Word: abl
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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...
...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...
...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...