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American Basketball League (1996–98)

Index American Basketball League (1996–98)

The American Basketball League, often abbreviated to the ABL of 1996 was the first independent professional basketball league for women in the United States. [1]

89 relations: Alcorn State University, Andrea Lloyd-Curry, Anna DeForge, Atlanta Dream, Atlanta Glory, Barbara Farris, Basketball, Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics, BET, Boston College, Carla McGhee, Carolyn Jones-Young, Cass Bauer-Bilodeau, Chapter 11, Title 11, United States Code, Charlotte Smith (basketball), Chasity Melvin, Chicago Condors, Chicago Sky, Cindy Brown (basketball), Colorado Xplosion, Columbus Quest, Connecticut Huskies women's basketball, Crystal Robinson, Dawn Staley, Debbie Black, DeLisha Milton-Jones, Edna Campbell, Elaine Powell, Elon University, ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, Fox Sports Networks, George Washington University, Israel women's national basketball team, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Jennifer Azzi, Jennifer Rizzotti, Kara Wolters, Kate Paye, Kate Starbird, Katie Smith, Katrina Price, Katy Steding, Kedra Holland-Corn, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, Limor Mizrachi, Long Beach Stingrays, Michelle Brooke-Marciniak, Molly Goodenbour, Nashville Noise, Natalie Williams, ..., National Basketball Association, National Women's Basketball League, New England Blizzard, Nikki McCray, Palo Alto, California, Philadelphia Rage, Portland Power (basketball), Reebok, San Jose Lasers, San Jose, California, Saudia Roundtree, Seattle Reign (basketball), Seattle Storm, Shalonda Enis, Shanele Stires, Shannon Johnson, Sheri Sam, Sonja Henning, SportsChannel, Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert, Stanford University, Sylvia Crawley, Taj McWilliams-Franklin, Tari Phillips, Teresa Edwards, Tonya Edwards, United States, University of Notre Dame, University of South Carolina, Val Whiting, Venus Lacy, Vonda Ward, Women's American Basketball Association, Women's boxing, Women's National Basketball Association, Women's Professional Basketball League, XL Center, Yolanda Griffith, 1996 Summer Olympics. Expand index (39 more) »

Alcorn State University

Alcorn State University (Alcorn) is a public, historically black, comprehensive, land-grant institution located northwest of Lorman, Mississippi in rural Claiborne County.

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Andrea Lloyd-Curry

Andrea Lane Lloyd (born September 2, 1965) is an American former professional basketball player, a 2007 inductee into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, and previous television analyst for the Minnesota Lynx.

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Anna DeForge

Anna Louise DeForge (born April 14, 1976) is an American professional female basketball player who most recently played for the Detroit Shock in the WNBA.

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Atlanta Dream

The Atlanta Dream are a professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).

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Atlanta Glory

The Atlanta Glory was a women's professional basketball team in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Barbara Farris

Barbara Farris, (born September 10, 1976), was a basketball player for the Detroit Shock in the WNBA.

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Basketball

Basketball is a team sport played on a rectangular court.

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Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Basketball contests at the 1996 Olympic Games were held from July 20, 1996 to August 4, 1996.

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BET

Black Entertainment Television (BET, stylised as BET★) is an American basic cable and satellite television channel that is owned by the BET Networks division of Viacom.

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Boston College

Boston College (also referred to as BC) is a private Jesuit Catholic research university located in the affluent village of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States, west of downtown Boston.

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Carla McGhee

Carla Renee McGhee (born March 6, 1968 in Peoria, Illinois) is an American former basketball player most notable for her career at the University of Tennessee.

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Carolyn Jones-Young

Carolyn Jones-Young (born Carolyn Jones on July 29, 1969) is an American former professional women's basketball player.

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Cass Bauer-Bilodeau

Cass Bauer-Bilodeau (born Cassandra Sue Bauer on June 27, 1972) is a retired American collegiate and professional basketball player.

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Chapter 11, Title 11, United States Code

Chapter 11 is a chapter of Title 11, the United States Bankruptcy Code, which permits reorganization under the bankruptcy laws of the United States.

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Charlotte Smith (basketball)

Charlotte Smith (born August 23, 1973) is a retired American professional women's basketball player for the Charlotte Sting, Washington Mystics and Indiana Fever in the WNBA, and for the Colorado Xplosion and San Jose Lasers in the ABL.

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Chasity Melvin

Chasity Melvin (born May 3, 1976) is an American professional basketball player, originally from Roseboro, North Carolina.

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Chicago Condors

The Chicago Condors were a very short-lived member of the American Basketball League (ABL).

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Chicago Sky

The Chicago Sky are an American professional basketball team based in Chicago, playing in the Eastern Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).

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Cindy Brown (basketball)

Cynthia Louise "Cindy" Brown (born March 16, 1965) is a retired American women's basketball player, at the college, Olympic and professional levels.

