Inaugural Ballers: The True Story Of The First US Women's Olympic Basketball Team

ISBN-10: 0593351266
ISBN-13: 9780593351260
Author: Maraniss, Andrew
Interest Level: 7-12
Publisher: Penguin Random House

Publication Date: March 2024

Copyright: 2022

Page Count: 368

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Interest Level

Grades 7-12

Reading Level

Lexile: 1240L

BISAC Subjects

YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Sports & Recreation / Olympics & Paralympics *

YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Girls & Women *

Description
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
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