What will become of Spartak Moscow?

While authorities in Moscow investigate the apparent contract murder of Lithuanian-Israeli business mogul Shabtai Kalmanovich, players for his Spartak Moscow team were reeling from the news. No less from Lauren Jackson, perhaps the best-known female player in the world. Jayda Evans of the Seattle Times rounds up the reaction, and examines the possibility that Kalmanovich’s [...]

Spartak Moscow owner assassinated

All day long Cheryl Coward over at Hoop Feed has done a great job collecting links about the murder of Shabtai Kalmanovitch, the owner of three-time defending Euro League women’s champion Spartak Moscow. Kalmanovitch served prison time in Israel after being fingered as a KGB spy. In the daylight attack today in Moscow, he was [...]

Auriemma tapped as U.S. women’s coach

UConn has sent out a press release with “TBA” next to the title of USA Basketball’s senior women’s national team coach, a person who will be identified officially on Wednesday. The announcement is taking place in Storrs. Hmmm. Whom could this be, I wonder? Quit being so coy, would you? The post to succeed Anne [...]

Sylvia Fowles’ excellent Russian adventure

The former LSU star won’t comment on what she’s making for Spartak Moscow, but the New Orleans Times-Picayune throws around an annual figure of $700,000. Her salary with the Chicago Sky is around $44k. Fowles earned quite a bit of attention recently for dunking during the EuroLeague all-star game, although it was CSKA’s Becky Hammon [...]