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Posted by Catherine Forsythe in Basketball, Featured Articles, Track & Field on 11 30th, 2009 | No Comments

Marion Jones Considers a Return to Competition

After the turmoil of steroid use during a track and field career, Marion Jones is considering a comeback. She is considering a return to competition as a basketball player: “The former track star Marion Jones was released from federal prison about 15 months ago, but her comeback officially began...

Posted by Catherine Forsythe in Basketball, Featured Articles on 11 26th, 2009 | 1 Comment

Lauren Jackson Decides Against Russia

Lauren Jackson will not be playing in Russia. She has changed her plans after the recent murder of the Spartak Moscow owner: “… In the wake of the assassination of team owner Shabtai von Kalmanovich, Jackson announced Tuesday that she would not return to Spartak Moscow, opting out of a...

Posted by Catherine Forsythe in Basketball, Featured Articles on 11 21st, 2009 | 1 Comment

The Sacramento Monarches Come to the End

It is over for the WNBA Sacramento Monarchs. The WNBA team has folded and looking for a new home: “The Sacramento Monarchs folded on Friday, and an Oakland councilwoman said talks are under way with WNBA officials to relocate the team to Oracle Arena. The decision was a shocking and disappointing...

Posted by Catherine Forsythe in Basketball, Featured Articles on 11 15th, 2009 | No Comments

Pokey Chatman Leads Spartak in Russia

The basketball road for Pokey Chatman has had unexpected turns. She is now the coach of the Spartak basketball team, in Russia: “… From a basketball standpoint, Chatman is working with some incredible talent. She has eight WNBA players on her team, the most of any team in Euroleague, the...

Posted by Catherine Forsythe in Basketball, Featured Articles on 11 6th, 2009 | 1 Comment

Nancy Lieberman To Coach in the Men’s Developmental League

Nancy Lieberman is part of the basketball Hall of Fame. She has been associated with women’s basketball at all levels, from college basketball to international basketball to professional basketball to coaching to sportscasting. She has had a legendary career which continues with her coaching...

Posted by Catherine Forsythe in Basketball, Featured Articles on 11 4th, 2009 | No Comments

High Expectations for Maya Moore

There are high expectations for Maya Moore and the University of Connecticut Huskies. The basketball team is picked number one at the beginning of the season and are expected to defend their NCCA title: “… “You could put Maya with middle-school players and they’d be good,”...

Posted by Catherine Forsythe in Basketball, Featured Articles, Tennis on 11 4th, 2009 | No Comments

Maria Sharapova in the Lakers News

Combine one the top women tennis players and the defending NBA champions and the results will be banner headlines. There are reports that Maria Sharapova is dating Lakers’ guard, Sasha Vujacic: “… Sasha Vujacic’s ongoing slump has drawn the ire of Lakers fans — Sunday night he...

Posted by Catherine Forsythe in Basketball, Featured Articles on 10 31st, 2009 | 1 Comment

Kathy Betty Buys the Atlanta Dream

In October of this year, the new ownership of the Detroit Shock moved the WNBA team to Tulsa. Now the Atlanta Dream may be under new management: “… Kathy Betty said she knew she wasn’t going to sit around during retirement, but losing her husband a year later delayed any thought of...

Posted by Catherine Forsythe in Basketball, Featured Articles on 10 26th, 2009 | No Comments

New Rules Or Old Rules For the NBA

The commercial used to say “be like Mike“. There was no doubt about who Mike was. It was Michael Jordan – and children wanted to play like him. Now the saying might be updated to “be like LeBron” (or Kobe or CP3 or Dwyane or a myriad of other NBA stars). What happens...

Posted by Catherine Forsythe in Basketball, Featured Articles on 10 20th, 2009 | 1 Comment

WNBA Says “Good Bye” to Detroit

There is confirmation that Detroit has lost its WNBA franchise. The new owner has confirmed the move to Tulsa: “… “We’re thrilled to not only have a team, but one of the most successful teams in league history,” Bill Cameron said in the e-mail late Monday to the Tulsa World....

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