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No Land Grab (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Deadspin The irreverent sports blog broke this story about the drive-by murder earlier this week of a billionaire Russian oligarch sports team owner. If future Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov ever invites you to watch a game in the owner's box, don't accept. Not only will you be stuck watching the Nets, there's a decent chance you'll be caught up in an assassination attempt. Shabtai Kalmanovich, one...
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SI.com (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
MOSCOW -- Of all the strange, colorful and often dangerous characters that traversed Russia's turbulent transition to a market economy in the 1990s, few had a more extraordinary biography than Shabtai von Kalmanovic, a real-life International Man of Mystery who bankrolled the most expensive women's basketball roster in the world.
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The FanHouse - NBA (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
by Michelle Smith Filed under: WNBA When Spartak owner Shabtai von Kalmanovic was murdered in Moscow on Monday, the women's basketball world was rocked. Kalmanonic put together a powerhouse team in Russia with Diana Taurasi , Sue Bird and Lauren Jackson. He showered his players with huge paychecks and opulent accommodations, and he raised the standard for top U.S. players overseas. And he won championships....
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Can't Stop the Bleeding (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
“You expect flamboyant wastefulness and outrageously shitty taste from Russian oligarchs,” wrote David Roth in this very space in March of 2008, “but Shabtai von Kalmanovic isn’t about show horses or dipping random things around his house in platinum or competitive jet-sailing or whatever it is that tacky ultra-billionaires do. He is more of [...]
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Denver Post (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
A Russian tycoon who organized a Michael Jackson concert in Moscow, was once jailed for spying in Israel and hired U.S. women basketball stars to compete in his homeland was slain Monday by gunmen in the capital, the Vesti television news program reported.
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The FanHouse - NBA (Free subscription) | 06/10/2009
by Michelle Smith Filed under: WNBA , USA Basketball Camp Geno breaks today. The current incarnation of the U.S. women's national team, coached by Geno Auriemma, leaves today for Ekaterinburg, Russia to take on a group of club teams in an invitational tournament. Following six days of training camp in Washington, the 13-player roster was selected for Monday's flight. It includes 2008 Olympians Sue...
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 30/09/2009
WASHINGTON -- Coach Geno Auriemma was at ease on the first day of the U.S. women's basketball training camp.
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 30/09/2009
You think it's all about the money. But for Phoenix G Diana Taurasi, this was all planned in the dead of winter in Moscow.
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New York Times (Free subscription) | 21/09/2009
SEATTLE (AP) -- Candace Parker scored 22 points and keyed a second-quarter run that led the Los Angeles Sparks over the Seattle Storm 75-64 Sunday in the deciding third game of the WNBA Western Conference semifinals.
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New York Times (Free subscription) | 19/09/2009
The Shock swept its best-of-three series against the Dream and advanced to the W.N.B.A.’s Eastern Conference finals.
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New York Times (Free subscription) | 19/09/2009
SEATTLE (AP) -- Camille Little stole an inbounds pass and laid it in with 5 seconds left, helping the Seattle Storm stun the Los Angeles Sparks 75-74 on Friday night and even the best-of-3 WNBA Western Conference semifinals.
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hoopfeed.com (Free subscription) | 16/09/2009
Audio: Sue Bird interview with Seattle station 103.7 The Mountain http://bit.ly/2mAvyc #wnba 13:32:11 RT @womentalksports : Live Blogging WNBA Playoffs: Seattle @ LA/Atlanta @ Detroit http://tinyurl.com/qb9mgr #women #sports 13:51:37 RT @PhoenixMercury : Five mins until Penny Taylor's live chat at PhoenixMercury.com. Ask your questions now: http://tinyurl.com/qdbjnr 14:06:12 Penn State's Meggan Quinn...
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New York Times (Free subscription) | 15/09/2009
SEATTLE (AP) -- Just before the start of the WNBA playoffs, the Seattle Storm have signed coach Brian Agler to a two-year contract extension.
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New York Times (Free subscription) | 13/09/2009
SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- Shannon Johnson scores 16 points and Janell Burse added 15 to lead the Seattle Storm to a 64-55 win over the San Antonio Silver Stars on Saturday night.
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Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Deanna Nolan scored 34 points to lead Detroit to a 94-87 victory over the New York Liberty on Thursday night, helping the defending champion Shock clinch a playoff spot.
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