Lindsay Whalen

Jim Souhan: Lynx's skill and pace too much for Griner and Mercury

2013-06-06 21:05:03

MINNEAPOLIS Brittney Griner would have had to dunk about five times to become the story of the game on Thursday night at Target Center. She may have had to dunk about a dozen times to win the game. Faced with a 6-8 rookie known for dunking and collegiate...

Lynx dominates Sun in season opener

2013-06-02 00:00:00

MINNEAPOLIS It got especially hard the past few days. The Lynx, weeks into camp, were ready, waiting, watching other teams play. They were impatient. "We were like caged animals," Maya Moore said. "Waiting to get unleashed. That, really, is what...

UConn's Faris Looking Like A 1st-Round Pick In Monday's WNBA Draft

2013-04-12 15:03:35

Kelly Faris and Maya Moore will always be mentioned in the same statistical line item in UConn's record book. That is the best evidence of Faris' impact on the program. She completed her college career on Tuesday by helping her team win its eighth...

Northwestern team treated to Target Center trip

2013-01-23 23:44:00

Saturday will be a day that the Northwestern girls’ basketball team won’t soon forget. �The squad found itself center stage during the Minnesota Timberwolves-Houston Rockets professional basketball game at the Target Center in Minneapolis....

Weight Can Be A Touchy Subject For Female Athletes

2012-12-07 00:00:00

On my first day as sports columnist for The Courant, after 15 years covering the NHL, I approached one of the most admired women's basketball players in the world. I had a question. "Ask me anything you want," Rebecca Lobo said that November day in...

Asjha Jones' Health Important For Sun To Make Playoff Run

2012-09-21 15:39:00

UNCASVILLE — Their Achilles' heel could be the Achilles' heel. Or it could be a collective lack of past playoff success. Then again, if Asjha Jones, whose summer changed July 11 against Washington when she stepped on Michelle Snow's foot, steps...

WNBA: Minnesota Lynx stars back from London with gold

2012-08-16 01:05:35

MINNEAPOLIS - Seimone Augustus, Lindsay Whalen and Maya Moore were back in Target Center after a five-week absence on Wednesday. The first duty was to go through a practice session with Lynx teammates, and the second was to show off some precious metal to...

U.S. men's basketball team struggles against Brazil

2012-07-16 20:46:00

— There has been much discussion in recent days about how this year's U.S. Olympic men's basketball team stacked up against its most famous predecessors, the Dream Team of 1992. There also has been a good deal of trash talking too by legendary trash...

U.S. Women's Olympic Basketball Team Cruises Past Great Britain, 88-63

2012-07-18 13:40:00

MANCHESTER, England -- The U.S. Olympic women's basketball team pulled away from Great Britain in the third quarter on their way to a 88-63 win in a pre-Olympic exhibition game on Wednesday. Former UConn star Maya Moore led the Americansd with 18...

U.S. women turn up pressure, extend win streak to 36

2012-08-01 18:11:00

LONDON — Almost everything the U.S. women's basketball team does gets measured against its past success. Such is the price paid when you have a 36-game Olympic winning streak dating to 1992 and are vying for a fifth straight gold medal. So after...

U.S. women extend winning streak to 39

2012-08-07 15:28:00

LONDON — It was 20 years ago Tuesday that the U.S. women's basketball team started teaching the world to play. And with apologies for taking liberties with the Beatles' lyrics, the U.S. has been doing it for quite a while. Team USA's dominant 91-...

U.S. women survive 1st true test, reach gold-medal game

2012-08-09 19:44:00

LONDON — The U.S. women's basketball team has won games with its talent and tenacity, its defense and depth. On Thursday, in a taut semifinal far closer than the final score indicated, it used all those qualities and added one more: its leadership....

Maya Moore, left, and Lindsay Whalen of United States celebrate on the bench during the Women's Basketball semifinal against Australia on Day 13 of the London 2012 Olympics Games at North Greenwich Arena on August 9, 2012 in London,

2012-08-09 00:00:00

Lindsay Whalen #4 of United States attempts a long range three pointer on the second half buzzer in the Women's Basketball Preliminary Round match between the United States and Turkey on Day 5 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at Basketball Arena on August 1, 2012 in London, England.

2012-08-01 00:00:00

United States' Lindsay Whalen and Angola's Catarina Camufal battle during a preliminary game of women's basketball.

2012-07-30 00:00:00