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Courtesy of the Connecticut Sun media relations department, here's a quick look at how some of their players are doing in their part-time jobs as EuroLeague stars.

Aside from the five pounds she lost on her self-imposed diet during her week in beautiful Ekaterinburg, Russia - where an American breakfast takes on a strange dimension - Tina Charles says she will always remember the experience of playing the post for Geno Auriemma's first official USA senior national team.

Angel McCoughtry scored 17 points the USA received double-digit scoring from Sylvia Fowles, Asjha Jones, Tina Charles and Shameka Christon to open the Ekaterinburg International Invitational Friday evening with an impressive 100-81 victory over the Czech professional team ZVVC UKA Prague .

Current senior Tina Charles was one of five players with UConn ties named to a the 13-player USA Basketball women's national team that will participate in the Ekaterinburg International Invite starting Friday in Russia.

The opportunity to compete for a spot on the U.S. senior national basketball team is not a privilege extended to many.

Connecticut Sun forward Asjha Jones hasn't been in a UConn uniform since the 2002 national championship game, but her ties to the Huskies remain strong.

After a summer of watching hideous basketball, a crowd of 9,047 showed up Sunday at Mohegan Sun Arena to send the Connecticut Sun into the most important offseason in the history of the franchise.

Visit the Resident on Flickr for more pics! It was the Connecticut Sun that gave the 101-year old, Mystic Seaporta s steamboat Sabino its sparkle on September 3rd.

Lindsay Whalen, the only player to start all 34 games for the Connecticut Sun , sustained a concussion Sunday in the season finale against Indiana and left the floor with 7:01 to play.

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.

An organization gets used to a routine after making the playoffs six straight seasons, which made Sunday seem so surreal for the Connecticut Sun.

For the first time in their seven-year history, the WNBA's Connecticut Sun play a game today with no true meaning.

New London a " The Connecticut Sun beat the New York Liberty in overtime last Friday to stay alive in the mess that is the WNBA's Eastern Conference playoff race.

They were dead. Dead. Like Jimmy Hoffa levels of dead. And frankly, there was no reason to think they wouldn't stay dead.

Not to get all dramatic on you or anything, but circumstances suggest that any hint of the word "playoffs" around the Connecticut Sun should be met with Jim Mora's classic postgame rant from his days coaching the Colts.

Lisa Leslie 's Hall of Fame career is coming to a close, but the center took time after Los Angeles' game with the Connecticut Sun last week to compliment the player many believe could someday replace her as the world's best center.

Amber Holt scored 11 of her 18 points in the fourth quarter and overtime and the Connecticut Sun kept their playoffs hopes alive with an 88-85 victory over the New York Liberty on Friday night.

"It's been the worst couple of weeks for any of my teams since I've been here [2003]," Thibault said Thursday.

Hey, it's been awhile since we've spoken and for that I must blame the haste with which I am trying to use my remaining vacation time before things begin to get very busy with basketball after Labor Day.

Join four stars from the WNBA's Connecticut Sun aboard a sunset cruise up the Mystic River.