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Colorado Xplosion

The Colorado Xplosion was the first women's professional basketball franchise in Colorado, an American Basketball League (ABL) team based in Denver.

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Columbus Quest

The Columbus Quest was a professional women's basketball franchise located in Columbus, Ohio in the now-defunct American Basketball League (1996-1998) (ABL).

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Connecticut Huskies women's basketball

The Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team is the college basketball program representing the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Connecticut, in NCAA Division I women's basketball competition.

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Crystal Robinson

Crystal LaTresa Robinson (born January 22, 1974) is an American basketball coach and former player who is currently head girls' basketball coach at Atoka High School.

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Dawn Staley

Dawn Michelle Staley (born May 4, 1970) is an American basketball Hall of Fame player and coach.

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Debbie Black

Debbie Black (born July 29, 1966) is a women's basketball former player and current coach.

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DeLisha Milton-Jones

DeLisha Lachell Milton-Jones (born September 11, 1974) is an American retired professional basketball player and current head coach of the Pepperdine Waves women's basketball team.

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Edna Campbell

Edna Campbell (born November 26, 1968) is the Founder and Program Director of, a health restoration program for breast cancer survivors.Edna also authored The Breast Cancer Recovery Manual.

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Elaine Powell

Elaine Powell (born August 9, 1975) is a professional basketball player.

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Elon University

Elon University is an American private, non-sectarian, coeducational liberal arts university with a historic campus in Elon, North Carolina.

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ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex

The ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex is a athletic complex located in the Walt Disney World Resort, in Bay Lake, Florida, near Orlando, Florida.

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Fox Sports Networks

Fox Sports Networks (FSN; formerly known as Fox Sports Net & simply FSN), is the collective name for a group of regional sports networks in the United States that are primarily owned and operated by the Fox Entertainment Group division of 21st Century Fox.

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George Washington University

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Israel women's national basketball team

The Israel national women's basketball team represents Israel in international basketball matches and is controlled by the Israel Basketball Association.

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Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Jacqueline "Jackie" Joyner-Kersee (born March 3, 1962) is an American retired track and field athlete, ranked among the all-time greatest athletes in the heptathlon as well as long jump.

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Jennifer Azzi

Jennifer Lynn Azzi (born August 31, 1968) is a former basketball coach, most recently the head coach of the women's team at the University of San Francisco.

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Jennifer Rizzotti

Jennifer Marie Rizzotti (born May 15, 1974) is a retired American collegiate and professional basketball player, and current Division I coach at George Washington University.

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Kara Wolters

Kara Wolters Drinan (born August 15, 1975) is a retired American collegiate and professional basketball player.

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Kate Paye

Katherine Anne Paye.

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Kate Starbird

Kate Starbird (born July 30, 1975) is a former professional basketball player in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and the American Basketball League (ABL).

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Katie Smith

Katie Smith (born June 4, 1974) is an American retired professional basketball player, who played most recently in the WNBA.

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Katrina Price

Katrina Price (December 3, 1975 – January 18, 1999) was an American basketball player.

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Katy Steding

Kathryn Suzanne "Katy" Steding (born December 11, 1967) is a former collegiate and professional basketball player and the former head basketball coach at Boston University.

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Kedra Holland-Corn

Kedra Holland-Corn (born November 5, 1974) is an American professional women's basketball player with the Detroit Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).

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Lake Buena Vista, Florida

Lake Buena Vista is a city in Orange County, Florida, United States.

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Limor Mizrachi

Limor Mizrachi (born June 24, 1970) is an Israeli former professional basketball player and a former member of the Israeli women's national basketball team.

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Long Beach Stingrays

The Long Beach Stingrays was a women's professional basketball team.

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Michelle Brooke-Marciniak

Michelle Brooke-Marciniak (born October 29, 1973) is a former All American collegiate and professional basketball player who played point guard in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).

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Molly Goodenbour

Molly Colleen Goodenbour (born February 8, 1972) is a former college and professional basketball player and current head coach of the San Francisco Dons women's basketball team.

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Nashville Noise

The Nashville Noise was a short-lived member of the American Basketball League (ABL).

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Natalie Williams

Natalie Jean Williams (born November 30, 1970) is an American former professional basketball player in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).

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National Basketball Association

The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a men's professional basketball league in North America; composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada).

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National Women's Basketball League

The National Women's Basketball League, often abbreviated to the NWBL, was an organization governing professional basketball leagues for women in the United States.

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New England Blizzard

The New England Blizzard was a women's professional basketball franchise based in Hartford, Connecticut.

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Nikki McCray

Nikki Kesangane McCray-Penson (born December 17, 1971) is the head coach of the Old Dominion Lady Monarchs basketball team and a former professional women's basketball player.

