Last week Melissa Rohlin wrote a piece for the Los Angeles Times about why she doesn't follow the WNBA. I understand that it isn't that unusual for someone to accuse the WNBA of being boring, but there are two things that made this article stand out.

I was flying back from BlogHer in San Francisco on Monday when I saw a clip on ESPN (thanks for the tv's at each seat Virgin America) that floored me.Becky Hammon, who was came in second in the MVP voting last year for the WNBA, felt slighted by the American Olympic Women's Basketball Team when a list of potential players was released without her name on it so she decided to play for the Russian Olympic Team.Becky Hammon was born and raised in South Dakota.