Hoops World Driving Past U.S. Women
– By Bob Kravitz, The Indianapolis Star

Once, they were the surest bet in Olympic sports. The U.S. women's basketball team dominated virtually all international competition, winning world titles and Olympic gold medals ... More >

Tamika Catchings Q&A
– By Adrienne Goodson, slamonline.com

TOn coming back from injury, roster moves, and much more ... More >

Marlington Coach Hits Slam Dunk with Apparel for Girls
– By Jim Thomas, REPOSITORY SPORTS WRITER, cantonrep.com

What the Marlington High School girls basketball coach has done in support of female basketball players everywhere is design, market, patent and sell his own line of clothing apparel and accessories under the Ballher trademark. The T-shirt was on display Sunday at First Friends Church during Miller's clinic for girls that featured former Vols great Tamika Catchings ... More >

WNBA Star Teaches Girls, Promotes Game
– By Jim Thomas, REPOSITORY SPORTS WRITER, cantonrep.com

CANTON Talk about an unlikely pair. Tamika Catchings stars for the WNBA's Indiana Fever. Tom Miller is a special education English teacher/girls basketball coach at Marlington High School ... More >

Catchings a Driving Force Behind WNBA's Labor Deal
– By Kristen Leigh Porter, IndyStar.com

Indiana Fever star Tamika Catchings leads her team to Houston tonight to face the Comets. But before the season began, the Duncanville (Texas) High School graduate led the Women's National Basketball Players Association into a collective bargaining agreement ... More >

Indiana's Tamika Catchings Named Inaugural
– By Patti Young, playlikeagirlsports.com

Tamika Catchings of the Indiana Fever was named the recipient of the 2007 Dawn Staley Community Leadership Award ... More >

Iba Recipients Humbled
– By Jimmie Tramel World Sports Writer, TulsaWorld.com

Catchings is a former Olympic gold medalist who launched the Catch the Stars Foundation. The foundation's goal is to provide academic and sports related ... More >

Catchings Has Some Catching Up to Do
– By Kristen Leigh Porter, IndyStar.com

It grew louder when Tamika Catchings took to the Conseco Fieldhouse court Sunday night with three minutes to play in the first quarter of an eventual 70-60 ... More >

Catchings Expected to Play Sunday
– By Matt Baker, IndyStar.com

When Tamika Catchings returns from injury Sunday at Conseco Fieldhouse, she'll have one welcome change from the past. More >

Fever Star Catchings to Return from Injury
– Associated Press, ChicagoTribune.com

Indiana Fever All-Star forward Tamika Catchings is expected to make her return from a leg injury and play her first game of the season on Sunday. More >

Fever’s Catchings Expected to Return
– Staff Report, IndyStar.com

Five-time WNBA All-Star and Olympic gold medalist Tamika Catchings is expected to play Sunday when the Fever hosts the San Antonio Silver Stars. More >

Catching's Expected To Return To Action Sunday When Fever Hosts Silver Stars
– OurSportsCentral.com
"We've obviously very excited about Tamika's progress," noted Fever Head Coach Lin Dunn. More >

WNBA Notebook: Catchings May Return Soon
– By MATT STOUT, Norwich Bulletin

Tamika Catchings has suffered one of women’s basketball’s most common but painful injuries before, tearing her ACL as a senior at Tennessee. More >

WNBA Star to Help at Camp in Stark
– Staff Report, CantonRep.com

CANTON WNBA star Tamika Catchings will join area college coaches in assisting girls basketball camp at First Friends Church later this month. More >

Purchase Tickets to Attend the Olympic Farewell Post-Game Party on Saturday, July 12th

Join Tamika Catchings & friends for her private Olympic Farewell Party on the Finish Line practice court following the Indiana Fever vs. Chicago Sky game with USA teammate & rookie sensation Sylvia Fowles. The purpose of this fun-filled fundraiser is to show fans how much they're appreciated and to increase awareness of Tamika's Catch the Stars Foundation.
Go to ticket module link for Tamika's Exclusive Fundraiser Night on July 12 (Group ID - Catch)

Fever's Catchings Gets Plenty of Face Time -- Off the Court
– By Kristen Leigh Porter, IndyStar.com

