And now for something completely different...

Some interesting news and notes (thanks to my recently received Coaching Women's Basketball magazine):

• Cappie Pondexter: 105 games to reach 2,000 points and 400 assists. That is the third fastest behind Diana Taurasi (104 games) and Cynthia Cooper (90 games). Not bad company...DT will go down as one of the greatest and Coop just got inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. Congratulations Cappie!
• Lauren Jackson: Became the third player in WNBA history to reach 500 blocks. She is joined by Margo Dydek and Lisa Leslie. And...she is the youngest to reach the mark (28 years and 56 days). On Saturday, August 15 she became the fourth player to hit 5,000 points (and the youngest to do it).
• Deanna Nolan: On June 28th became the 18th player to reach 3,500 points.

Honoring a Legend

This Friday, August 21, the New York Liberty will be the host for what will be an annual Kay Yow "United We Fight" Breast Cancer Awareness Night. Donate now by clicking here. Each year in February is the Think Pink Zone where college teams host events to help donate money to the Kay Yow Foundation and it is nice to see the WNBA doing their part as well.

Going along with this theme is something else you might not know about. Two former Tennessee Lady Vols Assistant Coaches (well, now 1 and the UCLA Head Coach) have an annual "Cruisin' for A Cause" ride. Holly Warlick and Nikki Caldwell strap on their helmets and go on a long-haul motorcycle adventure to raise funds for the Kay Yow Foundation. Back in May of this year, Nikki and Holly, along with thousands of other riders, went on a four state loop (Knoxville, TN, down to New Orleans, LA via Mississippi then back up through Alabama to Knoxville, TN). This was the third year they have done such a ride and they have already raised nearly $100,000. They do have a kick off weekend and a day long trip knows as the "TaTa Ride". Ahhh, a sense of humor!

Holly and Nikki have also started the Champions for a Cause non-profit organization. There they bring together basketball, bikes and breast cancer to bring awareness to this disease. Check out their website for more information.

USA Women's Basketball

The first 8 members have been named to the 2009-2012 USA Women's Basketball squad.

-Seimone Augustus

-Sue Bird

-Tamika Catchings

-Sylvia Fowles

-Kara Lawson

-Candace Parker

-Cappie Pondexter

-Diana Taurasi

Can they just give us the Gold Medal? Think about it...it's a 12 player roster so add: Maya Moore, Tina Charles...so that's 10. Long shot: Epiphanny Prince, Alexis Gray-Lawson. Or just take the 2009 UCONN women's hoops team and put them on the floor. They'll beat ANYONE.

WNBA Games Tonight:

Seattle @ Detroit (7:30 pm)

Phoenix @ Chicago (8:00 pm)

Washington @ Los Angeles (10:00 pm)