Tully Bevilaqua News

The senior class Purdue coach Danny Hope considers so special got a curtain call.

Indiana Fever guard Tully Bevilaqua encourages others to find their niche in life, and recently she chose Indianapolis as hers.

Kelly Krauskopf, chief operating officer for the Indiana Fever, is sorry Detroit lost its WNBA franchise.

The annual Pacers FanJam, presented by Conseco, will be from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.

Nfinity Footwear and Indiana Fever point guard Tully Bevilaqua will celebrate the first retail launch of Nfinity volleyball and basketball product lines at the Athlete's Foot store in Avon on Saturday.

PHOENIX -- The Indiana Fever began with a question: Will there be a next year? They ended with another question: Will there be a championship next year? Although owner Herb Simon has not made a formal announcement, all signs point to the Fever returning for an 11th year in 2010.

Members of the Indiana Fever were welcomed home like champions Saturday, despite a close loss in the WNBA finals .

Tully Bevilaqua nodded knowingly. The subject was her understudy, Briann January , as the Indiana Fever's point guard.

Indiana Fever forward Ebony Hoffman said tonight her dislocated right shoulder won't cause her any issues in Game 4 of the WNBA Finals.

The WNBA Finals are not over, but MVP was wrapped up long ago. Thanks to ESPN2 microphones, Lin Dunn has secured Most Voluble Personality.

She is the X-Factor. The link. The missing piece back to fill the void. "We need Penny Taylor," Mercury coach Corey Gaines said Tuesday night after his team's 120-116 overtime victory in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals.

A blow to Australian Penny Taylor's face halted Phoenix's momentum as the Mercury lost game two of the WNBA finals against Indiana on Friday.

The Indiana Fever's playoff path has taken them from the wrestling ring to the racecourse.

A look at how WNBA Finals foes Phoenix and Indiana match up heading into Tuesday's Game 1 : Backcourt Both teams have their so-called star power at guard/wing. For Phoenix, Diana Taurasi and Cappie Pondexter start alongside point guard Temeka Johnson.

Temeka Johnson helped Phoenix eliminate her previous team, L.A., in the West finals.

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

Diana Taurasi and Cappie Pondexter have been Phoenix's dynamic duo, leading the team to the 2007 WNBA championship and now a second trip to the league finals.

When it was over and all the Eastern Conference hardware had been distributed, Tamika Catchings, bruised and battered and loving every bit of her pain, ran around the home court and high-fived the multitudes.

Roughly 12 hours after it was announced that Indiana Pacers President of Basketball Operations Larry Bird had purchased the entire Conseco Fieldhouse balcony for Saturday night's Eastern Conference Finals Game 3 between the Indiana Fever and the Detroit Shock, all of the approximately 9,000 tickets have been distributed.

Tamika Catchings scored 22 points, and the Indiana Fever avoided elimination with a 79-75 win over the Detroit Shock in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals on Friday night.