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	WNBA Basketball - InsideHoops.com
		Average attendance for the 2006 Finals was up +28% compared to a year ago (14,587 vs. 11,419 in 2005) while average attendance for the playoffs overall increased by +16% (9,738 vs. 8,397 in 2005).
		A three-time WNBA All-Star and the daughter of former NBA star Karl Malone, she averaged 13.8 points and 11.3 rebounds for the Detroit Shock and helped them advance to the WNBA Finals.
		Rebounding from a nine-point loss to Connecticut in Game 2 of the conference finals, the Shock were dominant from the opening tip Sunday night and routed the Sun 79-55 to earn their second trip to the WNBA finals.
	www.insidehoops.com /wnba (4120 words)

	WNBA Finals - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The WNBA Finals is the championship series of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), played under a best-of-five playoff format.
		However, in 1998, after the addition of two teams and the realignment of the league into divisions of teams, the WNBA Finals were turned into a best-of-three games series.
		In 2005, the WNBA Finals adopted a best-of-five format.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/WNBA_Finals (261 words)

	Women's National Basketball Association - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The WNBA was formed in 1996 as the women's counterpart to the National Basketball Association (NBA), and league play began in 1997.
		The WNBA is the first team-oriented women's professional sports league to reach the 10 year mark.
		In the 2006 WNBA season, all games will be divided into four 10-minute quarters as opposed to the league's original two 20-minute halves of play, as to fit with international procedures (many WNBA players play in Europe or Australia in the winter).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/WNBA (1631 words)

	WNBA.com: COMMUNITY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		WNBA Be Smart - Be Fit - Be Yourself will encourage teens and women of all ages to learn more about their bodies and the importance of physical fitness.
		WNBA believes that lessons learned on- and off-the-court as a member of a team are lessons that are infinitely useful in building relationships at school, home and work.
		The WNBA Community Assist Award was created to honor the WNBA Players that reflect the passion that the league and its players have for their communities.
	www.wnba.com /community (1022 words)

	Women's Hoops Blog (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The final results from the GM survey show the picks on the league MVP and which team will win the championship.
		In their final tune-up before they open the regular season, the Sky defeated Washington 86-81 in overtime in a controlled scrimmage.
		Mel also previews that a WNBA roundtable will take place today at the same time as the annual assessment from league coaches and Rutgers reporter Kate Burkholder will be helping out on WNBA coverage on the blog this season.
	www.womenshoops.blogspot.com (7807 words)

	kingcountyjournal.com - WNBA FINALS - Monarchs reign - Griffith leads Sacramento to first league title, sends ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The power forward and her point guard finally came together to kick off a celebration that has been anticipated in Sacramento since the league's founding season.
		Griffith had 14 points and 10 rebounds, and Penicheiro scored the final point as the Monarchs wrapped up their first title with a 62-59 victory against the Connecticut Sun in Game 4 of the WNBA Finals on Tuesday night.
		After losing in the Western Conference finals in three of the past four years, coach John Whisenant revamped the roster around Griffith, a seven-year veteran, and Penicheiro, the WNBA's career assists leader with eight seasons in Sacramento.
	www.kingcountyjournal.com /sited/story/html/217981 (849 words)

	Wnba - Deadspin
		One of the WNBA's first franchises hasn't found a buyer since its owner/ operator, the Charlotte Bobcats, gave up control over the team on Dec. 13th and now, the long-legged ladies of North Carolina will no longer have a professional team to call their own.
		No offense to Swoopes, of course, who is one of the best players in WNBA history and actually has a Nike shoe named after her, but, well, as far as "high-profile" goes, she's still just one of the best players in WNBA history.
		That said, we actually watched some of the WNBA Finals last night -- the Cardinals were in a rain delay -- and didn't find it all that visually compelling, and it had one of the worst calls we've ever seen in professional sports, one that might happen to cost a team a championship.
	www.deadspin.com /sports/wnba (1433 words)

