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Bee staff writer Melody Gutierrez grew up in Twentynine Palms. At 14-years-old, she decided to combine her two passions -- sports and writing -- when she became a special assignments reporter for the Desert Trail, her hometown weekly newspaper. Melody headed to Northern California in 2000 to attend Chico State and has remained in the region ever since. She earned an internship with The Bee and subsequently became a staff writer in 2004 and has covered virtually every sport, starting with high schools, up through college and then the pros. Melody took over coverage of the Monarchs last season and chronicled the team's pursuit of a second straight league championship -- a quest that fell just short.

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May 25, 2007

Around the league

Deanna Jackson will not return to the Chicago Sky after her contract was terminated earlier this week for striking a player in an offseason game in Israel, the team announced.

The five-year veteran was suspended in April after she hit an opposing player after Israel's national league title game, according to Sky press release.

"Although we have been informed that there is still an ongoing investigation of Deanna's altercation with Ina (Gurevich) in Israel, the general nature of the incident is not in dispute," said Sky team owner Michael Alter in a press release. "The situation is unfortunate, but we and our fans hold our players to a high standard of conduct."

Posted by tnegrete, May 25, 2007 05:29 PM

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