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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 20 points to lead the U.S. women's basketball team past UMMC Ekaterinburg 78-63 Sunday to win the tournament title.

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.

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.

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.

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

Kerri Gardin had 23 points, eight rebounds and five assists to help the Connecticut Sun beat an injury-prone Indiana Fever team 95-85 Sunday.

Erika DeSouza had 15 points and 15 rebounds to help the Atlanta Dream clinch a playoff berth with a 88-64 win over the Connecticut Sun on Friday night.

Erika DeSouza had 15 points and 15 rebounds to help the Atlanta Dream clinch a playoff berth with a 88-64 win over the Connecticut Sun on Friday night.

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.

Time is running out on the Connecticut Sun and New York Liberty if they want to play in the postseason.

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

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.

Through no one's fault but their own, the Connecticut Sun found themselves in an unusual position Friday.

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.

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

Rebekkah Brunson established a career-high with 32 points and pulled down 13 rebounds as Sacramento pounded Connecticut, 90-70, at ARCO Arena.

Mohegan -- What they've always known, that basketball is what they do and not who they are, never felt more prevalent and more absolute than in the past few days.

The Sun have lost four in a row and five of six. With four games remaining, they are in a three-way tie for fourth place in the Eastern Conference with Chicago, which lost to the Liberty, and Detroit.

Lindsay Whalen made two free throws with 34 seconds left to give Connecticut the lead for good and the Sun beat the Minnesota Lynx 98-94 on Saturday night.