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through August, with the winners of have won Olympic gold medals. The WNBA team rosters WNBA team rosters the Eastern and Western conferences ABL, on the other hand, limits each team Eastern Conference Western Conference Preview and the two teams with the next best to two foreign-born players. Charlotte Sting Los Angeles Sparks Continued from Page 3 records advancing to single-elimina “The WNBA has the best players No. Name Pos. Ht. College No. Name College tion playoff games. from around the world,” Ackerman Katasha Artis F 6-0 Northeastern ’95 42 Linda Burgess bama '92 55 Michi Atkins Texas Tech ’96 32 Daedra Charles nnessee '91 “I think (the WNBA) is going to The league features Olympians and said. “These women have been play 23 Vicky Bullett Maryland ’89 12 Katrina Colleton land '93 3 Andrea Congre£iy|||i' . Mercer '92/Great Britian 21 Tamecka Dixon^ is'97 50 Sharon ManniQ^om^1 work and work well,” he said. “If I was ing in obscurity overseas. People’s N.C. State '91 34 Travesa GanJ, tar '94 spending sports marketing bucks it 51 Rhonda Mapp N.C. State '92 9 Lisa Leslii heads will turn when they see the skill 32 Andrea Stinson N.C. State '91 4 Mwadi Mai ^ ^ If I was spending Tora Super J. Virginia '97 11 Penny Tolei*^ Long Beach State • would be in women’s professional of these women.” - Berkeley ’93/Yugoslavia Milica Vukadii 10 Jamila Wideman Stanford '97 basketball.” Indeed. The WNBA game will be Debra Williams Louisiana Tech '96 28 Zheng Haixia ‘ ’‘’’SS&.'xPI&B China Head coach - Marynell Meadors The year-old ABL, operating with played at a level that will shock fans, Head coach - Linda Sharp Cleveland Rockers much less TV exposure and corporate sports marketing Phoenix Mercury with an up-tempo, physical style like Name Pos. Ht. College No. Name Pos. Ht. College sponsorship but with many good play the NBA, players and coaches say. 14 Jenny Boucek <3 5-8 Virginia '96 8 Janice Lawrence Braxton C 6-3 Louisiana Tech '84 42 Monique Ambers F 6-4 Arizona State '93 ers, believes the market is big enough for bucks it would be in “When I look at the ABL, it’s much 44 Michelle F-dWatds (3 5-9 Iowa '88 14 Marlies Askamp 6-5 Germany 0 Toni Foster / jipPfcL— 6-0 Iowa '93 Isabelle Fijalkowski C/F 6-5 Colorado '95/France Jennifer Gillom/6-3 two women’s leagues, especially since it more of a guard-based game, with so Donna Harrington C/F 6-1 Old Dominion'88 22 Mississippi '86 women’s professional Merlakii Jones \ G/F 5-9 .Florida'95 3 Tia Jackson - plays in the fall, while the WNBA plays in 10 Nancy LiebermaijS J-tt many of the good young college guards,” Anita Maxwell . F; 5-11 Now Mexico State'96 5-10 'Old Dbmfhion 80 Eva Nemcova \ ’ Jp, 6-2 Czech Republic 32 Bridget Pettis^ 5-9^, FlQnda 93 the summer. said Mary Murphy, coach of the WNBA’s 7 Michele Timm^P1 '/ 11 Tina Nicholson'y : ' Penn State'97 Australia basketball.” 21 Umeki Webb // “It’s a competitive situation. We’re Sacramento Monarchs. Lynette Woodara G 6-0 Kansas '81 5-9 N.C. State '97 31 Tara Williams***- F 5-11 Auburn'97 the underdog. But ultimately, this is “The WNBA will be much more of a Head coach - Linda Hill-MacDonald Ofkwl Richard Luker Head coach - Cheryl Miller great for women’s basketball,” ABL’s post-game, and we have a great inside- Houston Comets Sacramento Monarchs sulfa No Name Pos. Ht. College Executive director of the No. Name Pga, Ht. College iypal co-founder Gary Cavelli said. “Two out game. Overseas leagues look for post 4 Janeth Arcain F 5-11 Brazil 14 Cynthia Cooper USC '86 40 Tajama Abraham 6‘2*0 Geor9e Washington S? years ago, great college players had ESPN Chilton Sports Poll players, 6-foot-2, 6-3 and up. We have 6 Ruthie Bolton-Hollfietep J Auburn '89 I 8 Pietra Gay Louisiana State '97 30 Bridgette Gordon ^ W8r Tennessee two choices: drop their sport or play those players.” 9 Wanda Guytor Florida '89 seef 3 Patty Jo Hedgi jpky '83 33 Denique Graves Howard 97 overseas. Now, exposure to women’s Pollini warns against comparing the 6 Nekeshia I '95 24 Mikiko Hagiwara ^ wm JaPan top college players, like Lisa Leslie of the women’s game with the men’s. 23 Tammy Jai Ida '85 5 Pamela McGi S, ^ '^84c basketball is at an ,all-time high in 11 Catarina Pi Italy 7 Judy Mosley-1 I- 6-1 Hawaii £ this country.” Sparks and the Houston Comets’ Sheryl “Basketball is basketball. Physically, 43 Racquel Spurlock Louisiana Tech '97 10 Eliza Sokolow! /; '96/Pola,M 22 Sheryl Swoopes F 6-0 Texas Tech '93 3 Chantel Tremiti The WNBA hopes it will continue Swoopes, who is expecting her first child the difference between men and women 7 Tina Thompson F 6-3 USC '97 20 Corissa Yasen F PqMue’ga Head coach - MTary Murphy to grow. this month and may not play this season. is big. But technically, what we can do Head coach - Van Chancellor Although the league estimates an Foreign professionals also have with the ball can be very good,” Pollini New York Liberty Utah Starzz Name Pos. Ht. College Name Pos. Ht. College average attendance of just 4,000, the signed up, including Elena Baranova of said. Rhonda Blades . G 5-6 Vanderbilt '95 Elena Baranova Russia rl'ol Russia, a 6-5 center/forward with the “Of course, we can’t dunk every Kisha Ford ycY; G/F 5-10 Georgia Tech 97 Deborah Carter Georgia 93 I TV audience will be much bigger. The Kym Hampton JS Arizona State 84 Megan Compain Joseph’s OTNeuZe* three WNBA games a week will be Utah Starzz, and Catarina Pollini, a 6-5 time. But basketball isn’t only dunk Vickie Johnsony(pi^-aFUf F, uisiana Tech ’96 Lady Hardmon ;gia 92 Rebecca Loboj. "vV .6-47 nnecticut 95 Dena Head see 92 Jasmina PeraZiCi&pe'\|y'G9*. -.ft;* * ,'chl broadcast on ESPN, NBC or Lifetime. forward with the Comets who also plays ing or alley-oops. Just go out and see MtSryland '83/Yugoslavia Jessie Hicki and 93 Bhrfii C. State '87 Trena Trice Wendy Pali Irginia 96 Teresa Weathersp
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