Becky Hammon

AFP Photo / Becky Hammon American athlete chooses Russian Olympic team Becky Hammon, one of the most popular players in the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA), is caught in a controversy over her decision to join the Russian Olympic team. Labelled as a traitor by her American colleagues, she has defended her right to choose. Under the impression that she would miss out on U.S. selection, Hammon claimed a spot on the Russian basketball team in the 2008 Olympics. She got Russian...Read Full Story

Becky Hammon led a third-quarter surge that helped the San Antonio Silver Stars draw closer to a playoff berth by downing the Tulsa Shock 94-74 on Friday night.The Silver Stars (12-18) ended a four-game home losing streak and moved a game ahead of Los Angeles and Minnesota for third place in the Western Conference with four to play.Leading 47-46 at halftime, the Silver Stars briefly trailed in the third period before ending the quarter on a 21-9 run. Hammon scored nine points during that...Read Full Story

Becky Hammon scored 22 points to lead the San Antonio Silvers to a 101-85 victory over the Tulsa Shock on Friday night.Sophia Young and Edwige Lawson-Wade each had 17 points, Michelle Snow added 14, Chamique Holdsclaw 12 and Roneeka Hodges 11 for the Silver Stars (9-17), who won their second straight.Ivory Latta scored 19 points and Scholanda Robinson added 17 for the Shock (4-21), losers of six straight and 18 of their last 19.Young scored six points in an 8-0 run that gave the Silver Stars...Read Full Story

Roneeka Hodges scored a season-high 24 points, helping the San Antonio Silver Stars end a three-game losing streak with an 83-73 victory over the Los Angeles Sparks on Sunday.Hodges, starting for the first time since June 6, was 6 of 10 from 3-point range. She had 13 points in the first half and 11 in the third quarter to lead San Antonio's 26-12 run."I felt real comfortable out there," said Hodges, who has scored in double figures four times in the past five games. "As a shooter, when you...Read Full Story

Becky Hammon and Edwige Lawson-Wade combined for 19 fourth-quarter points Friday night and the San Antonio Silver Stars all but clinched a playoff spot with a 75-61 victory over the Indiana Fever.After Indiana erased a 13-point third-quarter deficit to tie the game entering the fourth, Hammon took over. She hit two 3-pointers and a free throw in a 10-0 run that put the Silver Stars back in control.Hammon scored nine of her 13 points in the final period. Lawson-Wade finished with 18 points...Read Full Story

Lauren Jackson had 31 points and 15 rebounds to lead the short-handed Seattle Storm to an 86-72 victory over the San Antonio Silver Stars on Tuesday night.Despite playing without leading All-Star vote-getter Sue Bird, Seattle (14-2) matched the 1999 Houston Comets and 2002 Los Angeles Sparks for the fourth-best start in league history.Swin Cash scored 16 points, and Svetlana Abrosimova, Tanisha Wright and Le'coe Willingham each had 11 for the Storm, who are now 10-0 in Western Conference play...Read Full Story

Rookie Kalana Greene scored a season-high 17 points, Plenette Pierson had 16 and the New York Liberty beat the San Antonio Silver Stars 77-72 Tuesday night.Cappie Pondexter added 13 points and Leilani Mitchell 10 to help New York (12-11) win for the fifth time in seven games.Chamique Holdsclaw scored 18 points and Michelle Snow had 14 to lead the Silver Stars (8-15), losers of eight of their last 11. Sophia Young added 12 points and Becky Hammon 10.Greene made a 3-pointer to increase the...Read Full Story

Chamique Holdsclaw had 19 points and 11 rebounds and Becky Hammon scored 15 of her 17 points in the second half to lead the San Antonio Silver Stars to an 87-75 win over the Tulsa Shock on Friday.San Antonio coach Sandy Brondello was back on the sideline for her first game since giving birth May 31 to a daughter, Jayda Grace Lange.Hammon missed two games and had been slowed in others by a strained right quadriceps.Edwige Lawson-Wade had 13 points and nine assists for San Antonio (3-5).The...Read Full Story

Becky Hammon scored 27 points to lead San Antonio to an 80-71 victory over the Sacramento Monarchs on Thursday night, moving the Silver Stars one win from securing a playoff berth.Ann Wauters had 16 points and Sophia Young added 14 to help San Antonio (15-18) win for the foruth time in five games to move a half-game ahead of Minnesota for the fourth and final postseason spot in the Western Conference.The Silver Stars, who lost to Detroit in the finals last year, can secure the spot with a win...Read Full Story

Iziane Castro-Marques scored 23 points and Angel McCoughtry added 20 as the Atlanta Dream held off the San Antonio Silver Stars 75-70 on Saturday night in the WNBA season opener for both teams.McCoughtry scored seven points in an 11-1 run midway through the first quarter to put Atlanta up for good. Sancho Lyttle scored 16 points, and Erika de Souza added 11 points and 15 rebounds for the Dream.Becky Hammon scored seven of her 20 points in the fourth period for San Antonio, which cut into a 10...Read Full Story