| WNBA begins 2009 season on June 6
The 2009 WNBA regular season will begin on
June 6, with reigning MVP and Rookie of the Year Candace Parker and the Los
Angeles Sparks hosting the defending champion Detroit Shock.
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| Holdsclaw returns to WNBA with Atlanta
Chamique Holdsclaw is returning to the WNBA
following a two-year absence after the Atlanta Dream acquired the rights to
the former University of Tennessee star from the Los Angeles Sparks Wednesday
for the 13th overall pick in the 2009 WNBA Draft.
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| Dream nab top pick in WNBA Draft
The Atlanta Dream won the draft lottery and
will have the top pick in the 2009 WNBA Draft, which will be held in April.
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| Atlanta picks F/C Lyttle first in Houston's dispersal draft
The Atlanta Dream selected forward/center
Sancho Lyttle with the first pick of the WNBA's dispersal draft of former
Houston Comets players on Monday.
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| Houston Comets to shut down operations
The Houston Comets, who won the WNBA's first
four championships (1997-2000), will cease operations later this week.
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| Laimbeer gets two-year contract
The Detroit Shock signed coach Bill
Laimbeer to a two-year contract on Thursday. Per team policy, financial terms
of the deal were not disclosed.
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