WBL

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

Locked on Women’s Basketball: There’s no Chelsea Gray without Molly Bolin Kazmer: the secret WNBA pre-history of the WBL

By The Next / October 4, 2022

Howard and Molly chat about the correlation between the WBL and WNBA and Molly’s six-on-six high school game experience

Anita Ortega runs past Liz Galloway in a 1979 WBL matchup between the San Francisco Pioneers and Chicago Hustle

Anita Ortega: A Pioneer in more ways than one

By Natalie Heavren / September 25, 2022

From WBL star to the LAPD-Ortega blazed the trail on and off the court

Locked on Women's Basketball podcast preview thumbnail for the Sept. 23 episode featuring former Chicago Hustle GM Chuck Shriver

Locked on Women’s Basketball: Chuck Shriver shares tales from the WBL

By The Next / September 23, 2022

Chuck Shriver, the former general manager of the Chicago Hustle, joins the pod to share his tales from the WBL

Karen Logan (right) and John Geraty (left), general manager of the Chicago Hustle, presents Chicago Mayor Michael A. Bilandic (center) with a signed WBL ball that reads "Mayor Bilandic, To a super athlete and Mayor -Karen Logan". The photo is signed by Bilandic with the message "To Karen Logan

The journey and lasting impact of women’s basketball trailblazer Karen Logan

By Natalie Heavren / August 22, 2022

How a pre-Title IX athlete changed women’s basketball forever

Molly Bolin

Locked on Women’s Basketball: Molly Bolin Kazmer made women’s basketball history, there’s no WNBA without WBL

By The Next / August 10, 2022

Howard gets to chat with Molly about all things women’s basketball in this must-listen history lesson

How Molly (Bolin) Kazmer re-shaped perceptions of the woman athlete

By Tee Baker / August 7, 2022

WBL trailblazer confronted sexism in many forms

WBL

Locked on Women’s Basketball: The WBL, legends of pro women’s basketball we must hear from 

By The Next / June 29, 2022

‘Our mission is to promote the historic and social relevance of the WBL to inspire future generations’

Top Left: Adrian Mitchell-Newell shoots over the defender. Top Middle: Molly (Bolin) Kazmer drives past the defender. Right: Retha Swindell appears in a newspaper article previewing the upcoming Texas season. Bottom Middle: Patricia “Trish” Roberts goes up for a layup. Bottom Left: Peggy Kennedy dribbles up the court.

“We Are Title IX”

By Natalie Heavren / June 13, 2022

WBL trailblazers share their Title IX experiences

Tatterson

Book Excerpt: Long before the WNBA, Gail Tatterson was one of the short-lived WBL’s top players

By Mitchell Northam / May 11, 2022

Tatterson led the WBL in field goal percentage in 1978-79 with a 64.6% clip