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Women's National Basketball Association
(WNBA)
Homepage: http://www.wnba.com/
History:
The Women's National Basketball
Association (WNBA) is the governing body for US
women’s basketball. Rebecca Lobo, Lisa Leslie,
and Sheryl Swoopes are considered as some of the
league’s pillars as they were the ones who
announced the league’s creation at a press
conference in 1996. It took about a year thereafter
for WNBA games to begin in 1997. Eight teams played
in WNBA’s inaugural season, with two more
added in 1998, another two teams in 1999, and
four in 2000. Written down in WNBA’s history
are some of its firsts: Penny Toler, as the first
woman to score a point in the league; and Lisa
Leslie as the first to make a dunk basket.The
NBA used to collectively own the league and teams.
But after the 2002 season, NBA made the bold move
to sell the teams either to their NBA counterparts
in the same city or to a third party.
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