McClatchy Newspapers' Jayda Evans looks at 12 things to watch as the WNBA's 12th season tips off today.1. Southern hospitality: The WNBA is balanced at 14 teams with the addition of the Atlanta Dream.2. Supersize me: You'll crave fries until June 6 as McDonald's becomes the WNBA's first sponsor...
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BEIJING -- Diana Taurasi scored 21 points and the U.S. women's basketball team beat Russia 67-52 on Thursday to advance to its fourth straight Olympic gold medal game. However the Americans hadn't played a team as good as...
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 08.21.2008 BEIJING — IOC president Jacques Rogge criticized Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt today for showing a lack of respect to other competitors after his record-breaking gold medal performances in...
USA's #12 Diana Taurasi, pictured going to the hoop during an August 9 game against the Czech Republic, sayssome of the camaraderie includes some teasing. That's what it's all about." -DeLisha Milton-Jones, forward for the L.A....
BEIJING - The Olympic women's basketball semifinal between the United States and Russia needed another subplot like three-time gold medalist Lisa Leslie needed "Star-Spangled Banner" lyrics. Yet there it is, South Dakotan Becky...