ARICA CARTER GETS SEVEN DAY CONTRACT
Using the emergency hardship exemption clause that the WNBA has in place, the Phoenix Mercury has signed Arica Carter to a seven-day contract. Carter started the season nwith Phoenix and played two games before getting cut.
The Mercury roster resembles more of a MASH unit than a WNBA lineup.Guard Essence Carson is out for 6-8 weeks with a calf injury. Forward/Center Sancho Lyttle will sit for 4-6 weeks with a bad knee. Diana Taurasi is having back issues. Briann January and Alanna Smith are both in boots because of foot injuries.
All that's missing are Hawkeye, Trapper John and Radar.
Even with a roster of just eight healthy players, Phoenix rolled against the Washington Mystics 103-82 yesterday. Carter saw four minutes and scored her first WNBA points...hitting the only shot she took. It was a reunion of sorts...Louisville teammates Carter and Myisha Hines-Allen both saw action...Myisha getting six minutes, getting three rebounds, creating two assists and hitting a free throw in her time on the floor.

Let's hope Carter can stay with the Mercury past the seven-day clause. A lot of that will depend on how long Phoenix guards Taurasi, Carson and January are out.
Give 'em all you got while you have this second chance, A.C !!!
TAYLOR RELEASED BY LYNX

Without her, the Lynx fell to Indiana on Saturday -- 86-75.
Taylor played in eight games for Minnesota in her month-long stay, the Lynx going 4-4 in that stretch. In her last game, against, Washington, she saw just two minutes in a loss -- gathering a rebound.
Her highlight of the stay was the 13-point, 17 minute performance she had against Chicago back on July 10th.
Here's hoping that she gets the call again soon, if not with the Lynx, another WNBA roster.
DURR UPDATE

The Liberty are in a bit of a funk lately, losing their last four on the road. Let's hope they can straighten it out and get in a position where they're a playoff contender. At 8-13, New York is 6 1/2 games behind Eastern Division leader Connecticut.
OUR HEARTS AND THOUGHTS ARE WITH YOU
Here at CARDINAL COUPLE, our hearts, thoughts and prayers are with those in El Paso and Dayton.
Such senseless acts of violence. When will it stop?
Where are we safe anymore? All of us are potentially subject to the crazed, misguided actions of someone who has a person, ill-founded and inane "agenda" to fulfill.
As a white male, it is particularly distressing to see these crimes of hate coming from racist, crazed people of my gender and classification. It has to stop, whatever it takes. Whatever happened to the age old principles of "love thy neighbor" and "we are all in this together"?

A special nod of recognition to the police forces of these two and other cities. A rapid response in Texas and Ohio that undoubtedly saved hundreds of lives.
When will it stop?
paulie
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Congrats Arica😁
ReplyDeleteGreat news for A.C. Sorry to hear about A-Tayy.
ReplyDeletePaulie, as long as we have a President that is a bigot and racist, the chances of horrors like this continuing are still going to be there.
Let us remember the words of Martin Luther King:
I cannot make myself believe that God wanted me to hate. I'm tired of violence, I've seen too much of it. I've seen such hate on the faces of too many sheriffs in the South. And I'm not going to let my oppressor dictate to me what method I must use. Our oppressors have used violence. Our oppressors have used hatred. Our oppressors have used rifles and guns. I'm not going to stoop down to their level. I want to rise to a higher level. We have a power that can't be found in Molotov cocktails.
Curtis "No guns, no bullets, no more deaths" Franklin
AC back in the league hip hip hurrah!
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