Seimone Augustus News

Mike Thibault, the coach and player personnel director of the Connecticut Sun, does not need my help.

For the second time in four seasons, the Minnesota Lynx won the WNBA's draft lottery, ensuring them the No.

There was good news from Candace Parker after her fourth day in camp Monday with the U.S. women's national basketball team.

Coach Geno Auriemma was at ease on the first day of the U.S. women's basketball training camp.

Here is the news you've been waiting for from USA Basketball's own mouth.... "After training for six days in Washington, D.C., 2009-12 USA Basketball Women's National Team members and Olympic gold medalists Sue Bird , Sylvia Fowles and Candace Parker will lead a USA squad in Russia in the four-team 2009 Ekaterinburg International Invitational.

Seimone Augustus hasn't been able to play at the U.S. women's basketball training camp while she rehabilitates her injured left knee.

Whether its offering an encouraging word or challenging the post players defensively, U.S. women's basketball assistant coach Jennifer Gillom is making her presence felt in training camp.

The following is the daily report filed by the communications staff at USA Basketball about the USA national team camp in Washington.

Got an advance look at the story that will appear in USA Today in the morning from the USA Basketball camp by Dick Patrick, the paper's veteran women's basketball writer.

Coach Geno Auriemma was at ease on the first day of the U.S. women's basketball training camp.

The most incredible year of Renee Montgomery's athletic career is about to get so much better.

Fourteen athletes who have been members of prior USA Basketball teams have accepted invitations to attend the 2009 USA Basketball Women's National Team's fall training camp as the U.S. begins preparations for the 2010 FIBA World Championship.

Jayne Appel's busy senior year at Stanford just got a little busier. The Cardinal basketball standout, along with recent graduate Candice Wiggins, have accepted invitations to attend the 2009 USA Basketball Women's National Team's training camp.

U.S. women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma should feel right at home with the addition of four current or former UConn players to the national team training camp next week at American University in Washington, D.C. Swin Cash, Ashja Jones, Maya Moore, and Tina Charles were among the 14 players added to the training camp roster Tuesday by USA ...

U.S. women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma should feel right at home with the addition of four current or former UConn players to the national team training camp next week at American University in Washington, D.C. Swin Cash, Ashja Jones, Maya Moore, and Tina Charles were among the 14 players added to the training camp roster Tuesday by USA ...

You could tell that Mount Carmel football coach and athletic director Frank Lenti became a fan of the place.

USA Basketball did Geno Auriemma a nice favor on Wednesday by naming DePaul coach Doug Bruno as one of his assistants on the Senior National Team.

DePaul's Doug Bruno and the Lynx's Jennifer Gillom will assist Geno Auriemma with the U.S. women's national basketball team through the 2010 World Championships.

Seems strange to have said goodbye to the Connecticut Sun players and coaches on Sunday without at least a short chance to watch them in the WNBA playoffs.

In recent years, the Minnesota Lynx have been eliminated from the playoffs so early that they spent the final games of the regular season auditioning players and assessing needs for the following season.