piątek, styczeń 27th, 2012 12:03przed południem
The Minnesota Lynx have re-signed center Jessica Adair. The team announced the deal Thursday but did not disclose terms. Adair appeared in 31 regular-season games during Minnesota’s championship run last year. The 6-4 center averaged 4.3 points and 2.9 rebounds a game while shooting .485 percent from the floor, and scored in double-figures twice.
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wtorek, styczeń 24th, 2012 2:01przed południem
The Minnesota Lynx have re-signed 41-year-old center Taj McWilliams-Franklin. The Lynx announced the deal on Monday, ensuring that their emotional leader will return to help them defend the WNBA championship. McWilliams-Franklin averaged 8.3 points and 6.0 rebounds last year. Her scoring increased to 10.6 points in the playoffs as she helped the franchise to its first title.
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niedziela, styczeń 22nd, 2012 6:55przed południem
In a Jan. 20 story on the U.S. women’s basketball assistant coaches, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Pat Summitt won a gold medal as both a player and coach. Summitt won a silver medal as a player in 1976 and gold as a coach in 1984.
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piątek, styczeń 20th, 2012 9:48po południu
By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer
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czwartek, styczeń 19th, 2012 10:18po południu
Candace Parker and the Los Angeles Sparks will open the 16th WNBA season against Sue Bird and the Seattle Storm on May 18. The defending WNBA champion Minnesota Lynx, featuring finals MVP Seimone Augustus and rookie of the year Maya Moore, will play Phoenix on May 20 on ABC. The 12-team summer league will take a break for the London Olympics from July 14 to Aug.
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piątek, styczeń 13th, 2012 2:20przed południem
The Tulsa Shock acquired starting point guard Temeka Johnson from the Phoenix Mercury on Thursday night in exchange for Andrea Riley. Johnson started 30 games for Phoenix last season, averaging 6.4 points and 4.4 assists. She started every game for the Mercury team that won the 2009 WNBA championship and also didn’t miss a start in 2010.
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środa, styczeń 11th, 2012 8:59po południu
Former Auburn women’s basketball coach Joe Ciampi is returning to the sideline. The WNBA’s Atlanta Dream announced Wednesday that Ciampi (CHAM-pee) will serve as an assistant this season for head coach and general manager Marynell Meadors. Ciampi spent 25 years at Auburn, leading the Tigers to three straight appearances in the NCAA championship game from 1988-90.
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czwartek, styczeń 05th, 2012 8:26po południu
The Los Angeles Sparks have hired Atlanta Dream assistant Carol Ross as their new coach, replacing Joe “Jellybean” Bryant. Bryant, the father of Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant, began his second stint as head coach in July after Jennifer Gillom was dismissed. Ross spent the last three seasons with Atlanta, which reached the WNBA finals in 2010 and 2011.
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czwartek, styczeń 05th, 2012 12:11przed południem
As an assistant coach with the Indiana Fever, Gary Kloppenburg scouted the Tulsa Shock the last few years. So, when he learned that the Shock were looking for a head coach, he jumped at the opportunity. “Tulsa has a good core group of players,” Kloppenburg said Wednesday after being introduced as the Shock’s head coach.
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wtorek, styczeń 03rd, 2012 11:34po południu
The Tulsa Shock hired Indiana Fever assistant Gary Kloppenburg on Tuesday to be their next head coach. Kloppenburg spent the past four seasons with the Fever, who made the playoffs each of those seasons and lost in the Eastern Conference finals last year. He also has been an assistant coach for the WNBA’s Seattle Storm and the Charlotte Bobcats of the NBA.
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