Thanks to an anonymous reader for this little tidbit from D.C. Of course, the headline refers to All-Star guard Alana Beard. Heh. Beard. heh.
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WNBA’s Mystics don’t want lesbians kissing
The Washington Post has an insightful article about why the WNBA’s Washington Mystics don’t have a KissCam that so many NBA and other WNBA teams have implemented. The kiss cams generally show two people sitting next to each other and the crowd urges them to kiss. The reason the Mystics don’t do it: They don’t [...]
‘Training Rules’ director speaks out
Training Rules producer and director Dee Mosbacher wrote a short piece about how homophobia still rules in sports. In it she talks about the prevalence of homophobia in women’s sports despite the advances that society and some in sports have made. She lays out succinctly the biggest difference between gay men and lesbians playing elite [...]
A little heavenly intervention for Atlanta teams?
Those muscular NBA refs couldn’t figure it out on Saturday. But longtime fans of Atlanta’s pro sports team know what it is — the Sports Gods are smiling on us again. It’s about time.
On Saturday, the Hawks dropped Chicago in a wild ride to hit 19-10 and remain in second place in the Southeastern Division. [...]
Et tu, professional sports leagues?
Now this recession thing is getting serious. The NFL announced it’s cutting staff, joining a recent announcement by the NBA that it’s firing folks, too. When a sour economy starts to impact the sports world, a place we go to escape the travails of the world spinning out of control around us, it’s time for [...]
WNBA ratings up but still not good
The WNBA Finals tipped off last night with a victory for the Detroit Shock over the San Antonio Silver Stars (I had to look that one up), 77-69. The League is touting an increase in ticket sales and TV viewership this season, which is nice. But then I looked at the numbers. The average rating [...]
Get N.Y. Liberty tickets half off
Thanks to reader Adriana for this tip for WNBA fans in New York:
Just saw this from the NY Liberty via a MySpace bulletin and thought I’d pass along to share the wealth. When you buy tix here, all you have to do is type in the code “LIBERTY”
It will basically get you half off to [...]
Equal Opportunity to Look Stupid
The Patrick/Duno dust-up, followed by the Pierson/Parker dust-up, reminds us that it was male athletes, not females, who filed the first copyright on temper fests during competition. Call it the dark side of sports if you will…or the twilight of sportsmanship. But a lot of fans live for it, especially when [...]
Slugging Sparks ‘Shock’ the WNBA
Candace Parker proves that it’s not just male athletes who are ill tempered.
Parker, of the Los Angeles Sparks, threw down with Lisa Leslie and her Detroit Shock in the closing seconds of a game on Tuesday. The Shock, ironically, are coached by former NBA bad boy Bill Laimbeer. This comes just three day after [...]
She can dunk, too?
When it comes to Candace Parker, the former Lady Vol turned forward for the Los Angeles Sparks, there are few limits to her athletic prowess. On Sunday, she became the second WNBA player to dunk in a game.
That’s right, dunk. To prove it wasn’t a fluke – and few doubted it was – she dunked [...]
Becky Hammon: Traitor or following her dream?
Becky Hammon, who plays for the WNBA’s San Antonio Silver Stars, has stirred up controversy with her announcement that she’ll play in the Olympics for Russia. Born and raised in the U.S., she also plays professional basketball in Russia and became a Russian citizen to help her basketball career.
Now the U.S. women’s basketball coach, Anne [...]
WNBA soon to sport golden arches
In America, we’ve had corporations buy the naming rights to stadiums. We’ve had them enter into exclusive partnerships with leagues. We’ve even had them buy teams and name them after themselves (the New York Red Bulls being the most recent).
Now the WNBA is selling leaguewide space on their jerseys; and the first buyer is McDonalds. [...]
Swoopes: coming out “scary” and “positive”
Life is good for the only openly gay professional basketball player. After 10 years in Houston Sheryl Swoopes has signed with the Seattle Storm, recovered from back surgery that kept her from playing last season, and is among 29 players being considered for the USA’s 12-women Olympic roster. In an article with TheNewsTribune.com Swoopes talks [...]
Where WNBA players earn 500K
Diana Taurasi makes a reported $49,000 a year as a star for the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury. That’s walking around money compared to her salary playing in Russia before mostly empty arenas of non-paying customers. Her Russian team pays her 10 times her WNBA salary.
Shabtai von Kalmanovic, who spent time in an Israeli prison on spying [...]