Marion Jones must be hurting for a check badly because she said she is ready to play in the WNBA now: Marion Jones, the disgraced track star who admitted to using steroids before winning three gold ... 34 and away from the game for so long, it’s tough to say exactly what type of impact she would have if a WNBA team took a chance on her. Hmmmm….Marion, might be time to throw in the towel ...

... blog Swish Appeal has the 411 and more: First Thoughts on a WNBA Relocation to Oakland from a Bay Area Native The Sacramento ... ).  Quick: Name a player on the Monarchs. It never really made sense why the WNBA didn't set up shop in the Bay Area to begin ... any major ownership role in a Bay Area WNBA franchise given his current financial struggles. Unfortunately business-wise it ...

... council member Rebecca Kaplan has been pushing hard to get a WNBA team at the Coliseum, and the exit of the Monarchs may provide such ... for women's hoops in the past, but the lack of a WNBA franchise always seemed puzzling. Was it the NBA exacting penance for ... was Chris Cohan simply disinterested in sponsoring a WNBA franchise? Whatever the case, it would be great to have a new team in Oakland to ...

The top five picks in the 2010 WNBA Draft will be determined Thursday, November 5. The Sacramento Monarchs, who ... this past season and round out the lottery-eligible teams. WNBA officials and a representative from the accounting firm of Ernst & ... will be repeated until an assigned combination is drawn. Following are the number of chances for teams in the WNBA Draft Lottery: 2010 WNBA LOTTERY ...

Ok, so we all know that is far from the truth, but now we have photos of him carousing with a WNBA mascot and holding what could be his first WNBA jersey. We will need to remember these pictures next time he goes on a WNBA bashing spree. In his recent "sports-hate" column, he only hates WNBA commercials, not the league itself so maybe he is coming around.

... second chance.” Jones’ plan is to play some in Europe this winter and try for the WNBA when the summer season starts. This makes perfect sense to me, I ... 15 years and is coming off a prison sentence for steroids, you HAVE to take it right? I know the quality of the WNBA sucks, but if someone who can literally go from having not played, to prison and then to the league there HAS to be ...

by Michelle SmithThe Sacramento Monarchs, one of the WNBA's original eight franchises folded Friday, leaving the league to scramble ... in talks to find a Bay Area ownership group prepared to take the team over. WNBA president Donna Orender confirmed Friday evening that negotiations with an investor group are underway.WNBA Folds in Sacramento, Seeks Bay Area Owner for 2010 originally appeared on ...

Disgraced track star Marion Jones is training for a comeback in the WNBA. San Antonio Silver Stars coach Dan Hughes confirmed Monday night that Jones has been training with his assistants to possibly play in the WNBA, more than a year after the 34-year-old was released from federal prison for lying about her doping use.

... working hard on comeback as a professional athlete in WNBA. Yes, Marion wants to become a basketball star! “This is a second chance ... Marion has been training with his assistants to possibly play in the WNBA. This is not something Marion just decided to do now. Before Marion got lost in the ‘track’ ... world, she played college basketball at North Carolina. Marion Jones WNBA Star Pictures ...

... women’s basketball. Coach Dan Hughes of the WNBA’s San Antonio Silver Stars confirmed ... the newspaper she received a call in May from someone in the NBA asking if she might play in the WNBA. “I thought it would be an interesting journey if I decided to ... the Times that she hopes to play in Europe this winter and in the WNBA next season. “It’s important for people to ...