Parker is hosting a one day training clinic on Dec. 28th for girls who want to improve their game and play against top competition.

Check out the flyer for all the details:

The Dream, in just their second year of existence, are making their first-ever appearance in the playoffs after posting an 18-16 record in the regular season, something that was thought to be impossible after they posted just four wins in their entire inaugural campaign.

The 1-2 opening round format, in which the lower seed plays at home first, could be a huge factor here. If veteran-laden Detroit is able to capture the opener at home, where it has won six straight, it could give them the mental edge over an Atlanta team getting a taste of the playoffs for the first time ever as a group.

Some fast facts about the first-round Shock-Dream matchup:

• Detroit snapped a three-game skid to Atlanta in their last meeting on August 27.
• The Shock lead the all-time series, 4-3.
• Atlanta is making its first trip to the playoffs, while Detroit is making its seventh straight and eighth overall.
• Erika de Souza posted three double-doubles vs. Detroit this season.
• Shavonte Zellous averaged 16.8 PPG vs. Atlanta this season.
• Detroit has won three straight opening-round series.

The second match up of the night features Los Angeles vs. Seattle in the Western Conference semifinal. The Sparks have been a thorn in Seattle’s side for years now. L.A. eliminated Seattle in a series that went the distance last season as well as in 2006. And with Tina Thompson now added to the mix, Candace Parker at full strength, Lisa Leslie motivated to win a title in her final season, the Sparks should present problems for the Storm once again in 2009.

Some fast facts about the first-round Storm-Sparks matchup:

• The Storm (74.82) and Sparks (74.50) are 11th and 12th in the league in points per game.
• Leslie has played in just one of the four games against the Storm this season. Parker has played in only two.
• Seattle was the two seed in 2004 when they won their only trophy.
• Lennox was part of that Storm championship team. Only Jackson and Bird remain off that roster.
• Leslie has spent her entire 13-year career with the Sparks. During that time, she’s made seven All-Star appearances and has won two titles.
• Milton-Jones and Leslie are the only two current Sparks from their 2002 championship team. Leslie has remained with the club over the years, while Milton-Jones left three seasons (2005-07) to play in Washington.

Be sure to catch both games tonight on ESPN2!

Her sponsor, Nike, recently announced they will feature Wiggins in a new program called Delicious Training, which is designed to inspire teen girls.

Seventeen.com caught up with the player recently. Read what Candice has learned about getting in shape (and making it fun), staying focused on the court, making sacrifices and dealing with the teammates she didn’t always like!

17: The new Nike ads you’re in are about “Delicious Training,” or making training fun for yourself. What are some of the workouts that are fun for you?
Candice Wiggins: As an athlete, I loved playing in the game. But there’s a whole other side of training, not necessarily just on the court. I love doing core workouts. In the [campaign photo] shoot, I was really doing boxing, and it was probably one of the hardest workouts of my life.

17: Are there any fun workout tips you can suggest for people who don’t necessarily like to train or work out?
CW: Being with friends is number one! Having fun means being around people who you can help motivate. There’s a lot of strength in numbers.

More of the interview at Seventeen.com

Under Saddam Hussein, the Iraqi National Women’s Basketball Team was dismantled and the number of girls playing plummeted. In the mid 1980s, Saddam’s son, Uday, “revived” the National Olympic programs but he was known to commit horrific acts of torture against athletes who did not placate his obsession to win. As a result, the vast majority of girls and women stopped playing sports altogether.

Sport 4 Peace , which was co-founded in 1994 by Steve DeVoss and UT doctoral student Sarah Hillyer, a former basketball player at Virginia Tech,  hope to bring Iraqi women back to the sport.  According to Hillyer, the idea to bring the girls to UT came when the group was conducting a basketball camp in connection with Global Sports Partners in Iraq last year.

They had taken some basketballs from the Lady Vols, and Pat Summitt – the winningest coach in college history -  videotaped an inspirational message for them.

During a session, the camp leaders asked the Iraqi players to write down their dreams on index cards.

