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Minnesota Lynx Win No. 1 Pick in 2011 WNBA Draft

The winner in the Maya Moore Sweepstakes is the Minnesota Lynx. The Lynx won the 2011 WNBA Draft Lottery for the third time in the last six years and the second year in a row. And that makes it very likely that the Lynx will take Connecticut star Moore with the No. 1 pick in next April's draft. The Lynx traded the No. 1...

WNBA Midseason Report Card: East Finally Rises

Is this the year that the Eastern Conference's inferiority complex comes to an end in the WNBA? In 13 years, the Eastern Conference has won three WNBA titles, all by the Detroit Shock, the last coming in 2008. But, with the exception of the extraordinary season of the Seattle Storm, the best basketball in the league this...

Lynx's Wiggins Out for the Season

The hard luck for the Minnesota Lynx continues with the news that guard Candice Wiggins will miss the remainder of the season. Wiggins, the former Stanford All-American, sustained a ruptured Achilles' tendon with eight seconds remaining in Tuesday night's 75-68 win over the New York LIberty at Madison Square...

Dads Coach Their Girls, Forge Strong Bonds

Seimone Augustus has played in the NCAA Final Four. She was the No. 1 pick in the WNBA Draft. She has won an Olympic gold medal. And she's back on the floor after a long layoff -- recovering from last year's knee injury and abdominal surgery in May. But after a tough shooting night, she got the phone call she knew was...

Lynx Star Seimone Augustus Sends Message From Sidelines

Seimone Augustus has a story to tell, a message to send. It's not so much about perseverance, patience or triumph over adversity, although they would all apply. The Minnesota Lynx star wants women to listen. Not just to her, but to their bodies. She didn't listen as well as she should have and it has been very...

Seimone Augustus News From the Web

05/31/12 Sports Digest: Sandusky sex abuse trial won't be... Source: Austin American-Statesman - Austin TX Jerry Sandusky lost another bid to delay his child sexual abuse trial and, in what could be the last pretrial hearing before jury selection begins next week, the presiding judge heard defense lawyers and prosecutors debate whether charges should be thrown out.
05/23/12 Liberty drop to 0-3 with loss to Lynx Source: New York Post - New York NY Minnesota got off to a slow start over the first 15 minutes against the Liberty.
05/21/12 Augustus injured, scores 19 as Lynx top Mercury Source: Post-Bulletin - Rochester MN The Minnesota Lynx finally put their last celebration behind them.
05/20/12 Roundup: Lynx open title defense with rout of Mercury Source: USA Today The Minnesota Lynx finally put their last celebration behind them.
05/16/12 WNBA survey: Stanford's Nnemkadi Ogwumike will win... Source: Cupertino Courier - Cupertino CA Former Stanford star Nnemkadi Ogwumike, the No. 1 pick in this year's WNBA draft by the Los Angeles Stars, should be the runaway winner of the Rookie of the Year award.

Background on Seimone Augustus

Seimone Augustus (born April 30, 1984) is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Minnesota Lynx, WBC Spartak Moscow Region and the US national team.

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