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Mystics' Sanford Looks to Shake Funk

Nakia Sanford had plans for this summer. She wanted to build off her breakout season in 2007, cement herself as a stalwart center for the Washington Mystics and, if everything went the way she hoped, work her way on to the WNBA all-star ballot. Lying on her stomach as athletic trainers with heating pads tried to loosen her aching legs and back during practice Friday, Sanford was farther from those goals than she ever imagined.

"I can't explain how frustrating it's been," Sanford said. "It's been really disappointing to come back like this. But everybody has a point where you hit a wall in your career and you have to just work your way through it. It's just a really difficult process."

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