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Dunn honored in Tennessee
Indiana Fever coach Lin Dunn will be inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame. The enshrinement banquet is Feb. 19 at Nashville, Tenn. Dunn, a Tennessee-Martin graduate, took the Fever to this year’s WNBA Finals. She was an American...
Fever bask in glow of rewarding season
Kelly Krauskopf, chief operating officer for the Indiana Fever, is sorry Detroit lost its WNBA franchise. At least she won’t have to retool her roster because of it. The relocation of the Detroit Shock to Tulsa, Okla., means the Fever...
Simon confirms Fever will return in 2010
Franchise has struggled financially through its 10-year existence They didn’t win a championship, but they won a reprieve. The Indiana Fever, who reached the WNBA Finals for the first time, will return for another summer. The announcement was...
Fever to stay in Indy for 2010 season
The Indiana Fever will remain in Indianapolis for the 2010 season, despite speculation that ownership would not keep the team. The Fever lost to the Phoenix Mercury last week in the WNBA Finals. Read the letter from Herb Simon and the Fever execs A...
Eager to try again
Disappointed players plan to improve, make a title run in ’10 PHOENIX — The Indiana Fever began with a question: Will there be a next year? They ended with another question: Will there be a championship next year? Although owner Herb...
Fever 'played well' but come up short
Fever tie score late, but falter down the stretch in Game 5 PHOENIX — The Indiana Fever missed a chance to win their first WNBA title at home. They also missed a chance on the road. Tied with just over 4 minutes remaining, they couldn’t...
Fever fall to Phoenix in WNBA Finals, 94-86
PHOENIX They won hearts. They won fans. They won the city. They just didn’t win it all. The Indiana Fever’s magical playoff run ended Friday night. The Phoenix Mercury beat them 94-86 to capture a second WNBA championship in three...
WNBA Finals: Fever lose to Mercury 94-86
The Indiana Fever’s championship dreams died in the desert tonight. Diana Taurasi and Cappie Pondexter combined for 50 points as the Phoenix Mercury took control early and captured their second WNBA championship with a 94-86 victory. The Fever...
Fever's season comes down to tonight
In past 12 Finals, 11 teams won it at home, but Fever have played well in Phoenix So, Tamika Catchings, what would you think about shades and a stogie? Someone on the Indiana Fever needs to do her best Michael Jordan impersonation ahead of...
Indiana misses a chance for 1st title
Cold-shooting Fever must head to Phoenix for decisive Game 5 The Indiana Fever are heading to the Arizona desert in an attempt to end a championship drought. The Phoenix Mercury squelched the mood Wednesday night inside Conseco Fieldhouse, where a...
Fans enjoy atmosphere, not result
Thousands of cheering Indiana Fever fans could not will their team to a win and the WNBA championship Wednesday. “They choked,” said Emily Harlan, 34. “But we still love them.” More than 18,000 fans poured out of Conseco...
Catchings does it all, to no avail
Tamika Catchings did about everything possible to help the Indiana Fever win their first WNBA title Wednesday night. In fact, Catchings did about everything a basketball player could in one game. Catchings scored a game-high 24 points, had a...
Title on hold for Fever after loss
The Indiana Fever are heading to the desert in an attempt to end a championship drought. The Phoenix Mercury quieted the celebratory mood inside Conseco Fieldhouse, using their offensive firepower to beat the Indiana Fever 90-77 Wednesday night and...
Fever face deficit after 1st half
The Indiana Fever have some work to do if they expect to wrap up the WNBA title tonight. The Fever trail the Phoenix Mercury 49-47 at half of Game 4 of the WNBA Finals. Phoenix, which had to play part of the quarter with MVP Diana Taurasi on the...
Fever's Hoffman says shoulder won't be an issue
Indiana Fever forward Ebony Hoffman said tonight her dislocated right shoulder won’t cause her any issues in Game 4 of the WNBA Finals. The Fever are up 2-1 in the best-of-five series with Game 4 scheduled to tip off at 7:30 tonight at Conseco...
