The 2011 WNBA Finals features a debut appearance for the Western Conference champion Minnesota Lynx and a return trip for the Eastern Conference champion Atlanta Dream. The Lynx finished the regular season with a league-best and franchise-best record of 27-7 as they finished six games ahead of their closest competitors. After getting past the San Antonio Silver Stars in the Conference Semifinals for their first-ever playoff series win, the Lynx went on to sweep the Phoenix Mercury to a...

MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. -- One-half of the WNBA's fiercest competitor was in a kissing sort of mood on Saturday,. So, that other half, which you probably know as Angel McCoughtry, broke into Dream point guard Lindsey Harding's Media Day interview and planted one on her left cheek. "Angel's my special girl," said Harding with a laugh. That's the Angel that Angel McCoughtry would prefer you to know. But she knows -- because she hears it all -- that the person you know is not Angel...

MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. -- A few months before the most successful season in Seimone Augustus's professional career, she got a letter from a fan. In it, the fan told her that if Augustus were to play as hard as she could on both sides of the floor, the Minnesota Lynx's star guard would be "truly unstoppable." Augustus took it to heart, much more than the average fan letter. Largely because it was sent by Tamika Catchings. "I stopped right there," Augustus said. "I'm thinking, lik...