WTF Was Steve Key Thinking?
It’s become clear that the Chicago Sky and Kristi Toliver haven’t exactly had the most ideal of campaigns in 2009. Seems to me like Head Coach and GM Steve Key erred on draft day.
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Former Maryland Head Coach Chris Weller Into Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame
During the 2009 WNBA All-Star game, the 2010 class of inductees into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame was announced. Among the list of six honorees was a woman it was my pleasure to get to know in the ’80s: Former University of Maryland Head Coach Chris Weller.
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2009 WNBA Mid-season Thoughts
Now that the All-Star break is at hand, a few quick thoughts about the season so far.
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13 Teams, One Tully
Alex C is on a mission to watch games in all 13 WNBA cities. He has gotten some notice as well as some cool interviews. Being that I’m bit of a Tully Bevilaqua fan, I had to embed his ‘view with her.
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Time For a New Paradigm For Women’s Sports?
I’ve been a women’s sports fan since the 70s. I’ve also been annoyed by the misogyny of media, politicians, and even religions toward these sports. If the playing field is never going to be level, then maybe the ladies should change the rules of the game.
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2009 WNBA – Quick Thoughts on the Taurasi DUI
On July 3, at 2:30am, Diana Taurasi was pulled over for speeding and not staying in one lane. She was cited for DUI. Here are my first thoughts.
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2009 WNBA – Is KT Wrong For Chicago?
Having been following guard Kristi Toliver for her four years at Maryland and now at Chicago, I can’t help but wonder if she’s one of those players who just happened to find herself on the wrong team?
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2009 WNBA – Chicken Littles
With the announcement by Bill Laimbeer of his resignation as the head coach of the Detroit Shock, the WNBA naysayers have been having a field day about how this is the death of the league. Seriously? You’re going there?
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2009 WNBA – The Season Opens
At long last, the WNBA season has begun. Some things leapt out at me right away, and I had to comment on them.
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Introducing the Phoenix LifeLocks
The weekend before it was announced, the Phoenix Mercury “locked” their web site and said that a huge announcement was due on Monday, June 1. What could it be? Would it be something the fans would like? And then they told us.
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2009 WNBA Season Preview
In less than a week, the 2009 WNBA season will tip off. Thirteen teams will each play 34 games to reach eight playoff spots to then try to become league champions. What will this new season be like?
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Why I Watch the WNBA: Tully Bevilaqua
This ongoing series of blogs about the WNBA covers those people and events that serve only to make me an even bigger fan of the league. This installment — Tully Bevilaqua
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2009 WNBA Pre-Training Camp Quick Thoughts
This is going to be one wacky preseason in the WNBA. I’d expect that in the coming weeks there is going to be a lot of player movement as marketable players get waived due to the 11-man roster as well as cap issues.
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2009 WNBA Draft 1st Round Thoughts
Thoughts about the 2009 WNBA first round picks.
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The 2009 WNBA 11-player Roster SNAFU
The WNBA has had a history of making very considered moves to help the league not only survive but grow. This past offseason, due to the effects of the economic downslide, the WNBA announced that, for the 2009 season, rosters would be cut from thirteen spots down to eleven. Did the league err?
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2009 WNBA Draft – Last Thoughts Before the Draft
Now, having seen the players playing outside of their conferences at season’s end, as well has having more information concerning WNBA team needs, and factoring the comments from around the web about my previous post, I’d agree that my previous list needs some tweaking.
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Why Did Maryland Lose the 2009 NCAA Women’s Basketball Regional Final?
Why did the Maryland Terrapins lose their Elite Eight game in the 2009 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament? Was it defense? Was it offense? The phase of the moon? No…it was something much more insidious and yet predictable.
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Thanks, ‘Riss For Delivering Maryland to the 2009 Elite Eight
There really isn’t much to say about Marissa Coleman’s performance during the game between Maryland and Vanderbilt in the “Sweet Sixteen” game of the 2009 NCAA Women’s Basketball tournament that isn’t covered by, “Wow.”
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