Tonight, the Richmond Rage will play their first home game just an hour south at the Robins Center in Richmond. The team features the University's former superstar and Olympic champion Dawn Staley at point guard. The community should make plans to welcome her to the professional level sometime soon. It's about time women had another shot at the success with a professional league of their own. Hopefully, this time around there will be ample fan support for the new ABL and the Women's National Basketball Association.
Early indicators show promising marketing support for many of both league's new teams.
A Sheryl Swoops swoosh shoe has a nice ring to it. In case anyone has forgotten, while the men's basketball team floundered last year, the women's squad was busy completing yet another outstanding season by finishing among the final eight teams in the NCAA tournament. Meanwhile, at the NBA level, last year showed overpaid babies on their worst behavior with Dennis Rodman's headbutting and Nick Van Exel hurling a referee into the stands. The ABL may just be the breath of fresh air the sporting world needs. You may not reproduce the contents of this paper in any shape or form without the express written consent of The Cavalier Daily .