Lusia Harris

A black and white photograph of the WBL team Chicago Hustle shows the players piled on the floor smiling and laughing.

The story of the first Women’s Professional Basketball League draft

By Kiri Oler / September 2, 2023

Ann Meyers, Rita Easterling, Lusia Harris and other women’s basketball legends were selected in a groundbreaking draft in 1978

Photo of the U.S. 1976 U.S. women's basketball team, standing for a team photo and wearing red, white and blue warm-up uniforms.

Historic 1976 U.S. Olympic team shaped post-Title IX women’s basketball landscape

By Tee Baker / October 9, 2022

New book “Inaugural Ballers” tells true story of first U.S. women’s basketball Olympic team

Playing in the name of Black history

By Jordan Nixon / February 1, 2022

Jordan Nixon reflects on the legacy and future of Black women in basketball

Lusia Harris

How Lusia Harris transformed women’s basketball

By Tee Baker / January 18, 2022

Honoring the legacy of a women’s basketball giant