513 fans.…
[display_podcast] The WNBA season is nearing completion, and soon we will in the college season. Tonight begins the conference finals and Dishin & Swishin is all about the WNBA this week. First, for the second…
Four Fever players were in double figures in Indiana’s victory over the Atlanta Dream to advance to the Eastern Conference finals. Katie Douglas led her team with 24 points and Erlana Larkins grabbed a career-high…
Players on the team that ended the season as the best in the Eastern Conference took home three individual players awards led by Tina Charles, the 2012 WNBA Most Valuable Player. Last year Tamika Catchings…
[display_podcast] Today on the Dishin & Swishin podcast, we look a bit at the past, the present, and the future of the WNBA. First, the past. Last week point guard extraordinaire Ticha Penicheiro retired, ending…
The Phoenix Mercury had 276 chances out of 1,000 to win the first draft pick in the 2013 WNBA Draft Lottery, second to the 442 chances for the Washington Mystics. However, the team that sat…
Updated: 6:45 p.m. ET Results: No. 1 – Phoenix Mercury No. 2 – Chicago Sky No. 3 – Tulsa Shock No. 4 – Washington Mystics The Mercury had 276 chances out of 1,000 to receive…
UNCASVILLE, Conn. – On a beautiful New England day, perfect for picking apples, members of the Connecticut Sun and Atlanta Dream instead picked up individual honors, milestones and achievements instead, as 9,143 people packed Mohegan…
[display_podcast] The air is getting colder, the leaves are changing color and the WNBA regular season is coming to a close. All sure signs that the women’s college basketball season is coming up fast! The…
UNCASVILLE, Conn. — The Sun celebrated ten years of WNBA basketball in the state of Connecticut with the pre-game announcement of the team’s All-Decade team selections. Then came the tipoff, and the Sun looked toward…
WNBA Photo Gallery: Ticha Penicheiro: 15 Years of WNBA Excellence After a prolific career as one of the world’s best point guards, Portuguese native Ticha Penicheiro announced her retirement from the WNBA today, a day…
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[display_podcast] This week’s podcast consists of two tales that have some similarities and some big differences. The Indiana Fever are riding a three-game winning streak into the WNBA Playoffs once again. They have won 10…
UNCASVILLE, Conn. – In New England, when the Red Sox are as bad as they have been this baseball season, opening day for the New England Patriots is like Christmas Day to sports fans. Still,…
UNCASVILLE, Conn. – With Samantha Prahalis joining Candice Dupree and Penny Taylor in street clothes on the Phoenix Mercury bench, and coming off of an 87-59 loss to the New York Liberty, Corey Gaines could…
[display_podcast] It was two years ago that John Molina, a women’s basketball historian, informed me of a project of love he was working on. For years, Molina had been collecting and assembling information and artifacts…
[display_podcast] Confusion, chaos, absences, replacements have marked the Atlanta Dream’s 2012 season. This is not the same team that won the Eastern Conference the last two years, despite the similarities of the starting lineup. While…
Connecticut and U.S. senior national team coach Geno Auriemma has always been fond of saying that guard play is the key to winning championships. In the WNBA Western Conference, guard play is outstanding for the…
Tuesday night WNBA scores Both Tulsa and Atlanta experienced rocky weeks but the Shock adeptly handled their adversity to win their first road game this season defeating the Dream 84-80. Atlanta slipped to 12-13,…
From the time the franchise entered the league in 2006, the fans of the Chicago Sky have not seen a WNBA playoff game in their city. They have seen the comings-and-goings of players, the comings-and-goings…
@marynellmeaders gets fired atlanta owners cave in inmate in charge #coachingisaBitch — Geno Auriemma (@genoauriemma) August 27, 2012 Monday afternoon Connecticut and U.S. senior national team coach Geno Auriemma broke the news via Twitter that…
UNCASVILLE, Conn. – As they introduced the lineup for the Chicago Sky, as is customary for returning former Connecticut players, Swin Cash received a rousing ovation from the fans. By the end of the game,…
[display_podcast] Do you remember taking the SAT exams when you were getting ready for college? There was that section of analogy questions that everybody hated. Here is one of those for you. As beach volleyball…
Atlanta kept their playoff hopes alive and improved to 11-11 on the season after surviving a furious rally from Chicago in the fourth quarter for an 82-71 win. The Dream played without star Angel McCoughtry…
UNCASVILLE, Conn. – Connecticut Sun head coach Mike Thibault began his post-game press conference tongue firmly in cheek: “I’m going to start by lecturing you media people because you’re part of the problem with people’s…
