Tina Thompson News

Tina Thompson-Bolinger was the latest Husky women's soccer legend honored this season as the former goalkeeper was recognized at halftime of last Friday's match against Gonzaga.

From Anne Donovan and Katrina McClain to Lisa Leslie and Tina Thompson, the U.S. women's basketball team has always been able to wear down its opponents with its depth at the post.

Two of the top women's basketball players finally meet with something on the line.

Yankees catcher Jorge Posada and Toronto pitcher Jesse Carlson each were suspended three games and fined by Major League Baseball for their roles in a bench-clearing brawl in the eighth inning Tuesday night.

It was the second straight year the Sparks eliminated the Storm in the opening round by winning Game 3 at Seattle.

Shock, Sparks win opening games Deanna Nolan scored 25 points as the Detroit Shock rallied for a 94-89 victory over the Atlanta Dream in the opener of an Eastern Conference first-round series Wednesday night.

NCAA president Myles Brand, who as head of Indiana University sparked massive protests by firing basketball coach Bob Knight in May 2000, died Wednesday of pancreatic cancer in Indianapolis.

Giants ace Tim Lincecum is encouraged that his injured back is nearly "normal'' again and he hopes to pitch Monday against the Rockies.

Speedskating Seattle short-track ace wins finals at 1,000 and 1,500 meters: Apolo Ohno of Seattle won finals at 1,000 meters and 1,500 meters... Speedskating Seattle short-track ace wins finals at 1,000 and 1,500 meters: Apolo Ohno of Seattle won finals at 1,000 meters and 1,500 meters Friday at the U.S. short-track national championships/Olympic ...

Michael Cooper can remember being a young boy in Pasadena and dreaming of one day playing basketball in a major-league arena.

When Lisa Leslie was growing up in the Los Angeles suburb of Compton, she had an idea that she was destined to be special.

On Monday, USA Basketball named eight players as part of a so-called "core" group looking ahead to the 2010 World Championship and 2012 Olympics.

Thanks to several uncontrollable circumstances -- the injuries that kept her out for more than six weeks, her team's struggle to stay in playoff contention and the lack of a proper farewell tour around the league she helped build -- this has not been the final season that WNBA star Lisa Leslie envisioned.

Leslie announced before the start of the 2009 season that her 13th year in the WNBA would be her last. For the first time in its history, the nation's most successful women's professional sports league would exist without her dynamic 6-foot-5 presence on the court or in its advertising campaigns.

SIKIDS.com reporter Emma Carmichael was on hand for the WNBA All-Star game. Check out our exclusive video footage and Q&As with the biggest stars in women's basketball! DIANA TAURASI, Phoenix Mercury SIKIDS.com: Who was your favorite player growing up? Taurasi: My favorite was Magic Johnson.

SIKIDS.com reporter Emma Carmichael was on hand for the WNBA All-Star game. Check out our exclusive video footage and Q&As with the biggest stars in women's basketball! DIANA TAURASI, Phoenix Mercury SIKIDS.com: Who was your favorite player growing up? Taurasi: My favorite was Magic Johnson.

First Ian Thorpe , then Michael Phelps . Unheralded Paul Biedermann took down a hallowed world record held by Thorpe on the opening day of swimming at the world championships in Rome, then handed Phelps his first major loss in four years on the third day at Foro Italico.

Chicago didn't even get to say goodbye. Women's basketball fans in this area got a bit gypped on Wednesday when the Los Angeles Sparks came to town to take on the Chicago Sky in their only visit of the regular season.

Six-hundred people turned out Thursday morning to see their hero - Candace Parker.

Any hopes the New York Yankees had of Chien-Ming Wang returning to the rotation this season were dashed yesterday with the news the righthander will undergo arthroscopic surgery on his injured right shoulder today.

Asjha Jones of the Connecticut Sun and Sue Bird of the Seattle Storm were named the WNBA Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for regular season games played Monday, July 20 through Sunday, July 26.