Rosters Set For 2006 WNBA Regular Season
May 19, 2006 - Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) News Release
NEW YORK, MAY 19 - The WNBA teams have set their rosters for the league's historic 10th anniversary season, which tips off tomorrow with a full slate of exciting games. The highlight will be ABC's broadcast of the defending WNBA Champion Sacramento Monarchs as they commemorate their 2005 WNBA title by raising the championship banner prior to squaring off against All-Star Diana Taurasi and the Phoenix Mercury at ARCO Arena (4 p.m. EDT).
Opening day also will pit 2005 WNBA runner-up Connecticut Sun vs. All-Star Becky Hammon and the New York Liberty at Mohegan Sun; the Chicago Sky will play its first regular season game as is takes on the Charlotte Sting at Bobcats Arena; and 2005 Defensive Player of the Year Tamika Catchings and the Indiana Fever will host Swin Cash and the Detroit Shock.
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Women's National Basketball Association Stories from May 19, 2006
- Storm center Simone Edwards retires - Seattle Storm
- Comets announce 2006 opening day roster - Houston Comets
- 2006 Seattle Storm home opener this Sunday at KeyArena - Seattle Storm
- Sparks announce 2006 roster - Los Angeles Sparks
- Detroit Shock signs 6-5 center Irina Osipova - Detroit Shock
- Mystics set final roster - Washington Mystics
- Rosters Set For 2006 WNBA Regular Season - WNBA
- Monarchs announce 2006 roster - Sacramento Monarchs
- Detroit Shock finalizes 2006 opening day roster - Detroit Shock
- Lynx to Take Over Bobby and Steve's Auto World - Minnesota Lynx
- Sun Waive Derevjanik, Loffhagen - Connecticut Sun
- New York Liberty game notes - New York Liberty
- Fifth Consecutive Opening Day Sell Out for the Monarchs - Sacramento Monarchs
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