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Leagues and Governing Bodies

TWO WHO LIKE THE UNDERDOG IN THE BATTLE FOR WOMEN'S HOOPS

          The ABL and WNBA are the subject of columns by Steve
     Kelly of the SEATTLE TIMES and Glenn Dickey of the S.F.
     CHRONICLE.  Kelly: "Make no mistake about it, there is a war
     going on for the attentions and the affections of women's
     basketball's players and fans. ... it is another war for the
     hearts, minds and dollars of the American sports fan.  And
     in the war, the ABL can declare the biggest victory to date
     with this week's Seattle Reign signing of Stanford's Kate
     Starbird. ... Signing Starbird is like the New York Jets
     signing Joe Namath.  It opens eyes.  ESPN's SportsCenter
     gave the news almost two minutes yesterday" (SEATTLE TIMES,
     4/23).  In S.F., Glenn Dickey notes the two leagues "have
     radically different concepts, and there's no question in my
     mind that the ABL approach is the right one.  The ABL
     started small, hoping to grow into a big time-sport"  
     Dickey: "It's unlikely that both leagues will survive. 
     Merger has often been the answer ... It's important for the
     women's game that the ABL is the league that survives
     because it is run the right way by people who really care
     about women's basketball.  The WNBA seems little more than
     an afterthought for its chief sponsor.  It can be kept alive
     by the financial resources of the NBA, but there's no point
     in it.  I hope NBA commissioner David Stern pulls the plug
     at the end of the first season" (S.F. CHRONICLE, 4/24).

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