"For Tamika, we wanted to show her athleticism and all-around skill, and that's what her script talks about." Catchings also can be seen in a Discover Card ... More >

Tamika Visits the Northwest High School FCA Meeting

View a picture of Tamika's visit to the Northwest HS FCA meeting on May 2nd. View PDF of Picture >

WNBA | What to Watch
Ailing in Indiana
– Harry Pickett, Charlotte.com

Tamika Catchings -- perennially the Fever's leader in scoring ... More >

Fever Pitch
Pacers execs Simon, Morris turn up effort to make women’s hoops team profitable
– Anthony Schoettle, IBJ.com

Krauskopf is credited for drafting the player many consider the WNBA’s best, Tamika Catchings, and bringing Indianapolis native and Purdue University ... More >

Fever Envision Banner Season
– By Kristen Leigh Porter, IndyStar.com

The Fever will be without their star, Tamika Catchings, who is rehabbing from two injuries sustained last season. The Fever aren't sure when she will return ... More >

Breaking Down the Eastern Conference
– By Graham Hays, ESPN.com

Now they're without Catchings for at least a while and Tamika Whitmore permanently. After missing last season with a shoulder injury, can newcomer ... More >

Celebrities Announced For 500 Festival Parade
– Inside INdiana Business (press release) - Indianapolis, IN, USA

Indiana Pacers Forward Danny Granger, along with Indiana Fever players Tamika Catchings and Katie Douglas, are among the celebrities and VIPs who are expected to take part in the IPL 500 Festival Parade. More >

Fever Start Season Without Catchings
–By Cliff Brunt | AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS

The Indiana Fever have played without Tamika Catchings before. They hope for better results this time. More >

December 29-31, 2008
Catch the Stars Holiday Basketball Camp

Learn from WNBA All-Star & Olympic Gold Medalist Tamika Catchings and friends as they demonstrate basketball skills while stressing the importance of sportsmanship, academics and goal setting! Each Camper will receive a Nike Camp T-shirt, one ticket voucher to a 2009 Indiana Fever home game. The camp also includes daily lunches, guest speakers, personalized skill assessments as well as a family awards banquet on the final day of camp. Space is limited to the first 200 campers, so get your registration in today and learn some hoops from one of the best!

The next camp will be held December 29-31, 2008 at the Warren Central High School Fieldhouse.
Download a PDF of the Holiday Basketball Camp Registration Form

Catch the Stars Reception honoring IPS Scholar Athletes & Community Stars

When: Thursday, May 15th from 6-8 p.m.
Where: The Marrott Apartments Ballroom (2625 N. Meridian St.)
Cost: $25 in advance or $30 at the door Download the Invite PDF >

Bill Self to Highlight Iba Awards Dinner
– By gtrnews.com

Female recipient is Tamika Catchings, Olympic Gold Medalist and WNBA All Star. More >

Catchings Hopes to Play in Olympics
– By wishtv.com, Associated Press

The Indiana Fever's Tamika Catchings won't rush back from a major foot injury for the start of the WNBA season. More >

Women's Tournament Buzz
– By KansasCity.com

Tamika Catchings, a collegiate standout at Tennessee and now a WNBA All-Star in Indiana, will be at the museum sharing her story during 10 a.m. - Noon ... More >

Ex-Duncanville star Catchings agrees 4-year deal with WNBA's Fever
– By DallasNews.com, Associated Press

"Tamika is the cornerstone of our franchise," Fever general manager Kelly Krauskopf said in a statement on the team's Web site. More >

Catchings re-signs with Fever to 2011
– By IndyStar.com

Five-time WNBA All-Star Tamika Catchings has agreed to a new contract that will carry through 2011, the team announced today. More >

Fever Inks Catchings To Four-Year Deal
– By WNBA.com

Indiana Fever Chief Operating Officer and General Manager Kelly Krauskopf has announced the re-signing of Olympic gold medalist and five-time WNBA All-Star Tamika Catchings. More >

Catchings wins Iba Citizen Athlete Award
– By NewsOK.com

She spends the offseason conducting basketball camps and working with her "Catch the Stars Foundation.” The foundation provides for academic and ... More >

