what year was the wnba started
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When was the WNBA started? The WNBA was formed in 1996 as the women's counterpart to the National Basketball Association, and league play began in 1997. it was actually started in 1906.
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National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics The National Junior College Athletic Association had established a women's division in the spring of 1975 and held the first women's national championship volleyball tournament that fall.
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NBA D-LEAGUE WNBAEurope LiveGlobalBrasilCanadaChinaEspanolFranceGermanyHong KongJapanTaiwanUKGLOBALAtlantaBostonCharlotteChicagoClevelandDallasDenverDetroitGolden StateHoustonIndianaLA ClippersLA LakersMemphisMiamiMilwaukeeMinnesotaNew JerseyNew OrleansNew YorkOklahoma CityOrlandoPhiladelphiaPhoenixPortlandSacramentoSan AntonioTorontoUtahWashingtonTEAMS MOBILE NBA TICKETSResource CenterGame CenterStats CenterDraft CenterFANTASY NBATVSTOREJerseysApparelKidsFootwearSporting GoodsAuctionsNBA Store EuropeBe An AffiliateSTORENBA TV BroadbandNBA LEAGUE PASSVIDEO Browse through NBA Encyclopedia by first selecting the section and then selecting the year you want to see. With a nickname taken by a Knicks trainer from the folk-hero robber Clyde Barrow, whose life was chronicled in the film Bonnie and Clyde, Frazier presided over the Knicks for 10 years from 1967 to 1977.
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Basketball Women's basketball is one of the few women's sports that developed in tandem with its men's counterpart. It became popular, spreading from the east coast of the United States to the west coast, in large part via women's colleges. From 1895 until 1970, the term women's basketball was also used to refer to netball, which evolved in parallel with modern women's basketball. The FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup and Women's Olympic Basketball Tournament feature top national teams from continental c
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National Basketball Association   (NBA) History The National Basketball Association (NBA) was founded in 1946 as the Basketball Association of America. It adopted the name National Basketball Association in the fall of 1949 after adding several teams from the rival National Basketball League (NBL).
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Hockey Canada The Canada women's national ice hockey team was formed in 1987 and won the first (unofficial) world championship that year. The 1990 IIHF Women's World Championship was the first official event, also won by Canada.
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History of netball The history of netball can be traced to the early development of basketball. A year after basketball was invented in 1891, the sport was modified for women to accommodate social conventions regarding their participation in sport, giving rise to women's basketball.omen's basketball arrived in New Zealand in 1906 or 1907 from Australia. By 1909, netball was also being played in schools in Jamaica. Netball spread throughout much of the British Empire during the first half of the 20th century.
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Women's National Basketball Association The WNBA logo, Logo Woman, paralleled the NBA logo and was selected out of 50 different designs. On the heels of a much-publicized gold medal run by the 1996 USA Basketball Women's National Team at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games, the WNBA began its first season on June 21, 1997 to little fanfare. The first WNBA game featured the New York Liberty facing the Los Angeles Sparks in Los Angeles.
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- For more information on the Women's Trade Union League, visit the following web site: Encyclopedia Britannica, Women in American History: The Women's Trade Union League Founded in 1903 by Jane Addams, Mary Anderson and other trade unionists, the  (WTUL) devoted itself to securing better occupational conditions for women and encouraging women to join the labor movement.
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- The Chicago Sky will begin its ninth season as a member of the WNBA s Eastern Conference on Friday, May 16, 2014 against the Indiana Fever. The game features two of the WNBA s top defensive teams and a rematch of last year s first round Eastern Conference playoff series.
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History of Women's Basketball in America 1 first women's basketball team organized by Senda Berenson at Smith College, adapting Naismith's rules to emphasize cooperation, with three zones and six players on each team. 2  first women's college basketball game played at Smith College; no men were admitted to the game (March 21).
