bbeans
...@aol.com (Bbeanster) wrote:
>Players to watch for in the future from this tournament include:
>Ashley Earley, MVP, Tennessee Stars; early commitment to Vandy
What is it about Ashleys and Vanderbilt? McElhiney and Smith
played for Jim Foster last season.
>Monique Currie, Potomac Valley Lady Blue Devils
Look for her to become a rapper, "MC M.C.".
>Shanna Zolman, Ft. Wayne Orthopaedic
>Brittany Jackson, Tennessee Stars; early commitment to Tennessee
Every time I see somebody with that first name, I think of that
"Daria" cartoon on MTV where a substitute teacher calls a
Brittany "Normandy", and wonder how many of the target audience
members got the joke.
>Mistie Bass. Wisconsin Viking Velocity Red
For anyone just discovering rsbw, Mistie is the daughter of
singer Chubby Checker. Will she be able to make the jump to
Division I ball, or will Bass flounder?
>Maggie Fontana, Central Illinois Hustle
Hope you don't wane, Fontana - you could be a mind-bender.
>Bethane Bentz, Oklahoma Air Sooners
Will she be "BB King" (or, more logically, "Queen"), or will
early excitement give way to laments that "The Thrill is Gone"?
If her first name rhymes with "methane", composing a poem about
her could be a gas.
>Lauren Selmon, Oklahoma Air Sooners
So which of those football-playing brothers from Oklahoma is
her dad?
>Erin Grant, Arlington (Texas) Golden Eagles
Ironically, the name used by Demi Moore in her role as an
exotic dancer in "Strip Tease". Jokes playing off this
coincidence will have to wait until Erin is 18.
>and (remember this name) ***** Dorian Williams**** only 14,
playing *up*
She seems like a colorful player, but an artist would probably
paint the picture of Dorian gray.
> plays
>PG for the team with the Best Name, Sisters Wit Game, from
Jacksonville,
>Florida.
Well, if this sister's wit game is equal to her basketball
prowess, she is welcome to join our band of punsters and rhymers.
It'll be interesting to see how many of these future Starzz (or
Rockers, Monarchs, whatever) become tabbed "The New Coop" at
some point. Speaking of Cynthia, she is quoted in today's PD as
having told ESPN's Dan Patrick, who asked if she could beat
Shaquille O'Neal in one-on-one: "I would blow by Shaq. When
he'd try to block my shot, I'd fake him and lay it in just like
all girls do, because we play under the rim." The anonymous
writer of the column "The Start" responds: "Hey, we're all for
being confident in your game, but it's hard to imagine any shot
by the 5-10, 150-pound Cooper against the 7-1, 315-pound O'Neal
wouldn't end up 10 rows into the seats. And we certainly would
be interested in Cooper's defensive strategy (a baseball bat to
Shaq's knees is her best bet).
"But this is all moot at tonight's WNBA All-Star game in
Phoenix, where the tallest person Cooper will see is 6-5 Lisa
Leslie of Los Angeles, and she's on Cooper's team. Guard
Merlakia Jones is the lone Cleveland representative.
Not to take anything away from these women - they've definitely
got skills. But Cooper needs to be reminded of one thing: Those
cute little WNBA commercials that end with 'They're better than
you are' - the 'you' doesn't include O'Neal."
Hey, considering this segment got top billing over the
announcement of the Indians' game against the Houston Astros,
perhaps the local daily will next take the step of sending a
Rockers beat reporter to road games...
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