Rotary Picks an Honoree
– By JIMMIE TRAMEL World Sports Writer

The Rotary Club of Tulsa is expected to announce Wednesday that one of the WNBA's premier players, Indiana Fever forward Tamika Catchings, will be the 2008 female recipient of the Henry P. Iba Citizen Athlete Award. More >

WNBA Players Participate in Key NBA and Celebrity Events
– By OurSportsCentral.com

WNBA stars including Los Angeles Sparks center Lisa Leslie, Indiana Fever forward Tamika Catchings, Detroit Shock guard Katie Smith and Houston Comets ... More >

Basketball Stars Hold Reading Rally at Gretna School
– By Stephen Maloney

Former NBA star Felipe Lopez, Indiana Fever star and gold-medal winner Tamika Catchings, former WNBA star and Harlem Globetrotter Lynnette Woodard, New Orleans Hornets star Chris Paul's mother, Robin Paul, and brother, Charles Paul and Los Angeles Sparks rookie Sidney Spencer joined Lanier and Azzi at Middleton. More >

Women's Basketball signee Ashley Gayle selected to play in McDonald's All-America and WBCA/Nike All-America games

The Nike Co-Captains are the WNBA Minnesota Lynx's Lindsey Harding and Indiana Fever's Tamika Catchings. Harding was a WBCA All-American last year, and Catchings is a four-time WBCA All-American (1996-99) and WBCA High School All-American (1997). More >

Pro athletes, teams try to give back
– By Steve Ballard

Pacers Jermaine O'Neal and Marquis Daniels and Fever star Tamika Catchings are active through their foundations. More >

Tamika's New Blog on WNBA.com
– The Art of the Deal

"I just left the doctor's office and I have an hour until I have to be at my rehab session, so..." Go to Tamika's Blog >

Players Union and League Agree on New CBA
– By Oscar Dixon | USA TODAY

"We made progress and that's what this whole agreement was about — making progress," said Indiana Fever All-Star Tamika Catchings, president of the players association. More >

WNBA Players Nearing Approval of New 6-year Labor Deal
– By SportsIllustrated.CNN.com

"We feel very fortunate to have completed a deal that we think will help veterans and younger players alike,'' Indiana Fever star and players association president Tamika Catchings said in league's release announcing the deal. More >

Tamika Catchings Speaks at Big Orange Tipoff Club
– By Mike Strange | Daily Herald Staff

The Big Orange Tipoff Club holds its first meeting of the season Wednesday, hours before Tennessee’s men tip off the SEC basketball season at Thompson-Boling Arena. Lady Vols coach Pat Summitt leads off a lineup of speakers that should interest men’s and women’s basketball fans. More >

NIkeWomen.com: Meet Tamika Catchings

If you look up the word "competitive" in the dictionary, you'll be wasting valuable time. Time that could be spent watching Tamika Catchings on the court where she exemplifies the true meaning of the word. Visit Nike.com to check out the full interview. More >

Nike: SUPPORT the CAUSE, SPORT the STYLE

We know you've got game. Now show you have heart. $1 from every ATHLETE Tee purchase and 5% from every ATHLETE SAIKANO iD purchase benefits the Let Me Play Fund. Visit Nike.com for details. More >

Catchings Named All-WNBA Second Team While Recovering From Surgery

INDIANAPOLIS – U.S. Olympic gold medalist and five-time WNBA All-Star forward Tamika Catchings underwent successful surgery on Wednesday afternoon to repair a torn Achilles tendon sustained in her right foot during the second quarter of Monday night’s Eastern Conference Finals loss at Detroit. Catchings was resting in her Indianapolis home when the WNBA named her to the All-WNBA Second Team later in the day. More >

Catchings To Undergo Surgery Wednesday

INDIANAPOLIS – U.S. Olympic gold medalist and five-time WNBA All-Star forward Tamika Catchings will undergo surgery on Wednesday, Sept. 5, to repair a torn Achilles tendon sustained during the second quarter of Monday night’s Eastern Conference Finals loss in Detroit.
Catchings collapsed to the floor with 43.2 seconds remaining in the first half... More >

