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Geno Auriemma, right, head coach of the 2009 USA Women's Basketball National Team, stands with Sue Bird, left, during their fall basketball training camp at American University in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009.

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  1. Geno Auriemma, right, head coach of the 2009 USA Women's Basketball National Team, talks with his players Lindsey Harding (21), Candice Wiggins (30) and Swin Cash, second from right, during their fall basketball training camp at American University in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009.
  2. Geno Auriemma, right, head coach of the 2009 USA Women's Basketball National Team, stands with Sue Bird, left, during their fall basketball training camp at American University in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009.
  3. Coach Geno Auriemma gives instructions to Sylvia Fowles, right, and Shameka Christon during the U.S. women's basketball practice at American University in Washington, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009.
  4. Geno Auriemma, head coach of the 2009 USA Women's Basketball National Team, center, watches as Angel McCoughtry, left, and Shameka Christon, battle for position during their fall training camp at American University in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009.
  5. Connecticut coach Geno Auriemma poses with his players after they defeated Hofstra 91-46 in an NCAA college basketball game in Storrs, Conn., Friday, Nov. 27, 2009. The win was Auriemma's 700th of his career.
  6. Connecticut players muss coach Geno Auriemma's hair as they celebrate his 700th career win, following Connecticut's 91-46 victory over Hofstra in an NCAA college basketball game in Storrs, Conn., Friday, Nov. 27, 2009.
  7. Geno Auriemma, right, head coach of the 2009 USA Women's Basketball National Team, stands with Sue Bird, left, during their fall basketball training camp at American University in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009.
  8. Seattle Storm's Sue Bird, right, argues with official Roy Gulbeyan about a call in favor of the Los Angeles Sparks in the first quarter of the third and deciding WNBA first-round basketball game Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009, in Seattle. The Sparks won 75-64.
  9. Seattle Storm guard Sue Bird, left, knocks the ball from the hands of Los Angeles Sparks forward Tina Thompson during the first half of Game 1 of a WNBA basketball first-round playoff series Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009, in Los Angeles.
  10. Sue Bird drives the ball during the U.S. women's basketball practice at American University in Washington, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009.
  11. Seattle Storm's Sue Bird watches a free throw by the Los Angeles Sparks late in the second half of the third and deciding WNBA first-round basketball game Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009, in Seattle. The Sparks won 75-64.
  12. Seattle Storm's Sue Bird guards Los Angeles Sparks' Betty Lennox in the second quarter of the third and deciding WNBA first-round basketball game Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009, in Seattle.
  13. El Salvador's President Mauricio Funes speaks during the 20th anniversary of the murder of six Jesuit priests in San Salvador November 16, 2009. In the early hours of November 16, 1989, according to a U.N.-sponsored Truth Commission, a group of soldiers entered the campus of the Central American University where Spanish-born Jesuit priest Ignacio Ellacuria was rector and ordered Ellacuria and five other Jesuit priests to lie face down on the ground and shot them. The killings, like the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero and the rape and murder of a group of American nuns in 1980, attracted wide international publicity and put pressure on the Salvadoran government.
  14. El Salvador's President Mauricio Funes (L) presents a medal to Father Jesus Salguero, in honour of Jesuit priest Juan Ramon Moreno, on the 20th anniversary of Moreno's murder, in San Salvador, November 16, 2009. In the early hours of November 16, 1989, according to a U.N.-sponsored Truth Commission, a group of soldiers entered the campus of the Central American University and ordered Moreno and five other Jesuit priests to lie face down on the ground and shot them. The soldiers then left a note claiming the murders were carried out by left-wing FMLN guerrillas. The killings, like the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero and the rape and murder of a group of American nuns in 1980, attracted wide international publicity and put pressure on the Salvadoran government.
  15. El Salvador's President Mauricio Funes (L) poses for a picture with Catalina Montes, sister of Spanish-born Jesuit priest Segundo Montes, after giving her a medal on the 20th anniversary of her brother's murder, in San Salvador, November 16, 2009. In the early hours of November 16, 1989, according to a U.N.-sponsored Truth Commission, a group of soldiers entered the campus of the Central American University and ordered Montes and five other Jesuit priests to lie face down on the ground and shot them. The soldiers then left a note claiming the murders were carried out by left-wing FMLN guerrillas. The killings, like the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero and the rape and murder of a group of American nuns in 1980, attracted wide international publicity and put pressure on the Salvadoran government.
  16. El Salvador's President Mauricio Funes gives a medal to Father John Sobrino (R), to honour Jesuit priest Amando Lopez, on the 20th anniversary of his murder, in San Salvador, November 16, 2009. In the early hours of November 16, 1989, according to a U.N.-sponsored Truth Commission, a group of soldiers entered the campus of the Central American University and ordered Lopez and five other Jesuit priests to lie face down on the ground and shot them. The soldiers then left a note claiming the murders were carried out by left-wing FMLN guerrillas. The killings, like the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero and the rape and murder of a group of American nuns in 1980, attracted wide international publicity and put pressure on the Salvadoran government.

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