WNBA Fan Following Is Steady, But Room For Improvement Exists

Writer Feels Parker's Dunking Ability Could Attract New Fans To WNBA

NATIONAL TEAM IN TROUBLE? In Indianapolis, Bob Kravitz writes under the header, "World Is Catching Up With U.S. Women." If the U.S. Olympics women's basketball team were to "lose a game (or more) in the upcoming Beijing Games, let's just say you were warned." The issue "isn't talent," but instead is the "difficulty of building a team in a matter of weeks." Since team the U.S. won Gold at the '96 Atlanta Games, the "dynamics have changed," as the WNBA "can't afford to lose all its best players during the Olympic years." Fever F Tamika Catchings, who won a Gold Medal during the '04 Athens Games, said, "Eventually I hope we get to the point where there's more time spent putting the team together and actually having the team play together. That's something we need to do. The problem is how we do it. We're going to Beijing and our team isn't even set yet. There's not much time" (INDIANAPOLIS STAR, 7/2).

Print This Article