“Every kid said my dream is to visit the USA, attend a WNBA game and to meet Coach Summitt and to thank her,” said Hillyer.

The 10 girls, ages 14-16, were selected based upon leadership qualities, a positive attitude, and a spirit of solidarity. The team, along with three coaches,  arrived in Washington, D.C. and spent a couple days in the nation’s capital before heading to Knoxville.  Per their wish list, they even attended a Washington Mystics-Atlanta Dream WNBA game.

Although many of the girls – who represent a diversity of Iraqi geographic regions and religious beliefs – are still fine-tuning their skills as they learn the game, they won over a few hearts during their time on the Tennessee campus.

Among those impressed with their aggressive style of play has been Summitt.

One of the Iraqi coaches told the media the experience has been meaningful. A couple of the girls said they had been educated watching the other campers and how they play as a team, how they talk on the court, how they pass and how they move.

Off the court, the girls have also learned plenty, especially regarding American food – which they described as different but good.

So, will some of these girls be playing for the Iraqi women’s basketball team during the 2012 Olympic Summer Games? Don’t count them out.

For the second consecutive season, adidas is giving WNBA fans the opportunity to combine their passion for the game with their creativity to design a shooting shirt that will be worn on court during the 2009 WNBA All-Star Game on July 25 in Connecticut.

Fans can log onto WNBA.com/idesign from June 8 to July 5, 2009 and submit their designs. The winning design, as determined by a panel of WNBA and adidas representatives, will be manufactured by adidas, the Official Outfitter of the WNBA, and worn on court by all players participating in the 2009 WNBA All-Star Game. Fans can also rate and comment on each submitted design online.

The winner will receive a trip for two to the 2009 WNBA All-Star Game and will be acknowledged during the game. The winning shirt will be sold on nbastore.com, at the NBA Store on 5th Avenue in New York City, and in-arena at the Mohegan Sun Arena during the All-Star game.

Last year’s winner, Meghan Farley, designed a creative shooting shirt incorporating each WNBA team logo united within a silhouette of the WNBA logo. Her shirt, which all players wore on court during the 2008 WNBA Finals, was sold online at wnbastore.com and was the top-selling item during its first on-sale date.

For more information, log onto www.wnba.com/idesign.

Why miss graduation? Well, for student-athletes it can be a busy time of year. Some are participating in post-season play and others are transitioning into their professional careers.

Former Oklahoma women’s basketball stars Courtney and Ashley Paris are two who will not be donning a cap and gown this year. OU’s ceremony is Saturday and the sisters are due to start WNBA training camps on Sunday.

With the camps on the West Coast the two don’t want to travel so soon before practice starts. Courtney was a first-round draft pick of the Sacramento Monarchs and Ashley was drafted by the Los Angeles Sparks.

Courtney says she’s not happy about missing the graduation ceremony but the decision is best because of the short amount of time involved.

Other student-athletes are faced with similar dilemmas. Four University of Houston-Victoria softball players are choosing their jerseys over a cap and gown.

Sam Campagna, Lauren Garza, Lindsey Ferguson and Kristen Lindley will graduate on Saturday, but instead of attending their graduation, they’ll be playing in the NAIA National Softball Tournament in Decatur, Ala.

Similarly, there will be four no-shows at Mesa State College’s graduation. Seniors Meagan Hennessy, Jamie Prather, Kristen Silva and Jessica Rayman will be celebrating graduation on the diamond, preparing to play the second game of the NCAA Division II Super Regional 3 tournament, and they wouldn’t have it any other way.

Duke University’s official graduation ceremony was held last Sunday inside Wallace Wade Stadium, but seniors on the women’s lacrosse team were hosting the opening round of the NCAA Tournament (defeating Virginia 15-13 in overtime).  Luckily, Duke holds a special graduation ceremony for student athletes unable to attend the main graduation.

Former LSU women’s basketball standout Sylvia Fowles will return to campus to graduate this week, according to the Athletics Department. The former Olympic gold medalist, All-American, NCAA Defensive Player of the Year, Southeastern Conference Player of the Year, WNBA first-round draft pick and All-Rookie Team member, EuroLeague Center of the Year, who was two credits shy of graduation when she left school,  said the degree will be a crowning achievement on an already illustrious career.

