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The Connecticut Sun are a basketball team in the Women's National Basketball Association. The team is based out of Uncasville, Conn. The Sun was moved to Connecticut after being sold to the Mohegan Native American Tribe on Jan. 28, 2003. Prior to the move, the team was known as the Orlando Miracle. For the Sun's first season in Connecticut, the team acquired University of Connecticut star player Rebecca Lobo. The Sun has the highest winning record of any WNBA team in a five year period, although it has yet to win a championship. The Sun is the only WNBA team that does not share its market with an NBA team.
The Connecticut Sun are a basketball team in the Women's National Basketball Association. The team is based out of Uncasville, Conn. The Sun was moved to Connecticut after being sold to the Mohegan Native American Tribe on Jan. 28, 2003. Prior to the move, the team was known as the Orlando Miracle. For the Sun's first season in Connecticut, the team acquired University of Connecticut star player Rebecca Lobo. The Sun has the highest winning record of any WNBA team in a five year period, although it has yet to win a championship. The Sun is the only WNBA team that does not share its market with an NBA team.
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Gruda Adjusting To WNBA
Courant Staff WriterSandrine Gruda, daughter of Ulysee Gruda, one of the most prolific centers in the history of women's basketball in France, has been a revelation since emerging in 2002 as a 15-year-old wunderkind with Federal Centre of Toulouse. With mobility and...Tags: Verizon Communications, Asjha Jones, Basketball, Anne Donovan
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Mahorn, 10 Players Suspended After WNBA Brawl
Courant Staff WriterThe WNBA reacted swiftly to its first major on-court incident Thursday by handing down suspensions and fines to 11 players and coaches of the Los Angeles Sparks and Detroit Shock for their part in Tuesday's brawl in Auburn Hills, Mich. Candace Parker,...Tags: Fines, Beijing Games, Punishment, Lisa Leslie, Renee Brown
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The sports world in 60 seconds
WNBA League suspends Shock's Mahorn, 10 players The WNBA suspended Detroit assistant coach Rick Mahorn and 10 players following the dustup between the Shock and the visiting Los Angeles Sparks on Tuesday. Shock forward Plenette Pierson was suspended...Tags: Bowling, Aaron Smith, Punishment, Contracts, Asjha Jones
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Whalen Leads Sun Past Sparks
The Hartford CourantIt was a dilemma of Olympic dimension, in the most literal sense, for the Los Angeles Sparks. Four of their starters, including three Olympians -- Lisa Leslie, Candace Parker and DeLisha Milton-Jones -- were suspended for one game by the WNBA Thursday for...Tags: Lawrence Taylor, University of Connecticut, National Football League, Connecticut, Lisa Leslie
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Sun's Carey Understands Role As Player, Future Coach
Courant Staff WriterJamie Carey, daughter of a girls high school basketball coach and soon to become one herself in Colorado, understands how players fit into a team. So when she hears Connecticut Sun coach Mike Thibault urge her to shoot more three-pointers, Carey nods....Tags: Basketball
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Coaches, Players Suspended In Shock/Sparks Brawl
Courant Staff WriterCandace Parker, the rookie sensation from Tennessee who was the first pick in the WNBA draft by the Los Angeles Sparks, and Lisa Leslie, one of the lynchpins of the league and the Olympic program, were among the 11 coaches and players suspended by the...Tags: Tennessee, Lisa Leslie, New York, Court Administration, Los Angeles
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Whitmore Looking To Bounce Back
Courant Staff Writer— On the video screens above the floor at Mohegan Sun Arena, Tamika Whitmore's voice, confident and promising action, is the last you will hear today before the Connecticut Sun starting lineup is introduced before their game against the Chicago Sky....Tags: Cancer, Asjha Jones, Basketball, Diseases
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Sky lose on the road to Sun
The Associated PressAsjha Jones had 23 points and 10 rebounds Sunday to help the Connecticut Sun snap a five-game losing streak with a 74-67 win over the Sky. Armintie Price led the Sky (7-15) with 15 points off the bench. Jia Perkins had 14 points and five assists, Candice...Tags: Injuries, Asjha Jones, Basketball
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Sun Defeat Sky, End Losing Streak
Courant Staff Writer— During this unexpected detour, winding through five games and covering nearly three weeks, the Connecticut Sun did what teams in slumps do. They kept the faith. No longer in first place in the Eastern Conference, barely holding off the New...Tags: University of Connecticut, Asjha Jones, Basketball, Barbara Turner
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Sun In 8-Game Slump
Courant Staff WriterThere was good reason for the spark in the step of the Connecticut Sun when they sprinted off the floor at Mohegan Sun Arena after their 17-point win over Detroit on June 24. After listening to WNBA pundits predict doom during the preseason, the Sun, a...Tags: University of Connecticut, Asjha Jones, Barbara Turner
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