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Catching up with ... Reetta Piipari

It has been eight years since Reetta Piipari donned a Xavier uniform and took the court for the women's basketball team. Since then the guard has played abroad professionally and kept in touch with many of her former teammates, including first-year XU coach Amy Waugh. Piipari visited Ohio in October for a wedding ... Read More...

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Senior hoopsters bring home National Championship

Senior hoopsters bring home National Championship
Mary Kelly got back into basketball about 10 years ago after playing girls basketball in high school, in the 1950s. "I play basketball about four times a week so that gives me a good overview of being in good shape and then I do tennis on the side," Tennessee Shooting Stars Captain Mary Kelly said. The Tennessee ... Read More...

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Moore: 'The postseason can re-energize you'

Moore:
Minnesota Lynx rookie forward Maya Moore has a bit of a reputation: She is a winner. Moore was voted the college Player of the Year twice at the University of Connecticut and led her team to a pair of national championships. While at UConn, her Huskies won an NCAA-record 90 consecutive games, the greatest streak ever in men's or ... Read More...

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Basketball documentary features former MND player

Documentary filmmaker Robert T. Herrera brings his emotional tale of the St. Louis University Lady Billikens to the big screen for the Cincinnati Film Festival. “The Gray Seasons” will be shown at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1 at the Cincinnati Club with director Herrera in attendance. Critics have called this film a “rival to the classic “Hoop Dreams” ... Read More...

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Now 27 and happy with her career, Brooke Smith is set for another season in Italy

Now 27 and happy with her career, Brooke Smith is set for another season in Italy
EVENTUALLY, BROOKE SMITH plans to put to use a degree in biology acquired from Stanford University in 2007. But she seems to be in no hurry to do so. That's because Smith, a 2002 graduate of Marin Catholic High, is enjoying another vocation too much right now. At age 27, she is still able to make a living playing ... Read More...

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When she took the floor with famed Harlem Globetrotters the crowds were hooked

When she took the floor with famed Harlem Globetrotters the crowds were hooked
Picture this: A double-deck bus barnstorming the northern United States and Canada with the Harlem Globetrotters filling the upstairs and the Texas Cowgirls, a women's basketball team, riding below. The Globetrotters, featuring Wilt Chamberlain and Meadowlark Lemon, were black. The Texas Cowgirls were white. ... Read More...

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Caryn Alexander: 'Basketball Coach's Heaven'

Caryn Alexander:
As Caryn Alexander explains it, the Northern Illinois University basketball coaches spotted her 18 blocked shots in a Chicago newspaper but refused to believe it. No one gets 18 blocks in one game. Well, perhaps Alexander did when she played sports. When those gaudy numbers appeared again in the paper, the NIU coaches ... Read More...

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Local filmmaker tells of ‘Defining moment’ in making of 'Mighty Macs' movie

Tim Chambers had plenty of chances to compromise. The Delaware County native and writer and director of the movie “Mighty Macs” will not only see a dream project hit the big screen in less than a month, he’ll get to see it the way he wanted to. The film is based on the true story of the Immaculata University women’s basketball ... Read More...