anne-donovan Stories - Swish Appeal
Dishin & Swishin: From Rings & Medals to the Bottom of the Big East, Anne Donovan Is Loving the Challenge
When Anne Donovan resigned as head coach of the Seattle Storm on November 30, 2007, most people assumed it was far from the end of the line in her coaching career. In fact, when her friend Carol Blazejowski called and hired her to become an assistant coach on the New York Liberty in April 2009,...
UConn Huskies Learn Not Every Win is Pretty
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Shooting Woes Doom Seton Hall Versus LSU
Just the Facts, Ma'am: Behind 14 points each from LaSondra Barrett and Katherine Graham, the Tigers of LSU knocked off the Seton Hall Pirates 57-40. Barrett also had 11 rebounds for LSU. Kandice Green led the Pirates with 10 points and 14 rebounds. For sleep deprivation, a long walk, not enough...
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Basketball
Last cheesy Liberty title, I promise. <!--StartFragment--> This past Sunday marked my sixth and final game covering the New York Liberty as a blogger for SwishAppeal. At the end of the month, I will be moving back down to Northern Virginia, where I will begin my coverage of the Washington...
Coming Into Focus, Liberty Capture Victory Before Hitting the Road
<!--StartFragment--> The New York Liberty are on a two-game winning streak. While that may not sound like much, these ladies needed to stop the bleeding of a three game losing skid, and stop it before they fly cross-country for a three game road swing. After a convincing win in Tulsa, the...
Transitional Phase: Can the NY Liberty refine their offense into one that runs instead of jumps?
<!--StartFragment--> The New York Liberty played one quarter of excellent basketball last night. Unfortunately, one great quarter out of three is not going to win many games. The visiting Seattle Storm, fresh off of a loss the night before to the Indiana Fever, came in and played a sloppy game,...
Paint By Numbers: Are the Liberty a jump shooting team or just settling for jumpers?
At the bottom of the final box score given out to the media, there is a list of key statistics for the game. The very first statistic on that list is Points in the Paint. That’s not to say that this is the most important statistic by any means, but it sure is a big one. Last night, when the...
NY Liberty Off-Season Breakdown: "Who Can't Get Excited About a Second Year for Vaughn?"
Swish Appeal has had the good fortune of speaking to three important members of the Liberty organization over the past two weeks: President and General Manager Carol Blazejowski, coach Anne Donovan, and newly added forward Nicole Powell. With so much more information for the Liberty than other...
Blazejowski On Liberty's 2009 Performance: "Underachieving and disappointing."
Swish Appeal has had the good fortune of speaking to three important members of the Liberty organization over the past two weeks: President and General Manager Carol Blazejowski, coach Anne Donovan, and newly added forward Nicole Powell. With so much more information for the Liberty than other...
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