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Palo Alto, California

Palo Alto is a charter city located in the northwest corner of Santa Clara County, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area of the United States.

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Philadelphia Rage

The Philadelphia Rage, were one of the eight original franchises of the American Basketball League (ABL), a women's professional basketball league.

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Portland Power (basketball)

The Portland Power was a women's professional basketball team in the American Basketball League (ABL) based in Portland, Oregon.

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Reebok

Reebok is a global athletic footwear and apparel company, operating as a subsidiary of German sportsgiant Adidas since 2005.

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San Jose Lasers

The San Jose Lasers were a women's professional basketball team in San Jose, California.

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San Jose, California

San Jose (Spanish for 'Saint Joseph'), officially the City of San José, is an economic, cultural, and political center of Silicon Valley and the largest city in Northern California.

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Saudia Roundtree

Saudia Roundtree (born October 4, 1976 in Anderson, South Carolina) is an American women's basketball coach, and also a former star player.

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Seattle Reign (basketball)

The Seattle Reign was the first women's professional basketball franchise in Seattle, Washington, USA.

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Seattle Storm

The Seattle Storm are a professional basketball team based in Seattle, Washington, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).

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Shalonda Enis

Shalonda Enis (born December 3, 1974) is a former professional basketball player who played for the Washington Mystics and Charlotte Sting of the WNBA.

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Shanele Stires

Shanele Marie Stires (born) is an American retired professional women's basketball player.

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Shannon Johnson

Shannon Regina "Pee Wee" Johnson (born August 18, 1974) is an American basketball player born in Hartsville, South Carolina.

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Sheri Sam

Sheri Lynette Sam (born May 5, 1974) is an American professional women's basketball coach and player who played in the WNBA.

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Sonja Henning

Sonja L. Henning (born October 4, 1969) is an American attorney and former collegiate and professional women's basketball player.

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SportsChannel

SportsChannel is the collective name for a former group of regional sports networks in the United States that was owned by Cablevision, which from 1988 until the group's demise, operated it as a joint venture with NBC.

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Stacey Lovelace-Tolbert

Stacey Lovelace (born December 5, 1974) is an American professional basketball player who played in the WNBA.

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Stanford University

Stanford University (officially Leland Stanford Junior University, colloquially the Farm) is a private research university in Stanford, California.

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Sylvia Crawley

Sylvia Crawley (born September 27, 1972) is a former American professional women's basketball forward, licensed minister and motivational speaker.

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Taj McWilliams-Franklin

Taj McWilliams-Franklin (born October 20, 1970) is a former American professional women's basketball player, and the current assistant coach of the WNBA's Dallas Wings.

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Tari Phillips

Tari L. Phillips (born March 6, 1969) is an American professional women's basketball player.

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Teresa Edwards

Teresa Edwards (born July 19, 1964) is an American former women's basketball player and four time Olympic gold medalist.

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Tonya Edwards

Tonya LaRay Edwards (born March 13, 1968) is an American retired professional basketball player born in Flint, Michigan, currently an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Sparks.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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University of Notre Dame

The University of Notre Dame du Lac (or simply Notre Dame or ND) is a private, non-profit Catholic research university in the community of Notre Dame, Indiana, near the city of South Bend, in the United States.

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University of South Carolina

The University of South Carolina (also referred to as UofSC, USC, SC, South Carolina, or simply Carolina) is a public, co-educational research university in Columbia, South Carolina, United States, with seven satellite campuses.

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Val Whiting

Valeria Olivia Whiting (born April 9, 1972)is a former professional basketball player.

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Venus Lacy

Venus Lacy (some sources give her name as Venus Lacey, born February 9, 1967) is an American former star basketball player, at the high school, college, Olympic and professional levels.

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Vonda Ward

Vonda Ward (born March 16, 1973, Macedonia, Ohio, United States) is an American female boxer who was also a well known NCAA basketball player.

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Women's American Basketball Association

The Women's American Basketball Association (WABA) is a name used by four professional women's basketball leagues in the United States.

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Women's boxing

Although women have participated in boxing for almost as long as the sport has existed, female fights have been effectively outlawed for most of boxing’s history, with athletic commissioners refusing to sanction or issue licenses to women boxers, and most nations officially banning the sport.

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Women's National Basketball Association

The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) is a women's professional basketball league in the United States.

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Women's Professional Basketball League

The Women's Professional Basketball League (abbreviated WBL) was a professional women's basketball league in the United States.

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XL Center

The XL Center (originally known as the Hartford Civic Center) is a multi-purpose arena and convention center located in downtown Hartford, Connecticut.

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Yolanda Griffith

Yolanda Evette Griffith (born March 1, 1970) is an American professional basketball hall of fame player who played in both the ABL and WNBA.

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1996 Summer Olympics

The 1996 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Basketball_League_(1996–98)

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