This series will cover the WNBA’s 21st season with at least one story on the league weekly from the season’s May 13 opening to its closing on September 3 and through the 2017 playoffs. During the last off-season, an overlooked historic fact rarely seen in sports at any level took place in the WNBA. All three head coaching vacancies were filled by Black women. Amber Stocks, … [Read more...]
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First month was a good one for star rookie
Most rookies must go through the process of transitioning their game — their status from college star to starting all over again as a pro freshman. This isn’t some initiation process but the natural progression in pro sports. San Antonio Head Coach Vickie Johnson, a 12th overall pick in the 1997 W Draft, played a dozen seasons, eight with New York and four with … [Read more...]
Lynx center Fowles happy to join college teammate Augustus
This series will cover the WNBA’s 21st season with at least one story on the league weekly from the season’s May 13 opening to its closing on September 3 and through the 2017 playoffs Her third year on the team thus far seems to be the charm for Sylvia Fowles, the 6’-6” Minnesota Lynx center, now a 10-year WNBA veteran. After an unbeaten May and two player of the week … [Read more...]
Foreign play seasons some W players, wears on others
This series will cover the WNBA’s 21st season with at least one story on the league weekly from the season’s May 13 opening to its closing on September 3 and through the 2017 playoffs. Most WNBA hoopsters typically have “The Friends of Distinction” experiences — they just go in circles, playing basketball virtually all year round. Beginning as rookies entering the league … [Read more...]
Lynx asst. coach admires players’ attention to detail
This series will cover the WNBA’s 21st season with at least one story on the league weekly from the season’s May 13 opening to its closing on September 3 and through the 2017 playoffs. One can only imagine the dinner conversations at the Wade house between the husband, a former college and pro basketball player, and the wife, a current pro point guard playing … [Read more...]