WBL

Pearl Moore made basketball a labor of love

By Kiri Oler / November 25, 2023

For Moore, basketball was about two things: winning and a sense of community

Aptly named, professional women’s basketball in Bay Area began with Pioneers

By Tee Baker / October 14, 2023

The legacy of the the San Francisco Pioneers

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

Former WBL player Kathy DeBoer has always fought for women’s sports

By Tee Baker / August 26, 2023

In her dual-sport career, DeBoer filed a Title IX lawsuit as a college student, played professional basketball and coached college volleyball

Locked on Women’s Basketball: 1976 silver medalist and Naismith Hall of Famer Gail Marquis talks Olympics, WBL and HOF

By The IX Basketball / August 23, 2023

Gail recaps the ceremony and discusses her favorite basketball memories with Natalie Heavren

Locked On Women’s Basketball: If Not For Them docuseries shines a light on decades of history

By The IX Basketball / June 2, 2023

Natalie and executive producer Brenda VanLengen discuss the upcoming project that explores the history of women’s basketball

If Not For Them showcases decades of women’s basketball history

By Natalie Heavren / May 31, 2023

‘It didn’t just happen that all of a sudden, girls could play in front of TV cameras and have 10 million people watch them in the final’

Locked on Women’s Basketball: Intersection of AIAW, Title IX and WBL Trailblazers with Elizabeth Galloway-McQuitter

By The IX Basketball / April 1, 2023

Elizabeth Galloway-McQuitter from Legends of the Ball spoke about the importance of knowing the history of the game — WBL and Title IX

Gail Marquis was destined to move women’s basketball forward

By Kiri Oler / March 24, 2023

‘I understand my role was to keep pushing the game forward’

How Linnell Jones-McKenney made her hoop dreams come true

By Kiri Oler / February 21, 2023

Jones-McKenney’s story reads like a myth, but she is a legend