1. Home
  2. Dishin and Swishin

Category: WNBA

Dishin & Swishin 9/05/13 Podcast: The WNBA Western conference – Maya Moore & the Lynx want the title back & Jayda Evans discusses the West

Dishin & Swishin 9/05/13 Podcast: The WNBA Western conference – Maya Moore & the Lynx want the title back & Jayda Evans discusses the West

[display_podcast] As we near the end of the WNBA regular season, the playoff spots in the Western conference look pretty similar to what many predicted at the start of the year, with possibly the only…

Social media reaction to Sophia Young’s anti-gay tweets

[View the story “The world of women’s basketball reacts to Sophia Young’s anti-gay marriage tweet” on Storify]

Dishin & Swishin 8/29/13 Podcast: The WNBA Eastern conference – Swin Cash & Chicago are #SkyHigh & Ros Gold-Onwude discusses the final playoff spots

Dishin & Swishin 8/29/13 Podcast: The WNBA Eastern conference – Swin Cash & Chicago are #SkyHigh & Ros Gold-Onwude discusses the final playoff spots

[display_podcast] Pundits across the WNBA felt that the Chicago Sky would be a playoff team this season. They returned young stars Sylvia Fowles and Epiphanny Prince and a maturing Courtney Vandersloot plus added a star…

Vets Pierson and Smith lead Liberty past Sun 76-66 in win by “any means necessary” game

UNCASVILLE, Conn. – Saturday night at the Mohegan Sun Arena, the rock bands Styx and REO Speedwagon played a double bill. The two bands popular in the eighties might have brought back a slew of…

Seattle Storm signs former Stanford player Joslyn Tinkle

Seattle Storm signs former Stanford player Joslyn Tinkle

The Seattle Storm sign Joslyn Tinkle Saturday. Rookie Jasmine Hassell, who was previously signed to a trio of consecutive seven-day contracts, has not been re-signed. “I’m very grateful for this opportunity and am honored to…

Dishin & Swishin 8/15/13 Podcast: Is Brian Agler the WNBA Coach of the Year?

Dishin & Swishin 8/15/13 Podcast: Is Brian Agler the WNBA Coach of the Year?

[display_podcast] The winner of the WNBA’s Coach of the Year award usually resides at the top of their conference. In fact, the last coach to win the award who did not come from a first…

Lynx’s Rebekkah Brunson gets her first WNBA bobblehead

The Minnesota Lynx announced that their Friday, August 16 game against the Tulsa Shock will be “Rebekkah Brunson Bobblehead Night.” The first 2,500 fans to enter Target Center will receive an exclusive Rebekkah Brunson bobblehead,…

Silver Stars sign former Iowa State star, forward Chelsea Poppens

Silver Stars sign former Iowa State star, forward Chelsea Poppens

The San Antonio Silver Stars today signed forward Chelsea Poppens. Per team policy, terms of the contract were not announced. Poppens, 6-2, was drafted by the Seattle Storm with the 18th overall pick in the…

Parker leads Sparks in “big win” at home against Chicago, Delle Donne misses second half

Parker leads Sparks in “big win” at home against Chicago, Delle Donne misses second half

Los Angeles beat the only Eastern Conference team with a win over the Sparks this season Tuesday night. The Chicago Sky (15-8) defeated L.A. 94-82 on June 29 at home but their luck changed at…

Prince, Delle Donne and Fowles lead Sky in dominant win over Sun, 77-61

Prince, Delle Donne and Fowles lead Sky in dominant win over Sun, 77-61

UNCASVILLE, Conn. – When the WNBA announced the season schedule, the Chicago Sky at the Connecticut Sun appeared to be a marquee matchup. The Sun had the best record in the Eastern Conference in 2012…

DeLisha Milton-Jones leaves Silver Stars, team and veteran agree to buyout

DeLisha Milton-Jones leaves Silver Stars, team and veteran agree to buyout

The San Antonio Silver Stars announced today that they have reached a contractual buyout agreement with forward DeLisha Milton-Jones. The 15-year veteran and two-time Olympic gold medalist was placed on waivers. Milton-Jones, signed by the…

Dishin & Swishin 8/08/13: Armintie Herrington leading Atlanta towards the top of the East, Liz Cambage pushing Tulsa towards the playoffs

Dishin & Swishin 8/08/13: Armintie Herrington leading Atlanta towards the top of the East, Liz Cambage pushing Tulsa towards the playoffs

[display_podcast] In today’s podcast we have two players that are definitely polar opposites in personality, but both are trying to push their teams toward a strong second half finish and a spot in the playoffs.…

