Sophia Young News

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.

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

Diana Taurasi was the top vote-getter and was joined by teammate Cappie Pondexter on the all-WNBA first team announced Wednesday.

Lamell McMorris , the lead negotiator and spokesman for the NBA referees union, said yesterday a lockout appears "imminent and unavoidable'' following the latest breakdown in talks.

Song-Hee Kim and Jiyai Shin each shot a 6-under 66 to share the lead atop the elite 20-player field in the opening round of the Samsung World Championship at Torrey Pines on Thursday.

Silver Stars guard Edwige Lawson-Wade deflects a pass away from the Seattle Storm's Shannon Johnson last weekend at the AT&T Center.

Sophia Young scored 24 points to lead the San Antonio Silver Stars to a 92-91 victory over the Phoenix Mercury on Thursday night in the opening game of the WNBA's Western Conference first-round series.

Each morning late in the regular season, Donna Orender, the W.N.B.A. president, would turn on her computer and stare at the standings.

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.

Lauren Jackson, who is out indefinitely with a stress fracture in her lower back, is one of many MVP candidates to miss time this season.

Sparks center Lisa Leslie helped L.A. to a 67-66 victory over Sophia Young and the Silver Stars Aug.

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.

San Antonio is 2-1 against Minnesota this season. The two meet again Tuesday in San Antonio.

Silver Stars coach Dan Hughes has been selected to USA Basketball's five-person selection committee for the 2009 through 2012 women's national team.

Share + Sep 1, 2009 11:07 pm US/Central SAN ANTONIO Becky Hammon scored 29 points and made a clinching free throw in the second overtime, leading the San Antonio Silver Stars to an 84-82 victory over the Minnesota Lynx on Tuesday night.

Atlanta Dream forward Chamique Holdsclaw is recovering from arthroscopic surgery on her right knee.

Eds: APNewsNow. Silver Stars 100, Shock 88, OT. SAN ANTONIO Becky Hammon scored 12 of her 32 points in overtime and the San Antonio Silver Stars beat the Detroit Shock 100-88 on Saturday.

The Silver Stars lost their fourth straight game - a 77-66 defeat inflicted by the WNBA-best Indiana Fever - but that wasn't the most extraordinary dry run coming out of Thursday night's game.

Katie Smith scored a season-high 31 points to help the Detroit Shock to a key win over the San Antonio Silver Stars 99-84 Sunday.