Bad news for the Seattle Storm — Lauren Jackson, one of the WNBA’s premier players, is out for the season after suffering a stress fracture in her lower back.
“Lauren has been playing with back pain for a couple of weeks,” head coach Brian Agler said. “She will rest and work with our team physicians and trainers to rehabilitate her back.”
According to ESPN.com, Jackson had a bone scan done last Friday that revealed the stress fracture.
The Storm clinched a playoff spot after last Thursday’s win over the Connecticut Sun.  As the team’s leading scorer, Jackson will surely be missed in the …read more

I’m not one to toot my own horn or anything … but I will on occasion. When the 2009 WNBA season began, I said that the Atlanta Dream could have a break-out year. Well, guess what? The Dream took sole  possession of second place in the Eastern Conference this weekend when they defeated the Seattle Storm 88-79.
Most expansion teams take a few years to get themselves together. After last season’s laughable performance,  the Dream looked as though they were going to follow the expansion blueprint. Then something shifted.  Veteran players were traded and talented rookies joined the team. Now, the …read more

The night was going well for WNBA all-star Diana Taurasi. She had just led the Phoenix Mercury to an impressive 93-81 win over the Seattle Storm with 22 points and four blocked shots.

Yet, the celebration quickly turned sour when Taurasi was pulled over by a cop in the wee hours of the morning. According to ESPN.com, the officer who pulled her over smelled alcohol and gave Taurasi several field sobriety tests. She was then escorted to a mobile DUI van where she gave a sample of blood.
Though her blood alcohol content is unknown, Taurasi was cited for a DUI. The …read more