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Shirley Jones shares message with animal lovers By Samantha Gowen The Orange County Register Sept. 15, 2010 ANAHEIM HILL Distinguished oncologists, cardiologists and nephrologists mingled with 200 guests Saturday night on the grounds of a hillside estate. Laker Girls smiled and handed out programs. By the pool an enormous Newfoundland dog named Lucy slurped water […]

Dance team’s director says performer was energetic, inspiring By Juan Ortega Orlando Sentinel Nancy Lopez-Ruiz, 22, a new Miami Heat dancer, was looking forward to a poster shoot with her team next week in South Florida. The 2010-11 promotional poster would have been one of several appearances she made this year after auditioning in July […]

From the Miami Herald: Miami Heat Dancer killed in motorcycle-Mercedes crash A Miami Heat dancer on a motorcycle was killed Friday night in a collision with a Mercedes in Fort Lauderdale and police on Saturday were appealing for witnesses to come forward. Nancy G. Lopez-Ruiz, 22, of Plantation was riding her 2003 Suzuki GSX R […]

Here’s your first look at the 2010-11 Washington Wizard Girls Poster. This poster will be given out for free to fans at all home games. (click to enlarge) [Wizard Girls Official Website] [Wizard Girls on Facebook]

Elliot Harris Chicago Sun-Times The Luvabulls are good to go — to work to prepare for the 2010-11 season. The 24-woman dance team was selected recently. The Luvabulls will have 15 veterans and nine rookies. Here is a brief introduction to the newcomers on the squad. Something says you will be seeing more of them […]

By Mikel Kelly The Tigard Times As odd as it may sound, Stephanie Anderson quit her full-time job as a development assistant in university advancement at Southern California’s Chapman University just to try for a hard-to-get, part-time position in Portland. A member of Tigard High School’s class of 2005, Anderson was recently named one of […]

Earlier this month, six members of the Oklahoma City Thunder Girls and Dance Team Manager Carmen Butler traveled to Taiwan to participate in 2010 NBA Madness in Taiwan. They were kind enough to share some photos from their trip.

By Ma. Rosanna Mina ABS-CBNNews.com MANILA, Philippines – A half-Filipino is among the Miami Heat Dancers who are in the country to dazzle NBA and PBA fans with their moves and grooves in the NBA Asia Challenge 2010. Filipino-Mexican “Maria”, whose mother is a full-blooded Filipino, said she is elated to be back in the […]

Babson College 8/13/2010 Alyssa Ziemba, a 2010 Babson graduate with a MS in Accounting, was named one of the 18-member Celtics Dance Team. Ziemba, from Thomaston, Conn., has been dancing since the age of 3 and competitively since she was 8. She was named Connecticut’s “Dancer of the Year” in 2005. “The Celtics Dancers audition […]

Boot camp is over and the new team has been selected. Go here to see the new squad.