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Seattle wins WNBA championship

Fri, 09/17/2010 - 09:26 by Rakhi

Atlanta -- Swin Cash helped Seattle to a big lead Thursday and the Storm held on to defeat Atlanta 87-84 and capture the WNBA championship.

Seattle swept the best-of-five title series to win its second WNBA crown six years after capturing its first one. The Storm had the best regular-season record and did not lose a playoff game.

Cash scored 18 points, boosting Seattle to a 12-point lead in the fourth period.

Atlanta rallied to within one down the stretch before Camille Little made two free throws with 6 seconds remaining for the final points.

Both Angel McCoughtry and Kelly Miller missed 3-point attempts just before the buzzer.

Tina Charles is WNBA Rookie of the Year

Wed, 09/01/2010 - 01:43 by Prince damin

New York -- Connecticut Sun center Tina Charles, who set a league rebounding record, was a unanimous choice as WNBA rookie of the year.

Charles, who was the overall No. 1 pick in the 2010 WNBA draft after a college career at Connecticut, averaged 11.7 rebounds a game. Her 398 total rebounds in a season represent a WNBA record.

Charles also averaged 15.5 points a game and had 22 double-doubles, another league record. Charles won all four WNBA Rookie of the Month awards this season.
She was the unanimous choice of a panel of 39 sportswriters and broadcasters who cover the WNBA and who voted for the rookie award.

Catchings gets WNBA's top-defender award

Tue, 08/31/2010 - 00:39 by Prince damin

New York -- Indiana forward Tamika Catchings was named the WNBA's Defensive Player of the Year for a record fourth time, the league said Monday.

Catchings took in 30 of the 39 votes from a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters who cover the WNBA. Chicago's Sylvia Fowles received seven votes and Minnesota Nikki Anosike and Connecticut's Tina Charles each had one vote.

Catchings led the WNBA with 77 steals, an average of 2.26 per game. It was the sixth time she led the league in steals. She was seventh in defensive rebounds and tied for 10th in blocked shots. She was also Indiana's leading scorer, averaging 18.2 points over 34 games.

WNBA suspends Diana Taurasi after DUI

Fri, 07/17/2009 - 03:47 by surajdogra

Phoenix -- WNBA star Diana Taurasi of the Phoenix Mercury, cited for driving under the influence, has been suspended two games for conduct detrimental to the team.

She was suspended Thursday for her citation for driving under the influence on July 3 by Phoenix police.

The Arizona Republic initially said the guard was cited for speeding and lane violations.

She was cited and later released after an officer detected the smell of alcohol and conducted field sobriety tests.

Police added Taurasi refused a breath test and was forced to draw blood in a mobile DUI van.

"I am deeply sorry and embarrassed for causing this distraction for my teammates, the Phoenix Mercury, the WNBA, family and fans," the 27-yea-old Taurasi said.

Monarchs bounce Jenny Boucek

Tue, 07/14/2009 - 02:50 by Salinder Kumar

Sacramento -- Jenny Boucek has been fired as coach of the Sacramento Monarchs, the WNBA team says.

General Manager John Whisenant takes over as coach.

"I want to thank Jenny for her efforts and contributions over the past 2 1/2 years," Whisenant said Sunday night. "The team is 3-10 overall; we still have over half the season left and we felt it necessary to make this change. We feel like this is a playoff-caliber team that can compete and to dig ourselves down any further wouldn't be prudent."

Boucek produced a 40-41 record in two-plus years as the Monarchs' coach.

Copyright 2009 by United Press International.

More sports leagues consider jersey ads

Mon, 06/22/2009 - 23:24 by surajdogra

Detroit -- The Women's National Basketball Association says rising costs could force other leagues to join them in putting sponsor logos on uniforms.

The WNBA allowed the practice this season, with the Los Angeles Sparks and Phoenix Mercury selling space on the front of their jerseys. The Detroit Shock want to find a similar sponsor, The Detroit News reported Monday.

"We don't want to be in a slippery slope of NASCAR-ization of the uniforms.

We still want to maintain some integrity," said Tom Wilson, chief executive officer of The Palace, the sports and entertainment empire which owns the Shock and the NBA's Pistons.