Deanna Nolan News

The Boys and Girls Club of Greater Flint honored the Detroit Shock basketball team Thursday, presenting them with the second annual Patrick McInnis Community Hero Award.

Tulsa is getting its hands on a WNBA team with championship experience. WNBA President Donna Orender, Tulsa Mayor Kathy Taylor, Governor Henry and other officials gathered for today's announcement at the Mayo Hotel in downtown Tulsa.

My daughter Celine is a good athlete, even at the tender age of 10. She does 50 push-ups every day, finished third in the finals of her school's 50-yard dash and is a demon on the soccer field.

The Shock, winners of three WNBA championships in a dozen years, are on their way to Tulsa, Okla.

Never before has a team had so much success, yet so few noticed. That was the never-ending story of the Detroit Shock.

Will Bynum finished with 15 points, as the Detroit Pistons held off the Miami Heat, 87-83, in the preseason opener for both teams.

The old adage goes "to be the champs you have to beat the champs." Saturday night, the Fever finally beat the champs.

Atlanta Dream forward Angel McCoughtry was named the WNBA's Rookie of the Year on Thursday.

Free throws in basketball aren't necessarily free. Not when bumps, bruises and scratches are endured in order to shoot them.

Tamika Catchings ripped the ball out of the air after Detroit's final miss, and Indiana's players jumped into each other's arms.

Rick Mahorn grabbed a padded chair in the visitors' locker room at Madison Square Garden and lifted it with such force that he cracked a plastic light cover and lacerated a ceiling panel.

Every would-be champion, it seems, must first break through a longtime roadblock.

Detroit Shock guard Deanna Nolan made the All-WNBA second team, the league announced today.

Detroit is in the Eastern Conference finals again. And this time, Bill Laimbeer isn't coaching and cajoling the Shock .

No. 2 Atlanta Dream vs. No. 3 Detroit Shock Season series: Dream won, 3-1, winning both games at home and splitting on the road.

The Fever are 3-1 against Detroit this season, but the Shock won their most recent meeting, 70-63, at Detroit on Sept.

No artificial confidence booster was needed at the Dream's practice Thursday. Not with energetic point guard Ivory Latta leading the positivity parade on the eve of the Dream's first home playoff game, Friday night against Detroit at Gwinnett Arena.

Talked to a former WNBA player earlier this week about the injury factor in the league.

The Celtics have offered guard Dan Dickau a training camp invitation, according to agent Mark Bartelstein .

Published: Monday, September 14, 2009 at 7:19 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, September 14, 2009 at 7:19 p.m. MLB-Suspended RHP Jose Dominguez and OF Waldo Rosario of the Dominican Summer League for 50 games apiece after testing positive for a performance-enhancing drug.