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Year-round play is becoming hazardous duty for some WNBA players Players supplement their relatively modest WNBA incomes by playing abroad during the league's off-season, typically for bigger paychecks. July 12, 2011 | By Melissa Rohlin. The WNBA season was barely three weeks old, and already two of the league's biggest stars were out because of injuries. Sparks forward Candace Parker, the 2008 league most valuable player, had torn the meniscus in her right knee. Seattle Storm center Lauren Jackson, the reigning MVP, required surgery on her left hip.
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History of netball An international governing body was formed to oversee the sport globally, now called the International Netball Federation (INF). The second half of the 20th century saw international competition expand, with the sport's premier international competition, the World Netball Championships, starting in 1963.rom the beginning, netball was widely accepted as a sport suitable for women. Domestic netball competitions arose in several countries during the first half of the 20th century. Starting from the 1920s, national associations were formed to organise the sport in netball-playing nations.
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History of Women's Basketball in America 1 first known women's basketball game between two high schools was played in the Chicago area, with Chicago Austin High School against Oak Park High School.
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When did the NBA start? A group of team owners met on June 6, 1946, in New York to talk about a league they would name the Basketball Association of America. This meeting was the beginning of what we … know today as the NBA.
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Soccer in the United States The first women's professional soccer league in the United States formed after the success of the 1999 Women's World Cup. The Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) ran from 2001–2003 and featured many of the World Cup stars, including Mia Hamm, Michelle Akers and Brandi Chastain.
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- CMYK TIME Imag ing inTIME/Iron Jawed Angels I t’s hard to imagine that until 1920, there was intensedebate about whether women should be allowed tovote in the United States. But Alice Paul and her col-leaguesfaced fierce opposition—from women as well asmen.
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Frequently Asked Questions: WNBA When the WNBA was launched, it featured eight teams: The Charlotte Sting, Cleveland Rockers, Houston Comets, New York Liberty, Los Angeles Sparks, Phoenix Mercury, Sacramento Monarchs and the Utah Starzz.
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National League for Nursing The NLN was founded in 1893 as the American Society of Superintendents of Training Schools for Nurses and was the first organization for nursing in U.S. In 1912 it was renamed the National League for Nursing Education and released the first Standard Curriculum for Schools of Nursing in 1917.
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- In 2002, Lisa Leslie became the first WNBA player to dunk a basketball. Throughout her trailblazing career, she was many firsts: the first WNBA player to win the regular season MVP, the All-Star Game MVP and the playoff MVP in the same season.
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History of basketball NBA. The Basketball league was founded in New York City on June 6, 1946 as the Basketball Association of America (BAA). The league adopted the name National Basketball Association in 1949 after merging with the rival National Basketball League (NBL).
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THE LONG ROAD TO EQUALITY: WHAT WOMEN WON FROM THE ERA RATIFICATION EFFORT At a National Organization for Women (NOW) rally in Lafayette Park, across from the White House, on June 30, 1982, NOW president Eleanor Smeal rallied an estimated two thousand supporters, including seven hundred nurses in town for the American Nurses Association convention.
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Women's Professional Soccer On May 18, 2012 WPS announced the league folded and would not return in 2013. After the WPS folded, the National Women's Soccer League formed and took WPS's place as the top professional women's soccer league.
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Cheerleading History In 1978 CBS broadcasted the first cheerleading competition of this caliber. And then another huge door for cheer was opened. The Title IX rule was passed in 1972 allowing females to complete in sports, and competitive cheerleading took off. The rule states:
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History of netball Basketball was invented in 1891 by James Naismith, a Canadian physical education instructor working in the United States, who was trying to develop an indoor sport for his students at the YMCA Training School (now Springfield College) in Springfield, Massachusetts.rom the beginning, netball was widely accepted as a sport suitable for women. Domestic netball competitions arose in several countries during the first half of the 20th century. Starting from the 1920s, national associations were formed to organise the sport in netball-playing nations.
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Women's National Basketball Association On the heels of a much-publicized gold medal run by the 1996 USA Basketball Women's National Team at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games, the WNBA began its first season on June 21, 1997 to little fanfare. The first WNBA game featured the New York Liberty facing the Los Angeles Sparks in Los Angeles.