Archive - Sep 2011 - Wire story

Fowles heads WNBA All-Defensive Team

New York, NY (Sports Network) - Chicago Sky center Sylvia Fowles headlines the 2011 WNBA All-Defensive Team.

Fowles honored as top defensive player

New York, NY (Sports Network) - Chicago Sky center Sylvia Fowles has been named the WNBA's Defensive Player of the Year for the 2011 season.

UNI guard Kalin to miss entire season

Cedar Falls, IA (Sports Network) - University of Northern Iowa senior point guard Jacqui Kalin will miss the 2011-12 season after tearing her ACL.

Dream down Fever to reach WNBA Finals

Indianapolis, IN (Sports Network) - Angel McCoughtry scored 26 points and pulled down eight rebounds to pace the Atlanta Dream to an 83-67 win over Indiana in the decisive Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals.

Dream down Fever to reach WNBA Finals

Indianapolis, IN (Sports Network) - Angel McCoughtry scored 26 points and pulled down eight rebounds to pace the Atlanta Dream to an 83-67 win over Indiana in the decisive Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals.

Storm G Bird has hip surgery

Seattle, WA (Sports Network) - Seattle Storm guard Sue Bird underwent successful surgery Tuesday morning to repair the labrum in her right hip.

Lynx take down Mercury to reach WNBA Finals

Phoenix, AZ (Sports Network) - Maya Moore and Taj McWilliams-Franklin each scored 21 points as the Minnesota Lynx claimed their first Western Conference title in franchise history with a 103-86 victory over the Phoenix Mercury.

Dream pound Fever, even East finals

Atlanta, GA (Sports Network) - Iziane Castro Marques netted a game-high 30 points and pulled down five rebounds, helping the Atlanta Dream top the Indiana Fever, 94-77, and even the Eastern Conference Finals at a game apiece.

De Souza leaves Dream for Brazil

Atlanta, GA (Sports Network) - Atlanta Dream center Erika de Souza has left the team in the middle of its Eastern Conference finals series against Indiana and has returned to South America to play for her native Brazil in its Olympic qualifying tournament.

Augustus paces Lynx over Mercury in West Finals opener

Minneapolis, MN (Sports Network) - Maya Moore scored 13 of her 15 points in a dominating first quarter for the Lynx, as they breezed past Phoenix, 95-67, in the opener of their best-of-three Western Conference Finals series.