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The Short, Wild Run of Dallas’ First Professional Women’s Basketball Team
PUBLISHED November 15, 2019 | News
The Dallas Diamonds took the floor 40 years ago, teaching the city a lot about sexism, racism, and the business of sports. Fake diamonds, fresh hairdos, and Martina Navratilova. That’s what Dallas Diamonds owner Jud Phillips was banking on to draw the crowds to the Dallas Convention Center Arena for the first home game of […]
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New ‘Kids & Cops Dream Court’ opens in Moore
PUBLISHED October 22, 2019 | News
Children will soon have a new place to play in Moore, thanks to a generous donation. Nancy Lieberman Charities teamed up with Toby Keith to donate a new ‘Kids & Cops Dream Court’ to the City of Moore. Organizers say the court will serve as a safe space for youth in the community to interact […]
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Officials cut the ribbon on Nancy Lieberman Charities Dream Court in McKinney
PUBLISHED October 10, 2019 | News
A group of kids waited patiently Wednesday afternoon while McKinney Parks and Recreation Director Michael Kowski introduced key contributors to the new Dream Court and newly renovated Fitzhugh Park in east McKinney. The new court came to the park courtesy of a partnership with Nancy Lieberman Charities, Sport Court, Covenant Church and the city of […]
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Basketball Legend Nancy Lieberman Isn’t Afraid Of Breaking New Ground — Even In ESPN The Magazine’s Body Issue
PUBLISHED September 4, 2019 | News
f you read about the history of women in basketball, you’re going to read a lot about Nancy Lieberman. And a lot of what you read will involve the word “first”: after a childhood in New York City playing pickup basketball, an adolescence spent racking up medals at the Olympics and Pan American Games, and […]
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WNBA vet Nancy Lieberman on inspiring others at 61
PUBLISHED September 4, 2019 | News
Basketball is the greatest love story of my life. I fell in love with it at 10, and I’m still involved at 61. I’ve played on cement, I’ve played in the streets. I played in the WNBA at 39 and then came back and played in the WNBA at 50. I have eked out everything […]
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