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I am not sure how to describe my mood coming into Thursday nights game against the San Antonio Silver Stars. Resigned may be the best word. I knew what our team was capable of. I knew we were far from out of the running in the Western Conference if we could get a couple of wins, especially since Minnesota had lost its game earlier in the evening. I knew our next three games this one, Saturday afternoon and Tuesday night were going to be crucial since they were against Western Conference teams. I also knew that we had a very long losing streak behind us. San Antonio was in second place in the West, and we had played a terrible game of basketball against them in San Antonio earlier in the season, but I knew our players were just sick of losing. So I decided to try my best to live in the moment not celebrate an early lead or despair at early setbacks just let the game unfold. The game opened with a defensive rebound by the Sparks, followed by a three-point basket by Delisha Milton-Jones. I tried to stay in the moment and not see this as a sign of good things to come. By the time we got to the end of the first quarter, I was seeing some good things: San Antonio had twice as many turnovers as we did, and we had a third more assists than they did. But I also saw they had the rebounding edge and were beating us on both points in the paint and second-chance points. But we were actually winning the game 18-12. Still, a lot of basketball left. I resisted the impulse to project a positive outcome. The second quarter was even better. We led the Silver Stars in every major statistic: field goal percentage, rebounds, assists, steals, blocks. We outscored them in the paint and in second-chance points. And we just flat outscored them, leading by 15 points going into halftime, 39-24. But I had been there before. I was not going to let a big halftime lead lull me into a false sense of confidence. Our team had made an art of letting leads slip away in the blink of an eye in the third quarter. I wasnt going to give in to optimism. I was going to let it all continue to unfold. The third quarter started with a Sparks turnover and foul. Oh no, I thought. I have seen this too often this season. But the Silver Stars werent any better off, and it took a good minute and a half before anyone scored and it was Tina Thompson on free throws. Well, I thought, I dont care if theres no scoring in the third, as long as we can keep this lead! But then, there it was: the Big Third Quarter Run. San Antonio reeled off 10 straight points over the next three minutes, capped off with a Becky Hammon three-point basket. San Antonio had cut our lead to seven. Marie Ferdinand-Harris came back with what looked like a last-second three to get the lead back up to 10 again, but after review, the referees waived it off and ruled it a shot clock violation, and the Silver Stars kept shooting. Over the last 4-1/2 minutes of the quarter, they went on a 14-7 run, erasing our entire first-half lead and even taking the lead for a bit. When we got to the end of the third with a 48-48 tie, though, I refused to give into defeatism. I had withheld a prediction of a win based on our first-half lead, so I wouldnt predict a loss based on our third-quarter slide. Ten more minutes of basketball. By now, Phoenix had finished its game and had lost. With Minnesota and Phoenix both losing, I knew that if we did lose this game, it wouldnt be devastating, but a win would give us a big boost in the standings. The fourth quarter opened with a Sparks turnover and the first fast-break points of the game, courtesy of Hammon. I was trying really hard to just stay in the moment and not think of the outcome. The score stayed close for the next 5 minutes we led by as much as four, but then San Antonio regained the lead. I knew the game was going to break open one way or another. With just under 5 minutes left in the game, it did. The Sparks went on a 12-0 run and with 1:46 left in the game and we led by 11. The end of the game was in sight. I let myself go and started celebrating with the rest of the arena. With under a minute left and the Sparks up by nine, San Antonio started fouling, and our fans started dancing. We had waited patiently for this final moment. Sparks win, 73-63.A moment worth waiting for.-- Kathy Goodman, co-owner of the L.A. Sparks

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As we await what many in the chattering class anticipate could be the striking of all or part of WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 12: (2ndL-R) House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) and Rep. Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) . (Image [...]

Richfield-based Best Buy said Friday that Kathy J. Higgins Victor will chair the search committee ... Charles Elson, director of the John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance at the University of Delaware, told Bloomberg that “it ...

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Howard L Morry and Douglas G Ward of Pitblado Law have been recognized ... Arthur Cohen, treasurer; Susan Fraser, chair. Directors: Kathy Blight, Billie Stewart, Reesa Cohen, Luba Harasym, Jill Hudspith, Dianne Zuk, and Ed Cuddy. Got a promotion ...

"Pérez has been a leader of the exceptional success this council has experienced in recent years," said Jackie L. Gorman, board chair for Girl Scouts of Southwest ... CEOs including Etta Ward (1948-1969), Kathy Cloninger (1987-1991) and Anna Maria Chávez ...

He is survived by his loving wife of 56 years, Betty Smith English; son Tracy English Jr. (Sandy Wheeler); daughter Ruby (Kevin) McLendon; grandchildren Elaine Freed (Ron), the Rev. Dennis Michael Bowman (Kathy ... from Carolina Furniture Works, where ...

Hill served on a number of boards, twice serving as chair of the local United Way campaign. The organization named its Roger Hill Volunteer Center in his honor. Hill’s daughter Kathy Hill Habiger said her father was a noted recruiter of ...

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Janice L. Barrows, of Albany ... Janice retired from Columbia Gas, and enjoyed chair volleyball at Albany Baptist Church. She is survived by her children, Deanna Mayes and Kathy Barrows of Albany, and Chuck Barrows of Cincinnati; grandchildren, Tiffany ...