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Atlanta Dream's Angel McCoughtry Snags 2009 WNBA Rookie of the Year Honors

Just a couple of months after leading her college team to its first Final Four appearance, Angel McCoughtry considered quitting the game. The No. 1 pick in the 2009 WNBA Draft became disenchanted after a rocky start in the league...

Written by Cheryl Coward about about 1 month ago 45 reads 0 comments
Five Reasons You Should Be Watching The WNBA FInals

If you're like most sports fans, you probably haven't paid much attention to the women's basketball league that was born 13 years ago. You've probably made a few jokes about the WNBA, dismissing it as a relevant sports league...

Written by Gordon Garner about about 1 month ago 89 reads 5 comments
A Look Back at WNBA Most Valuable Players

Voting for the WNBA Most Valuable Player award takes place immediately following the regular season. The winner is decided by a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States...

Written by Cheryl Coward about about 1 month ago 28 reads 1 comments
Is the WNBA on the Way Out? Why the League Should Consider Game Changes

So the WNBA Conference Finals are set. In the East, it’s the Shock vs. the Fever; in the West, it’s the Sparks vs. the Mercury. Hoping to whet WNBA enthusiasts’ appetites, ESPN...

Written by Ben Carder about about 1 month ago 45 reads 1 comments
WNBA Play-Offs: My Thoughts, Predictions, and Hopes

Here is my (biased) opinions and hopes for the WNBA play-offs. It doesn't matter if a team is a favorite or heavily likely to win, I'm picking who I want. Hence, the before mentioned bias...

Written by Dominica about about 1 month ago 35 reads 0 comments
WNBA Basketball Picks: Minnesota Lynx vs. Chicago Sky Odds: August 15th 2009

Minnesota Lynx @ Chicago Sky o161.0 (-110 odds) Sat August 15th 2009 8:05p Visit Touthouse.com for more WNBA basketball picks from Alex Smart The Minnesota Lynx take on the Chicago Sky in a contest ...

Written by touthouse handicappers about 2 months ago 2 reads 0 comments
WNBA Picks: Detroit Shock vs. Chicago Sky Betting Odds: August 9th 2009

Detroit Shock vs. Chicago Sky Free WNBA Pick: Detroit Shock -7.0 (-110) Sun August 9th 2009 6:05p Visit Touthouse.com for more WNBA basketball picks from Alex Smart The Chicago Sky (11-11) played ...

Written by touthouse handicappers about 3 months ago 3 reads 0 comments
Sports Business 101: What is the WNBA?

The WNBA is a professional women’s basketball league, run by the NBA and most located with current NBA teams. It currently features 13 teams, but may be ready to expand to 14 teams for the 2010 season...

Written by Joshua Lobdell about 3 months ago 32 reads 1 comments
Sarah Palin to Become New Head of WNBA

—New York. After weeks of speculation as to the reasons she quit/stepped-down/quit her duties as Governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin has resurfaced—in the sporting world...

Written by Shoeless Joe Jackson www.dbbsports.com about 3 months ago 83 reads 4 comments
WNBA: Why All the Hate?

I am a huge basketball fan. I love to play basketball. I can sit down and watch basketball all day long; whether that is the NBA, international basketball, an AND1 Mixtape (or "Street Ball"), and so on and so forth...

Written by Bobby Lewis about 3 months ago 254 reads 9 comments
America: Land of the Free and the Home of the Mediocre.

This used to be a place where excellence and success was rewarded and ineptitude and failure was punished. Those days are dead. We are now striving for universal equality. The problem with equality is everyone has to be equal...

Written by Jesse Robichaud about 3 months ago 4 reads 0 comments
WNBA Power Rankings: Who's Hot, Who's Not

Less then 10 games into however many games they play in this league, and already we've got ourselves one helluva season. Jackie Moon does not proclaim himself to be a WNBA expert...

Written by Jackie Moon DBB about 4 months ago 93 reads 2 comments
WNBA Basketball Picks: Sacramento Monarchs vs. Chicago Sky: June 30th 2009

Sacramento Monarchs vs. Chicago Sky Free WNBA Picks: Chicago Sky -7.0 (-110) - Tue June 30th 2009 8:05p Visit Touthouse...

Written by touthouse handicappers about 4 months ago 3 reads 0 comments
WNBA's Top 20 Players: No. 16 Alana Beard

The competitive fire that burns through Alana Beard can only be cooled down by dawning the color blue. Therefore on draft day in 2004, the former Blue Devil was probably relieved when the Phoenix ...

Written by Jeffrey Engmann about 4 months ago 126 reads 0 comments
Seven WNBA teams Show a Decline in Home Opener Attendance

The first week of the 2009 WNBA season is over. Each team kicked off the season with home openers filled with fanfare. Attendance at first home games ranged from a low of 5,689 for the Chicago Sky to a high of 14,824 for the Sacramento Monarchs...

