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Word: abl (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2000
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Granted, they are all guys, but even that's not an excuse anymore. Before the American Basketball League--the WNBA's chief rival--folded a couple of years back, Sylvia Crawley jammed blindfolded during the ABL's own dunk contest...

Author: By Martin S. Bell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Carol of the Bells: Stop Faking the Funk | 12/6/2000 | See Source »

...League, Edwards found herself out of work last year when the league was buried by the rival WNBA--which is backed by the NBA The WNBA clearly coveted Edwards' star power, but it refused to pay her more than the $65,000-a-season rookie rate--about half Edwards' ABL pay and far less than the $200,000 she earned in Japan from 1989 to 1993. Legends are not available at a discount. "I don't care how you say it," Edwards explains. "As far as I'm concerned, we could not come to terms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: One for the Team | 6/19/2000 | See Source »

...court at Crunch, Edwards exhibits quick hands and a fluid court movement. She plays without wasted motion, whether passing or weaving through traffic, showing the form that made her the only ABL player to score 40 points in a single game. "It's not a concern to me that I'm not in the [WNBA] this summer," Edwards says. "I think the [Crunch] games are not too far off the pace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: One for the Team | 6/19/2000 | See Source »

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