WNBA RUMORS & GOSSIP
Fever going after 2nd straight WNBA championship
Tamika Catchings grew accustomed to hearing the annual question.
Can you win a championship?
The ring was the only thing missing from a sterling resume that included three gold medals, five defensive MVPs, seven All-Star appearances and the league's 2011 MVP Award. So when she walked into Bankers Life Fieldhouse last week, Catchings was all smiles. Winning a championship can...
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WNBA GMs pick Mercury to win title, Parker for MVP
WNBA general managers are predicting the Phoenix Mercury, with a healthy returning roster and the addition of No. 1 draft pick Brittney Griner, to win the championship, and Los Angeles' Candace Parker as the top choice to earn the MVP award.
Griner is also the overwhelming favorite for Rookie of the Year, picked by 75 percent of the respondents in the annual WNBA.com GM survey...
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Former Gophers Whalen, McCarville reunite as Lynx
MINNEAPOLIS Minnesota's hometown tandem hankered for this kind of reunion over the course of a decade.
The reconvening of former University of Minnesota teammates Lindsay Whalen and Janel McCarville could've taken place in a European league. It could've happened in international play. The pair could've wound up together on any of the WNBA's other 11 franchises...
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8 days ago
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Augustus looking forward to Minnesota wedding
It looks like Seimone Augustus could get her Minnesota wedding after all.
The Minnesota Lynx star has been planning to marry fiancee LaTaya Varner, but she wasn't sure she would be able to do it in her adopted home state because gay marriage was not legal. That could change by as early as next week.
The Minnesota House passed a measure to legalize gay marriage on Thursday and...
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14 days ago
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Brittney Griner’s WNBA contract has a skateboarding clause in it
Brittney Griner is arguably the best female basketball player in the world, but shooting hoops is not her only passion. What most people do not know about Griner is that she is also an avid skateboarder. As you might expect, this causes a bit of anxiety for the Phoenix Mercury, who took Griner with the top overall pick in the WNBA draft last month. According to TMZ, Griner’s contract...
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Brittney Griner reveals she is gay
During a taped interview with Sports Illustrated on Wednesday, Brittney Griner, the No. 1 overall pick of the 2013 WNBA draft, publicly acknowledged that she is a lesbian.
Report: Moore's stolen Olympic ring recovered
Minnesota Lynx star Maya Moore has been playing basketball in China during the offseason, but the Olympic ring she was given for being part of the gold-medal-winning U.S. women's basketball team last summer didn't make the trip overseas.
According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 19-year-old Jamaal Dontray Taylor sold the ring for 144 to an Atlanta-area jeweler in November...
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January 10, 2013
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Man arrested after sellling Maya Moore's gold medal ring at mall
Maya Moore's Olympic ring from winning gold in London may soon find its rightful owner after police arrested a man who sold it at an Atlanta area jewelry store.Moore, a former standout at the University of Connecticut and current member of the Minnesota Lynx, helped Team USA win the gold-medal during last year's Olympic Games. However, a package that was supposed to contain...
WNBA Cappie Pondexter Styling With Tomboy Trend
One of the WNBA hottest talents and big fashion lover, Cappie Pondexter( NY Liberty) recently shared a photo of herself on Instagram rocking a dope, loud and funky outfit,consisting of an oversized “Love” printed crew neck sweater, tribal print tights, accessorizing with gold rope chain, and vintage spurs snapback. I always admired females with this sense of style, referred to...
GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN
Fever fan busted for public intoxication
A 43-year-old woman arrested for public intoxication Monday night admitted to police that she was drunk because she was celebrating the Indiana Fever's WNBA title.
Augustus, Moore, Whalen honored by WNBA
MINNEAPOLIS The WNBA announced Wednesday that Minnesota Lynx shooting guard Seimone Augustus was named to the 2012 All-WNBA first team. Forward Maya Moore and point guard Lindsay Whalen were named to the All-WNBA second team.Augustus, who finished the season averaging 16.6 points per game, had never before been named to the All-WNBA first team. She was voted to the second team in...
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October 17, 2012
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McCoughtry leads Dream past Sun
ATLANTA (AP) -- Angel McCoughtry, coming off a two-game team suspension, scored 18 of her 24 points in the fourth quarter to lead the Atlanta Dream to an 87-80 victory over the Connecticut Sun on Sunday.
The WNBA's leading scorer made seven of eight shots as the Dream (14-13) pulled away from a third-quarter tie. Sancho Lyttle and Erika DeSouza each had double-doubles, with...
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September 02, 2012
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Mercury forward Dupree has knee surgery
PHOENIX Phoenix Mercury forward Candice Dupree underwent successful arthroscopic surgery on her left knee on Tuesday and could miss the remainder of the season.
The procedure was performed by Dr. Evan Lederman in Phoenix. Recovery time is estimated at six to eight weeks. The Mercury will resume their season after the Summer Olympics on Aug. 16. The season concludes on Sept. 23...
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July 24, 2012
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My Convo with God...
I don’t know the type of relationship you have with God. I’m not sure how you communicate with Him. I’d like to think my Father and I are pretty close. We talk about, eh, 7 times a day, give or take. You know, a good-morning-thanks-for-waking-me-up chat, little random chats throughout the day and when I’m not a complete fatty and remember to thank Him for my food. I randomly...
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June 19, 2012
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