So which schools do the best job of graduating female athletes? In general, female athletes graduate at a much higher rate than their male counterparts.

With this summer’s graduations of two former basketball players, Georgia coach Andy Landers’ 30-year streak is intact. Fifty-three of his 54 four-year letter winners will have graduated by August; the 54th will wrap up after a one-year internship ends in May 2010.

Lady Hardmon Grooms,  who played at Georgia from 1988-1992, wasn’t exactly on the college graduation fast track. But in August, after this summer’s internship, the former UGA basketball player will finish her long pursuit.

And 12 years after shedding her UGA uniform for those of professional teams around the world, Kedra Holland-Corn will finally get to wear her cap and gown.

Slow and steady, fast and furious, it doesn’t matter. UGA women are unbeaten in their graduation record.

The UConn Husky women’s basketball team also has a pretty good record. Just last month, the National Champions were recognized by the NCAA for top academic performance as a team.  And over the course of 24 seasons, Coach Geno Auriemma’s players have had a 100-percent graduation rate. Renee Montgomery, recently drafted by the Minnesota Lynx,  is among this year’s graduating seniors.  She became the first Husky to have her jersey retired before graduation.

Earlier this month the NCAA released its annual grades known as ”Academic Progress Rates,” a rolling four year measure of Division I athletes’ basic progress toward graduation.

APR scores are calculated by a point system that measures each athlete’s eligibility, retention and graduation in school. For falling below the 925 standard, programs can suffer immediate penalties ranging from loss of scholarships and practice time to a ban on postseason play.

Among the squads with a perfect APR score were Penn State’s women’s field hockey lacrosse, and tennis  teams. Only 7.2 percent of the nation’s 6,323 teams in the survey earned a four-year APR score of 1,000.

Congratulations to the Penn State women’s teams and good luck to all the graduates, even if you go pro in something other than sports!

The baby girl weighed in at 7 pounds, 6 ounces and 20 inches in length. “Shelden and I are thrilled,” said Parker. “This is such a life changing moment for us, we feel blessed to have a healthy and beautiful baby girl.”

Parker plans to rejoin the Los Angeles Sparks once she has received clearance from her physician.

Congratulations Candace! Girls kick grass!!

A championship ceremony at the White House is standard for many national sports teams. But shooting hoops with the president, now that’s something else entirely.

Moments after today’s event in front of the White House’s South Portico, President Barack Obama hustled the University of Connecticut’s women’s basketball team over to the outdoor half-court.

The president, a former high school player and avid fan who still plays pickup games, prevailed in a brief, impromptu game of P-I-G with a few of the players.

“He was pretty good from 17 feet,” said coach Geno Auriemma. “His shot’s a little unorthodox, but it goes in … He’s got a little bit of that swagger.”

Renee Montgomery, a senior guard, said Obama only missed one shot and that he sank a final fade-away shot from off the court.

After about 10 minutes, Obama walked back to the White House with his sleeves rolled up and his suit jacket slung over his shoulder.

Connecticut dominated women’s college basketball this season, going 39-0 and beating opponents by an average of better than 30 points. They capped the season earlier this month in St. Louis with a 76-54 victory over Louisville. It was Connecticut’s sixth national college championship and third perfect season.

The team gave Obama a basketball signed by the players and a Connecticut jersey emblazoned with “1″ and his name on the back.

“Number One — that’s what I’m talking about,” Obama joked. “I will wear it when I’m playing.”

The Commander in Chief also commended the young women for their off court excellence as well.  Maya Moore was chosen an academic All-American — an outgrowth of perhaps the program’s most impressive statistic, the NCAA recognized the top academic performance of the team which has enjoyed a 100% graduation rate in Auriemma’s 24 seasons.

Obama said that as the father of two young daughters, he especially appreciates the success of female athletes like the Connecticut team.

