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Sky Sign Center Tye'sha Fluker (ABC 13)

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 06:11:58 GMT

The Chicago Sky signed center Tye'sha Fluker to a free agent contract. This will be Fluker's fourth team since being drafted by the Charlotte Sting in the first round of the 2006 WNBA Draft.

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UW's Anderson ready to take next step (JSOnline)

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 04:47:25 GMT

... Miami Sol in 2002. Forward Jessie Stomski was taken in the fourth round, No. 57 overall, by the Charlotte Sting in 2002.As expected, the Los Angeles Sparks took Tennessee forward Candace Parker with the No. 1 overall pick. Parker, a fourth-year junior who gave up her final season of eligibility, led the Volunteers to NCAA titles in each of the last two seasons and was the Most Outstanding...

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Mercury re-sign guard Mazzante (Arizona Republic)

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:48:31 GMT

PHOENIX - The Phoenix Mercury have re-signed guard Kelly Mazzante to a four-year contract.The 2007 WNBA champs announced the signing on Thursday. Mazzante was picked up by Phoenix in the 2007 dispersal draft after the Charlotte Sting folded and played in all 34 games last season. She was the club's highest-scoring reserve player, averaging 5.4 points.The 26-year-old, 6-foot-tall Penn...

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Clay Bennett selling Seattle Storm (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 04:57:00 GMT

... setbacks in recent seasons and four teams have folded in the league's 11-year history. The Charlotte Sting was the latest, disbanding last January. Jerry Buss, owner of the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers, sold the WNBA Sparks to a private investment group for a reported $10 million in December 2006. All WNBA teams were operated by NBA franchises when the league was founded in 1997. The...

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Seattle Storm Coach Anne Donovan Resigns (Sports - The Post Chronicle)

Sat, 01 Dec 2007 19:59:43 GMT

... team's chief operating officer. Donovan became Seattle's coach Dec. 18, 2002, after coaching the Charlotte Sting for two years. Her Storm teams had an overall regular-season record of 93-77 and made it to the playoffs four times, including the 2004 championship run. After five years and a great experience with the Storm, I have decided it's time for a change and a new direction in...

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USA - Meadors to coach Atlanta team (FIBA)

rss-editor@fiba.com — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 08:46:24 GMT

ATLANTA (WNBA) - Former Team USA coach Marynell Meadors has been named as the new coach and general manager of the Atlanta WNBA franchise. The as yet unnamed expansion team will begin play in 2008. Meadors is one of the eight original coaches in the WNBA, having guided the Charlotte Sting from 1997-99. Meadors spent the last three seasons as coach of ...

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Sports in brief: Meadors is coach, GM for WNBA's newest team (Detroit Free Press)

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 07:22:00 GMT

Advertisement Meadors, 64, spent the past three years as an assistant coach for the Washington Mystics. She was named the first coach and GM for the WNBA's Charlotte Sting in 1997. She also was director of scouting for the WNBA's Miami Sol in 1999.

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Atlanta WNBA franchise names Marynell Meadors Head Coach and General Manager. (She's Got Game)

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:40:00 GMT

The Atlanta WNBA franchise has named Marynell Meadors as the first Head Coach and General Manager in the team's history, it was announced today. As one of the eight original head coaches in WNBA history (Charlotte Sting, 1997-1999), this is the second time that Meadors has been tapped to coach a WNBA team during its inaugural season. "I have said from day one that my goal as a WNBA owner...

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Governor Rendell, Dawn Staley among 2007 Eddy Recipients (PR News Wire )

Wed, 07 Nov 2007 16:09:00 GMT

... Temple's only two conference championships while playing as an All-Star member of the WNBA's Charlotte Sting. She is a three-time Olympic Gold Medalist and in 1996, she created the Dawn Staley Foundation to create opportunities for at-risk youth. Staley is a graduate of Dobbins Technical High School. IBM will receive the Star Business Commitment to Education Eddy. Since 2000, IBM...

