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When it comes to cleaning a closet , most of us are clinger-on-ers. In other words, we'll get around to wearing that purple beaded miniskirt at some point.

The Olympics' golden afterglow continued Saturday as the Monarchs saluted their own Kara Lawson and Houston's Tina Thompson.

Fighting for a postseason bid in the tight Western Conference, every game feels like the playoffs for the Sacramento Monarchs.

Lisa Leslie added 14 points and eight blocks and DeLisha Milton-Jones had 11 points and eight rebounds for the Sparks .

Jet-lagged and exhausted, Monarchs guard Kara Lawson sat through most of Tuesday's practice, trying not to nod off.

Ever since she was a child, Kara Lawson dreamed of becoming an Olympic Gold Medalist, and at the 2008 Beijing Games, that dream finally came true.

BEIJING - Australia couldn't make a dent in United States dominance and the Americans rolled to their fourth straight Olympic women's basketball gold medal today at Wukesong Gymnasium.

Monarchs guard and first-time Olympian Kara Lawson led the way wtih 15 points as she and her United States women's basketball team rolled Australia 92-65 to win Olympic gold late Saturday night in Beijing.

Monarchs guard and Kings/ESPN analyst Kara Lawson, in Beijing with the U.S. women's basketball team that will play Australia for the Olympic gold medal today, spoke with Bee sports columnist Ailene Voisin ...

BEIJING - Kara Lawson has been a starter all her life, so you would think she wouldn't like this new role of coming off the bench for the U.S. Olympic women's basketball team.

Olympic opener: Aug. 9, vs. Czech Republic, 5 a.m. PDT Career highlights: 2008 Olympian; helped Sacramento Monarchs win 2005 WNBA Championship; Fifth pick of 2003 WNBA draft.

The Woodland High School and Stanford graduate competed in the shot put final but did not advance to the final round of three throws.

Sacramento Monarchs guard Kara Lawson contributed seven points, seven assists and three steals in 16 minutes to help the United States women's basketball team post a 97-41 victory over Mali today at the Olympic ...

BEIJING, Aug. 8 -- Kara Lawson started with the right dream but the wrong sport. She was only 3 when her parents, Bill and Kathleen, sat in front of the television to watch the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. Lawson was immediately enthralled when she saw Evelyn Ashford win the gold medal in the 100 meters at the Coliseum.

"At that point, I decided, I want to be an Olympian," Lawson recalled recently. "I wanted to run the 100-meter dash, which is probably the premier event in the Olympics. And I wanted to win a gold medal."

Career assist total at Tennessee: 456 11.1, 2.3 : Points and assists per game for the Monarchs Number of medals the U.S. Olympic team has won: 3 25 : Consecutive wins for the U.S. Olympic team Career record at ...

Kara Lawson's reputation is all basketball. Whether on the court or on TV, the Monarchs guard lives and breathes her sport, as quick with the dead-on observation as she is with a rainbow jumper.

Storm forward Swin Cash follows through on a second-quarter shot Sunday at KeyArena.

Player of the game: Guard Sue Bird sank six of the Storm's final eight free throws to help ensure a six-point win against Sacramento.

ATLANTA : Scholanda Robinson had the perfect answer to the Atlanta Dream's big front line, which includes 6-foot-8 Katie Feenstra and 6-7 Alison Bales.

Taj McWilliams-Franklin scored 22 points and Alana Beard tied a career-high with nine assists as the Washington Mystics, in their first game following a coaching change, snapped the Seattle Storm's seven-game ...