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06-29-2024, 07:51 PM
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In 1996, amid a surge of interest in women’s basketball in the U.S., the NBA approved the creation of a sister league: the Women’s National Basketball Association (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoDMp5ixiSg) (WNBA), which would quickly cement itself as the preeminent women’s professional basketball league.
Little did everyone know, however, that one of the WNBA’s original franchises, the Houston Comets (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Comets), would go on to become one of the most transcendent dynasties (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McQQIGXaoYU) in the history of professional sports. Propelled by future Hall-of-Famers Sheryl Swooper, Cynthia Cooper, and Tina Thompson — the Big Three, as they came to be known — the Comets were an unstoppable force in the WNBA’s early years (https://frontofficesports.com/the-wnba-was-forged-in-houston-why-wont-it-go-back-there/), capturing a whopping four straight championships and positioning themselves to be the league’s model franchise for decades to come.
That is, until the Comets — the most successful franchise in league history — burned out (https://andscape.com/features/houstons-comets-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-wnbas-first-dynasty/).
In 1996, amid a surge of interest in women’s basketball in the U.S., the NBA approved the creation of a sister league: the Women’s National Basketball Association (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoDMp5ixiSg) (WNBA), which would quickly cement itself as the preeminent women’s professional basketball league.
Little did everyone know, however, that one of the WNBA’s original franchises, the Houston Comets (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Comets), would go on to become one of the most transcendent dynasties (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McQQIGXaoYU) in the history of professional sports. Propelled by future Hall-of-Famers Sheryl Swooper, Cynthia Cooper, and Tina Thompson — the Big Three, as they came to be known — the Comets were an unstoppable force in the WNBA’s early years (https://frontofficesports.com/the-wnba-was-forged-in-houston-why-wont-it-go-back-there/), capturing a whopping four straight championships and positioning themselves to be the league’s model franchise for decades to come.
That is, until the Comets — the most successful franchise in league history — burned out (https://andscape.com/features/houstons-comets-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-wnbas-first-dynasty/).