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 […]
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From the WNBA NEW YORK, July 22, 2013 – Tamika Catchings of the Indiana Fever and Elizabeth Cambage of the Tulsa Shock were named the WNBA’s Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for games played Monday, July 15 through Sunday, July 21. This marks the 19th time in her career that Catchings has been named Player […]
ISL editor Cliff Brunt spoke with injured Indiana Fever guard Katie Douglas Tuesday night at the Fever Bowling Tournament. Douglas has missed most of the season with a bulging disc in her back, and the defending WNBA champions have missed her. By most measures, the former Purdue star is one of the best players in […]
From the Indiana Fever INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Fever selected California guard Layshia Clarendon and a pair of forwards during the 2013 WNBA Draft presented by State Farm. Led by Clarendon as its first-round selection (ninth overall), the Fever also chose Georgia’s Jasmine Hassell (21st overall) and Jennifer George (33rd overall) of Florida. Clarendon, an […]
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 […]
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 […]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor Finally, Tamika Catchings has her title. Catchings scored 25 points, and the Indiana Fever beat the Minnesota Lynx 87-78 on Sunday night to win the WNBA championship. Catchings had done everything else in her career — she’s been a gold medalist, NCAA champion, WNBA MVP, five-time defensive player of the year […]
By BECCA BORNHORST ISL Correspondent The Indiana Fever fell to the Atlanta Dream 75-66 in the first game of the Eastern Conference semifinals Friday night at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Lindsey Harding led the Dream with 23 points and Angel McCoughtry added 16 points and 9 rebounds. Atlanta came out of the gates hot, going on […]
From the WNBA For the fifth time in her career, Indiana Fever forward Tamika Catchings has been named the WNBA Defensive Player of the Year presented by Boost Mobile, the league announced today. Catchings previously won the award in 2005, 2006, 2009 and 2010. Catchings received 19 out of 41 votes, 11 more than Atlanta […]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor Briann January shook her head in disbelief when she heard the numbers. Tamika Catchings simply smiled. The Indiana Fever shot 33 percent from the field against the Seattle Storm and somehow won by 24 points. Wow, January said as she tried to grasp the significance of what she’d heard. Katie […]
Tamika Catchings of the Indiana Fever is the Eastern Conference player of the week for games played Aug. 16 to Aug. 20, the league said in a news release on Monday. For Catchings, the reigning league MVP, her third Player of the Week award presented by Boost Mobile honor this season gives her 17 for […]
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