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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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June 01, 2007

Around the league

The award for the first WNBA coach to hit the deck this season goes to Richie Adubato of the Washington Mystics. Adubato announced his resignation just hours before the Mystics tipped off against the Chicago Sky on Friday.
Mystics assistant coach Tree Rollins, a former NBA star, takes over in the interim.
“Richie felt that it was in his best interest to leave our team,” said Mystics general manager Linda Hargrove in a statement released by the team.
Adubato was in his third season with the Mystics, who are off to a franchise-worst 0-4 start.

Posted by tnegrete, June 1, 2007 05:28 PM

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