Sports
In a 1993 interview, during the Women’s Final Four in Atlanta, when Sheryl Swoopes and Texas Tech had sold out the Omni, NBA Commissioner David Stern was asked about women’s professional basketball.
Dec. 18, 1996
Hockey
The longstanding rivalry between the U.S. and Canada has helped spark opportunities for women’s hockey players to truly pursue their sport professionally.
Nov. 11, 2023
I’m on the phone with somebody from the American Basketball League, a professional women’s league, when Call Waiting clicks.
May 4, 1997
Olympics
Donna Simms never listened to the naysayers, the ones who told her that waiting for the rebirth of women’s professional basketball in the United States was like waiting for a bus at the Atlanta Olympics.
July 26, 1996
“Everybody out!”
Oct. 21, 1997
So, are you ready for the girls of summer?
July 11, 1997
At the risk of sounding very sexist, from what I observed this past weekend from the Women’s NBA, this league will not be around long.
June 28, 1997
Business
Thousands of California injury claims made by professional athletes
Sept. 25, 2013
The National Football League’s increasingly visible injury legacy has become a topic of national debate, one that threatens to cast a lasting shadow over the country’s most popular, and profitable, sport.
A woman will be president of the United States sooner than a woman will coach a men’s professional or college basketball team.
July 5, 2001