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WNBA Western Conference Semifinals: Seattle Taking Nothing for Granted

What looked like a season's worth of dominance -- a 28-6 record, a 17-0 home record, a 22-3 start -- was actually something else, said Seattle Storm guard Sue Bird. "I don't know if dominant is the word I would use," Bird said Tuesday as Seattle prepared for its opening-round series in the WNBA playoffs against the Los...

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...

Finishing Big More Important to Seattle Than Scorching Start

SEATTLE -- Embracing the adage that "It's not how you start, it's how you finish," the Seattle Storm refuse to be impressed by the success they've had to start the WNBA season. They will leave that to other people, plenty of other people. They don't care that their 11-2 record is the best in the WNBA after Sunday night's...

Nowitzki Leads Texas in Shooting Stars

DALLAS -- Appropriately enough, Team Texas won the Haier Shooting Stars title to open the Saturday night festivities at All-Star Weekend. It ended when Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki hit a half-court shot to the delight of the crowd, which might be a sign of things to come Sunday at the All-Star Game. His teammates were...

WNBA's Becky Hammon Talks About Her Russian Olympic Experience

Elie Seckbach, the Embedded Correspondent, brings his exclusive video reporting to FanHouse. Check back regularly for more videos. In this exclusive video we talk to the San Antonio Silver Stars' Becky Hammon. The American WNBA star reflects on her decision to play for Russia during the Olympics, a move some people called...

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05/26/12 Charity started by Jerry Sandusky seeks to transfer... Source: The Seattle Times - Seattle WA The charity for troubled youths started by Jerry Sandusky in 1977 â and through which the retired Penn State assistant coach met the boys he is charged with sexually abusing â is seeking court approval to shut down and transfer its programs to a Texas-based youth ministry that serves abused and neglected children.
05/25/12 Hammon to play for Russia again in London Olympics Source: The Long Island City / Astoria Journal - Queens NY UNCASVILLE, Conn. Becky Hammon hopes that the Olympics will be a little less stressful for her.
05/06/12 Hammon to Join Russia Olympic Basketball Squad Source: RIA Novosti - Russia Naturalized Russian basketball guard Becky Hammon will join up with the national team in mid-July ahead of the London 2012 Olympics, coach Boris Sokolovsky has said.
04/16/12 Olympic Trials as Tough as the Games Source: NBC - KNSD 7/39 - San Diego CA When the fluttering shot of El Salvador's Jamie Alas deflected off American goalkeeper Sean Johnson's hands in extra time, four years of preparation and dreams were extinguished like a moth to a flickering flame.
04/14/12 Making It to the Olympics Almost as Hard as the Games... Source: NBC - WMAQ 5 - Chicago IL When the fluttering shot of El Salvador's Jamie Alas deflected off American goalkeeper Sean Johnson's hands in extra time, four years of preparation and dreams were extinguished like a moth to a flickering flame.

Background on becky hammon

Rebecca Lynn "Becky" Hammon (born March 11, 1977) is a professional basketball player currently under contract with the San Antonio Silver Stars of the WNBA.

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