Becky Hammon News

Athletic Haynes had a breakout season as a junior when she led the Lady Trojans on a surprise run to the Class 4A state championship game.

Cori Younghans of Roxbury is The Star-Ledger's top performer in girls soccer. CORI YOUNGHANS, ROXBURY Senior forward, 5-5 JUST THE STATS: The dynamic striker has been a consistent producer atop an attack that has fueled Roxbury to an 8-1 mark.

Michael Jackson has a chance to win artist of the year posthumously at the American Music Awards.

The season may be over for the San Antonio Silver Stars of the WNBA , but the team continues to have an impact off the court.

She's still searching for a WNBA championship, but Los Angeles Sparks forward Candace Parker can take some comfort in having the No.

After 12 seasons in the WNBA, Lisa Leslie -- a two-time WNBA champion, seven-time All-Star, three-time MVP and the first player to dunk in the WNBA -- will retire when the Sparks' playoff run is over.

The University of Arizona will host men's NCAA tournament basketball games at McKale Center in 2011 for the first time in what will be six years.

Detroit Shock guard Katie Smith and Los Angeles Sparks forward Tina Thompson were among the reserves selected for the WNBA All-Star Game.

Marek Svatos and Ryan Stoa scored goals in the second period, and Wojtek Wolski added another in the third as the Colorado Avalanche beat the Dallas Stars 3-1 on Thursday night.

Diana Taurasi scored 24 points on 10-of-15 shooting and had six rebounds, five assists and two blocked shots to lead the Phoenix Mercury past the San Antonio Silver Stars 106-78 Saturday to even their Western Conference semifinal series at a game apiece.

Deanna Nolan scored 22 points and Shavonte Zellous added 21 to help the Detroit Shock advance to the WNBA's Eastern Conference finals with a 94-79 victory over the Atlanta Dream on Friday night.

Becky Hammon and the No. 4-seed Silver Stars face the West's top seed, the Phoenix Mercury.

The Indiana Fever got off to a dominant start and were all but assured of getting in the playoffs long ago.

A sad but true story: Last year, I was in a hotel room somewhere and went over to the thermostat to put it on 72 degrees.

Shannon Johnson scored 16 points and Janell Burse added 15 to lead the Seattle Storm to a 64-55 win over the San Antonio Silver Stars on Saturday night.

Tamecka Dixon is one of four players remaining from the league's inaugural season in 1997.

Deanna Nolan of the Detroit Shock and Vickie Johnson of the San Antonio Silver Stars were named the WNBA Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for the period ending Sunday, September 6. Nolan won her second consecutive weekly award and fifth such career honor for averaging 20.7 points, tops in the Eastern Conference, ...

In her two seasons with the Silver Stars, Edwige Lawson-Wade's role has been relatively simple.

Star filly Rachel Alexandra made history at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. by becoming the first female to win the prestigious Woodward Stakes on Saturday, holding off Macho Again by a head.

Vickie Johnson made 11 of 14 shots and tied her career high with 27 points to lead the San Antonio Silver Stars to an 89-72 victory over the Los Angeles Sparks on Saturday night.