NBA: Taurasi, Bird, Catchings voted All-Star starters

NBA NBA Taurasi, Bird, Catchings voted All-Star starters 15 Jul 2011, 2:44 am Phoenix Mercury guard Diana Taurasi (3) looks to drive past Minnesota Lynx guard Seimone Augustus (33) in the second half of a WNBA basketball game, Wednesday, July 13, 2011, in Minneapolis. Phoenix defeated Minnesota 112-105. (AP Photo/Stacy Bengs) â€" AP Indiana Fever forward Tamika Catchings, left, and Connecticut Sun's Danielle McCray battle for a loose ball in the second half of a WNBA basketball game in Indianapolis, on Wednesday, July 13, 2011. The Fever defeated the Sun 90-78. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy) â€" AP Seattle Storm's Sue Bird (10) races up the court in front of Washington Mystics' Jasmine Thomas in the first half of a WNBA basketball game Tuesday, July 12, 2011, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) â€" AP NEW YORK â€" Phoenix's Diana Taurasi, Seattle's Sue Bird and Indiana's Tamika Catchings have been voted as starters for the WNBA All-Star game again. Minnesota rookie Maya Moore, the Storm's Swin Cash and injured Los Angeles center Candace Parker joined Taurasi and Bird as starters for the Western Conference announced Thursday night. Moore becomes the first rookie voted to start since Bird and Catchings in 2002. Catchings was joined by Fever teammate Katie Douglas, Atlanta's Angel McCoughtry, Connecticut's Tina Charles and New York's Cappie Pondexter as East starters. Taurasi, Bird and Catchings have been selected as starters in every All-Star game that has taken place since they have been in the league. All-Star reserves will be announced on Tuesday. The Associated Press You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed.