Starting the 2008 WNBA Playoff Season
As the 2008 WNBA playoff season is about to tip off, my thoughts on who will advance and who might win it all.
Read more...Picks for 2008 WNBA MVP
As the WNBA season winds down, thoughts naturally start turning to the awards, specifically who will be the league’s MVP. Everyone seems to use their own criteria. Here is my process and my final selection.
Read more...Rec’ing On…Beijing Olympics – Part 16
The “Redeem Team” managed to do what they set out to do, win Olympic gold. I have to say, though, Spain performed …
Read more...Rec’ing On…Beijing Olympics – Part 15
I am so very satisfied. While I’m a huge fan of Australian players such as Lauren Jackson, Penny Taylor, and Tully Bevilaqua, …
Read more...Rec’ing On…Beijing Olympics – Part 13
It was a mixed bag for the USA women’s teams in a day filled with finals. Softball, Soccer, and Water Polo plus …
Read more...Rec’ing On…Beijing Olympics – Part 11
I think it’s going to take a week or two for Shawn Johnson to wipe that smile off her face. That is …
Read more...International Basketball Women
I’ve had enough of being magnanimus. I’m a little put out by foreign players who thumb their nose at the WNBA…the very league that has helped elevate their games.
Read more...Rec’ing On…Beijing Olympics – Part 3
As mentioned in the previous update, the day started with Women’s Basketball. In the early match, the US struggled against China. And …
Read more...Rec’ing On…Beijing Olympics – Part 2
Comments on the second day of competition and coverage at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Read more...Rec’ing On…Beijing Olympics – Part 1
Thoughts on the first day of competition at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China, including women’s basketball, fencing, equestrian, and team handball.
Read more...Some Dribble Babble
I love women’s basketball. It’s just as simple as that. It’s not my whole life… I don’t live and breathe women’s basketball every waking moment, but when all is said and done, I think it can safely be said that I love the game.
Read more...Changing WNBA All-Star Voting
This is something that rankles me (and not a few commentators) every All-Star break: the fan voting doesn’t really make sense, and …
Read more...My WNBA All-Decade Reflections
In this tenth anniversary of the WNBA, and all the talk of All-Decade teams and whatnot, I thought that something more important …
Read more...Nameless Jerseys
Last year, when I saw the Tennessee Women’s Basketball Team take to the court with no jersey personalization–after years with names on player’s uniforms–I was deeply saddened. 2004 will forever be, for me, the year when women’s sports took a small step backward.
Read more...Rec’ing on…The Holiday Drought
This is the time of year when a huge hunk of my fellow countrymen and countrywomen plop themselves down in front of a TV for a hefty helping of sports. Bowls. NFL. NBA. No problem! Women’s sports? [crickets]
Read more...Back in the Day…
Before the WNBA, the modern pioneers of women’s basketball played in mostly empty areas with little hope of there being much of …
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