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Featured Player Lauren Jackson, 2007 Lauren Jackson plays for the Seattle Storm and they love her. What's not to love? She's one of the best players in world and widely considered the best female player ever to come out from Down Under. WNBA champion. World Champion. Commonwealth Games champion. She has won five national championships in Australia. She played one season in the Korean pro league and broke a ton of scoring records. And she's only 26 years old. In addition to all her other honors, Jackson has been named WNBA MVP in 2003 and 2007. (Click here for more on Lauren Jackson)
Featured Article Lisa Leslie with the All-Star Game MVP Award in 1999, the first year the WNBA All-Star game was played. Now that the East is giving the West a run for its money in the WNBA All-Star game, it's gotten more interesting. Younger stars, like Cheryl Ford and Katie Douglas, are showing what they can do among all that world-class talent. They won the last two All-Star game MVP awards. Do you know the other winners? You probably have heard of all these superstars. (Check it out...) |
Featured Team All-Star Sophia Young has made a big difference to the Silver Stars. The San Antonio Silver Stars were rolling right along, on top of the Western Conference, when Erin Buescher, who was having a career year, tore her ACL. Will they be able to keep rolling? All-Star Becky Hammon will certainly do all she can to keep the Stars going. Sophia Young, another All-Star, has stepped up, but now she'll need some help underneath. How will the Stars handle the adversity? Will they continue to squash opponents? Or will the wheels come off? (More on the Silver Stars)
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