SHOCK: An Unpleasant Ending

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Candace Parker WNBA Fight (Video)
Published 7/23/2008 by Jeanette at RightFielders Women in Sports
... their teammates, and as veteran Sparks player Lisa Leslie came over, she was pushed away by Rick Mahorn, Detroit Shock assistant, causing Leslie to fall backwards. Sparks forward DeLisha Milton-Jones then hit Mahorn in the back. Shock forward Cheryl Ford tried to get Pierson away from the fracas, and ended up injuring her knee and had to be taken away in a wheelchair. After the refs reviewed the tape, Parker, Milton-Jones, Mahorn and Pierson were all ejected from the game. Parker said : “I don’t even recall what happened - I’ll have to look at the tape. I don’t really ...

Ugly Brawl Makes the WNBA Relevant
Published 7/23/2008 by Matt Watson at FanHouse
... all that really comes of this is a bunch of people who never liked the league in the first place cracking a few more jokes. If you must, please don't compare it to the Malice at the Palace just because it happened to take place in Auburn Hills (fans were never even close to being involved) nor Danica vs. Milka just because it involved female athletes (at least actual haymakers were thrown last night, not just towels). Hearing Bill Laimbeer tell it, he tried to tell the referees to get control of the game before things got out of hand: ...