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unusual facts about Sheryl Swoopes


Sheryl Swoopes

Swoopes is the first women's basketball player to have a Nike shoe named after her: the "Air Swoopes".


Joanne P. McCallie

While at Maine, she organized an event called "Realizing the Dream; Celebrating Women in Athletics" that featured speakers Dr. Donna Lopiano and Sheryl Swoopes.

WNBA All-Decade Team

Nine of the first team selections won Olympic gold medals with Team USA, and eight won league championships, including three—Cynthia Cooper-Dyke, Sheryl Swoopes, and Tina Thompson—who won four consecutive titles with the Houston Comets.


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