“My girls look at the TV when I’m watching ‘SportsCenter’ and they see women staring back,” Obama said of the ESPN program, a personal favorite. “That shows them that they can be champions, too.”

Gobama!

Coach Auriemma has a good chance of returning to the White House, along with some of the players from his teams. He has been named coach of Team USA and will be coaching the U.S. team in the 2012 Olympics.

So what about UConn?  Will the women’s team be back in Washington next year? Well, there’s a very good chance. The team lost just one key player, Renee Montgomery, and they have a top recruit coming in so beating them next year will be pretty tough!

Q: What’s harder to catch the faster you run?
A: Your breath!

Q: Why do basketball players love cookies?
A: Because they can dunk them!

Q: Why should you not play sports in the jungle?
A: There are too many cheetahs!

Q: What’s the difference between a dog and a basketball player?
A: One drools and the other dribbles.

Q: Why was Cinderella such a bad player?
A: Her coach was a pumpkin.

Today North Carolina State will host the fourth “Hoops 4 Hope” game, which helps raise money for the cancer research fund in late Coach Kay Yow’s name. The event, established by Yow to raise awareness for the disease that ultimately took her life, is sold out for the first time, bringing Yow’s long fight back to the forefront, less then three weeks after her death.

“She always looked at this as a game that would provide hope for so many cancer survivors and for so many people who are having difficulties in their lives,” said interim coach Stephanie Glance, an assistant to Yow for 15 seasons. “There’s such great energy and such great cause that it’s so uplifting.”

The first “Hope” game came against Maryland in 2006 and raised $27,000 through donations and auctions for a local chapter of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. The next year, the event raised about $44,000. Last season was the first in which the proceeds went to the Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund, created in December 2007. The event raised more than $42,000 last season.

During halftime of today’s game, breast cancer survivors will be invited to walk onto the court and stand together in order to give hope to those fighting the disease.

Glance said Yow’s office door will remain open the rest of the season.

“It was comforting to me,” she said. “Others [on staff] would say they don’t want to go in there because it makes them sad. But for me, I wanted to be in there, look around and take everything in.

“When everybody will feel the same way will be when we have to pack up her things and it’s no longer her office, and we’ll be very sad. Right now, it’s just like it was, but it won’t be like that much longer.”

For more information on the Pink Zone initiative, a “unified effort to raise breast cancer awareness on the court and across high school and college campuses,” Go to ESPN.com or tune in to ESPN2 Sunday at 1p.m. EST.

What makes the NBA All-Star Weekend so special? Well, it’s a spectacle to be sure.  Every February, since 1951,  the National Basketball Association has held this time-honored tradition.

It’s a chance for the league’s best players to compete as both showmen and players. The NBA All Star Weekend is an extravaganza of events and competitions topped off by an All-Star Game – well not so much a game but a showcase filled with fast breaks, dunks, behind-the-back passes, crossover dribbles and fancy lay-ups.

The weekend kicks off with tonight’s Celebrity All Star Game. Hall of Famers Clyde Drexler and Dominique Wilkins join comedian Chris Tucker, Desperate Housewives’ James Denton, Scrubs’ Donald Faison, three-time NBA champion Rick Fox, and WNBA stars Lisa Leslie of the L.A. Sparks and Kara Lawson of the Sacramento Monarchs, as well as Harlem Globetrotters “Wildkat” Edgerson, “Special K” Daley, “Scooter” Christensen and “Handles” Franklin along with other stars of Hollywood, music and sport.

Als on on tap tonight is the Rookie-Sophomore game where the best young stars will be on display.

Saturday may be Valentine’s Day but it’s also the centerpiece of the All Star weekend. Even though the actual game takes place Sunday night at 8 p.m., you don’t want to do is miss all of the fun events Saturday night such as the Dunk Contest and the Three-Point Shootout.

Rookie of the Year Kevin Durant and O.J. Mayo highlight the field for a H-O-R-S-E competition during All-Star Saturday night. Actually it’s a game of G-E-I-C-O (thanks to the insurance company paying a premium for the name change) but we’ll still get to see the players throw up some crazy shots.

