Mad seasons
Subtitle: the story of the first Women's Professional Basketball League, 1978-1981
By: Karra Porter.
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Lincoln
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780803287891
Subjects: Women's Professional Basketball League -- History.; Basketball for women -- United States -- History.; Women basketball players -- United States -- History.
Description: "As the popularity of women's basketball burgeons, Karra Porter reminds us in Mad Seasons that today's Women's National Basketball Association, or WNBA, had its origins in a ragtag league twenty years earlier. Porter tells the story of the Women's Professional Basketball League (WBL), which pioneered a new era of women's sports."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The lights go up; title: Chance of a lifetime; title: A man's game; title: In the locker room; title: Playing by the rules; title: Working hard for the money; title: Makeup game; title: Ball games; title: Color commentary; title: Changing the lineups; title: Standards of conduct; title: The money men; title: Wrong league; title: Out-of-bounds; title: Benched; title: The super rookies; title: Foul play; title: Suspended; title: Home court disadvantage; title: Final buzzer; title: Snapshots of the WBL.