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WNBA All-Stars to Play Team USA

by Charlie on January 29, 2010

USA Basketball’s women’s national team will face a formidable opponent as part of their preparations for the 2010 FIBA World Championships: the WNBA’s All-Star team. Team USA and the All-Stars will play an exhibition on July 10 at the Mohegan Sun Arena — home of the WNBA’s Connecticut Suns. This is the second time a [...]

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The WNBA, the NBA, and Why We Compare the Two

by Charlie on December 14, 2009

Earlier this week, I got involved in a “why do men hate the WNBA” discussion on Twitter. I learned after the fact that the person I was “tweeting” with was WNBA player Olympia Scott. Of course, Twitter is a less-than-ideal medium for making a reasoned argument. The 140-character limit is… pretty limiting, and having grown [...]

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Teams around the WNBA picked at the carcass of the Monarchs today, as the league held a dispersal draft of players from that recently-folded franchise. The Monarchs folded in November, when the Maloof family — owners of the Sacramento Kings — decided to “re-focus” their business. The league attempted to find a new ownership group [...]

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Women in the NBA?

by Charlie on December 11, 2009

NBA Commissioner David Stern is on record as thinking there’s “a good possibility” that women will play in the NBA. I don’t like to question the commish, but I think the jury is split on this question. Arguments for and against women playing in the NBA Your take — women in “The Association?” Women in [...]

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Rules for Naming Your Team

by Charlie on November 8, 2007

Obviously, I’m having trouble letting this whole “team names” thing go… it seemed a good time to discuss my very high standards when it comes to naming and mascots. Local/RegionalEncouraged: Names with specific local/regional significance. Colleges are great for this… Tar Heels, Hoosiers, Sooners, Cornhuskers, Longhorns, Buckeyes, just off the top of my head. From [...]

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