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Lauren Jackson and Diana Taurasi bring experience to their Olympic women’s basketball teams
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Lauren Jackson and Diana Taurasi bring experience to their Olympic women’s basketball teams

Associated Press  

PARIS — Diana Taurasi wishes people would stop talking about her age. and I feel like I’m doing my job.” Unlike Jackson, Taurasi has been a bit annoyed with the narrative that she’s old for an Olympic basketball player. When you dedicate your whole life, your whole career to something, and you get the question of, ‘Why don’t you just …

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Australia wins bronze, Lauren Jackson scores 30 in finale
2 years, 2 months ago

Australia wins bronze, Lauren Jackson scores 30 in finale

Associated Press  

SYDNEY — Lauren Jackson admitted she couldn’t have imagined a better ending to her Hall of Fame career. Jackson willed Australia to a win in the bronze medal game at basketball’s World Cup, scoring 30 points to lead the Opals to a 95-65 win over Canada on Saturday. Jackson said on social media Saturday that this would be her final …

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Lauren Jackson, Aussie fans enjoying her World Cup finale
2 years, 2 months ago

Lauren Jackson, Aussie fans enjoying her World Cup finale

Associated Press  

SYDNEY — Thirty minutes after Australia knocked off Canada in the preliminary round of the women’s basketball World Cup, Lauren Jackson was back on the court signing autographs and posing for selfies with hundreds of adoring fans. I really could never have imagined I got the reception I’ve had the past week,” Jackson said. “I don’t think she’s just one …

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Ex-WNBA star Lauren Jackson savors each day of her comeback
2 years, 4 months ago

Ex-WNBA star Lauren Jackson savors each day of her comeback

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Lauren Jackson is savoring every minute of her basketball comeback even though the battle-tested Australian hoops icon knows she can’t do things that once captivated fans before retiring from the sport six years ago. She also won league titles in Australia, Spain and Russia as well as three Olympic silver medals and one bronze, “I played two …

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Lauren Jackson announces comeback with Albury Wodonga Bandits
2 years, 10 months ago

Lauren Jackson announces comeback with Albury Wodonga Bandits

ABC  

Australia's greatest female basketballer Lauren Jackson is poised to return to the courts where her career began after signing with the Albury Wodonga Bandits. Key points: Lauren Jackson will return to basketball at age 40 She announced her retirement from the sport in 2016 due to a chronic injury Jackson will play in her hometown for the Albury Wodonga Bandits …

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Lauren Jackson, Australian legend and WNBA great, inducted into Basketball Hall of Fame
3 years, 7 months ago

Lauren Jackson, Australian legend and WNBA great, inducted into Basketball Hall of Fame

ABC  

The term "great" is much overused in sport, but there is no doubt Lauren Jackson is one Australian athlete that fully deserves such a description. Key points: Lauren Jackson won two WNBA titles and was MVP of the league three times Jackson joins coach Lindsay Gaze as the only Australians with a place in the Hall of Fame Other inductees …

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