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Monday Nov 16 | Freep.com - RSS - Sports

Metro & state: Hillsdale wins GLIAC volleyball title

Host Hillsdale won its first Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship Sunday with a 3-2 win over Saginaw Valley State.

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Thu Oct 22, 2009

Detroit Free Press

Detroit Shock's Alexis Hornbuckle

The Detroit Shock is moving to Tulsa, Okla. There has been no official announcement, but team members have been informed of the move, according to a person within the organization.

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Related Topix: Cheryl Ford, Kara Braxton, Katie Smith, Detroit Shock, Sports, More Sports, WNBA Women's Basketball

Wed Oct 21, 2009

Detroit Free Press

Summer plans didn't include Shock

A Michigan summer means the great outdoors -- hiking, swimming, vacationing Up North, taking the kids to Cedar Point.

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Related Topix: Sports, Swimming

Tue Oct 20, 2009

Traverse City Record-Eagle

Report: Detroit Shock sold, moving to Tulsa

The WNBA's Detroit Shock are moving to Tulsa, Okla., a team official told The Associated Press.

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Related Topix: Detroit Shock, Sports, More Sports, WNBA Women's Basketball

Mon Sep 28, 2009

Detroit Free Press

Shock in unfamiliar role: Sitting out the Finals

The Shock ventured to Indiana on Thursday 3-0 in the playoffs and the winner of 12 of its previous 14 games.

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Related Topix: Kara Braxton, Cheryl Ford, Katie Smith

Sun Sep 27, 2009

The Indianapolis Star

Kravitz: How does a free game sound?

If you're ever going to attend a women's professional basketball game -- if you're ever going to get off the couch, DVR Notre Dame-Purdue and come to a WNBA game -- this is the one.

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Related Topix: Tully Bevilaqua, Tamika Catchings, Ebony Hoffman, Deanna Nolan, Katie Smith

Fri Sep 25, 2009

The Detroit News

Fever might regret overlooking Shock's Shavonte Zellous

Auburn Hills -- The Indiana Fever could be wishing they picked Shavonte Zellous with their No.

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Related Topix: Deanna Nolan, Kara Braxton, Katie Smith, Sports, NHL Eastern Conference, NHL Hockey

Thu Sep 24, 2009

ESPN Feed

Voepel: Zellous helps Shock foil Fever

It wasn't that long ago that Shavonte Zellous thought of herself as more a track athlete who also happened to play basketball.

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Related Topix: Katie Smith, Deanna Nolan, Cheryl Ford, Kara Braxton, Sports, More Sports, Atlanta Dream, WNBA Women's Basketball

Wed Sep 23, 2009

ESPN Feed

Voepel: Detroit's Nolan is the key in the East finals

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

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Related Topix: Deanna Nolan, Cheryl Ford, Kara Braxton, Swin Cash, Katie Smith

Tue Sep 22, 2009

HendersonvilleNews.com

Fever hoping to end losing streak to Detroit

The Indiana Fever are one step away from the WNBA finals. The remaining obstacle, though, is one they've never been able to overcome.

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Related Topix: Tamika Catchings, Sports, More Sports, WNBA Women's Basketball, Indiana Fever, Cheryl Ford, Katie Smith, Detroit Shock

Mon Sep 21, 2009

ESPN

Voepel: Atlanta's nightmare became a Dream

After last season, the Atlanta Dream were sort of tallying up the wounds suffered during a summer of getting knocked around to the tune of a 4-30 record.

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Related Topix: Sports, More Sports, Atlanta Dream, WNBA Women's Basketball, Sancho Lyttle, Houston Comets, Ivory Latta, Katie Smith

Sat Sep 19, 2009

Fishing Tackle Retailer

Expect at least one upset in the first round of the WNBA playoffs

Who's going to win the WNBA title this season? Will Los Angeles' Lisa Leslie end her career with a third title? Might another player who is retiring, San Antonio's Vickie Johnson, win her first? Can the Atlanta Dream pull a "Shock" and go from worst to first, the way Detroit did in 2003? Speaking of Motown, can the defending champs overcome the ...

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Related Topix: Lisa Leslie, Vickie Johnson, Sports, More Sports, Atlanta Dream, WNBA Women's Basketball, Deanna Nolan, Katie Smith

Fri Sep 18, 2009

Detroit Free Press

Shock-Dream capsule, prediction

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.

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Related Topix: Deanna Nolan, Cheryl Ford, Kara Braxton, Katie Smith, Sports, More Sports, Atlanta Dream, WNBA Women's Basketball

Thu Sep 17, 2009

The Detroit News

Shock just keep thriving on adversity

Auburn Hills Shock forward Plenette Pierson was dressed in a brown pantsuit and fashion glasses.

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Related Topix: Katie Smith, Deanna Nolan, Sports, More Sports, Atlanta Dream, WNBA Women's Basketball

Wed Sep 16, 2009

Lansing State Journal

Defending champs Shock open WNBA playoffs with upstart Atlanta

ATLANTA - The versatility of the Atlanta Dream makes the second-year franchise a tough out in the WNBA playoffs.

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Related Topix: Katie Smith, Deanna Nolan, Sports, More Sports, Atlanta Dream, WNBA Women's Basketball, Detroit Shock, NHL Eastern Conference, NHL Hockey

Tue Sep 15, 2009

News Chief

Monday's Sports Transactions

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.

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Related Topix: Detroit Shock, Sports, More Sports, WNBA Women's Basketball, Deanna Nolan, Katie Smith

Hampton Roads Daily Press

Detroit Shock announce contract extensions for Nolan, Smith, Pierson

The Detroit Shock say they've signed contract extensions with Deanna Nolan, Katie Smith and Plenette Pierson.

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Related Topix: Deanna Nolan, Katie Smith, Detroit Shock, Sports, More Sports, WNBA Women's Basketball

Sun Sep 06, 2009

Detroit News

Kara Braxton, Shavonte Zellous push Shock closer to playoffs

With the Detroit Shock are down to nine players as they try to make the playoffs, Deanna Nolan has decided she isn't coming off the floor.

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Related Topix: Kara Braxton, Deanna Nolan, Katie Smith, Detroit Shock, Sports, More Sports, WNBA Women's Basketball, Sylvia Fowles

Sat Aug 29, 2009

MySanAntonio.com

Silver Stars, Shock take quick tumble from the top

Becky Hammon and the Silver Stars beat the Phoenix Mercury at the AT&T Center on August 15, but that's their only victory in the past seven games.

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Related Topix: Becky Hammon, Vickie Johnson, Deanna Nolan, Kara Braxton, Cheryl Ford

Fri Aug 14, 2009

ESPN

Voepel: Laimbeer ready to make jump to NBA

It was a chilly "yes, winter's coming" morning in Detroit in October, the day after the Shock had won the franchise's third WNBA title.

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