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The Minnesota Lynx re-sign center Jessica Adair

From the Lynx: The Minnesota Lynx today announced the team has re-signed center Jessica Adair. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. “Jessica proved to be a key member of the 2011…

Tulsa Shock announces multi-year partnership, Osage Casino logo will appear on jerseys for 2013 season

Tulsa Shock announces multi-year partnership, Osage Casino logo will appear on jerseys for 2013 season

The Tulsa Shock announced that as part of a multi-year agreement, the Osage Casino logo will appear on Shock jerseys for 2013 season. “It’s going to have a impact on our partners and the Tulsa…

The Tulsa Shock will have a major business announcement featuring local leaders

This is a special invitation for an exciting business announcement from the Tulsa Shock on Thursday, Jan. 31st at 2 p.m. at The @bokcenter. — Tulsa Shock (@tulsashock) January 30, 2013   WHEN: January 31,…

Silver Stars forward Sophia Young suffers right knee injury while playing in China

Photos: OSports Video San Antonio Silver Stars forward Sophia Young suffered an injury Thursday, January 24 during the semifinals of the Women’s Chinese Basketball Association Championship. Young, who plays for defending WCBA champion Beijing Great…

WNBA 2013 Free Agent List

The following is a list of Core Players, Reserved Players, Restricted Free Agents and Unrestricted Free Agents that were on team rosters at the end of the 2012 season. Teams can begin to negotiate with…

San Antonio Silver Stars and coach/GM Dan Hughes agree to multi-year contract extension

From the team: San Antonio Silver Stars head coach and general manager Dan Hughes has agreed to a multi-year contract extension, the organization announced today. Per team policy, terms of the contract were not disclosed.…

Lauren Jackson expected to make full recovery from surgery for hamstring injury

Lauren Jackson expected to make full recovery from surgery for hamstring injury

From the WNBL: Basketball Australia and Basketball ACT today confirmed Lauren Jackson is expected to make a full recovery from her hamstring injury after undergoing surgery in Melbourne this week. After a series of tests…

Indiana Fever’s Katie Douglas recovering from ankle surgery

From the Fever: Indiana Fever star guard/forward Katie Douglas is recovering from ankle surgery performed by Dr. David Porter. Surgery was performed to remove a bone chip and repair a torn tendon. Rehabilitation is expected…

Connecticut Sun names Anne Donovan as new head coach

Connecticut Sun names Anne Donovan as new head coach

The Connecticut Sun named Anne Donovan as its new head coach on Thursday. Donovan currently serves as the head coach of Big East school Seton Hall. Previously, she was the head coach of the Seattle…

Dishin & Swishin 12/20/12 Podcast: New Mystics coach/GM Mike Thibault and analyst Christy Winters Scott on the hire

Dishin & Swishin 12/20/12 Podcast: New Mystics coach/GM Mike Thibault and analyst Christy Winters Scott on the hire

[display_podcast] It is widely believed that if the Washington Mystics did not have bad luck, they would have no luck at all. The most recent example of this theory is that the Mystics finished with…

Washington Mystics name former Connecticut Sun coach Mike Thibault head coach and GM

Washington Mystics name former Connecticut Sun coach Mike Thibault head coach and GM

As expected the Washington Mystics named former Connecticut Sun coach Mike Thibault its new general manager and head coach. The Mystics fired Trudi Lacey in late September after a dismal two-year tenure with an 11-57…

WNBA announces new rules on flopping, defensive three-seconds and three-point line

From the league: The WNBA will implement new rules regarding flopping and defensive three-seconds, while also extending the three-point line, Chief of Basketball Operations and Player Relations Renee Brown announced today following the league’s Board…

Video: Swin Cash discusses impersonation of Serena Williams with academics

Mocking Serena’s Curves Caroline Wozniacki drew criticism when she recently imitated Serena Williams by stuffing both her chest and shorts with padding. A racist gesture or comic relief? (Originally aired on December 12, 2012) Hosted…

WNBA Draft to be broadcast live on primetime TV for first time in league history in 2013

