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Real Talk By Stephanie McCombs [email protected] Columnist |
The ladies take center court
In 1997, the Women�s National Basketball Association was introduced to the world. The league is growing vigorously every year.
The ladies bring a lot of excitement to the court, and they give the younger girls a chance to continue their dream as professional basketball players.Some of the women have even come out with their own line of shoes. Lisa Leslie and Sheryl Swoopes both have shoe contracts through Nike. These ladies, along with many more in the league, even have basketball jerseys out.
To see a WNBA jersey on another person�s back makes me feel good. Because you used to hear little girls say, �I�m going to be the first girl to be in the NBA.� Now that we have a league just for women, they no longer have to be the first lady in the NBA. They can be in a league of their own.Every year the women compete against one another with one thing in mind, a championship title. The first team to win the title was the Houston Comets. Swoopes and Cynthia Cooper are two of the main go-to girls for the Comets. Cooper was the first female Most Valuable Player (MVP), and Swoopes played on the U.S. Olympic team in 1996.
Leslie was the first female to dunk, and she�s also a model. She was also the first to obtain all three MVP awards: Regular Season, All Star and Championship in one season.When the league first started it only had eight teams; as of today there are 16 teams.
I think that female athletes have come a long way.Personally, I never would�ve thought there would be a professional basketball league just for women. It took long enough.
I didn�t even think that they had an All-Star game until I read about it. I guess it�s not as big as the NBA All-Star game, at least not yet.I�m glad that women get to continue their dreams as professional ball players. Men get drafted right out of high school into the NBA, and they�re well on their way to stardom. As for the women, they had to wait years for their league to develop. Now that it�s here, there�s no turning back.
Hey guys, you better watch out. You never know when we�re going to take over.