Once a star basketball player for USC, from 1997 to 2000 she coached the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury
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Who is the greatest women's basketball player ever? - USA Today  Jul 16, 2014 ... The 18-year-old WNBA will showcase its best in Saturday's All-Star Game at ... 18 rebounds, 11 assists, 10 steals, 10 blocks in a 1997 game. "Absolutely, she's one of the best players to ever play the game," ... with the Houston Comets before returning to USC to coach. .... WNBA team: Phoenix Mercury.
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Cynthia Cooper-Dyke Bio - University of Southern California Official ...  Soon after, USC posted its first win over a ranked opponent since 2011. ... She was a part of the best basketball ever played here at USC, and she has .... in 1997 and 1998 and was a two-time WNBA All-Star (1999-2000) before retiring in 2000. ... coaching ranks in 2001 as the head coach of the Phoenix Mercury and spent...
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Cynthia Cooper-Dyke - Wikipedia  Cynthia Lynne Cooper-Dyke (born April 14, 1963) is an American former basketball player who has won championships in college, in the Olympics, and in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She is considered by many as one of the greatest women's basketball .... She went on to coach the Phoenix Mercury for one and a half seasons...
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USC Trojans women's basketball - Wikipedia  She got a contract with the WNBA in 1997, becoming one of the ... first WNBA player to win the regular season MVP, the All-Star ... She then went on to coach in the WNBA for the Phoenix Mercury (19972000).
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WNBA.com: WNBA All-Decade Nominee Bios  The following year, she led the Storm to their first WNBA Championship after ranking ... Catchings, the daughter of former NBA player Harvey Catchings, was a ... following the 2000 season and was shortly thereafter named the head coach of the ... in 1997 and a First Team choice in 1998, she played in the inaugural All-Star...
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Notable former NBA players who became coaches | Deseret News  May 30, 2013 ... After taking a year off in 1999, Jackson joined the Lakers, where he won three NBA ... traded to the New York Knicks, where he won two NBA championships. ... He was named an All-Star twice and was selected to the NBA...
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USC Trojans women's basketball - Wikipedia  The USC Trojans women's basketball, or Women of Troy, is the collegiate women's basketball team that represents the University of Southern California, in the Pac-12 Conference. The team rose to prominence in 1976. At that time scholarships became available to female basketball players. .... In 1994 she was named Freshmen of the Year in the Pac-10 Conference and...
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Women's League Is Calling It Quits - latimes  Dec 23, 1998 ... The move leaves WNBA as only women's league. ... The ABL died after 2 1/3 seasons of top-flight women's pro ... eight teams and finished Tuesday with nine--The Columbus Quest, Philadelphia Rage, Chicago Condors, Nashville Noise, New England Blizzard, Portland Power, San Jose Lasers, Seattle...
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WNBA.com: WNBA All-Decade Nominee Bios  As a guard for the Sacramento Monarchs, Bolton exploded on the WNBA scene, compiling ... She won three SEC titles and was named to the 1998 NCAA Final Four ... leading the Shock in points and rebounds per game that season, while also ... to the WNBA All-Star Team three times and was named league MVP twice.
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Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and ...  Apr 2, 1997 ... Her first job in broadcasting was with KING-TV in Seattle, where she started ... The New Jersey Democrat and former professional basketball star quit the ... up the custody fight for his six minor children--including "Home Alone" star ... to their mother, Patricia Brentrup, just as custody hearings were to begin.
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WNBA.com: WNBA History/Timeline  January 22, 1997 The league's first 16 players are allocated to teams, ... June 19, 1998 Los Angeles Sparks center Lisa Leslie sets a WNBA record by ... The West defeats the East 79-61 and Lisa Leslie is named MVP. .... July 29, 2004 Lisa Leslie scores her 4,000th career point and becomes the first WNBA player to reach...
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Sheryl Swoopes - Wikipedia  Sheryl Denise Swoopes (born March 25, 1971) is a retired American professional basketball .... The first player to accomplish this was Lisa Leslie. Swoopes is...
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Sheryl Swoopes - Famous Basketball Players, Athlete - Biography.com  Feb 4, 2016 ... Sheryl Swoopes is an American basketball star and three-time Olympic gold medalist. ... She is also the first woman to have a Nike shoe named after her. ... be signed to the WNBA in 1997, and was assigned to play for the Houston Comets. During her time with the Comets, the gifted forward helped lead the...
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Los Angeles Sparks - AXS  Read the latest Los Angeles Sparks news and view Los Angeles Sparks ... The team should definitely bring back Candice Wiggins, she battled through knee surgery, and made. ... The Phoenix Mercury, the WNBA's best regular season team, made sure they ... LA Sparks fire head coach Carol Ross .... Enter your first name:.
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Hall of Famer Sheryl Swoopes: A True Pioneer - WNBA.com ...  Sep 9, 2016 ... On Friday night in Springfield, Massachusetts, Sheryl Swoopes  the ... the Hall  former Houston Comets teammates Cynthia Cooper (Class of 2010) ... as opponent Lisa Leslie (2015) were eligible for induction before her  when it ... First three-time WNBA Defensive Player of the Year (2000, 2002, 2003).
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Pat Summitt stepping aside as Tennessee coach could lead to her ...  Apr 18, 2012 ... The Wizard of Knoxville they called her, and if there was ever ... old boys who thought, 'I'm not going to watch women's basketball. ... High school. ... She was so young and the team so informal then her players called her "Pat.
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jeopardy/2645_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  ... Hi, I'm Becky Hammond.) In game 1 of the 2002 WNBA finals, I was 4 for 6 on these shots--"beyond the arc", as we say | 3-point shots. right: Jerry. Wrong:.
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USF's Azzi, basketball's lone out LGBT head coach, draws support ...  Apr 14, 2016 ... Three years ago, Baylor star Brittney Griner said that her coach, Kim ... Azzi was a pioneer of women's professional basketball, first with the ... At several other schools, such as Gonzaga, LMU, Washington State and ... of San Francisco in the gym April 8, 2016 in San Francisco, Calif. .... I'm so proud of her..
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Kurt Rambis - Wikipedia  Darrell Kurt Rambis (born February 25, 1958) is an American basketball associate head coach for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A former player, he won four NBA championships while playing power forward for the Los Angeles Lakers ... Rambis began working as a special assistant coach for the Lakers in 1994,...
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WNBA.com: WNBA All-Decade Nominee Bios  With a WNBA championship and an Olympic gold medal on her resume, Bird is ... During her college career at Auburn, Bolton made four NCAA tournament ... Sue Bird to lead the Huskies to an undefeated 39-0 season and the 2002 national title. .... Prior to joining the WNBA, Hammon led Colorado State University to a 33-3...