Read more Diana Taurasi stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/333/diana-taurasi.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorFri, 25 May 2012 18:23:10 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/22601/russian-investing-in-wnba-stars.htmlSam Gale Rosen<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=87705&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401015824' border='0' />Basketball-crazy Russian billionaire Shabtai von Kalmanovic is pouring money into women's hoops—flying WNBA players to Russia in the off-season and paying them 10 times what they make in the US. Players like Diana Taurasi are put up in luxury digs and chauffeured around. "They should be treated like people...Billionaire owner of the Russian women's basketball team, Spartak, Shabtai von Kalmanovic.http://www.newser.com/story/22601/russian-investing-in-wnba-stars.htmlWed, 26 Mar 2008 12:45:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/777/candace-parker-can-go-pro.htmlPatrick Hopkins<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=873&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401035708' border='0' />UT women’s basketball standout Candace Parker can declare for the WNBA draft for 2007, even though she's a member of the class of 2008. Parker, who could play her last college basketball game within two weeks, needs only to show she can graduate by December and that she intends to.Tennessee Volunteers v Duke Blue Devils http://www.newser.com/story/777/candace-parker-can-go-pro.htmlThu, 22 Mar 2007 10:18:39 CDT