Need a crib sheet for some behind the scenes action this weekend?

Shaq, Kobe back together for NBA All-Star game

Game of G-E-I-C-O will be All-Star Weekend highlight

Grizzlies kick off campaign for Rookie Mayo

The Perfect Fit at All-Star

NBA Goes Green for All-Stars

Compared to past All-Star Weekends, this one seems a bit low key. Big names like Diddy and Jermaine Dupri seem to be taking a break from throwing parties but Ludacris, T.I. and Snoop Dog are scheduled to show up at some of the bashes. Still, it’s nothing like two years ago in Vegas when All-Star Weekend coincided with Magic – the big fashion tradeshow. Guess it’s the economy.

Of course for ordinary fans, the NBA All-Star Jam Block Party will take place in downtown Phoenix.

Weekend Schedule 

Friday, February 13
NBA All-Star celebrity game, 7 ET (ESPN)
Rookie Challenge: Rookies vs. Sophomores, 9 ET (TNT, ESPN Radio)

Saturday, February 14
Shooting Stars, 3-Point Shootout, Skills Challenge, H-O-R-S-E, Slam Dunk Contest, 8 ET (TNT, ESPN Radio)

Sunday, February 15
All Star Game: East vs. West, 8 ET (TNT, ESPN Radio)

In 56 years, the Eastern Conference has beaten the Western Conference 34 times, while the West has won only 22 times. (Ten All-Star Games to remember). Place your bets now.

Hope you have a great weekend/Valentine’s Day with your special someone and enjoy some romance as well as the NBA All-Star festivities.

In this CNN report, a doctor details the mechanism of injury, something that needs to be known for prevention, but she also talks about sport specialization and the fact that it happens too soon especially for female athletes.

Not only is later specialization in sport better from an injury prevention point of view because it exposes athletes to a vast range of movement stimuli, but also it can reduce burnout. Also what many young athletes and parents aren’t aware of is that athletes who specialize early in a chosen sport are less likely to become pro athletes. This is because athletes who played more than one sport during their youth developed abilities that they wouldn’t have developed and practiced if they only played their chosen sport. No one sport encompasses all kinds of movements and skills.

What makes it cool? You could be the new face of adidas and star with WNBA MVP Candace Parker in a series of ads and marketing initiatives.

Participants upload their picture and share a personal, inspirational story that other visitors can view and vote on. The site also allows for voting via Facebook and other social networking apps. At the end of the contest, three winners will be chosen to be in a photo shoot with Parker in Los Angeles which will be the basis of the adidas marketing campaign.

The contest officially launched this week at www.adidas.com/women. Voting begins March 1.

Jenkins writes:

As with any issue vital to the republic, what you need is a sports czar to point you in the right direction and set your agenda as well as help you avoid the mistakes of your predecessors, such as boycotting the wrong thing or biking when you should be thinking.

Her open letter includes such suggestions as:

• eliminating the skewed BCS system in college football
• making college freshman ineligible for sports so they can concentrate on school activities including academics
• informing the American public that there’s no difference between men’s basketball and women’s basketball and highlighting the point by inviting Candace Parker to the White House for a game of one-on-one.
• enforcing equal pay for women’s sports (hello…)  Tennessee Vols coach Pat Summit, who has won eight national championships, makes about half of what her male counterpart, who has never made it past the Sweet 16, makes.

Jenkins notes that most of the suggestions concern college or amateur sports. We’ll have to wait for Obama’s second term to tackle the pros. Read the full article here.

Tennis:
Serena Williams withdraws from Australia’s Hopman Cup with hamstring injury

Soccer:
UNC soccer team wins Women’s College Cup adding to dynasty

The U.S. Under-20 Women’s National Team captured the 2008 FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup with a 2-1 victory against Korea DPR.

Golf:
Michelle Wie earns LPGA card as Lewis wins Q-School

Hoops:
Connecticut remains atop AP poll. North Carolina is second followed by Stanford, Texas A&M, OU and Texas.

