Archive for the ‘WNBA’ Category
Monday, July 11th, 2011
After firing Jennifer Gillom as head coach today, the Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA have hired Joe "Jellybean" Bryant to take her place. Joe Bryant is better known as "Kobe's Dad" in most sports circles.
Bryant was an assistant coach with the Sparks before being named the head coach back ...
Posted in NBA, WNBA | No Comments »
Monday, August 9th, 2010
Tina Thompson of the Los Angeles Sparks put an end to our long national nightmare last night by finally becoming the WNBA's all-time leading scorer. Until last night's game against the San Antonio Silver Stars, we were so on edge during Thompson's assault on Lisa Leslie's record - which we ...
Posted in WNBA | 5 Comments »
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
Nope, this post has nothing to do with Jim Zorn. Or Norv Turner. Or the St. Louis Rams.
We're talking about Detroit.
Just when we thought things had bottomed-out in the D, we heard that the Detroit Shock will be moving to Tulsa.
Of course, this might actually be the light at the ...
Posted in Detroit, Detroit Sucks, WNBA | 8 Comments »
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009
Now into its second decade of existence, the WNBA constantly begs the question, "How in the goddamn hell is the WNBA into the second decade of its existence?"
The once-marquee franchise of the league, the Houston Comets, no longer exists. Not because they moved or anything. They just flat-out folded.
Because no ...
Posted in WNBA, Women's Basketball | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
Remember the good 'ol days, when USA basketball went ahead and blew everybody out, leaving little doubt as to which country had the best basketball team in the world?
Eh, neither do we. In fact, many of us were prepubescent or close to it when the original Dream Team trounced people ...
Posted in Beijing 2008, USA Basketball, WNBA, Women's Basketball | 1 Comment »
Thursday, July 24th, 2008
It was a sad day for the WNBA.
It was even sadder for myself.
You know what's worse than a WNBA catfight? Actually watching it live.
Now, I can explain. The game ran longer than the expected broadcast schedule, so I thought I was tuning in to something else. But I did keep ...
Posted in WNBA, Women's Basketball | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
Remember in the 1989 version of Batman, when the Joker says, "This town needs an enema?" On Tuesday night the WNBA got its enema, because for the first time in league history, something interesting has happened.
L.A. Sparks rookie Candace Parker -- considered to by many to be the only reason ...
Posted in Candace Parker, Detroit Sucks, Holy Shit, WNBA | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
In case you weren't aware, that venerable institution known as the WNBA is now into it's 12th season. And throughout the NBA playoffs we've been treated to commercials featuring the league's "stars" sarcastically claiming the Fem-BA sucks. They also imply that since it has lasted this long, the WNBA has ...
Posted in WNBA, Women's Basketball | 8 Comments »
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
Every once in a great while I'll swallow my pride and watch a marquee women's basketball game like Tennessee against Connecticut or something. And I will, without a doubt, cover women's basketball as a writer because, well, any job is a good job at this point.But it's pretty rare that ...
Posted in Candace Parker, Texas A&M Aggies, Women's Basketball | No Comments »
