From Basketball Australia: Australian Opals women’s basketball star Lauren Jackson last night broke the record for most career points scored by a women’s basketballer at the Olympic Games. Jackson scored 12 points in the Opals…
Full results/schedule From USA Basketball: A trio of double-digit scorers and stifling defense helped the U.S. Olympic Women’s Basketball Team (3-0) top previously unbeaten Turkey (2-1) 89-58 in the 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic…
The U.S. faces Turkey tomorrow and the familiar face of Quanitra Hollingsworth in their third game of the Olympics preliminary round. Like the U.S., Turkey is off to a 2-0 start in the Games. They…
From the Phoenix Mercury: Phoenix Mercury forward Chardé Houston today underwent successful arthroscopic surgery to repair a torn meniscus in her left knee, the club has announced. The procedure was performed by Dr. Evan Lederman in…
After helping the San Antonio Silver Stars win a franchise-record ninth straight game on July 13, South Dakota native Becky Hammon hopped a plane to Europe to begin training for the Olympics with the Russian…
Australia’s Olympic team’s chef de mission Nick Green named three-time Olympian and two-time WNBA champion Lauren Jackson as the country’s flag bearer for the 2012 London Olympics. Jackson, 31, debuted with the Australian national team, the Opals,…
Phoenix Mercury forward Candice Dupree underwent successful arthroscopic surgery on her left knee Tuesday. Her rehabilitation begins immediately. She is expected to take 6 to 8 weeks to recover. The seventh-year veteran is the team’s…
The United States faces Turkey today in Istanbul in their last warm-up exhibition match before heading to England for the 2012 London Olympics. The Turkish squad features several players who are teammates of U.S. players…
Practice Photo Gallery After beating Great Britain Wednesday in their second exhibition win in the past week and the team’s third overall exhibition victory since being finalized as a 12-member squad this past April, the…
Doug Feinberg has been the Associated Press’s lead writer for women's basketball coverage for several years. He has been to Final Fours and WNBA Finals, and seemingly every other high-profile event, including the 2008 Beijing…
Quotes | Box score | Photo Gallery The USA continued its dominance against teams during pre-Olympic exhibition games beating Great Britain 88-63 in Manchester, England on Wednesday. While the Brits came out strong and built…
USA vs. Great Britain, ESPN2/ESPN3, 2:00 p.m. ET Just two days after routing Brazil, 99-67, the USA’s senior national women’s team is in Manchester, England to face Great Britain in an exhibition game. Australian Tom…
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President Barack Obama met with team after the game. Video: WNBA Photo gallery | Quotes | Video In the first game of a doubleheader with the women’s and men’s national teams of the USA and…
The Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame announced the 2013 inductees during the exhibition game between the women’s national teams of Brazil and the USA Monday night. The 2013 class: Gary Blair (coach) Jim Foster (coach)…
Brazil qualified for the Olympics by winning the 2011 FIBA Americas Championship in Colombia last fall. They beat Argentina 74-33. Starting center Erike de Souza of the Atlanta Dream led them in the final game…
While many expect the United States to win their fifth straight gold medal in the women’s basketball competition during the London 2012 Summer Olympics, Diana Taurasi does not think that earning the honor will be…
Video: WNBA Candace Parker dunking during USA Basketball practice, July 14, 2012. American University, Bender Arena.
Stanford just lost to Baylor in the Final Four this past April, the final game of Nneka Ogwumike’s college, but in the locker room afterward, the star forward was not among the teary-eyed. She told…
The last time she was a guest on Dishin & Swishin, Hammon was with fellow legends of Liberty days past: Teresa Weatherspoon, Rebecca Lobo, Vickie Johnson, Sue Wicks, and Kym Hampton. Today's Dishin & Swishin…
As the WNBA heads into the Olympic break and players begin their final preparation for the London games, Congressional lawmakers are furious that Team USA uniforms by Ralph Lauren were made in China. Senate Majority…
Before the game, the Connecticut Sun turned Tina Charles into a bobble head. During the game, Jones and fellow Olympian Asjha Jones continued their team’s domination of the Washington Mystics. If Connecticut wanted to erase…
Candace Parker is among athletes featured in this year’s “Body Issue” of ESPN The Magazine, including one of the covers. Parker graced the cover of the magazine in 2009 when she was pregnant with her…
Nearly four years after the four-time WNBA chamnpion Houston Comets ceased operations, the team’s voicemail is still in operation. Thanks to Kris Gardner at Houston Roundball Review for bringing this to our attention. Listen: Houston Comets…
The Minnesota Lynx announced that forward Rebekkah Brunson will miss the team's next two games due to a left calf strain. She is expected to return after the Olympic break. The Lynx also announced today…