TCU shocks California and ends school-record winning streak

No. 8 Notre Dame stays perfect, knocks off No. 20 Purdue 62-51

No. 9 Texas knocks Ole Miss from unbeaten ranks

The #1 girls high school team in the country is upset

Volleyball:
Penn State sweeps Yale, advances to regional semis

Swimming:
Dagny Knutson breaks American Record at 2008 USA Swimming Short Course Nats
Mary DeScenza wins twice at USA Swimming Short Course Nationals

Worth reading:
Michael Wilbon on the end of the Houston Comets

Some may say that athletes get ripped off during holidays because when everybody else is relaxing, the athletes are in the gym, field, arena or natatorium getting ready for their next performance. Winter and fall sport athletes may end up training harder than ever just when other students are packing up to go home.

There may be no place like home for the holidays but you can create a holiday mood wherever you are. Get together with some teammates to cook a dinner and create your own extended family celebration. You have a unique camaraderie with your team that allows you to bond not just on holidays, but on any occasion. Having that second family helps many athletes get through the holiday and a weekend of competition.

And if you’re not an athlete in training during the holiday, and you find yourself sitting on your butt wishing you had a longer break, remember the athletes who are back at school practicing, training and competing. If they have a bad game for whatever reason, then don’t give them a hard time. Give them a break because they never get much of one.

Know the rules before YOU sign.

Some early signings include:
Missoula Big Sky center Joslyn Tinkle has committed to play basketball at Stanford as has Beavercreek’s Mikaela Ruef.

Faith Dupree, Taber Spani and Kamiko Williams are heading to Tennessee to play hoops for Pat Summitt.

The Baylor Lady Bears have added #1 ranked high school basketball player Brittney Griner along with Mariah Chandler, Jordan Madden, Shanay Washington and Kimetria Hayden.

Guard Erica Wheeler and post player Christine Huber also signed letters of intent today. They will be at Rutgers for the 2009-10 school year.

OSU women sign six -  Cowgirls coach Kurt Budke says Keuna Flax, Heather Howard, Desiree Jeffries, Lindsey Keller, LaSharra Riley and Toni Young signed with the program.

For more on women’s basketball signings, the Girls Basketball Recuit blog has compiled all the latest info.

September 7, 2008

Sixty participants spent two hours on the courts of a Johannesburg high school with Jennifer Azzi, 40, who led Stanford to a collegiate national championship in 1990 and was part of the U.S. team that won Olympic gold in 1996. She went on to spend five seasons in the WNBA.

According to an AP article, Azzi didn’t just share the finer points of shooting and passing. She urged the young women to take their confidence and competence off the court, and not be afraid to shatter stereotypes about a woman’s place in this traditional society.

“You’re changing the culture of South Africa for women,” she told the group.

Azzi, an ambassador for the NBA’s Basketball Without Borders, understands the importance of making a positive impact beyond the basketball court. Her training helps girls develop the necessary skills to live a centered and balanced life. Change, Azzi believes, comes from the inside out.

Earlier in the week, Azzi sat down with players from the University of Johannesburg women’s basketball and volleyball teams. The women spoke of fathers who thought they should be home cooking dinner instead of at practice. Azzi told them her own parents were supportive, but she had an aunt and uncle who thought she was “the weirdest kid” because she was doing what boys did.

“But let me tell you something: When I got to the Olympics, my aunt and uncle were my best friends,” she said. 

The South African girls were encouraged to know that everywhere, females are going through the same thing. Clearly, no matter where you’re from, girls struggle with many of the same issues. The good news is that step by step, with the support of mentors like Azzi and others, girls are learning the power of change.

Though not just for girls,  be sure to check out these great organizations to see how baskeball can change the world: Hoops 4 Hope and Basketball Without Borders.

May 26, 2008

Last month, seemingly out of nowhere, her coach was informed by Hoop officials that Jaime couldn’t play with the team anymore. The reason, they claim, is that league rules prohibit mixed-gender teams. This was news to Coach Michael Abraham, who has been coaching basketball for 32 years.

