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stever
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Posted: 08/21/06 11:29 am ::: Katie Douglas denied Lithuanian citizenship. |
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http://www.baltictimes.com/news/articles/16154/
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Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus has rejected an application for citizenship from U.S. basketball player Kathryn Douglas, making it impossible for her to join the national team.
Douglas, the leading player of the Vilnius TEO women’s basketball club, had applied for citizenship in order to represent Lithuania at the women’s world championships in Brazil in September. Douglas, 27, had been invited to the US national team but rejected the invitation, saying she wanted to represent Lithuania.
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PUmatty
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kango06
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dtsnms
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DNA Fan
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Posted: 08/21/06 11:36 am ::: |
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Are you kidding me? _________________ "What is delayed, is not denied." - Gail Goestenkors cc Kay Yow
Stop the presses! Stop the hot damn presses!! We won the ship!!
*fondles lucky Penny!*
The Big Three!
Like a fanstatic story told in three parts:
In the beginning there was Dee
In the middle there was Penny
Though all parts are interchanagable -- at the end of this story there was Cappie!!
- PHX Mercury '07 Champs!! |
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PUmatty
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Posted: 08/21/06 11:39 am ::: |
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Who would she have been offered a spot over? Alana Beard or Semione Agusutus?
The answer? Neither one.
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bullsky
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Marjie
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Posted: 08/21/06 11:39 am ::: |
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Is KT official title: Knight Katie Douglas Giapalakis? Best wishes for a speedy recovery!
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shizanna
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cometsdrivefor5
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accommodatingly
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p_d_swanson
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Posted: 08/21/06 11:45 am ::: |
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Douglas is listed on Lithuania's preliminary roster for the WCs...
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BCBG25
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ThreeBall25
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Posted: 08/21/06 11:53 am ::: |
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I doubt they asked her out-right to come and join the team. Maybe they asked her to tour with the group they sent to Australia or they called her for a tryout/workout type of deal. Even then, I doubt she just said no. She probably had a legit excuse.
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stever
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Posted: 08/21/06 11:59 am ::: |
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p_d_swanson wrote: |
Douglas is listed on Lithuania's preliminary roster for the WCs... |
Pending citizenship approval, which didn't happen? It seems very unlikely her name would appear there sans her knowledge or approval.
This would make a lot more sense if she had married Arvydas Sabonis! |
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PalaceAthena
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Posted: 08/22/06 3:19 am ::: |
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A little clarification on the story and props to accommodatingly who basically got it right. This was in the bottom of a story in the Norwich Bulletin about Douglas' injury.
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Douglas, an overseas star the past two offseasons playing for Lithuanian club TEO and a native of Indianapolis, has no family connection to the Baltic nation. She turned down an invitation to participate in three U.S. training camps across March and April, which conflicted with her European schedule.
"She was never offered a spot on the World Championship team," Caroline Williams, director of communications for USA Basketball, said Monday night by cell phone. "She was asked to be in the pool of players under consideration for the team and that's a pretty large group." |
http://www.norwichbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060822/SPORTS/608220336/1006
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