Throw Dem Bows
Goody recaps the aftermath of Malice at the Palace II.
By Adrienne Goodson
Crazy dayz are ahead of some players in the league. The WNBA has definitely picked up some new fans after the “Girlfight” on Tuesday night. The record-breaking (for a female-related story) 100+ comments on this site is proof enough.
Gotta give the people what they want so here it is…
The press release of all the fines are as follows as well as a little of my thoughts.
“NEW YORK, July 24, 2008 - In response to the events at Tuesday’s game between the Detroit Shock and the Los Angeles Sparks, WNBA President Donna Orender issued the following statement:
‘The WNBA and its players represent all that is good about sports: passion, hard work and sacrifice. On a nightly basis our players display extraordinary skill, athleticism and competitive fire. The events Tuesday, however, were inexcusable and in no way indicative of what the league stands for. We hold our players to a very high standard and these suspensions should serve notice that the behavior exhibited at the end of Tuesday’s game will not be tolerated.’
The suspensions follow:
• Shock forward Plenette Pierson has been suspended for four games for her actions that initiated and escalated the altercation.
• Shock assistant coach Rick Mahorn has been suspended for two games for escalating the altercation.
• Shock center Kara Braxton has been suspended for one game for leaving the area of the bench during an on-court altercation.
• Shock forward Tasha Humphrey has been suspended for one game for leaving the area of the bench during an on-court altercation.
• Shock guard Elaine Powell has been suspended for one game for leaving the area of the bench during an on-court altercation.
• Shock forward Sheri Sam has been suspended for one game for leaving the area of the bench during an on-court altercation.
• Sparks guard Shannon Bobbitt has been suspended for two games for leaving the area of the bench and becoming physically involved in an on-court altercation.
• Sparks guard Murriel Page has been suspended for two games for leaving the area of the bench and becoming physically involved in an on-court altercation.
• Sparks center Lisa Leslie has been suspended for one game for throwing a punch.
• Sparks forward DeLisha Milton-Jones has been suspended for one game for throwing a punch.
• Sparks forward Candace Parker has been suspended for one game for throwing a punch.
As is league policy, in order to enable the Shock and Sparks to dress the minimum number of players (eight) for games affected by the penalties, the dates on which players will begin serving their suspensions will be staggered and follow alphabetical order.
Pierson and Mahorn will begin serving their respective suspensions with tonight’s game at Houston. Braxton and Humphrey will serve their suspensions tonight as well. Sam will serve her suspension on July 27, when the Shock hosts San Antonio. Powell is injured and will serve her suspension at a later date after being medically cleared to play.
Bobbitt will begin serving her suspension with tonight’s game at Connecticut. Leslie, Milton-Jones and Parker will serve their suspensions tonight as well. Page will begin serving her suspension on July 25 when the Sparks visit New York.”
My main thought is that I wish my girl Cheryl Ford (who I wrote about in the current issue) didn’t get hurt and sidelined for the rest of the season. And to be honest, Detroit lost twice: once on the court and then again in the league office when these suspensions came down, but I’ll let y’all form your own opinion.
Honestly speaking, Rick is a pretty cool dude but in the heat of the moment emotions took over and the rest is history.
41 Responses to “Throw Dem Bows”
Jul.25 at 10:39 am
Hursty says:
I dont think a rude word is appropriate, glad that SLAM has a different perspective on the issue though.
Jul.25 at 10:39 am
riggs says:
my girl candace “rampage” parker
Jul.25 at 10:41 am
Hursty says:
How can Parker get only get one game though? Pretty light I reckon. If that happened in the NBA it would all be around 5+ games if the same thing occured. Maybe its scaled since the WNBA plays less games or whatever.
Jul.25 at 10:43 am
Hursty says:
I wouldnt wanna fight any of the ‘girls’, rather strong women though even If I am taller than most. ‘Rick Mahorn’. Gotta say though Goody I was expecting more though not just the release by the WNBA and two paragraphs.
Jul.25 at 10:49 am
Michael says:
yeah Hurtsy, its sort of hard to call the above a ‘recap’
Jul.25 at 11:44 am
Keith says:
I would have been happier had they just suspended the WNBA in it’s entirity.
Jul.25 at 11:54 am
B. Long says:
Is Rick Mahorn gonna have to shove a b!tch? Seriously, he never tried to hurt anybody and his involvment is being blown WAY out of poportion. Thanks ESPN!
Jul.25 at 12:10 pm
Vanilla Thunder says:
Isn’t one Wnba game the equivalent of missing 2.5 Nba games due to length of schedule?
