By Elaine Donnelly
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Pat Summitt smiled, laughed and shook her head at times.
Maya Moore has excelled everywhere she's played, winning championships from college to the WNBA and Europe. Now she's leaving her mark on the Chinese women's basketball league.
The Indiana Fever and their fans didn't let a little rain ruin their celebration of the WNBA championship.
Tamika Catchings hasn't forgotten how close she came to clearing the biggest hurdle of her basketball career.
Indiana coach Lin Dunn criticized the coach of the Minnesota Lynx on Thursday, accusing her of a "lack of respect" for an outburst that seemed to spur the Lynx to a win in the WNBA Finals.
There's not much left for Tamika Catchings to accomplish.
A strong performance against the Washington Mystics has pushed the Indiana Fever a bit closer to the top of the Eastern Conference.

Erlana Larkins scored a career-high 16 points to help the Indiana Fever defeat the Washington Mystics 84-66 on Thursday night.

Expected to dominate, they did.

Diana Taurasi scored 15 points and Candace Parker added 12 to lead the U.S. women to a 91-48 rout of Canada on Tuesday and advanced to the semifinals for the eighth straight time.

Tina Charles and Candace Parker each had double-doubles and Angel McCoughtry provided a spark off the bench to help the U.S. women's team overcome a sloppy performance Saturday to beat Croatia 81-56 in their Olympic opener.
The time Tennessee Lady Vols and women's basketball fans have dreaded for months finally has arrived.

Pat Summitt, who won more games than anyone in NCAA college basketball history, stepped down Wednesday as coach of the Tennessee Lady Vols, less than eight months after revealing she had early-onset dementia.
Pat Summitt, who won more games than anyone in NCAA college basketball history, stepped down Wednesday as coach of the Tennessee Lady Vols, less than eight months after revealing she had early-onset dementia.
Chicago Sky center Sylvia Fowles was selected the WNBA's defensive player of the year for the first time on Thursday.
"It was an honor to be a part of this film," Catchings wrote in an email. "For all that Pat has done and continues to do, it's a blessing to give back to her and celebrate the great things she has done on and off the court."
"It's not hard to talk about someone who has helped mold me into the woman I am today," she said.