On the MVP campaign trail, Anne Donovan meets Rodney Dangerfield:

But there are two things that hinder (Jackson) – people don’t really give us a lot of respect. It’s interesting to hear comments from other coaches in the league, and to hear how people minimize (the Storm). And secondly, I think people take Lauren for granted. She was MVP two years ago, she was runner-up last year. She’s playing really well but people expect that from her. Swoopes is talked about because look at the year she had last year – just night and day.

Jan Hubbard endorses Yo Griffith (and gives Nykesha Sales the scoring title).

Kenneth Harney says LJ should win easily.

Stickney says Swoopes "has set the standard for those to be considered for 2005 league Most Valuable Player."

UPDATE: Ned Griffen asks:

Who is Kenneth Harney and why is he getting credit for something I wrote?

That's a good question, my friend -- looks like whoever is running The Day's website was momentarily asleep at the switch.