From the Indiana Fever: INDIANAPOLIS – With news that Katie Douglas has signed a free agent contract with the Connecticut Sun, the Indiana Fever franchise has extended its best wishes to the former Fever star as she continues her WNBA career. Douglas enters her 14th WNBA season this summer, after missing most of the 2013 […]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor Ahmad Bradshaw ran really angry against the San Francisco 49ers. Who could blame him? How would you feel if you were the guy who was supposed to take your new team’s running game to the next level and all of a sudden, the Colts trade for Trent Richardson, the No. […]
From the WNBA: NEW YORK, September 3, 2013 – Tamika Catchings of the Indiana Fever was named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week for games played Monday, Aug. 26 through Sunday, Sept. 1, setting a WNBA record. Catchings’ Player of the Week award is the 20th of her career. The veteran forward had been […]
Indiana’s Tamika Catchings By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor Early thoughts on the WNBA season: Minnesota, Connecticut and Indiana all are unbeaten. Minnesota, coming off a championship, is off to a 5-0 start. The Lynx finally had a close call, a 79-77 win over Washington on Wednesday night, but they’ve handled everyone else. Perhaps the most […]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor A stunning thought hit me as the Indiana Fever handled one run after another by the explosive Atlanta Dream in their season opener. The Fever can score. I mean, really score. They might actually score better than they defend. Huh? In a game against one of the WNBA’s more up-tempo […]
Every time Atlanta got close, Indiana answered. Katie Douglas scored 21 points and Tamika Catchings added 16 to help the Fever defeat the Dream 92-84 on Saturday night in the season opener for both teams. It was a rematch of last year’s Eastern Conference Finals series, which Atlanta won 2-1. Indiana led by 17 points […]
It may be now or never for the Fever. Indiana has been to the playoffs seven consecutive years, including four trips to the Eastern Conference Finals and a trip to the WNBA Finals in 2009. But key components are older now. Catchings is 32, Katie Douglas just turned 33 and Tammy Sutton-Brown is 34. The […]
Briann January looked like a blur again. The lightning-quick point guard was all over the place in the first quarter of Indiana’s home preseason game against San Antonio on May 9, showing no ill effects from the right ACL injury she suffered early last season. The stats were nice: nine points, three assists to one […]
From the Indiana Fever INDIANAPOLIS – The Indianapolis Colts host the Cleveland Browns on Sunday afternoon, but by Sunday night you can be assured that Colts stars Antoine Bethea, Robert Mathis, Pat McAfee, Jerraud Powers and Reggie Wayne will once again be cheering the Indiana Fever toward a hopeful WNBA championship. Together, the Colts quintet […]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor I was a guest on Fox 59 Sports Overtime with Jeremiah Johnson on Saturday night. He invited me to talk about the Pacers, Fever and Purdue. Jeremiah, thanks for having me on! Follow Cliff Brunt on Twitter: www.twitter.com/cliffbrunt_isl