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Inaugural Ballers : the True Story of the First Us Women's Olympic Basketball Team

Author: Maraniss, Andrew

Follett Number: 2935BC5
Audience: Young Adult
Publisher: Viking, c2022, p2024
Format: 344 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
ISBN-13: 978-0-593-35126-0
ISBN-10: 0-593-35126-6
Dewey: 796.323
Classifications: Nonfiction

Subjects:
Basketball for Women History
Basketball Players
Olympic Athletes
Olympic Games (21st : 1976 : Montreal, Quebec)
Women Biography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-313) and index. ". . . the inspirational true story of the birth of women's Olympic basketball at the 1976 Summer Games and the ragtag team that put United States women's basketball on the map"--Provided by publisher.

From the publisher:
From the New York Times bestselling author of Strong Insidecomes the inspirational true story of the birth of women's Olympic basketball at the 1976 Summer Games and the ragtag team that put US women's basketball on the map. Perfect for fans of Steve Sheinkin and Daniel James Brown. A League of Their Ownmeets Miraclein the inspirational true story of the first US Women's Olympic Basketball team and their unlikely rise to the top. Twenty years before women's soccer became an Olympic sport and two decades before the formation of the WNBA, the '76 US women's basketball team laid the foundation for the incredible rise of women's sports in America at the youth, collegiate, Olympic, and professional levels. Though they were unknowns from small schools such as Delta State, the University of Tennessee at Martin and John F. Kennedy College of Wahoo, Nebraska, at the time of the '76 Olympics, the American team included a roster of players who would go on to become some of the most legendary figures in the history of basketball. From Pat Head, Nancy Lieberman, Ann Meyers, Lusia Harris, coach Billie Moore, and beyond-these women took on the world and proved everyone wrong. Packed with black-and-white photos and thoroughly researched details about the beginnings of US women's basketball, Inaugural Ballersis the fascinating story of the women who paved the way for girls everywhere.

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