Cappie Pondexter

A high school football coach in Maine lost his job after accidentally posting a nude photo of himself to Facebook. Paul Withee said he intended to send the photo privately to a friend but it ended up appearing on his Facebook page for his entire social network to see. Withee was the varsity football coach at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School and a middle school science and math teacher. He resigned from all three positions on Monday, a week after the photo went up, according to the...Read Full Story

Double G Sports continues it’s celebration of women in sports with someone that has plenty of local recognition. Not only did Cappie Pondexter play her college ball at Rutgers University but she now plays in the WNBA for the New York Liberty. Cappie has been one of the best guards in the league the past [...]Women’s History Month: Cappie Pondexter (WNBA – New York Liberty) is a post by the Best Sports Blogs at BallHyped.com. View and VoteRead Full Story

News that the Orlando Magic’s CEO reportedly drunk-dialed NBA star Dwight Howard at 1 a.m begging him not to leave the team broke this week. It was a story many could relate to in the age of cellphones and immediate communication, as well as one that quickly spread on Twitter and provided another example of the sports and technology worlds colliding. Usually, though, it’s the athletes themselves whose gaffes are aided, abetted and magnified by tech and social media. While social media can be...Read Full Story

The Associated Press The Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. Cappie Pondexter hit a fall-away jumper with 24.3 seconds left in overtime and finished with 27 points to help the New York Liberty rally for an 84-81 victory against the Connecticut Sun on Thursday night. Down by 15 points after the third quarter, the Liberty (15-11) limited the Sun to seven points in the fourth quarter and seven more in overtime to win their third straight game. Pondexter hit an off-balance 3...Read Full Story

VIN A. CHERWOO AP Sports Writer NEWARK, N.J. Nicole Powell scored 19 points, Plenette Pierson had 15 and the New York Liberty beat the Indiana Fever 87-72 Saturday to even their best-of-three Eastern Conference semifinal series. Cappie Pondexter scored 14, Essence Carson had 12 and Kia Vaughn 10 for New York, which bounced back from a 74-72 loss in Game 1. The Liberty shot 50 percent from the field (30 for 60) and were 20 for 21 on free throws. Katie Douglas scored...Read Full Story

The Associated Press The Associated Press NEW YORK Phoenix's Diana Taurasi, Seattle's Sue Bird and Indiana's Tamika Catchings have been voted as starters for the WNBA All-Star game again. Minnesota rookie Maya Moore, the Storm's Swin Cash and injured Los Angeles center Candace Parker joined Taurasi and Bird as starters for the Western Conference announced Thursday night. Moore becomes the first rookie voted to start since Bird and Catchings in 2002. Catchings...Read Full Story

Katie Douglas hits key 3-pointer to lift WNBA East All-Stars Eastern ConfWestern ConfC. PondexterPoints: 17 Reb: 2 Ast: 7 Stl: 2 Blk: 0S. CashPoints: 21 Reb: 12 Ast: 3 Stl: 1 Blk: 1 SAN ANTONIO — Katie Douglas hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with 56.7 seconds left, and the East All-Stars hung on to beat the West 118-113 on Saturday in one of the closest WNBA midseason showcases ever. Cappie Pondexter led the East with 17 points, and Douglas and Tina Charles added 15 apiece. It was only the third...Read Full Story

Whenever there's a disaster in some foreign country, you can expect some celebrity or well-known personality to say something insensitive or stupid. Now with Twitter, it's almost a guarantee. Rapper 50 Cent was admonished for tweeting that his "hoes" in Japan were safe and comedian Gilbert Gottfried lost his endorsement deal with AFLAC Insurance Company for tweeting jokes about the disaster. Now comes New York Liberty guard Cappie Pondexter (pictured) who tweeted that the earthquake and...Read Full Story

There hasn't been a day since the earthquake/tsunami/nuclear disaster in Japan that I haven't grimaced at reading what's going on there and hoped for a sliver of good news. Any good news. Anything besides reading that hundreds, maybe thousands, of dead bodies have washed ashore. Or that another nuclear plant could possibly explode. Or that people are starving waiting for help. That millions of people are without power. That babies and elderly people are waiting for medical care that likely...Read Full Story

New York Liberty ensure Cappie Pondexter has apologized after causing an Internet conflict with comments on her Twitter criticism that were deemed unresponsive toward victims of a Japanese trembler and tsunami. On Saturday, Pondexter tweeted: “What if God was sleepy of a approach they treated their possess people in there possess country! Idk guys he creates no mistakes.” She after tweeted: “u usually never knw! They did pearl bay so u can’t design anything less.” Pondexter also used used a...Read Full Story