From the league: The 2013 WNBA Draft, scheduled for Monday, April 15, will make history as the world’s top female basketball prospects will be selected live on prime time television for the first time in…

Fred Williams signs new contract with Atlanta Dream to remain head coach/GM

From the Atlanta Dream: Fred Williams will start the next WNBA season the way he finished the previous one: as the head coach and general manager of the Atlanta Dream. Williams, who engineered a mid-season…

Taj McWilliams-Franklin on the sidelines with Rice as Baylor’s Brittney Griner returns home to Houston to face the Owls

Taj McWilliams-Franklin on the sidelines with Rice as Baylor’s Brittney Griner returns home to Houston to face the Owls

Photos © Robert Franklin, all rights reserved. Just a few weeks ago Minnesota Lynx forward/center Taj McWilliams-Franklin joined Rice University on the sidelines to begin her duties as an assistant coach. The Lynx reached the…

The NCAA hires former WNBA president Val Ackerman as a consultant to review the state of women’s college basketball

The NCAA hired Val Ackerman, the founding president of the WNBA,  as a consultant to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the current state of intercollegiate women’s basketball. Ackerman’s main task is to deliver a strategic…

Dishin & Swishin 11/21/12 Podcast: A Special Thanksgiving chat with Kara Lawson

Dishin & Swishin 11/21/12 Podcast: A Special Thanksgiving chat with Kara Lawson

[display_podcast] A few years back, I started a Dishin & Swishin tradition. You see, every week for the remainder of the year I get to talk basketball with the greatest players, coaches, administrators and journalists…

The Connecticut Sun fires head coach Mike Thibault and assistant coaches

The Connecticut Sun fires head coach Mike Thibault and assistant coaches

From the Sun: The Connecticut Sun announced today it will not be retaining head coach Mike Thibault or his assistant coaches for the 2013 season. This is the first coaching change since the franchise relocated…

Former Tennessee star and WNBA player Chamique Holdsclaw involved in violent dispute with ex, Lacy issues statement

Atlanta News, Weather, Traffic, and Sports | FOX 5 Video: FOX 5 Atlanta Update: On Friday morning a judge in Atlanta set a $100,000 bond for Holdsclaw. When she is released she will have to…

Sheryl Swoopes joins Texas Tech women’s basketball broadcast team for 2012-13

Basketball legend and former Lady Raider Sheryl Swoopes will join the Texas Tech women’s basketball broadcast team this season. The team will make 18 appearances on television this season including eight games on Texas Tech…

Former majority owners of the Los Angeles Sparks sue law firm, say legal advice forced them to reduce their share of team

The former majority owner of the Los Angeles Sparks, Gemini Basketball Holdings LLC (Kathy Goodman and Carla Christofferson), filed a lawsuit against its former attorney for legal malpractice in Superior Court reports Courthouse News Service.…

Dishin & Swishin 10/25/12 Podcast: Celebrating the WNBA Finals with Angela Taylor and the Indiana Fever with chat replays of Lin Dunn & Briann January

Dishin & Swishin 10/25/12 Podcast: Celebrating the WNBA Finals with Angela Taylor and the Indiana Fever with chat replays of Lin Dunn & Briann January

[display_podcast] The WNBA season has come to its conclusion, and it is time for Dishin & Swishin to celebrate a fantastic WNBA finals series. The Indiana Fever certainly had a difficult path to the Finals,…

Former Detroit Shock coach Bill Laimbeer named coach and GM of the New York Liberty

From the New York Liberty: The New York Liberty announced today that Bill Laimbeer, a WNBA Coach of the Year and three-time WNBA Champion, has been hired as the team’s general manager and head coach.…

No hard feelings between Lin Dunn and Cheryl Reeve: “We’re great friends.”

No hard feelings between Lin Dunn and Cheryl Reeve: “We’re great friends.”

After a week of back-and-forth exchanges stemming from an intense, physical game two punctuated by the jacket-tossing of Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve, the coaches of Indiana and Minnesota only had nice things to say about…

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