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Nancy Lieberman, Legends ready to go
PUBLISHED November 18, 2010 | News
History will be made tonight when the Frisco-based Texas Legends, the NBA Development League team co-owned by Dallas Mavericks president Donnie Nelson, open their inaugural season with head coach and Hall of Famer Nancy Lieberman on the bench. Lieberman, 52, is set to become the first woman to coach a professional men’s basketball team when […]
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Texas Legends NBADL opener: Lieberman set to become first woman to coach NBA affiliate
PUBLISHED November 1, 2010 | News
FRISCO – If it weren’t Nancy Lieberman, this wouldn’t look so natural. A slender 5-8 woman is crouching on a hardwood court gazed upon by a dozen breathing, sweating, balling, human-equivalents of the Sears Tower who also happen to be male, and she’s the one offering rebounding instruction. “This little box-out here, that’s rec league,” […]
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Sitting in the first chair: Nancy Lieberman
PUBLISHED August 16, 2010 | News, Sports
The presence of basketball has been as prominent in the life of Nancy Lieberman as any person over the past 35 years. At age 17, she was tapped to be a member of the U.S. National team and had already won an Olympic silver medal before packing up her Camaro and driving down from her […]
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