	WNBA.com: Finals 2002
		Rookie point guard Nikki Teasley drilled a three-pointer with 2.4 seconds to play, giving Los Angeles a dramatic 69-66 victory and back-to-back titles.
		Following every game of the Finals, WNBA.com brought fans "The Run," video highlights of the key stretch that ultimately determined the outcome of the game.
		, WNBA players and coaches discuss whether Title IX is still needed to ensure equal opportunity in athletics.
	www.wnba.com /finals2002 (151 words)

	ESPN.com - WNBA - Penicheiro returns; Sun await word on Whalen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		UNCASVILLE, Conn. -- Ticha Penicheiro was forced to the sideline during the Western Conference Finals because of a sprained ankle.
		She has been receiving treatment 12 hours a day and the location of the fracture is away from the area that receives the most of the stress when running.
		The Monarchs have the WNBA coach of the year in Whisenant and the league's most improved player in Nicole Powell.
	sports.espn.go.com /wnba/news/story?id=2161362 (1308 words)

	WNBA Finals Tickets - Schedule, Information - WNBA Ticket Brokers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		If the WNBA Finals tickets you are looking for are not available, please check back as our inventory is constantly updated.
		Orders for WNBA Finals tickets that are no longer available will be cancelled or substituted at the customer's discretion.
		If you would like to attend a WNBA Finals game to see women's basketball live, or to see a WNBA team schedule and information, Coast to Coast Tickets is your source.
	www.coasttocoasttickets.com /wnba/wnbafinals_tickets.shtml (385 words)

	WNBA.com
		Vote now for the WNBA's All-Decade Team and celebrate the best players since 1997.
		The WNBA celebrates Ten Years of Caring with a number of events.
		In celebration of the WNBA's 10th anniversary, we look at the 10-year players and All-Decade Team picks.
	www.wnba.com (169 words)

	WNBA: Sparks take 1-0 lead over Shock in Finals
		Lisa Leslie, the MVP in the finals last season, scored 14 of her 23 points in the first half and had 12 rebounds.
		WNBA rookie of the year Cheryl Ford of Detroit had 11 points and 12 rebounds playing in front of her father Karl Malone, one of the new members of the Los Angeles Lakers.
		Detroit, making its first appearance in the final after being the league's worst team last year, was playing at Staples Center for the first time this season after beating Los Angeles in overtime at home.
	www.post-gazette.com /sports/other/20030913wnba0913p5.asp (531 words)

	SI.com - NBA - Sparks dominate Game 1 of WNBA Finals - Friday September 12, 2003 11:29PM
		Leslie, last year's finals MVP, scored 14 of her 23 points in the first half and had 12 rebounds.
		WNBA rookie of the year Cheryl Ford had 11 points and 12 rebounds playing in front of her father Karl Malone, one of the new members of the Los Angeles Lakers.
		Detroit, making its first-ever finals appearance after being the league's worst team last year, was playing at Staples Center for the first time this season after beating Los Angeles in overtime at home.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /2003/basketball/nba/09/12/bc.bkl.wnbafinals.ap (819 words)

	ipedia.com: New York Liberty Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		When the WNBA opened in 1997, the Liberty were one of the first teams to choose a player, and they signed college superstar Rebecca Lobo into a contract.
		The Liberty subsequently returned to the finals in 2000 and 2002, but they lost, once again, to the Comets and to the Los Angeles Sparks respectively.
		In 2001, Weatherspoon became the WNBA's all time assist leader, and in addition to that, Sue Wicks, once a back-up center to Lobo, has also proven to be a good surprise for the team, making the All Star game.
	www.ipedia.com /new_york_liberty.html (279 words)

	WNBA.com: Finals 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Tuesday's winner-take-all Game 3 was close at the break, but Seattle took control early in the second half and sailed past Connecticut 74-60 to win the WNBA championship.
		The Storm had one goal in the postseason: "Bring It Home." Mission accomplished, and the Finals Blog was there.
		Go straight to the source and see what the players in WNBA Finals 2004 had to say.
	www.webwarper.net /ww/www.wnba.com/finals2004 (294 words)