Jul.25 at 12:23 pm
RV says:
Vanilla, i dont think they see/measure it that way
Jul.25 at 12:27 pm
RV says:
Hursty, think of it this way, had Parker and Pierson fallen down after getting tangled up like they did and then walked away, nothing would happen, no fines or suspensions. So they take part out of the equation. After that Candice only threw a punch at Pierson and then Candice got pinned down and wasn’t further involved. That’s why she only gets one game like the others who only threw on punch. Pierson gets 4 because she swung a couple times, escalated the situation, and i believe she kept trying to charge at the sparks afterward.
Jul.25 at 1:47 pm
BETCATS says:
welll Detroit now has a 50 year old on its roster. WNBA is turning into one big feminist publicity stunt. Girl fighs and old ladies?
Jul.25 at 1:48 pm
BETCATS says:
and riggs their you go agian. And you have one last time to step to me Riggs, dont make me humiliate you.
Jul.25 at 1:52 pm
Jukai says:
If Lisa Leslie swung at me, I’d toss the bitch too
Jul.25 at 1:52 pm
Jukai says:
wooo, didn’t figure that would go through. No turning back now!
Jul.25 at 1:59 pm
BETCATS says:
jukai is the man
Jul.25 at 2:01 pm
Eboy says:
If Lisa Leslie swung at me, I’d put her in a rear naked choke and put the flying fish hooks on her. Then after she submitted, I’d make us a nice mustard pretzel crusted Mahi Mahi and burn some candles and rub her down with scented oils to alievate her tensions.
Jul.25 at 2:10 pm
BETCATS says:
so eboy, you are making fun of us and at the same time saying you would let a women hit you? I dont hit girls/women/old people but if lisa swung at me i would put her on her a$$
Jul.25 at 2:15 pm
Eboy says:
She wouldn’t have enough time to land a shot, BET. The fish hooks would be sunk in with quickness.
Jul.25 at 2:15 pm
Jukai says:
No, I think Eboy’s being serious!
Jul.25 at 2:20 pm
BETCATS says:
if he is then he needs to stop watching Bruce Lee movies
Jul.25 at 2:21 pm
BETCATS says:
Lisa would muscle you eboy. Once she was done kicking you @ss she would rip your adams apple out and claim it as her own.
Jul.25 at 2:26 pm
Eboy says:
If you are chanelling your inner Predator, BET, read my latest blog post.
Jul.25 at 2:35 pm
BETCATS says:
i dont feel like reading today
Jul.25 at 2:35 pm
BETCATS says:
i am in the mists of writting a landmark and controvesial piece for my blog
Jul.25 at 2:38 pm
RV says:
i’d rather put the hooks on Parker.
Jul.25 at 2:42 pm
RV says:
but her biceps worry me, they were rather large at the ESPYS.
Jul.25 at 2:44 pm
BETCATS says:
people watch the ESPY’s?
Jul.25 at 2:46 pm
Tarzan Cooper says:
where was shelden “remember in college when i was good and lots of people, including jay bilas, said i would be so great in the nba? yeah, those were the days. now, im banging the jordan of wnba.” williams.
Jul.25 at 3:28 pm
Jukai says:
Whoa whoa, hold on… Eboy, did you put Nash in the same catagory as Stockton and Magic in yer blog?
Jul.25 at 3:29 pm
Eboy says:
No Jukai.
Jul.25 at 3:35 pm
Joel O's says:
At least nobody took a swing at someone and then started backpedaling away. That wouldn’t be a very manly (or womanly) thing to do.
Jul.25 at 3:49 pm
Jukai says:
I think you did, Eboy. And I take a lot of crap for that!
Jul.25 at 4:10 pm
Eboy says:
You have confused me with your literary assininities, Jukai.
Jul.25 at 4:17 pm
Jukai says:
Asininities is the word you were looking for, unless you were trying out a bad pun by adding the extra ’s’
Jul.25 at 6:58 pm
uknow11 says:
It’s sad that this happened, true they were wrong.Punishments for their actions is in fact do, but were they handed out evenly. Wow Keep given it to us Goody
Jul.25 at 7:35 pm
Diogo says:
Is everybody actually convinced that Donna Orender is not David Stern in disguise?
Jul.26 at 3:36 am
thesubwayconnection says:
“Banging the Jordan of the WNBA” Hilarious.
Jul.27 at 8:47 pm
The Ghost of Wilt Chamberlain says:
Anyone saying that this is bad for the WNBA is deluding themselves. Any publicity, good or bad, is much needed for a struggling league. Keep the fists up girls and the crowds will come!
Jul.28 at 7:11 am
Randy Brown says:
What one’s the chick who punched Mahorn?
Jul.28 at 12:29 pm
riggs says:
And yes i complimented you by saying you were 12 in the 7th grade, but youre probably still there now.
Aug.1 at 12:35 pm
Jimi says:
Leave it to a Bad Boy. I guess they figure they beat Candance so why not try to beat her up.