Coach Abraham, as well as Jaime’s parents, think the real issue here is that this 12-year-old girl is making the boys look bad. “I remember one play. She stole the ball, dribbled up court and made a behind-the-back pass to a teammate. He missed the lay-in, and she grabbed the rebound and put it in. I think it was just too much for some of those parents,” says Jaime’s mom, Reiko Williams. “The next day, she came home and said they wouldn’t let her play with the boys anymore.”

“She’s absolutely as gifted a sixth grader as I’ve ever been associated with,” says Abraham.

Obviously, we think they should let the girl play. If she can play better than the boys, hooray for her. Let her be challenged and play at a level where she can be competitive. Come on boys – give the girl a break.

Video

C’mon {Team Name} dont be shy
Let us hear your battle cry
V-I-C-T-O-R-Y
(Aly from Fort Fastpitch)

Bruises, Sweat, Blood, Tears
(Team Name) have no fears.

Come on Girls
You can do it
Put a little muscle to it
Hustle, Hustle (repeat)

Pennies, Nickels, Quarters, Dimes
We’ve got spirit all the time!
GOOOO (Team Name)

I said bang bang
Choo choo train
Wind us up, we’ll do our thang
We know karate, we know kung fu
You mess with us, we’ll mess with you

My back aches
My shorts’ too tight
My hips shake from left to right
Say uh, we got the power
Bang, bang choo choo train
Come on girls let’s win this game
GO (Team Name)

B-E-A-T beat ‘em
B-U-S-T bust ‘em
Beat ‘em bust ‘em that’s our custom
Bust ‘em beat ‘em lets defeat them.
Goooo (Team Name)!

Extra Extra read all about it
(Team Name) is the best
There’s no doubt about it!
When you’re up, you’ re up.
And when you’re down, you’re down.
And when you mess with the best
Get out of town! Go (Team Name)

Our team is red hot! Our team is red hot!
Our team is R-E-D! Red! H-O-T! Hot!
Once we start, we just won’t stop.
‘Cuz we are Red Hot!

2 pence, 4 pence
6 pence, a dollar
All for the (Team Name)
Stand up and holler!
(Repeat Louder)

One, we are the (Team Name)
Two, a little bit louder,
Three, I still can`t hear you,
Four, We can’t be prouder

We’re fired up with spirit
So come along let’s hear it
Let’s do it do it with lots of style
Say everybody get wild.

Captain: I said yo baby yo baby yo baby yo
Team: We said yo baby yo baby yo baby yo
Captain: I said you gots to be for (Team Name) or you gots to go
Team: We said you gots to be for (Team Name) or you gots to go
Captain I said yo baby yo baby yo baby yo
Team: We said yo baby yo baby yo baby yo

We’re the best (clap)
We can’t be beat (clap)
We’ll rock this joint (clap)
To your defeat (clap)
GO (Team Name)
GO (Team Name)
GO GO
GO (Team Name)

We will, We will,
Rock you down,
Shake you up,
Like a volcano about to erupt,
Mighty mighty (Team Name) here to stay,
We’ll rock you all night, and rock you all day!
Whoaa Go (Team Name).

Yell for the (Team Name)
We can’t be beat
So watch out (Opposing Team)
We’ll knock you off your feet.

Jump around, scream, and shout.
That’s what spirit is all about.
C’mon, let’s see some spirit.
(Stomp, Stomp, Clap) x3

Hey are you ready?(clap, clap)
Are you ready (clap,clap)
To play? (clap)
Say go team (clap)
Go team (clap)
(Team Name) all the way!

You gotta want it to win it and we want it more.
You gotta want it to win it so let’s go score.
Go (Team Name)

We’ve got the spirit
We’ve got the right!
We’re going to win the game tonight!
We’ve got the talent
We’ve got the heat!
(Team Name) just can’t be beat!

Release, Your spirit
Let your energy flow
Release, Your spirit
Go (Team Name) Go!

Strawberry Shortcake.
Banana Split.
We think your team is full of
Shift to the left, Shift to the right.
Let’s go team.
Fight, Fight, Fight.