Hall of Famer Kikkan Randall surrounded by Trajan Langdon Award winners Geremu Daggett (left) and Colton Merriner. Photo by Jim Kohl Alaska celebrated some of its finest and most inspiring athletes Thursday night at the annual Alaska Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony — among them, a football player who spent a decade playing in… Read more »
Two contemporary athletes who shined on every stage and a man who transformed a community through sports highlight the incoming class of Alaska Sports Hall of Fame inductees. Reggie Tongue of Fairbanks, Jessica Moore (now Waldrop) of Palmer, and Joe Floyd of Kodiak will all be inducted into the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame Class… Read more »
Palmer’s Jessica Moore was a winner at every level of her basketball career and in 2009 almost became the first Alaskan to win championships at the high school, college and professional level. The Indiana Fever advanced to the WNBA Finals against the Phoenix Mercury, losing 93-86 in a decisive Game 5 that was tied 80-80… Read more »
Today is Jessica Moore’s birthday. At 31, however, in the world’s best women’s basketball league, birthdays are probably welcomed like turnovers and missed free throws. Age has finally caught up with Moore, a 6-foot-3 center from Palmer, who was waived earlier this week by the Washington Mystics. The good news is that she stayed on… Read more »
WNBA veteran Jessica Moore of Palmer today signed a free-agent deal with the Washington Mystics, her sixth team in what will be her ninth season in the league. The 6-foot-3 center has played in 221 career WNBA games, the most of any player from Alaska. She has scored a total of 644 points and grabbed… Read more »
One of the best basketball players to ever come out of Alaska is nearing a couple sweet career milestones in the WNBA. Palmer’s Jessica Moore is on the verge of eclipsing the 700-point and 500-rebound marks in her eighth season in the league. The Connecticut Sun center has scored 698 points in 245 career games,… Read more »
Eighth-year WNBA veteran Jessica Moore of Palmer is back with the Connecticut Sun after being released by the Atlanta Dream. “When I talked to our captains and veterans and told them we had the opportunity to bring her back,” Sun coach Mike Thibault told the Norwich Bulletin, “it was like ‘Get her on the plane.’… Read more »
Six months ago, Alaska’s Jessica Moore suffered the kind of knee injury that forces a lot of players her age to retire from the rigors of professional basketball. At 29, did she really want to rehab for six months as a free agent without a WNBA contract? Damn straight she did. Moore, of Colony High… Read more »
Palmer’s Jessica Moore is headed back to the WNBA. The Atlanta Dream today signed the veteran center, hoping the 6-foot-3 defensive specialist can improve the team’s rebounding troubles. Moore, of Colony High fame, played last season with the Connecticut Sun. She averaged 1.7 points in 29 games. This will be her fifth WNBA team in… Read more »
She’s a role player in the WNBA, but in Turkey she’s a star. Palmer’s Jessica Moore proved that again over the holiday weekend, delivering season highs with 19 points and 15 rebounds for Antakya in a 78-73 win over Istanbul. Moore, of Colony High fame, made 6 of 14 field goals and added 2 steals… Read more »