	The Beaufort Gazette: WNBA
		NEW YORK (AP) - There is no clear favorite for the WNBA championship, though Seattle's Lauren Jackson is expected to be the MVP this year, according to a survey of the league's general managers.
		She is the only Duke women's basketball player to have her jersey number retired, and in two years she has established herself as the face of the WNBA's Washington Mystics.
		The Seattle Storm have re-signed former WNBA MVP Lauren Jackson to a multi-year contract.
	www.beaufortgazette.com /24hour/sports/wnba (1419 words)

	WJLA - Monarchs Beat Sun in Game 1 of WNBA Finals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Whalen was questionable for the finals after suffering the injury during the Eastern Conference finals.
		Griffith is in her first WNBA finals in her seven-year career.
		Griffith's 25 points are the fifth-highest single-game total in WNBA Finals history.
	www.wjla.com /headlines/0905/260355.html (866 words)

	FOXNews.com - Karl Malone's Kid Back in WNBA Finals
		AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Cheryl Ford led the Detroit Shock back to the WNBA finals with a tenacious style that is reminiscent of her dad, 14-time NBA All-Star Karl Malone.
		He covered his eyes as the power forward sank four key free throws in the final minute of the decisive third game against Los Angeles, then embraced her when it was over.
		Cash felt the Shock could get back to the finals after Smith and Kara Braxton were acquired last season to complement her, Ford, Riley and the speedy Deanna Nolan.
	www.foxnews.com /printer_friendly_wires/2006Aug29/0,4675,BKLMonarchsShock,00.html (571 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Comets seek fifth trip to WNBA Finals
		Instead, the Comets are peaking at the right time and looking to advance to the WNBA Finals for an unprecedented fifth time when they open the Western Conference finals against the Sacramento Monarchs on Thursday night.
		Houston, tied with four-time runner-up New York for the most WNBA Finals appearances, now faces a Sacramento team that has some injury concerns as it tries to reach the title round for the first time.
		In the East, the Sun (26-8) are in the conference finals for the third straight year.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/20050908-0059-bkl-wnbaconferencefinals.html (874 words)

	NASCAR.com - Wheaties(R) Welcomes WNBA Champion Detroit Shock to the Breakfast Table - November 2, 2006
		Detroit won its second WNBA title in franchise history, defeating the Sacramento Monarchs, three games to two, in the first WNBA Finals in league history to reach a fifth and deciding game.
		Ford, in only her fourth WNBA campaign, became the league's all-time, single-season rebounding leader by grabbing 363 boards while Smith, an eighth-year veteran and the all-time leading scorer in women's professional basketball, became the first WNBA player to notch 500 career three-pointers.
		Average attendance for the 2006 Finals was up +28% compared to a year ago while average attendance for the playoffs overall increased by +16%.
	www.nascar.com /2006/news/business/press/11/02/7408573/index.html (575 words)

	Michigan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It was split into two cities in 1818, a year after the U.S.-Canada boundary in the Great Lakes was finally established by the U.S.-U.K. Joint Border Commission.
		Most major league sports teams in Michigan are located in Metro Detroit, with the Detroit Tigers baseball team (MLB), Detroit Lions football team (NFL), and Detroit Red Wings ice hockey team (NHL) located within the city of Detroit.
		The Detroit Pistons men's basketball team of NBA and the Detroit Shock women's basketball team of the WNBA play at the Palace of Auburn Hills.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Michigan (4738 words)

	SportsPickle.com - The Sports Humor and Satire Site on the Internet
		The final game of the WNBA Finals series between the Connecticut Sun and the Seattle Storm was not shown on ESPN2 as scheduled on Tuesday night.
		The puppy executions were perhaps the most graphic and violent programming ever aired on basic cable, with blood and entrails on full display, and painful yelps and cries accompanying each blow administered to the fluffy, young, pups.
		ESPN gave a certain sports element to the broadcast, having a running tally of the number of puppies killed – overall and by breed – on a counter at the bottom of the screen as a sort of scoreboard.
	www.sportspickle.com /features/volume3/2004-1013-wnba.html (297 words)