'Sole' searching ahead for Catchings
– By Patricia Babcock McGraw | Daily Herald Staff

Oprah likes to say she has the best-dressed audience in television, that fans of her show dress to the nines when they come to Chicago to sit in on a taping. Tamika Catchings will be no different when she makes her first highly anticipated trip to Harpo Studios later this month. Well, except for one thing. Her fashion statement will be made solely from the ankles up. More >

Catchings: "God's not done with me yet"
– By David Woods | Indianapolis Star

Flowers, cards, e-mails and text messages have poured in. Tamika Catchings said she appreciates all of them. But not even the painkillers she has been taking since Achilles' tendon surgery earlier this week can ease the anguish of the way her year, and the Indiana Fever's season, ended. More >

Dungy, Catchings to Receive Circle City Classic Honor
– Source: Inside INdiana Business

The Coca-Cola Circle City Classic will this year honor Indianapolis Colts Coach Tony Dungy and Indiana Fever all-star player Tamika Catchings. The two will receive the Chase Major Taylor Award given to African-Americans who have made significant contributions to youth locally and nationally. More >

Do the Right Thing
– By Adrienne Goodson

Honestly, I truly pity the person who has to guard Tamika Catchings, The real MVP. Now let me go back a lil’ bit. First of all, I want to say to all the commentators on ESPN, ESPN II, NBA TV and the WNBA Marketing Department, “Stop trying to influence the minds of the voters. More >

Kravitz: Injury cuts to core of franchise
– By Bob Kravitz | Indianapolis

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. – The foot collapsed, Tamika Catchings' right foot betraying her the way the left one did during the regular season, and with it, any hope of the Indiana Fever reaching the WNBA Finals collapsed, too. More >

Catching the fever with Tamika Catchings
– Source: (BP)Sports

WNBA star Tamika Catchings talks about her Christian faith in an interview with Sharing the Victory, the monthly magazine of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. More >

Fever 69, Mystics 62
– Source: USA Today

Tamika Catchings and Tan White had 14 points apiece to lead the Indiana Fever to a 69-62 victory Sunday that ended the Washington Mystics' three-game winning streak. More >

Catchings leads Fever by Liberty

Tamika Catchings scored 18 points and Tamika Whitmore had 15 to lead the Indiana Fever to a 74-63 victory over the suddenly struggling New York Liberty on Sunday. More >

Fever burn Liberty in the Garden
– By Ben Cohen | Herald News

Twenty-one turnovers, eight first-quarter points, and two unhealthy starters added up to one insurmountable deficit for the Liberty -- even after a 21-8 second-half run. More >

Ex factor: Catchings leads Fever
– A few accomplishments from Sunday by alumni of area schools

Duncanville: Tamika Catchings led the Indiana Fever with 18 points and six assists in a 74-63 win in the WNBA over the New York Liberty on Sunday. More >

WNBA Highlights: Week in Review
– Catchings Leads Indiana to Big Wins

After winning last week’s player of the week award, Indiana’s Tamika Catchings shows no signs of slowing down. Catchings posted 14 points and 10 rebounds in a 90-62 win over Seattle last Wednesday for her second double-double of the year. After hitting a 3 with 3:48 left in the first quarter, Catchings became the 17th player in league history to reach 3,000 career points.. More >

Fever's best start draws attention

The Indiana Fever's hot streak is drawing a lot of attention.

Soon-to-be-drafted Greg Oden, former Pacer Ron Artest and Indianapolis Colts tight end Dallas Clark are among those who have been spotted at Conseco Fieldhouse watching 1 of the top teams in the WNBA. More >

Fever Fans "Catch the Stars" and Scholarships
– By Michael O'Neill | IN Staff Writer

Despite being in the midst of a stretch of playing eight games in fourteen nights, Fever forward Tamika Catchings was able to take some time out for the benefit of local high school graduates.

