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Inaugural Ballers:the True Story Of the First Us Women's Olympic Basketball Team
[Paperback - 2024]
andrew maraniss
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Sub-category: Young Adults Sports
Additional Category: Young Adults Social Topics
Publisher: Viking Books For Young Readers | ISBN: 9780593351260 | Pages: 368
Shipping Weight: .326 | Dimensions: 5.5 x .93 x 8.25 inches

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From the New York Times bestselling author of Strong Inside comes the inspirational true story of the birth of women’s Olympic basketball at the 1976 Summer Games and the ragtag team that put US women’s basketball on the map. Perfect for fans of Steve Sheinkin and Daniel James Brown.

A League of Their Own meets Miracle in the inspirational true story of the first US Women’s Olympic Basketball team and their unlikely rise to the top.
 
Twenty years before women’s soccer became an Olympic sport and two decades before the formation of the WNBA, the ’76 US women’s basketball team laid the foundation for the incredible rise of women’s sports in America at the youth, collegiate, Olympic, and professional levels.
 
Though they were unknowns from small schools such as Delta State, the University of Tennessee at Martin and John F. Kennedy College of Wahoo, Nebraska, at the time of the ’76 Olympics, the American team included a roster of players who would go on to become some of the most legendary figures in the history of basketball. From Pat Head, Nancy Lieberman, Ann Meyers, Lusia Harris, coach Billie Moore, and beyond—these women took on the world and proved everyone wrong.  
 
Packed with black-and-white photos and thoroughly researched details about the beginnings of US women’s basketball, Inaugural Ballers is the fascinating story of the women who paved the way for girls everywhere.

About the Author

New York Times bestselling author Andrew Maraniss writes sports and history-related nonfiction, telling stories with a larger social message. Andrew is special projects director at the Vanderbilt University Athletic Department, where he manages the Sports & Society Initiative. You can visit Andrew Maraniss at AndrewMaraniss.com or follow him on Twitter @TruBlu24 and on Instagram @AMaraniss.

DeAndra Hodge is an illustrator and character designer based in Washington D.C. She graduated with a BA in Fine Art from the University of Montevallo.

She's also the illustrator of both the Kid Confident and the That Girl Lay Lay book series. She can be found online at DeAndraHodgeArt.com or follow her on Twitter @DeAndra_Hodge and Instagram @DeAndraHodge_.

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