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I signed with Olesa Espanyol!  The club is about 20 minutes outside of Barcelona, Spain.  The agreement for the 2009-2010 season runs from September 1, 2009 until April 30, 2010.   Olesa finished on the 5th position out of 14 teams in the first division last season.  This will mark my 8th professional basketball season in Europe, which has included the countries Luxembourg, Germany, France, Italy, Poland and Hungary.  I will finally have the chance to brush up on the 6 years of Spanish that I studied in school over 10 years ago.  The club's website is:  http://www.cbolesa.com/

Location:  Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania in the Pocono Mountains.   I was in charge of the 2-week high school girls' program for the Phildelphia 76ers this summer.  It was a successful 2 weeks because we had a great staff and group of campers who were anxious to learn and work hard.  It is always a lot of fun when Director, Todd Landrey, has some current players speak to the campers, and this year Jason Smith and Willie Green came by.

For the first time in history, Szeged is in the Hungarian Final.  As the #3 seed, Szeged, upset #2 Mizo Pecs, who has made a final appearance for 12 consecutive years.  In the semi-final series of 3, Szeged was slaughtered in the first game 84-56 in Pecs.  However, Szeged bounced back at home with a 75-64 decisive victory to keep the series alive.  On the road, in the almost impossible arena to win in, Szeged was able to steal the last game with a  77-65 win and will get in the Hungarian final!  In game 3, despite a spained ankle, Michelle Maslowski came up with 21 points. Here is a link to the game report of a Hungarian newspaper. The final starts on Monday April 20th in Sopron.  It is a best of 5 series that takes place every other day.  The next game will be in Szeged on Wednesday, April 22nd.  And if necessary, Game 4 wil be held in Szeged on Sunday, April 26th.