UMMC, aka the team of Cappie Pondexter, Candace Parker and Deanna Nolan beat Spartak, aka the team of Sue Bird, Taj McWilliams-Franklin, Epiphany Prince and Noelle Quinn, 75-70. This is UMMC's second consecutive Russian championship.Box…
Australian superstar Lauren Jackson will sit out the first half of the 2012 WNBA season to prepare for the Olympics.More on new WNBA president Laurel Richie:Apparently I wasn't the only one incredulous at finding out…
WNBA:Uh, what??!! New WNBA president Laurel Richie has never been to a freakin game.Remaining free agents of interest:Cheryl FordChamique HoldsclawTiffany JacksonJennifer LacyIvora LattaBetty LennoxNicole OldheKatie SmithChristi ThomasAmazing.Colegio:L...
What an honor:Twenty-two members of the 2009-12 USA Basketball Women’s National Team, including all 12 who aided the USA to the 2010 FIBA World Championship gold medal, will attend the USA National Team’s May 10-12…
Love this: there's a new hoops documentary out, and the subject is Louisville freshman point guard Shoni Schimmel. "Off the Rez," AKA the Umatilla, Oregon Indian Reservation, is where Schimmel learned her attack-style of play.…
Joanne Boyle's former assistant is hired away from UC Santa Barbara to replace her.Seems like a winner.
April always starts out like a hurricaine or a drag race, with the last two or three rounds of the NCAA tournament. It trickles down to a very slow haul, as the WNBA prepares to…
Pro tip:New WNBA president Laurel Richie will have to play catch-up in her new job.Candace Parker talks about getting inspiration after her injury from former Olympic gymnast Dominique Dawes. She also interviewed with Fitness Magazine,…
Wendy Parker contemplates the discrepancies between what women's basketball coaches are - more and more - making versus the revenue the sport pulls in.Do the athletic directors have any plans to market women's hoops? It's…
More new NCAA coaching hires:Xavier hires Amy Waugh.UIC has named Regina Miller head coach.San Diego State has chosen Tammi Reiss as assistant coach.Lindsey Wilson is Eastern New Mexico's new coach.USA Basketball:Iowa State's Bill Fennelly will…
The Chicago Sky has traded Jia Perkins to San Antonio for Michelle Snow.Current transactions.The Silver Stars interviewed their top draft pick, national champ Danielle Adams. They also talked with Danielle Robinson.The LA Sparks will hold…
She's Lauren J. Richie, and she's a marketing veteran. She comes from Girl Scouts USA, where she's been the chief marketing officer and senior vice president for three years. More on Richie from hoopfeed. And…
ESPN is reporting that UCLA is set to name Cori Close as UCLA's new coach within a half hour.Close has been associate head coach at Florida State for the past seven years. She is characterized…
That's all that's going on this time of year........ESPN was at the Deep South Classic this past weekend, and they have this great write up.Recent WNBA transactions:April 18 The Phoenix Mercury added Brittany Spears to…
Saginaw Valley State has hired Jamie Pewinski.Zaenare Antoine has been named Texas State's new coach.Remember Wendy Palmer? She's UNC Greensboro's coach now.San Jose State has hired Tim La Kose.Player transfers:Only one athlete bagging out this…
Whoa, check this freakin LIST, and so many newbies:Accepting invitations to trials from the Class of 2013 are 17 athletes, including: Alaina Coates (Dutch Fork H.S./Irmo, S.C.); Kendall Cooper (St. Anthony H.S./Carson, Calif.); Davis; DeShields;…
Somebody posted nude photos of a woman on twitter Friday night, claiming it was Skylar Diggins. Not true.Los Angeles Sparks:A veteran and a newcomer.
DFW beat the Philadelphia Belles to take the Boo Williams Invitational. They said it was one for Coach Marques Jackson, who died suddenly last year.ESPN was also at the Blue Chip Basketball Center Court Challenge,…
Breanna Stewart and her Philly Belles routed the Boo Williams 16U team today in the latter's tournament at Hampton, Virginia.Not finding any newspaper print on the Deep South Classic, but all the brackets have been…
Knowing how I feel about the rise in student athlete transfers, I have been asked what I think about the increased incidences - particulary this year - of coaches changing schools. It seems to be…
This column makes numerous great points, but the two issues this LA Times writer is tackling should have been separated.Yes, the state of high school basketball in Southern California (and many other places) is corrupted.…
Overall First TeamG, Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, Mater Dei (Santa Ana), 6-0, Sr.All-CIF Southern Section Team Division 1AA, CIF Division 1AA MVP, Orange County Register All-County MVP, Los Angeles Times All-Area Team, 22.1 ppg, 6.1 reb.G, Brittany…
Coaching news:San Diego State University assistant Jualeah Woods has been promoted to associate head coach, with Beth Burns.New Virginia Tech Coach Dennis Wolff has assembled his coaching staff.New LSU Coach Nikki Caldwell is featured in…
The longtime girls coach, who abruptly resigned earlier this week, is the new boys coach.What? And why?
Rachel Story and Polly Harrington are leaving Louisville.Georgia Coach Andy Landers has dismissed Ronika Ransford and put Arieal Johnson on indefinite suspension for academic violations.Long Beach State's leading scorer, Brandi Henton, has quit the team.