Catchings’ scholarship foundation, Catch the Stars Foundation, Inc., held its annual Scholar reception last Sunday night prior to the Indiana Fever’s game against the New York Liberty. Eight finalists (four young men and four young women) were selected from a pool of students nominated by athletic directors of local public high schools. More >

The WNBA All-Star Game
– Sheryl, Sherill and Tamika (but not Chamique)

The WNBA All-Star game is July 15, less than a month away. Online balloting is now open. But how will you vote? Will you support your home team if you live in a WNBA city, or will you stick with your favorite college players, no matter where they ended up? More >

Catchings looking forward to spending Father's Day with dad

Thanks to a break in the Indiana Fever's schedule, Tamika Catchings will spend Father's Day with her dad, former NBA player Harvey Catchings.

After playing at Detroit on Saturday night, Indiana doesn't play again until facing Connecticut the following Friday. Father and daughter planned to fly to Los Angeles on Sunday for a photo shoot, and the four-time WNBA All-Star was looking forward to the time with her childhood basketball role model. More >

Catching the Fever

You would never know it. Not by the welcoming smile or the calming spirit. You wouldn’t have a clue there was a time in Tamika Catchings’ life when she was shy, withdrawn and intimidated by the world around her. That description doesn’t fit the typical girl who would become the face of the WNBA. More >

Catchings and Fever snap Shock's streak
– Catchings leads U.S. to win over Phard Napoli NAPELS, Italy

Tamika Catchings had 26 points and 14 rebounds and Tammy Sutton-Brown added 17 points as the Indiana Fever ended the Detroit Shock's perfect start with a 77-67 win Saturday. The loss dropped the Shock to 7-1 and prevented them from tying the Los Angeles Sparks' league record of nine straight wins to start a season. More >

Catchings Named WNBA Defensive Player of the Year
– By David Woods (david.woods@indystar.com)

The queen of defense: Catchings honored again Fever star becomes 3rd WNBA player to win back-to-back top defender awards. Tamika Catchings of the Indiana Fever will be named the WNBA's Defensive Player of the Year for the second consecutive season. Steals: Tamika Catchings is the first three-time league leader in steals. She'll be named Defensive Player of the Year on Thursday. - Charlie Nye / The Star The league and the Fever announced they will hold a news conference Thursday, timed to coincide with Game 1 of the Fever's first-round playoff series against the Detroit Shock. Catchings became the first three-time league leader in steals. Her 94 steals tied her franchise record and represented the second-most in league history.

Catchings Receives WNBA Community Assist Award
Tamika Catchings received the WNBA Community Assist Award for the month of July. This is her fifth time winning the award. Catchings, who has her own Catch the Stars Foundation, is the Fever's main spokesperson for its initiatives in the community while also hosting her charities events which include fitness clinics, basketball camps & clinics, a girls mentoring program as well as a Fever give-a-game program. The WNBA will contribute $5,000 to her Catch the Stars Foundation on her behalf.

Catchings Receives All-WNBA Honor
– 2006 All-WNBA First and Second Teams announced

New York, September 1, 2006 - The 2006 All-WNBA First and Second Teams were named by the WNBA today. For the seventh time in her career, Los Angeles Sparks' Lisa Leslie occupies the center spot on the All-WNBA First Team. With her selection to the 2006 squad, no other player in league history has earned more First Team honors than Leslie.

Voting for the All-WNBA First and Second Teams was conducted by a panel of national sportswriters and broadcasters who selected players by position. First Team votes received five points while Second Team votes received three.

Leslie led all vote-getters with a total 278 points, narrowly edging out Phoenix Mercury guard Diana Taurasi (276), who joins the First Team for the second time in her career. The Indiana Fever's Tamika Catchings, a three-time First Team selection, occupies one forward spot, while the Seattle Storm's Lauren Jackson holds down the other with her fourth consecutive appearance on the First Team. Connecticut Sun guard Katie Douglas rounds out the backcourt as she grabs her first All-WNBA honor. More >

Catchings Leads US National Team in Wins
– Catchings leads U.S. to win over Phard Napoli NAPELS, Italy

Tamika Catchings had 14 points and 11 rebounds to lead the U.S. women's national team to a 72-49 victory against Phard Napoli on Thursday. Much like its first game against the Italian national team on Wednesday, the U.S. squad spent the first half in a tough matchup but dominated in the second half for the win and is 2-0 halfway through the Tour of Italy. More >