Three-time WNBA All-Star Alana Beard signed a four-year deal with the Washington Mystics on Monday.
Beard was fourth in the league in scoring (18.8) and steals (1.94) per game last season despite playing with a painful left shoulder. The guard had surgery in September to repair a torn labrum and plans to leave soon to play in Poland before the start of the Mystics season in May.
The No. 2 overall pick from Duke in the 2004 draft has averaged 16.3 points during her four seasons in Washington.
In a return to the public stage, John Edwards has confirmed plans to talk politics a month after admitting to an extramarital affair. But his wife won't be at his side.
AFP - Australian police have cleared an Indian doctor of involvement in failed bomb attacks in Britain last year after a bungled 14-month probe that is now the subject of a judicial inquiry.
Reuters - Personal income tumbled unexpectedly
in July and inflation-adjusted spending shrank as government
economic stimulus waned, but consumer spirits rose this month,
a hint the economy may muddle through its woes.
