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leilani mitchell :: Article Creator Phoenix Mercury Sign Olympian Leilani Mitchell PHOENIX – The three-time WNBA Champion Phoenix Mercury today announced the signing of veteran guard Leilani (lay-LON-ee) Mitchell.  After participating in the Rio Olympics with Australia and appearing in 10 games with Washington, Mitchell returns to the Mercury after playing in all 34 games for Phoenix in 2015. "Leilani is one of the best shooters in our game," said Mercury General Manager Jim Pitman.  "She was an important contributor for us as our point guard in a 20-win season in 2015, and we are excited to have her back in a Mercury uniform.  She gives us another guard who can create and shoot, and she helps us spread the floor with Brittney Griner down low." The 5-foot-5 Mitchell is a 39.9-percent career three-point shooter, the fourth-best career mark among active WNBA players and the 13th-best in the history of the league.  In 2015 with Ph...

lute olson :: Article Creator The Stories Behind Reggie Miller, The 'skinny Little Twig' Who Became One Of The Best Trash-talkers Ever The smack talk started on the concrete slab in the family's backyard in Riverside, Calif. That's where Reggie Miller learned he couldn't give an inch. He was born with bad hips and crooked ankles, stuck in leg braces until he was 4 and warned by doctors that a sport like basketball wasn't the best idea. He ignored them. He'd sit inside, watching his older brothers and sister war on the court for hours on end, craving the competition. When the braces came off, the lessons commenced. "Everybody in my family took turns kicking my butt in basketball," he once said. Especially his older sister. Cheryl wasn't just bigger, wasn't just better, she was merciless, too, same as her older brothers had been to her. "Cheryl would trample all over him," the family...

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nfl week 1 2021 :: Article Creator NFL Fifth-year Player Options: Tracking Team Decisions For 2021 First-rounders The 2024 NFL Draft is over. Next up on the league's calendar: Thursday's deadline for teams to decide whether to exercise the fifth-year options of players drafted in 2021's first round. When exercised, these options translate into pay increases for players while keeping them under contract through the 2025 season. The options also help buy teams more evaluation time in advance of contract negotiations. Many teams have already announced their decisions to exercise these options, and some first-round picks from the Class of 2021 have already received long-term extensions. Here's a rundown of where each 2021 first-round pick stands. Not included on this list: Offensive tackle Alex Leatherwood, drafted by the Las Vegas Raiders at No. 17 but cut in August 2022. He is a free agent. Long-term extensions Penei Sewell, O...

american football womens :: Article Creator 3 Things That Stood Out From Wisconsin Football's Defensive Line Coach Luke Fickell and his University of Wisconsin football staff were significantly hit with turnover in the winter that included a late departure. Defensive line coach Greg Scruggs accepted a job at Michigan in mid-February. Fickell found his successor when Wisconsin announced later that month that E.J. Whitlow, who's had success coaching that position group at the Group of Five level, would join the program. "Obviously, I'm a Midwest guy, right? Big Ten country, right?" Whitlow said. "They care about football here at the University of Wisconsin. And in coach Fickell's culture, I embody that, man. Tough, nasty, disciplined, that's how you play the game of football, right? "Just hard-nosed guys that don't care when, whenever and want to get after it. So I'm all in on that. I believe...

england italy euro 2021 :: Article Creator England Fans Banned From Taking Fruit To Euro 2024 Matches Amid Eye-watering Food Prices England supporters have already had to shell out on tickets, flights and hotels, and now they've learned how much food will cost at Euro 2024 in Germany and which things are banned 350,000 England fans are estimated to flock to Germany ( Image: Mark Leech/Offside/Offside via Getty Images) England fans will have to keep their eyes peeled if they attempt to bring any fruit into stadiums at Euro 2024 - because UEFA bans it. Three Lions supporters are gearing up for a summer in Germany, one which could mark Gareth Southgate's final tournament in charge. England are among the favourites to win the competition for the first time in their history, having lost agonisingly to Italy on penalties in 2021. German authorities are estimating that around 500,000 Brits will be travelling across the channel ...