WNBA News

Michelle Snow had 17 points and 11 rebounds, and Tina Thompson scored 16 of her 18 points in the second half as the Houston Comets clinched a WNBA playoff berth Thursday ...5.7

The victory enabled the Storm to clinch second place in the W-N-B-A's Western Conference.4.2

Backers of a permanent National Mall memorial to Martin Luther King Junior are more than a third of the way toward their 100 million dollar fund-raising goal.2.7

Shares of Bristol West Holdings dropped more than 8% on Wednesday after the auto insurer reported falling premiums and profit amid intense competition in Ca...6

Police are investigating a suspicious white powder at the Portland International Airport that forced the closure of a local hospital emergency room.2.9

Tamika Catchings had no trouble commanding the attention of 60 energized children Monday.2.7

Grammy Award-winning singer Faith Evans will perform the U.S. national anthem before the WNBA All-Star Game at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Connecticut.2.7

Even though he's 80 years old, Fort Worth Cats manager Wayne Terwilliger says he's not thinking about retirement.3.3

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. Detroit Shock players know if coach Bill Laimbeer leaves for an N-B-A job, they'll be among the first to know.2.7

Former Indiana Fever and Purdue player Stephanie White has been named an assistant women's basketball coach at the University of Toledo.2.7

Lt. Alan Oswalt with Portland Fire says transporting fireworks from Washington to Oregon is illegal-- as is anything that flies, explodes or ejects balls of fire.2.9

Hershey Track and Field meet June 29: Lugnuts baseball game July 8: MSU Crew Camp July 20: Detroit Shock basketball game July 27: Games Day at Moores Park Aug.2.7

Liberty Media chairman John Malone resigned as a director of Cablevision Systems on Monday, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Wednesday.3.1

The Chicago WNBA team does not even have a nickname yet, but it does have a coach and general manager.2.7

With Chamique Holdsclaw, the ever-strong Los Angeles Sparks got their Kobe to go with the WNBA's Shaq, Lisa Leslie.2.7

The Washington Mystics will kick off its season opener against the 2004 Eastern Conference Champions Connecticut Sun at MCI Center on Sunday, May 22nd at 6:00 p.m.2.7

The 39-year-old Thomas-Swinson succeeds Kathy McConnell-Miller, who left to replace Ceal Barry at Colorado.5.2

Liberty Media may seek to buy the National Geographic Channel and is closing in on a deal to sell his voting stake back to News Corp., Chairman John Malone said Thursday.2.7

NEW YORK Liberty Group Publishing Inc., the Northbrook, Ill.-based publisher of 274 papers in 15 states, will be sold to the New York City investment firm Fortress ...2.7

Even as it trades on its stagecoach motif and ties to the Old West, Wells Fargo Bank is looking to the Far East.2.9

BOZEMAN, Mont. Tricia Binford, an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Utah State, is the new of the Montana State women's basketball team.3.3

Van Chancellor has taken some risks in a coaching career that has taken him from Harrison Central to Ole Miss and then finally the WNBA's Houston Comets.2.7

Former University of Oklahoma and current Washington Mystics guard Stacey Dales-Schuman has decided to end her professional basketball career.6.6

New York Liberty center Ann Wauters is enjoying a successful off-season in Russia, where she is a key member of the defending champion Samara club in the EuroLeague.2.7

The North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) today announced that the NAIAS 2005 Charity Preview held Friday, Jan.2.7

Greenburgh Central School District #7 Superintendent Josephine N. Moffett and former New York Liberty great Kym Hampton.2.9

Center for at least 10 more seasons . . . Seattle Storm's Lauren Jackson, the WNBA scoring leader, had arthroscopic surgery to repair a damaged ligament and remove bone ...2.7

Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Comcast will also carry select games of the Sacramento Monarchs, the market's Women's National Basketball Association team.2.7

Lauren Jackson, the WNBA's MVP with the Seattle Storm last season, had 26 points and 13 rebounds Friday to lead Australia past Brazil, 88-75, setting up a rematch of the ...2.7

Houston Comets star Tina Thompson observed: "We are so unselfish, and you wouldn - t think that, having the players that we have on the team, with all of them receiving as ...2.7