From the WNBA For the fifth time in her career, Indiana Fever forward Tamika Catchings has been named the WNBA Defensive Player of the Year presented by Boost Mobile, the league announced today. Catchings previously won the award in 2005, 2006, 2009 and 2010. Catchings received 19 out of 41 votes, 11 more than Atlanta […]
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By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor Tamika Catchings has done so many impressive things the past four months that it’s hard to point to one above the others. I’ll try. Perhaps it’s that last year’s WNBA MVP actually posted better numbers this year. Maybe it’s that she did it playing a different position than last year, moving from […]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor Briann January shook her head in disbelief when she heard the numbers. Tamika Catchings simply smiled. The Indiana Fever shot 33 percent from the field against the Seattle Storm and somehow won by 24 points. Wow, January said as she tried to grasp the significance of what she’d heard. Katie […]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor Katie Douglas joined an elite WNBA scoring club, then just kept on scoring. The Indiana Fever forward became just the 10th WNBA player to score 5,000 career points when she made a layup early in the third quarter Sunday night against the Phoenix Mercury. Her season-high 30 points, 18 in the second half, led Indiana to […]
From the WNBA Tamika Catchings of the Indiana Fever has been named the Eastern Conference Player of the Month for games played from Aug. 16 (when the league resumed play following its break for the 2012 Olympic Games) through the end of the month. Catchings also has been named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week. This marks the […]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor What I’m going to share in this article will probably shock you if you haven’t watched the Indiana Fever lately. It might surprise you, even if you are an avid follower. The Fever are on pace to make more 3-pointers than any team in WNBA history. That’s right. The franchise that […]
Tamika Catchings of the Indiana Fever is the Eastern Conference player of the week for games played Aug. 16 to Aug. 20, the league said in a news release on Monday. For Catchings, the reigning league MVP, her third Player of the Week award presented by Boost Mobile honor this season gives her 17 for […]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor The Fever and Mystics were tied at 45 in the third quarter when Tamika Catchings got that look in her eye. It’s a look opponents would rather not see, a warning that arguably the nicest person in the world has shifted into takeover mode. Uh oh. Catchings just won another gold […]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor Tamika Catchings says only one result will make her final trip to the Olympics successful. Not winning the gold medal as a USA team – everybody will look at it as a failure, the Indiana Fever star said before heading across the pond. Now 33 years old, the reigning WNBA MVP says she’s […]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor This is my midseason report on the MVP and team races as the WNBA hits the Olympic break. MVP race This year’s WNBA MVP race is as close as it’s ever been at the halfway point. Because Tamika Catchings won the MVP award last year, she won’t get sentimental votes […]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor I was a guest on Fox 59 Sports Overtime with Jeremiah Johnson on Saturday night. He invited me to talk about the Pacers, Fever and Purdue. Jeremiah, thanks for having me on! Follow Cliff Brunt on Twitter: www.twitter.com/cliffbrunt_isl
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