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Sun GM Chris Sienko Excited About New Role
The Hartford CourantChris Sienko has been as much a part of professional women's basketball in Connecticut as the multicolored ball. He was a founding executive of the ABL's New England Blizzard two decades ago. But his experience, most recently over the past decade as...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Minnesota Lynx, Connecticut Sun, Diana Taurasi, Tina Charles
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UConn's Faris Looking Like A 1st-Round Pick In Monday's WNBA Draft
The Hartford CourantKelly Faris and Maya Moore will always be mentioned in the same statistical line item in UConn's record book. That is the best evidence of Faris' impact on the program. She completed her college career on Tuesday by helping her team win its eighth...Tags: Connecticut Sun, Women's National Basketball Association, Mike Thibault, New York Liberty, Indiana Fever
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Northwestern team treated to Target Center trip
Saturday will be a day that the Northwestern girls’ basketball team won’t soon forget. The squad found itself center stage during the Minnesota Timberwolves-Houston Rockets professional basketball game at the Target Center in Minneapolis....
Tags: Minnesota Lynx, Trips and Vacations, Northwestern Wildcats, Target Center , Seimone Augustus
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Weight Can Be A Touchy Subject For Female Athletes
The Hartford CourantOn my first day as sports columnist for The Courant, after 15 years covering the NHL, I approached one of the most admired women's basketball players in the world. I had a question. "Ask me anything you want," Rebecca Lobo said that November day in...Tags: Tina Charles, Women's National Basketball Association, Connecticut Huskies, National Hockey League, The Pennsylvania State University
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Asjha Jones' Health Important For Sun To Make Playoff Run
The Hartford CourantUNCASVILLE — Their Achilles' heel could be the Achilles' heel. Or it could be a collective lack of past playoff success. Then again, if Asjha Jones, whose summer changed July 11 against Washington when she stepped on Michelle Snow's foot, steps...Tags: Plan B (drug), Asjha Jones, Women's National Basketball Association, Tina Charles, Mike Thibault
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WNBA: Minnesota Lynx stars back from London with gold
MINNEAPOLIS - Seimone Augustus, Lindsay Whalen and Maya Moore were back in Target Center after a five-week absence on Wednesday. The first duty was to go through a practice session with Lynx teammates, and the second was to show off some precious metal to...Tags: Minnesota Lynx, Women's National Basketball Association, Target Center , Seimone Augustus, Sports
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U.S. women survive 1st true test, reach gold-medal game
LONDON — The U.S. women's basketball team has won games with its talent and tenacity, its defense and depth. On Thursday, in a taut semifinal far closer than the final score indicated, it used all those qualities and added one more: its leadership....
Tags: Diana Taurasi, Tina Charles, Sylvia Fowles, Asjha Jones, Tamika Catchings
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U.S. women extend winning streak to 39
LONDON — It was 20 years ago Tuesday that the U.S. women's basketball team started teaching the world to play. And with apologies for taking liberties with the Beatles' lyrics, the U.S. has been doing it for quite a while. Team USA's dominant 91-...Tags: Kobe Bryant, Tamika Catchings, Women's National Basketball Association, Diana Taurasi, Sports
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U.S. women turn up pressure, extend win streak to 36
LONDON — Almost everything the U.S. women's basketball team does gets measured against its past success. Such is the price paid when you have a 36-game Olympic winning streak dating to 1992 and are vying for a fifth straight gold medal. So after...
Tags: LeBron James, Sports, Basketball, Turkey (animal), Sue Bird
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U.S. Women's Olympic Basketball Team Cruises Past Great Britain, 88-63
MANCHESTER, England -- The U.S. Olympic women's basketball team pulled away from Great Britain in the third quarter on their way to a 88-63 win in a pre-Olympic exhibition game on Wednesday. Former UConn star Maya Moore led the Americansd with 18...
Tags: Connecticut Huskies, Sue Bird, Sports, Basketball, Sue Bird
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U.S. men's basketball team struggles against Brazil
— There has been much discussion in recent days about how this year's U.S. Olympic men's basketball team stacked up against its most famous predecessors, the Dream Team of 1992. There also has been a good deal of trash talking too by legendary trash...
Tags: Kobe Bryant, Cleveland Cavaliers, LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Russell Westbrook
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