Mechelle on my Lib: Liberty relying on new look, personnel

For several years, the New York Liberty were like a good television show -- with a familiar cast of characters -- that is popular but never quite reaches No. 1 in the ratings.

Then, inevitably, it begins to decline and the characters leave. Fans talk about the "good old days," which become even better in retrospect. That Kodachrome phenomenon makes what "was" brighter than what "is."