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Author Baker, Christine A.

Title Why she plays : the world of women's basketball / Christine A. Baker ; foreword by Becky Hammon
Published Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 198 pages)
Contents Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Why She Plays; Part one: Youth Basketball; 1. Heck Yeah, I'm a Tomboy!; 2. The Fun Factor; Part two: High-School Basketball; 3. You Can't Measure Heart; 4. The Crème of the Crop; Part three: College Basketball; 5. Three Divisions, One Association; 6. Conradt, Goestenkors, and the Pursuit of Perfection; 7. The Approach of a Coach; 8. A Dance Is Still a Dance; Part four: The WNBA; 9. Over Ten Years and Going Strong in the wnba; 10. The Superstars and the "Special" Treatment; Part five: USA Basketball
11. The United States versus the Rest of the World12. The Best in the World; Part six: Media Coverage and Women's Basketball; 13. The Slippery Slope of Gender Politics; 14. Unique but Alike; 15. Her Place of Peace; Epilogue: Building the Perfect Player; Appendix A: High School Participation by State; Appendix B: The Structure of USA Basketball; Notes; Suggested Reading
Summary Baker sets the stage with a quick look at current statistics and trends in women's basketball nationwide, noting the profound changes in the last thirty-five years. A series of exclusive interviews then takes us into the heart and soul of the sport. Her subjects are players and coaches, from neophytes to stars such as Dawn Staley and Nancy Lieberman; from legendary coaches such as Jody Conradt to the masterminds of USA Basketball and the 1996 Women's Dream Team; from Donna Lopiano, former CEO of the Women's Sports Foundation, to tomorrow's Olympic athletes. A richly detailed, all-encompassing portrait of the sport, these interviews offer a wealth of insight into the game, American sports culture, and, indeed, why Baker plays
Notes "A Bison original"--Page (4) of cover
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-198)
Notes English
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Subject Basketball for women -- United States -- History
Women basketball players -- United States -- Biography
Basketball players -- United States -- Biography
Basketball for women -- History
JUVENILE NONFICTION -- Sports & Recreation -- Basketball.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies.
Basketball for women.
Basketball players.
Women basketball players.
United States.
Genre/Form Biographies.
History.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780803218659
0803218656
9786611958268
6611958266