A WNBA postseason without the Houston Comets? Even Sheryl Swoopes is worried. She says she is no longer checking the league standings and charting her team's position.
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Docs say Katie Smith's knee is stable. That's a relief to the Lynx scoring leader who recalls her torn ACL injury from 1998.

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While the Olympic men's basketball team gathers in Florida to prepare for Athens, the women are still playing for their respective teams in league games. Women's coach Van Chancellor says he was told when he accepted the job, that he'd have only 13 days with his U.S. women to get ready. "No sense moaning about practice now," he said adding "We will be ready." First full practice for the women will be Aug. 3 at Baruch College.

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Kara Wolters, former Connecticut star, former Charlotte Sting, and Olympic gold medal winner, has decided to move on. She will marry in November and is building a house with her future husband. Wolters loves basketball enough to keep her ties with the game via a career in broadcasting.


For Dawn Staley, playing for the U.S. in the Olympics

is a privilege. "I've been cut before from the Olympic team in 1992. Any time Ive got the opportunity to play for the Olympic team, I'm going to do it," she said. Staley says she'll find a way to help the U.S. win gold. "Anything less is a failure," she said.

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When 100 fans gathered to hear a farewell address from Tennessee-Martin's husband and wife coaching duo Gary and Kim Van Atta, emotions flowed from both sides. Citing family concerns including more involvement with their own daughter KC and the illness of Gary's sister, the Van Attas can look back with pride at their Skyhawk women's climb to eighth place on the WBCA's academic top team honor roll in 2003. Looks like the right priorities, from this observer. Pat Summitt is a UT-Martin graduate.

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Seattle's Lauren Jackson won WNBA Player of the Week honors for a second straight week. She's averaging over 20 points per game this season. The Storm are at Houston tonight. "
Here's the game preview.

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Like former Vice President Al Gore did last night in his speech at the Democratic Nationl Convention, Minnesota's Teresa Edwards can make you laugh about being invisible. Edwards told USA Today's Oscar Dixon that not only is rookie Nicole Ohlde not on the radar with most people, the entire Lynx team has an identity problem.

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