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Written by Olympia Scott Better late than never, I always say, so here’s the extremely late season-end wrap-up for my More... |
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Written by Rachman Crable This week Ricky Rubio, who was the top draft choice this year for the Minnesota Timberwolves More... |
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Written by Rachman Crable In today's fast paced rat race our society more than ever wants all their information More... |
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Written by Olympia Scott Here’s a quick update on how my team is doing in the Turkish Women’s Basketball League. I play More... |
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Image by Gallileos_Ghost via Flickr
One thing you could almost always count on every More... |
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Written by Rachman Crable I always find it funny and disturbing, how people have selective morality when it comes to talking More... |
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Written by Rachman Crable Image via WikipediaKobe was and maybe is still seen as the bane of superstars players in the NBA. More... |
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Written by Olympia Scott The Problem:
As of late, whenever I go overseas to play I don’t bring many nice outfits. I More... |
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Written by Olympia Scott I feel like Britney Spears, except it’s me who’s so toxic. Toxic poisoning is more like it. We More... |
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Written by Rachman Crable When LaGarrette Blount punched Byron Hout after the Oregon and Boise State game, my initial More... |
  For all of my loyal blog readers, I know there’s been a long delay since my last blog post, trust me, however, I haven’t been loafing around. Actually, I’ve been quite busy. It’s what I like to call being ‘in the lab’. I’m concocting a special formula. More than one formula, really. Firstly, as team captain, I’m working to further develop our team chemistry, so that my team, Mersin Buyuksehir Bld. can win this Turkish Championship (last year we came close by finishing in 2nd place). Secondly, I’m developing my own game, or maybe I should say transforming it. For as long as I can remember, I’ve been coached, played and developed as a center. I could step out and take bigger posts to the basket as a smaller, quicker 5, but I was known for my inside game. Now, the players are even bigger, the game is changing, and in order for me to maintain my place in the sport I love, I need to transform into a more perimeter playing post. And finally, I’m organizing my plan of attack with my other entrepreneurial endeavors.
I’m also on borrowed time as my fiancé is leaving to play arena football in a few weeks, so I’m trying to savor every moment we have left with him. Once he’s gone, it’s just me and Bre against the world, and I’ll really have my hands full. I tend to be more creative when Rock is gone though, because I think being productive helps the time apart pass more quickly. Now that BreAzia, my daughter has started hooping, my schedule is really full, so all of you Olympia TV viewers, please bear with me as I figure out a new time to broadcast. The time change also contributes to the dilemma, but I’m sure I’ll figure out something soon. I’ll get into more details with what I’m doing on and off the court in a future post. For now, I just wanted all of you to know, that I haven’t forgotten about you, I’ve just been ‘in the lab’. Until next time…
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 Over the weekend I read an article titled: "Five Reasons to Believe Women Will Play in the NBA". While the WNBA has struggled to receive national notoriety, respect and fan support, I will admit it is somewhat encouraging to hear NBA commissioner David Stern give women's basketball players respect saying, "sure, I think that's well within the range of probability," regarding women playing in the NBA. Even Dirk Nowitski weighed-in on the subject stating, "Skills-wise, yeah, but physical-wise, it's tough…" At the same token, however, it baffles me that women's basketball players must constantly be compared to men, the WNBA compared to the NBA. It's almost as if we must be able to compete with the men in order to be validated as professional athletes.
 I suppose I take issue with this because in no other sport are women constantly compared to their male counterparts. Allison Felix isn't invalidated because she isn't as fast as Usain Bolt. Serena Williams isn't constantly being compared to Roger Federer. Beach volleyball player Misty May-Treanor isn't encouraged to go against Phil Dalhausser in order to see if she's really got the goods. Only in basketball are we constantly compared to men. My question is why? Why can't we just be who we are, the best women's basketball players in the world?
Our history of playing basketball is as old as the history of basketball itself, and yet, we've had a rocky road claiming our place in the sports landscape. Here's a truncated version of our journey.
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What's with our gossip obsession these days? What about real news, real issues that are affecting us daily: Healthcare reform, Afghanistan, the recession, the housing crisis, unemployment, education? Click the post title to view the show.
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Today's topics included Tiger Woods' dilemma, crashing the State Dinner and goodbye Sacramento Monarchs. Click this post title to view the show.
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 When we think of Thanksgiving, immediately images of families feasting fill our heads. Although many will loosen their belts to accommodate ample servings, the holiday is special because of the families and friends coming together to contribute to this feast in a "potluck" fashion. It is a time of community and celebration.
Thanksgiving marks the beginning of the holiday season in a wonderful way. Before our children begin to make their Christmas lists of wants from Santa, they have an opportunity to list what they are already thankful for. As parents, we are also in this inspiring position. As the stress of the financial strain of the holiday season begins to set-in, we may evaluate all that is good in our lives, and maybe some of the blessings that we take for granted on a daily basis. Although Thanksgiving inspires this mood, giving thanks, or showing gratitude should be focused upon more than just one time of year. Psychological research shows that those that express gratitude tend to be happier, more optimistic and more successful in achieving goals (Research Project on Gratitude and Thankfulness). As a parents, this information is profound, because we may help foster happiness, optimism and achievement in our children by assisting them in practicing gratitude on a regular basis. Thanksgiving may mark the beginning of this practice, and hopefully, it may become a regular exercise in which your family may participate together. Personally, after becoming aware of this research, I decided to take time once or twice or week to document something that I am grateful for. I realized that a few of the difficult issues I was dealing with seemed to have less of a negative impact, and even my perspective on these situations changed. I am grateful for so many things in my life including: - Knowing and loving God.
- My loving family--my mother and father, sister Tres and brother Stephen, my fiancé Rock, and my wonderful daughter, BreAzia.
- My health--I have degenerative arthritis in my knees, but by the grace of God, I am still playing professional basketball at a high level.
- Good friends--those that I grew up with that have stayed the course, although I am always gone playing basketball worldwide, teammates and former teammates that I have gained a special bond with, and online friends that I have come to know through Twitter, Facebook and SPSN.
- A sense of purpose--I am a passionate person, and I appreciate being able to work in fields that I am extremely passionate about like playing basketball and winning championships and developing and running Super Parenting LLC.
I would love to hear some of the things that you are thankful for in the comments. Remember research shows you'll be happier for it. LOL Take care, and Happy Thanksgiving!
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Here's my 1st official OlympiaHoops Wallpaper for download! For true OlympiaHoops fans only, LOL! If you would like to show your support for OlympiaHoops.com, or me, Olympia Scott, you can set your computer screen background image to the new Olympia Hoops Wallpaper. In order to use the it, first, click the link at the end of this post to save it to your computer.
Windows users: Once you save the image to your computer, right-click it, and choose "Set as Desktop Background".
Mac OS X users: Click here for detailed instructions to set your desktop background.
Here's a preview of the download:
Download Olympia Hoops Wallpaper
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This website is the culmination of the different enterprises I am involved in. Insight into who I am as a person, player and entrepreneur. Here are a few of the features that may be of particular interest:
I'm Olympia Scott, author of this website, 2-time WNBA Champion, mother, entrepreneur, motivational speaker, mentor, author and coach. To know more read my full bio.
