Twenty-six years after playing in the WNBA's first game, Teresa Weatherspoon takes over as the seventh head coach of the Chicago Sky.
When the WNBA played its inaugural game at the Forum in Inglewood, Calif., on June 21, 1997, excitement was high and people around the league were anxious. With a crowd of 14,284 on hand to watch the New York Liberty take on the hometown Los Angeles Sparks, the Forum had to open the upper deck to accommodate the demand. “I remember I threw up the first ball.
” The Comets went on to win the decisive Game 3, but Cooper remembers the shot a little differently. “I’m still kind of mad at her for hitting that last-second shot,” she said. “It was unnecessary. I like to say unnecessary roughness. That’s 15 yards, automatic first down. I was devastated. “But that just shows her never-give-up attitude. There’s just a few seconds on the clock.
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