Phoenix Mercury fires Corey Gaines, hires Russ Pennell as interim head coach

Phoenix Mercury fires Corey Gaines, hires Russ Pennell as interim head coach

From the team: The Phoenix Mercury today relieved Corey Gaines of his duties as head coach and general manager, and named former University of Arizona and Grand Canyon University Men’s Basketball Head Coach Russ Pennell…

Elena Delle Donne named Rookie of the Month for July

Elena Delle Donne named Rookie of the Month for July

From the league: Chicago Sky guard/forward Elena Delle Donne has been named Rookie of the Month for games played in July. This marks the second consecutive Rookie of the Month honor for Delle Donne. During…

Jeanette Pohlen to debut this weekend for Fever, Jasmine Hassell released

Indiana’s Jeanette Pohlen will make her 2013 WNBA debut on Saturday when the Fever hosts Eastern Conference-leading Chicago at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Pohlen sustained a torn right ACL in Game 2 of the 2012 WNBA…

Frustrated Tina Charles helps Sun overcome early struggle to defeat undermanned Fever, 70-64

Frustrated Tina Charles helps Sun overcome early struggle to defeat undermanned Fever, 70-64

UNCASVILLE, Conn. – For the better part of three quarters, the Connecticut Sun and Indiana Fever struggled to put the ball in the basket in an unevenly paced, low scoring game. The Fever had an…

Dishin & Swishin 8/01/13 Podcast: Celebrating USA Gold with coaches Sherri Coale and Katie Meier; Monique Currie and the Mystics, Camille Little and the Storm look to hold on

Dishin & Swishin 8/01/13 Podcast: Celebrating USA Gold with coaches Sherri Coale and Katie Meier; Monique Currie and the Mystics, Camille Little and the Storm look to hold on

[display_podcast] It has certainly been a golden summer for USA Basketball. First, the USA World University Games team won the gold medal Kazan, Russia. Loaded with guards and short on centers, USA Basketball swept through…

If you add it, they will come: All-Star game location important, but WNBA needs more to make it special

If you add it, they will come: All-Star game location important, but WNBA needs more to make it special

ESPN’s Kate Fagan wrote a commentary this weekend in which she discussed the merits of moving the WNBA All-Star game to a location other than Mohegan Sun arena, where the Connecticut Sun play their home…

Putting a wrap on the WNBA All-Star game: It was all about having fun

Fun. That one little three-letter word was the recurring theme after the WNBA All-Star game was in the books at Mohegan Sun Arena, with the West walking away with a 102-98 victory. Both experienced vets…

Candace Parker and her Sparks teammates lead West to All-Star win, 102-98

Candace Parker and her Sparks teammates lead West to All-Star win, 102-98

Social media recap UNCASVILLE, Conn. – A sellout crowd of 9,323 saw an entertaining, high-energy WNBA All-Star game dominated in the end by members of the Los Angeles Sparks. Candace Parker earned the Most Valuable…

Audio: Postgame 2013 WNBA All-Star: Ivory Latta, MVP Candace Parker, Tina Thompson & Diana Taurasi

All-Star MVP Candace Parker (Los Angeles Sparks) [audio:https://www.hoopfeed.com/content/wp-content/uploads/Candace_Parker_Allstarpostgame.mp3] East guard Ivory Latta (Washington Mystics) [audio:https://www.hoopfeed.com/content/wp-content/uploads/Ivory_Latta_Allstarpostgame.mp3] Diana Taurasi and Tina Thompson [audio:https://www.hoopfeed.com/content/wp-content/uploads/TT_DT_2013Allstar.mp3]  

The West defeats the East in the 2013 WNBA All-Star game, 102-98

The West defeats the East in the 2013 WNBA All-Star game, 102-98

Box score [View the story “2013 WNBA All-Star Game: Social Media Recap, West wins 102-98” on Storify]

Indiana Fever coach Lin Dunn among 2014 Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame inductees

The Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame announced its 16th group of inductees, the Class of 2014, on ABC during the WNBA All-Star Game at the Mohegan Sun, Saturday July 27. The six members of the…

Ten players score as East leads WNBA All-Star game 49-43 at the half

Only Connecticut’s Allison Hightower was scoreless as a balanced East offense opened up a 49-43 halftime lead at the WNBA All-Star game. Chicago Sky teammates Epiphanny Prince (nine points) and Sylvia Fowles (six points, three…

It is all about Tina Thompson and the Lynx in the Western Conference locker room

Side by side they sit, Seimone Augustus, Maya Moore, Rebekkah Brunson, and Lindsay Whalen, the four Minnesota Lynx players getting ready for the WNBA all-star game. Whalen laughed, “they haven’t made me carry their warm…

Data powered by Oddspedia