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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 is great exposure for the WNBA, especially given that the pre-season is starting up next week.My...
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 another major occurrence yesterday – the television premiere of the newest Expect Great ads.As excited as I...
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 discussion occurs without regard for defense. Usually people compare basic stats like points, rebounds, and...
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 puts up inflated per minute stats in limited garbage minutes either – she’s an important part of the...
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 confess that prior to the start of the 2008 it indeed seemed elementary to me that the Sparks would...
Revisiting the Storm-Sparks Triple Overtime Classic: Do the Sparks Still Have a Shot at the Playoffs?
With less than a minute remaining in the third quarter of last Wednesday’s triple overtime classic in Key Arena, LA Sparks forward Candace Parker had the ball on the wing guarded by Storm forward Camille Little.Parker had not yet scored to that point in the game and had been the last player down...
The Los Angeles Sparks: "Expect Anything"
After the Los Angeles Sparks' 67-66 overtime road win over the Silver Stars last night, San Antonio forward Sophia Young perfectly articulated why this was the one game I was looking forward to seeing all week. "With LA we expect anything,'' said Young. "It's always going to be a good game. They...
Interview with Lisa Leslie (Part 2): WNBA Media Coverage, Womanhood, and Empowerment
Swish Appeal was fortunate enough to get the opportunity to have an interview with Lisa Leslie on Monday afternoon. Topics ranged from her work spreading liver cancer awareness to media coverage of the WNBA to who she was rooting for in the WNBA Finals. What follows is the second half of the...
Interview with Lisa Leslie (Part 1): Promoting Liver Cancer Awareness with Covidien
Swish Appeal was fortunate to have the opportunity to have an extended interview with WNBA icon Lisa Leslie on Monday afternoon. Topics of discussion ranged from her latest project to her thoughts on media coverage of women’s basketball to which team she was rooting for in the WNBA Finals....
Lisa Leslie’s Legacy: Reflections from a Relatively Recent WNBA Fan
(Photo by Max Simbron) When my sister was in fourth grade, just before the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, she took up playing basketball. As her tenth grade older brother who had just made varsity basketball at my high school, I was of course excited – I volunteered to be the assistant coach of her...
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