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Fever fans multiply with wins
And they can add: 2 wins + 1 more = championship For a decade, Indiana Fever players have signed autographs, posed for photos and visited grade schools almost every week to read to children. Much love they have given their hometown. Now, finally,...
Fever offense transforms
Conventional wisdom was that the outcome of the WNBA Finals would be determined by offense. That is, the potent offense of the Phoenix Mercury. Forecasters were half right. Offense is making the difference — for the Indiana Fever. The Fever...
Fever's Dunn is loud, crude, funny
The WNBA Finals are not over, but MVP was wrapped up long ago. Thanks to ESPN2 microphones, Lin Dunn has secured Most Voluble Personality. The 62-year-old Tennessean has amused audiences with a steady stream of audible commentary in her Southern...
Fever running high on brink of championship
A few nights ago, Ebony Hoffman’s husband sat up in bed and started screaming: “MVP! MVP!” Nightmare? For the Phoenix Mercury, yes. So far, Hoffman is a front-runner for MVP of the WNBA Finals — especially if the Indiana Fever...
January is having an October to remember
Tully Bevilaqua nodded knowingly. The subject was her understudy, Briann January , as the Indiana Fever’s point guard. “Changed the game. Again,” Bevilaqua said. Maybe she should change her name. Not Miss January. Miss October....
It's Fever by a head-butt
Late technical foul on Taurasi results in 1 key free throw No harm, probably no foul, the players involved said, but the dramatic contact in Sunday’s Game 3 at Conseco Fieldhouse turned more than that: A technical foul and one of the key...
Indiana beats Phoenix 86-85 in Game 3
INDIANAPOLIS — Tamika Catchings had 14 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists as the Indiana Fever moved within one victory of the WNBA title Sunday with an 86-85 win over the Phoenix Mercury in Game 3 of the finals. The Mercury’s Tangela Smith...
Katie Douglas is pride of Indy's southside
Katie Douglas’ path to the WNBA Finals began with games at her family home Katie Douglas hadn’t even reached high school when she stunned her future coach. Playing in a youth basketball state semifinal with her team trailing by 10 points...
Catchings on the defensive
Fever star has had success in slowing Mercury scoring machine Diana Taurasi Diana Taurasi of the Phoenix Mercury is a megastar in women’s basketball. She has three WNBA scoring titles, a championship ring and an MVP award. Since 2006, she has...
Indiana Fever, fans share the love
Team’s bandwagon becomes more crowded with post-season success Thousands of Central Indiana basketball fans finally are fired up for the Indiana Fever as the team competes for its first WNBA championship. But the Fever faithful always believed...
Bench players make the difference
PHOENIX – Six months ago, neither Briann January nor Jessica Davenport was on the Indiana Fever’s roster. On Thursday night, their play off the bench allowed the Fever to tie the WNBA Finals 1-1. January scored 16 points and Davenport 10 in the...
Fever tie series; Catchings barely misses triple-double
PHOENIX — The Indiana Fever are heading home with a chance to finish off their first WNBA championship. Tamika Catchings made sure of it. Catchings nearly had the first triple-double in WNBA Finals history, and the Fever shut down the potent...
Catchings flirts with triple-double, Fever wins
PHOENIX — Tamika Catchings fell one rebound shy of the first triple-double in WNBA finals history and the Indiana Fever beat the Phoenix Mercury 93-84 on Thursday night to square the best-of-five series 1-1. Catchings had 19 points, 11 assists and...
Ratings for 1st game of WNBA finals up 33 percent
NEW YORK — The highest-scoring game in WNBA history drew strong ratings. Phoenix’s 120-116 overtime win over Indiana on Tuesday in the opener of the WNBA finals was up 33 percent from the previous year. It drew a 0.4 rating and was watched by...
