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[dtsnms]

Lubbock should be next to bite the dust.

http://www.lubbockonline.com/stories/021205/pro_0212050076.shtml


They league has been showing Average Attendance on the front page; it's down to 1,355, and the total number of games listed does NOT include 100% of the games per the standings. Wonder what attendance was there?

[KeiraNY]

No offense but there's about 1,000 people in Lubbock...unless EVERYONE goes to the game, attendance won't be that great! That's not to say that big cities guarantee good turnouts, they don't but I think the team would stand a better chance.

[Slovydal]

I don't know how the Blaze are making it. There was maybe 200 at the game a couple weeks ago. They treat the fans right too. It's too bad.

[dtsnms]

Slovy, read the article on the NWBL web site about the game in Colorado.

Tamika wasn't supposed to play but because she was coming in for the All star game, she came and played anyway. Class act.

[Slovydal]

She amazes me. She went way out of her way to be there for Saturday's game (Feb 5) She actually emailed me the day before to say she was finally sure she'd be playing.
Remember when she played in the all-star game with a broken nose?
One day she can host a TV show called, "America's Top ROLE Model"

[Smoovie]

[dtsnms]

[dtsnms]

double post! my first on this board ever!

[Slovydal]

I emailed her through her website (somewhere there is a place to email her)
I've met kids in a few different cities who say she stays in touch with them.
Smoovie's right - she's so busy there are times you won't hear from her for a while.
I printed her "week in the life of Tamika" thing and posted it on the fridge. If I ever think I'm working hard I remember what Superwoman is doing and I have the motivation to work harder.

[blzntr33s]

[dtsnms]

I'm still amazed when players like Tamika, Alana, Diana, etc. remember Dani when they see her, after seeing her so rarely.

Not name of course, but always the smile and they approach her, so I know it's not just "a cute fan" smile and talk. Plus the familiarity they talk to me with also.

The more I think of it, the more pissed I get that those two guys are running the NWBL into the ground, and that idiots like that guy in Chicago don't know what these ladies are (a) all about (b) capable of!!!!!!

[Slovydal]

I've noticed as a male fan of women's basketball that often the players (especially college) really appreciate that we see them as athletes and they remember us even if we only met once.
Noelle Quinn reminds me of Tamika a lot.
Adrain is really down to earth too.
Another player that really impressed me is Latoya Thomas. She really appreciates the support particuarly from the few male fans out there.
I felt bad when Tracy Reid was dropped from PHX. - There were so many kids who she knew by name at the picnic they had a few years ago.

[dtsnms]

[Slovydal]

I would think both. I remember when Katie Smith spotted me at the finals a couple years ago, I could tell she was looking next to me for my friend Brian (big Katie fan) She was used to seeing us together in L.A.
The Diana remembered me after she sat next to me at a playoff game in L.A. - she remembered me as "The Tennessee fan who wears the Carolina jersey" lol! Of course she couldn't forget all the smack I was talking about how UT was going to spank UConn next year...
She had the last laugh on that!
Chamique is really kinda quiet but once she talked to me for a bit after a game and she remembered seeing me in a few different cites and signing a jersey for me. I've noticed players will say, "I rememeber you. You're so and so's friend"
You wouldn't think they remember so many of us but usually they do.
Smoovie has to be sure to introduce herself to Tamika as the artist who did the baby ballers!

[dtsnms]

I gotta know how Smoovie wants us to describe her when all the players want to know who did the baby pictures!

[CamrnCrz1974]

[Slovydal]

I have yet to see a photo of the woman, but I'll go out on a limb and say she's FINE!

[Keegan]