Tamika Catchings News

There is being politically correct, and then there is, well, being just plain silly.

Kara Nowlin is watches closely by her coach Karl Ziehn, bottom, and fellow gymnast Alex during her a recent practice at Wallers GymJam Academy in Santa Clarita.

Maya Moore did not play a second for the USA last summer in the World University Games in Serbia after spraining her right knee.

Diana Taurasi was hoisting the championship trophy in one hand and the Most Valuable Player award in the other as she stood on a U.S. Airways Center court littered with confetti.

When Indiana's Tamika Catchings is flying around the court seeming to be in about three places at once, she seems somewhat superhuman.

Penny Taylor celebrates victory with her Mercury team-mates. Australia's Penny Taylor has again displayed her big-match pedigree to help Phoenix win its second WNBA championship in the deciding game five against Indiana.

Six months of shaky decisions and turmoil came to a head for the U.S. Olympic Committee on Wednesday when its acting chief executive said she would step down, bringing more chaos to an organization that was humiliated when Chicago's bid to stage the 2016 Games fell flat.

With one embarrassment behind her and another looming, acting CEO Stephanie Streeter decided to leave the U.S. Olympic Committee -- before she was pushed out.

COLLEGE HOOPS Norman steps down at Highland Longtime Highland Community College men's basketball coach Pete Norman is stepping down after 15 years on the job.

Here is the news you've been waiting for from USA Basketball's own mouth.... "After training for six days in Washington, D.C., 2009-12 USA Basketball Women's National Team members and Olympic gold medalists Sue Bird , Sylvia Fowles and Candace Parker will lead a USA squad in Russia in the four-team 2009 Ekaterinburg International Invitational.

Katie Bethke recorded 10 points on four goals and two assists, all career highs, to lead Minnesota to a 9-0 soccer victory over South Dakota on Sunday at Robbie Stadium.

Coach Geno Auriemma was at ease on the first day of the U.S. women's basketball training camp.

Phoenix's record-shattering 120-116 overtime victory in Game 1 Tuesday night still had the Mercury's Diana Taurasi shaking her head on Wednesday.

Coach Geno Auriemma was at ease on the first day of the U.S. women's basketball training camp.

The USA Basketball Women's National Team has announced that American University's Bender Arena will be the host location for the team's six-day domestic training camp in preparation for next year's FIBA World Championships.

Phoenix Mercury superstar Diana Taurasi was the runaway victor in the WNBA MVP race, racking up double the points of any other contender in the race for women's basketball's highest individual honor.

Fever All-Star forward has clinched titles everywhere -- except here. Tamika Catchings has made stubbornness a virtue.

The Indiana Fever have played under a shadow the players seemed to have ignored pretty well all season.

Jayne Appel's busy senior year at Stanford just got a little busier. The Cardinal basketball standout, along with recent graduate Candice Wiggins, have accepted invitations to attend the 2009 USA Basketball Women's National Team's training camp.

U.S. women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma should feel right at home with the addition of four current or former UConn players to the national team training camp next week at American University in Washington, D.C. Swin Cash, Ashja Jones, Maya Moore, and Tina Charles were among the 14 players added to the training camp roster Tuesday by USA ...