Written by Cheryl Coward about 4 months ago 330 reads 0 comments
WNBA's Top 20 Players: No. 17 Janelle McCarville

I know what you're thinking. A big girl that plays basketball getting dubbed the nickname Shaq is not exactly unpredictable. For Janelle McCarvile, however, the on-the-court alias was not simply inherited...

Written by Jeffrey Engmann about 5 months ago 44 reads 0 comments
Mystics-Dream: Washington Wins, Hope Abounds for D.C. Pro Basketball

Don’t know if you noticed or cared, but the Washington Mystics are 2-0 for the first time in franchise history after defeating the Atlanta Dream at home yesterday, 77-71...

Written by Jarrett Carter about 5 months ago 13 reads 0 comments
WNBA Copies Tennis: Alternate Surfaces, Hot Russian Girls (satire)

This week in New York, David Stern sat down with the WNBA braintrust, and devised a new way to increase fan interest. Their solution, according to one unnamed source, was to "Follow the model of Women’s tennis...

Written by Shoeless Joe Jackson www.dbbsports.com about 5 months ago 184 reads 0 comments
WNBA Give Getting People To Know Their Teams, Just Go with Ads

The WNBA announced today that they are going to stop trying to get people to remember the names of their franchises, and just go with putting advertisements on the jerseys instead...

Written by The Sports Comedian about 5 months ago 52 reads 0 comments
Phoenix Mercury Website Locked Down Until Monday's Big Announcement

Update: The Lifelock logo was deleted from the padlock image on the site. Visitors to the Phoenix Mercury’s web site this weekend are greeted with a splash page indicating the site is locked down...

Written by Cheryl Coward about 5 months ago 202 reads 0 comments
Transactions and Briefs for This Weekend in the WNBA

In Wednesday’s WNBA media call, all of the coaches in attendance indicated they were going to wait until after the games this weekend to make the remaining cuts on their rosters...

Written by Cheryl Coward about 5 months ago 291 reads 0 comments
WNBA's Top 20 Players: No. 18 Ann Wauters

It’s 7:40 a.m on a Saturday and I’m struggling to wake up. As my eyes admirably attempt to keep from closing, my fingers type in Russian, keying in a web address to view the three ...

Written by Jeffrey Engmann about 5 months ago 43 reads 0 comments
WNBA's Top 20 Players: No. 19 Sylvia Fowles

6’6". Raw. Athletic. A highlight waiting to happen.These are the type of words that cause cautious optimism in regards to basketball prospects...

Written by Jeffrey Engmann about 5 months ago 327 reads 4 comments
WNBA's Top 20 Players: No. 20 Nicole Powell

There are some athletes whose talents instantly make them iconic figures. There are others whose shortcomings make them the perfect target of a menacing media. And then there are athletes like the talented Nicole Powell...

Written by Jeffrey Engmann about 5 months ago 595 reads 0 comments
WNBA Champions to Visit President Via Free White House Tour (Satire)

The WNBA's Detroit Shock made a very special visit to the White House this week to celebrate their status as the reigning WNBA Champions...

Written by The Sports Comedian about 6 months ago 155 reads 3 comments

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WNBA Article Archive

Atlanta Dream's Angel McCoughtry Snags 2009 WNBA Rookie of the Year Honors

Five Reasons You Should Be Watching The WNBA FInals

A Look Back at WNBA Most Valuable Players

Is the WNBA on the Way Out? Why the League Should Consider Game Changes

WNBA Play-Offs: My Thoughts, Predictions, and Hopes

WNBA Basketball Picks: Minnesota Lynx vs. Chicago Sky Odds: August 15th 2009

WNBA Picks: Detroit Shock vs. Chicago Sky Betting Odds: August 9th 2009

Sports Business 101: What is the WNBA?

Sarah Palin to Become New Head of WNBA

WNBA: Why All the Hate?

America: Land of the Free and the Home of the Mediocre.

WNBA Power Rankings: Who's Hot, Who's Not

WNBA Basketball Picks: Sacramento Monarchs vs. Chicago Sky: June 30th 2009

WNBA's Top 20 Players: No. 16 Alana Beard

Seven WNBA teams Show a Decline in Home Opener Attendance

WNBA's Top 20 Players: No. 17 Janelle McCarville

Mystics-Dream: Washington Wins, Hope Abounds for D.C. Pro Basketball

WNBA Copies Tennis: Alternate Surfaces, Hot Russian Girls (satire)

WNBA Give Getting People To Know Their Teams, Just Go with Ads

Phoenix Mercury Website Locked Down Until Monday's Big Announcement

Transactions and Briefs for This Weekend in the WNBA

WNBA's Top 20 Players: No. 18 Ann Wauters

WNBA's Top 20 Players: No. 19 Sylvia Fowles

WNBA's Top 20 Players: No. 20 Nicole Powell

WNBA Champions to Visit President Via Free White House Tour (Satire)

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