Laura back for Lightning
FOUR-TIME Olympian Laura Hodges will be back with MAC Adelaide Lightning for the 2017-18 WNBL season as the club continues the rebuild of its status and reputation.
Friday dribbling around
KEVIN Durant has unmistakenly stolen the spotlight of the 2016-17 NBA Finals, turning the championship series on its ear with three MVP games in Golden State's 3-0 lead over defending champion Cleveland.
Standish goes west
OK, it’s official. Kayla Standish has joined Alice Kunek and Olivia Thompson in a revamped Perth Lynx frontcourt for what surely is shaping as a landmark 2017-18 WNBL season.
Get set for a real cracker!
THE WNBL’s 2017-18 season already is shaping up as one of the best on record as further quality players commit to clubs and others find new locales for what should be a cracker.
Happy endings are for fairytales
LAURA Hodges and Adelaide Lightning have been synonymous for a decade and a half, but the relationship is heading down a potentially sour road.
Ebzery to Flames, Standish at Perth
OPALS’ Rio Olympian Katie-Rae Ebzery will be back in the WNBL in 2017-18, helping her beloved Sydney Uni Flames in their title defence.
Finally, a sensible Opals squad
FOUR-time Olympian Laura Hodges is the surprise inclusion and Alex Wilson the shock omission from the 21-player Australian Opals squad revealed today by Basketball Australia ahead of next month’s camp in Phoenix and the Asia Cup in July.
Goodbye, farewell, adieu to News Corp
IT’S over. Goodnight and goodbye to The Advertiser, the Sunday Mail, the late lamented The News newspaper and to the mighty News Corp – formerly News Ltd – as I retire today after 43-plus years as a basketball writer.
Lightning lands Lauren
THE MAC Adelaide Lightning have added another potential star to their 2017-18 WNBL line-up, recruiting Sydney free agent and national junior Lauren Nicholson.
Hamblin signs on with Lightning
THE MAC Adelaide Lightning have responded to the WNBL’s surge in big player recruitments by signing former WNBA centre Ruth Hamblin for the 2017-18 campaign.

