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Looking Past Olympic Prelims, Team USA Needs To Improve Rebounding
It can be difficult to critique U.S. women's basketball team given that they have blown out their opponents by an average of 47 points in three preliminary games. Yet despite their dominance, a number...
The Cultural Significance of Lisa Leslie's Olympic Success
I was watching Around the Horn yesterday and the first question was about the significance of the "Redeem Team’s" gold medal. The brief conversation pretty much went as one would expect, including K...
My All-WNBA Teams
Well the season is almost complete and now it's time to hand out those post season awards before the playoffs. I'll start with All-WNBA teams because I haven't done those before...and they will get me...
Michelle Obama, Lisa Leslie...and Clair Huxtable.
How cool is it that Lisa Leslie was invited to stand with Michelle Obama in inspiring black girls in DC's predominately black Anacostia High School to reach their potential as leaders?This is not nec...
Why Noelle Quinn is a great pick up for the Sparks
Much was made of the LA Sparks point guard play last year and they probably hope that Tuesday’s trade for Noelle Quinn will help bolster an otherwise thin point guard rotation for the 2009 season.I...
Lisa Leslie's Mother's Day interview on ESPN....
Last night I was pleasantly surprised to see Lisa Leslie on Sportscenter discussing motherhood, whether women will ever play in the NBA, and her trip to the White House.My first thought was, hey, this...
Expect Great ’09: A case study and reflection
Unfortunately, I don’t have any juicy information about the opening of WNBA training camps that you couldn’t get elsewhere.So instead, I thought this was a good opportunity to comment about anothe...
The X-Factor in the MVP Debate: How Do We Measure Defense?
As the WNBA’s regular season draws to a close, the MVP is heating up and there are a number of worthy candidates which makes the discussion both difficult and exciting.But usually the MVP discussio...
Olympic Break All-Defensive Teams Yield Surprises: A Vet and A Rookie Sleeper
I didn’t know a whole lot about Morenike Atunrase before I found her name leading all guards in blocks per 40 minutes the other day. Apparently, Atunrase is not just one of those bench players who p...
Sparks’ Team Chemistry: A Bigger Problem Than Point Guard Play
At the beginning of the L.A. Sparks-New York Liberty broadcast yesterday a 9-year-old "Sparkscaster" claimed that the Sparks are "unbeatable".Before you laugh off his comment as ridiculous, let me con...
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