	WNBA.com: Finals 2004
		Tuesday's winner-take-all Game 3 was close at the break, but Seattle took control early in the second half and sailed past Connecticut 74-60 to win the WNBA championship.
		Betty Lennox scored 23 points and was named WNBA Finals MVP.
		Go straight to the source and see what the players in WNBA Finals 2004 had to say.
	www.wnba.com /finals2004/index.html (319 words)

	FOX Sports - WNBA - Whisenant resigns as Monarchs coach
		Whisenant led the Monarchs to the 2005 league title and got them back to the WNBA finals this season, losing in five games to Detroit.
		The WNBA's coach of the year in 2005 went 95-52 overall and made the playoffs in each of his 3 1/2 seasons in charge.
		He was among the candidates to become the Sacramento Kings' head coach this summer, interviewing with owners Joe and Gavin Maloof between games with the Monarchs.
	msn.foxsports.com /wnba/story/6099624?CMP=OTC-K9B140813162&ATT=90 (249 words)

	Trio Of Notre Dame Alums Lead Detroit Shock Into WNBA Finals :: Ruth Riley ('01) and head coach Bill Laimbeer ('79) go ...
		She was the Most Valuable Player of the 2003 WNBA Finals, when she scored a career-high 27 points in the decisive third game as the Shock dethroned the Los Angeles Sparks, 83-78.
		That made her the only women's basketball player ever to be named Finals MVP at both the college and professional levels, following on the heels of her NCAA Women's Final Four Most Outstanding Player citation in 2001.
		Laimbeer was a member of Notre Dame's 1978 NCAA Final Four squad, and was a captain on the 1979 Irish club that reached the NCAA Mideast Regional final before bowing to eventual national champion Michigan State (led by future NBA legend Magic Johnson).
	und.cstv.com /sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/082806aac.html (1014 words)

	WNBA Women's Basketball News - Topix
		Tamika Catchings and Katie Smith have become the unquestioned leaders of the USA women's basketball team during its current training camp in Italy and coach Anne Donovan would like them to continue to be...
		Former Olympic and WNBA coach Van Chancellor was hired as the women's basketball coach at LSU on Wednesday, succeeding Pokey Chatman.
		The 13 general managers who took part in yesterday's WNBA draft may have acted in the immediate term, but thoughts of next year couldn't have been far off, for...
	www.topix.net /wnba?full=e74dcdd8c7 (553 words)

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		Whalen injured her left knee Saturday in the Eastern Conference finals, when she collided with Indiana guard Tully Bevilaqua in the closing minutes of the first half.
		The Sun beat the Fever 77-to-67 in overtime for a two-game sweep of the conference finals.
		The Sun open the best-of-five WNBA Finals at home Wednesday against West champion Sacramento.
	www.kare11.com /news/news_article.aspx?storyid=107157 (205 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- WNBA Finals Game 3: Monarchs 66, Sun 55
		SACRAMENTO – When the Sacramento Monarchs seemed ready to lose their lead and their heads in Game 3 of the WNBA Finals, Yolanda Griffith slid into her coach's chair during a timeout.
		She dominated the paint with five offensive rebounds and nonstop defensive energy, and her final basket with 3:24 left stalled the Sun's last-gasp rally.
		Kara Lawson scored 16 points and hit six free throws in the final minute for the Monarchs, and Nicole Powell tied a WNBA Finals record with four 3-pointers.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/20050918-1637-bkl-wnbafinals.html (725 words)

	USATODAY.com - Shock even WNBA Finals with Monarchs thanks to 73-63 comeback victory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In a four-day span last month, the Shock shot 1-for-9 from behind the arc in a 33-point loss at Sacramento and the Monarchs were 3-for-16 in a 20-point loss at Detroit.
		The WNBA also came out Friday with its list of most popular player jerseys, and All-WNBA first teamer Lisa Leslie's is No. 1.
		This series marks the first time in WNBA finals history that both participants are No. 2 seeds.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/basketball/wnba/games/2006-09-01-finals-game-2_x.htm?POE=SPOISVA (1083 words)

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