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Christon scores 16, lifts Liberty (Arizona Republic)

Sat, 25 Aug 2007 05:42:00 GMT

... received the WNBA's Most Improved Player award before the game. Selected by the Liberty in the Charlotte Sting dispersal draft in January, McCarville averaged 10.4 points and 4.8 rebounds in 32 games this season. She averaged 14.0 points, 6.3 rebounds and 28.4 minutes while starting New York's final 21 games.McCarville was selected first overall by Charlotte in the 2005 draft....

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Former No. 1 overall pick takes award (Fox News)

Sat, 25 Aug 2007 02:23:10 GMT

Liberty center Janel McCarville received the WNBA's Most Improved Player award on Friday before New York opened its first-round playoff series against the defending champion Detroit Shock. McCarville, selected by the Liberty in the Charlotte Sting dispersal draft in January, averaged 10.4 points and 4.8 rebounds in 32 games this season. She averaged 14.0 points, 6.3 rebounds and 28.4...

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McCarville honored as Most Improved (CBS SportsLine.com)

Sat, 25 Aug 2007 01:28:00 GMT

NEW YORK -- Liberty center Janel McCarville received the WNBA's Most Improved Player award on Friday before New York opened its first-round playoff series against the defending champion Detroit Shock. Advertisement McCarville, selected by the Liberty in the Charlotte Sting dispersal draft in January, averaged 10.4 points and 4.8 rebounds in 32 games this season. She averaged 14.0 points,...

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Liberty set for unlikely playoff series (Miami Herlad)

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 00:47:00 GMT

... brings."It took a while for McCarville, acquired by the Liberty in the dispersal draft after the Charlotte Sting folded, to get it going."Personally everything's coming into play. I struggled early on after I lost my mother [in April]. My head wasn't in the game," McCarville said. "Patty knew it. And everybody could see it just by how I was playing. Therefore, I wasn't playing. It...

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Washington Rebounds to Challenge for Playoffs (New York Times)

Sat, 11 Aug 2007 20:46:24 GMT

... something we are all very elated about.”Milton-Jones pointed to the remarkable turnaround by the Charlotte Sting in 2001 as inspiration. The Sting began that season 1-10, then won 17 of its last 21 games, and beat Cleveland and the Liberty in the playoffs before losing to Milton-Jones and the Los Angeles Sparks in the finals.“It was amazing to see a team make a turnaround like...

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Sutton-Brown gives Fever 3 All-Stars (Indy Star)

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 06:46:42 GMT

... as a free agent, is also a two-time All-Star. She was a reserve in 2002 as a member of the Charlotte Sting.She is the Fever's No. 2 scorer and rebounder with respective averages of 12.1 and 5.4. Sutton-Brown leads the WNBA with a .567 field-goal percentage.Other reserves added to the East team were Alana Beard and Delisha-Milton Jones of the Washington Mystics, Candice Dupree of the...

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Fever's Sutton-Brown joins All-Star team (Indy Star)

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 18:53:30 GMT

... be making her second All-Star appearance. She was chosen as reserve in 2002 as a member of the Charlotte Sting. She is the Fever's No. 2 scorer and rebounder with respective averages of 12.1 and 5.4. Sutton-Brown leads the WNBA with a .567 field-goal percentage. Type in your comments to post to the forum Name(appears on your post) You are currently logged in as . Not ? Name(appears...

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Fever's Sutton-Brown joins All-Star team (Indy Star)

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 18:48:27 GMT

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Storm season not without drama (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 06:29:00 GMT

... I have not lost the confidence in myself."She's reminded of her first season with the now-defunct Charlotte Sting, which started 1-10 and wound up in the WNBA Finals."It would have been easy for them just to call it a season," said Donovan, in her fifth season in Seattle. "But they didn't."The Storm (6-6) could have thrown in the towel Friday at Minnesota after a 78-76 loss decided...

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Adelman adds four assistants to coaching staff (Houston Chronicle)

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 23:14:46 GMT

... In 2001-02, Dunn worked as an assistant coach at Alabama, his alma mater.Dunn coached the WNBA's Charlotte Sting in 2000. He was an assistant coach with the Charlotte Hornets from 1991-97 and worked on the Denver Nuggets' staff during the 1997-98 season. Dunn played 14 seasons in the NBA.

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Sikma, 3 others hired as Rockets assistants (SI.com)

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 23:06:44 GMT

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