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Brittney Griner says college coach told her not to discuss sexuality
The Baltimore SunJason Collins' coming out received large media fanfare. Brittney Griner's was met with something close to a yawn. The debate over what caused the difference has been pretty public, with some pointing to sexism, others to the way heterosexual men react...Tags: College Basketball, Discrimination, Basketball, Homophobia, Sports
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American Athletic Source Says Mohegan Sun Recommended As Site For Women's Tournament
The Hartford CourantThe new American Athletic Conference will complete its spring meeting Wednesday without choosing venues for its postseason basketball tournament. But all signs point to the Mohegan Sun Arena as the site for the women's tournament that was based in...Tags: College Basketball, Kevin Ollie, College Football, Cincinnati Bearcats, XL Center
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Connecticut Sun To Donate Ticket Proceeds To Help Oklahoma Tornado Victims
The Connecticut Sun announced the team will pitch in with some relief for the victims of the tornadoes in Oklahoma. Here is the release from the team: Connecticut Sun To Donate Proceeds From Home Opener To Tornado Relief Efforts UNCASVILLE, Conn. (May...Tags: Human Interest, Tornadoes, American Red Cross, New York Liberty, Relief and Aid Organizations
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READER SUBMITTED: Wethersfield Native Liz O'Connor To Be Inducted Into The New England Basketball Hall Of Fame
WethersfieldElizabeth "Liz" O'Connor has been named to the 2013 New England Basketball Hall of Fame. On Saturday, June 22, Liz O'Connor will join other honorees representing a variety of categories including coaches, players, teams and special contributors at a major...Tags: College Basketball, Basketball, National Collegiate Athletic Association, U.S. Navy, College of the Holy Cross
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Sun's Donovan Has Roster Cuts To Make
The Hartford CourantThe first big decision of Anne Donovan's tenure as coach of the WNBA's Connecticut Sun must be made by the end of week. There are 13 players in camp but only 11 will be on the team that opens the season Saturday against the New York Liberty at the...Tags: Asjha Jones, New York Liberty, Kelly Faris, Connecticut Sun
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Jay-Z's sports agency buys Diggins a new Benz
Looks like Skylar Diggins will have a new ride when she goes to Tulsa to join the Shock. The former Notre Dame star tweeted her thanks to sports agency Roc Nation, backed by rap superstar Jay-Z, along with photos of a new white Mercedes she said the...
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Skylar Diggins gets a Mercedes as a graduation gift from Jay-Z
Skylar Diggins got a new car as a gift after graduating from Notre Dame this weekend. Big deal, you say? Probably lots of recent college grads got the same thing? True, but she got a Mercedes. Well, maybe some kids with rich parents had one of those...
Tags: New York Yankees, Jay-Z, Dwayne Johnson
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Brittney Griner says Baylor asked her not to reveal she is gay
Former Baylor star Brittney Griner said Sunday that her coach at Baylor, Kim Mulkey, asked her to not be publicly open about being gay out of fear it would hurt recruiting. "It was a recruiting thing," Griner told espnW.com. "The coaches thought that...
Tags: Phoenix Mercury, Los Angeles Kings
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Diggins gets Mercedes as graduation present from Jay-Z
Jay-Z sure knows how to spoil his new clients. Former Notre Dame basketball star Skylar Diggins, who signed with Jay-Z's sports agency group Roc Nation, was surprised at her graduation on Sunday with a new Mercedes, complete with a red bow. Diggins...
Tags: New York Yankees, Jay-Z, Robinson Cano
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Press Box: Jenkins back to Arizona, Beckham may buy MLS team
ReutersThe Sports Xchange Press Box: Jenkins back to Arizona, Beckham may buy MLS team COLLEGE FOOTBALL When he announced in December that he would transfer to Washington State, Arizona running back Daniel Jenkins said he would always be a Wildcat at heart....Tags: Minority Groups, Texas Longhorns, Phoenix Mercury, Nino Niederreiter, Henrik Sedin
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Sun Lose Exhibition Game To Liberty, 78-67
The Hartford Courant— At times, this WNBA training camp has had much in common with the bus ride that the Connecticut Sun took to New Jersey Friday afternoon. Weekend traffic turned the trip from Uncasville into a vexing six-hour ordeal. The week between the first two...Tags: College Basketball, Basketball, Bria Hartley, New York Liberty, Universiade
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Sky waive Petrovic, making roster 12
The Chicago Sky got their roster down to one over the 11-player limit by waiving Serbian forward Sonja Petrovic Saturday. The 6-foot, 1-inch Petrovic, acquired last year in a trade with San Antonio, played in 30 games for the Sky as a WNBA rookie,...
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