tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13466676.post4458963637452979489..comments2023-11-02T11:00:16.248-05:00Comments on Chill But Real: Scared in the NBAThe Underdoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09147522681750526540noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13466676.post-81987028969037215852007-04-04T15:58:00.000-05:002007-04-04T15:58:00.000-05:00Cool info about the NBA, but I was also thinking o...Cool info about the NBA, but I was also thinking of shedding some more light on the WNBA, which doesn’t get much publicity, although it should. Here are some interesting facts about the WNBA:<BR/><BR/>On February 15, 2005, NBA Commissioner David Stern announced that Donna Orender, who had been serving as the Senior Vice President of the PGA Tour and who had played for several teams in the now-defunct Women's Pro Basketball League, would be Ackerman's successor as of April 2005.<BR/><BR/>The WNBA awarded its first expansion team in several years to Chicago (later named the Sky) in February 2005. In the off-season, a set of rule changes was approved that made the WNBA more like the <A HREF="http://www.usasportinfo.com/NBA/index-NBA.php" REL="nofollow">NBA</A>.<BR/><BR/>The 2006 season was the WNBA's tenth; the league became the first team-oriented women's professional sports league to exist for ten consecutive seasons. On the occasion of the tenth anniversary, the WNBA released its All-Decade Team, comprising the ten WNBA players deemed to have contributed, through on-court play and off-court activities, the most to women's basketball during the period of the league's existence.<BR/><BR/>In December of 2006, the Charlotte Bobcats organization announced it would no longer operate the Charlotte Sting. Soon after, the WNBA announced that the Charlotte Sting would not operate for the upcoming season. A dispersal draft was held January 8, 2007, with all players except for unrestricted free agents Allison Feaster and Tammy Sutton-Brown available for selection. Teams selected in inverse order of their 2006 records, with Chicago receiving the first pick and selecting Monique Currie.<BR/><BR/>For more info on NBA, NFL, MLS and <A HREF="http://www.usasportinfo.com/Nascar/index-NASCAR.php" REL="nofollow">NASCAR</A> you are welcome to visit my future blog.<BR/><BR/>Michael S.<BR/><A HREF="http://www.usasportinfo.com/index.php" REL="nofollow">USA Sports News</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13466676.post-78614815503652817082007-03-06T06:36:00.000-06:002007-03-06T06:36:00.000-06:00I thought demonification was a word...I coudln't a...I thought demonification was a word...<BR/><BR/>I coudln't agree with you more on this issue. My last nerve was snapped when I heard Tracey McGrady's comments about passing on the All-Star Game if it was held here. This from a cat with very little formal education and it shows. But it's not just him. Ignorance is bliss when it comes to New Orleans. Fact of the matter is, crime still seems to occur in the places i happened pre-Katrina. I don't think anyone, especially a tourist is anymore likely to fall victim to crime than before Katrina. Random crime does not happen all too much. Most of the serious crimes that happens in NO, probably just like any other major city, is a)black on black, and b) has an assailant and victim that probably knew each other or had some dealings. Of course if your at the worng place at the wrong time bad thing can happen, but again, that's like every major city.<BR/><BR/>NOPD takes a lot of heat, but they have demonstrated that they can handle major events with the limited resources they have now. Good for them. To the NBA ballers who are scared to come to NO, I say don't come. I don't want you here and you don't need to be here. Let those who truly care about the city and about uplifting people come. You overpaid crybabies can stay home and watch it on TNT.The Underdoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09147522681750526540noreply@blogger.com