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...gotten the nation's attention, andso had Feaster. Soon after the Stanford win, shewas one of just 10 players in the country named aKodak All-American. She also earned ECAC Player ofthe Year honors, ahead of players from 60 otherschools, including UConn standout and NationalPlayer of the Year candidate Nykesha Sales...
...means the more glamorous, of the two. With the University of Connecticut--home to one of the top women's basketball programs in the nation--as a member of the ECAC, Feaster beat out National Player of the Year finalist and UConn's all-time leading scorer Nykesha Sales for the honor...
...women's sports "don't need gifts from men," they probably don't need opinions from Joel Stein in his condescending article about basketball star Nykesha Sales, "Shooting Like a Girl?" [SPORT, March 9]. Geno Auriemma's UConn teams are made up of scholar-athletes who excel both in the classroom and on the court. Since all of Auriemma's players can do math, they know that salaries in the ABL and the WNBA are infinitesimal compared with men's salaries in the NBA. Auriemma's own salary is subterranean compared with that of the coach of a comparable...
...those who say the record-breaking basket by Nykesha Sales was unsportsmanlike, I say, "Gimme a break! The basket was exceptional sportsmanship. A tribute to a hardworking, talented athlete." Good piece. Thanks, Joel. LARRY LEISE Cary...
...correlation between the number of letters in the names of each year's NCAA men's basketball champion and Best New Artist Grammy Award winner. (You cared, right?) There's news as well: the magazine uncovers a scoring error from earlier this season that means University of Connecticut star Nykesha Sales, awarded a controversial two-point gimme shot last month, is still short of the school record. And its well-written feature stories include an alarming profile of former heavyweight Tommy Morrison, who is HIV positive and refuses treatment...