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Lisa Leslie: A Career Retrospective
11 September 2009
“If you can dream it, you can achieve it.”
Lisa Leslie
She was 12. Already five years into her childhood dream of becoming a TV weather reporter and model. She loathed the idea of strangers bugging her about whether or not she played sports - let alone basketball.
But that same year, Lisa Leslie picked up a ball for the very first time. And she’s yet to put it down.
Until right about now.
The Los Angeles Sparks have once again clinched a spot in the WNBA playoffs. And whether they go down swinging in the Western Conference's opening round or ride off into the sunse ...
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Lisa Leslie: “Pass The Ball To The Gi ...
08 September 2009
Talent is one thing. And sometimes that’s enough.
When you stand 6’2” as a 14-year old girl - and already possess the ability to dribble, pass and shoot with both hands - playing basketball should be easier than choosing what to eat for lunch.
Unless you move around ...
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This Is Our Team: Lisa Leslie
01 July 2008
With three gold medals under her belt, Lisa Leslie faces her ultimate challenge: passing on her wisdom to a new Team USA.
No one on the U.S. Women’s Team has more experience than Lisa Leslie – or the gold medals to prove it. The future Hall of Famer, who’s been settin ...
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This Is Our Game: Commitment
01 July 2008
This is our story. The story of us as a country, played on a court and erected on a podium. The journey of us told on the hallowed courts of the 1920’s New York and Boston, the 1930’s Chicago and Detroit. The tale of our pride echoed from the past, lifted off concrete, written ...
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This Is Our Game: Undefeated
01 July 2008
This is Our Game explores the rich tradition of the U.S. National Teams, uncovering the victories, defeats, and rivalries of the last seven decades. In Part One of the series, as the game spreads to the world, the first and greatest American basketball dynasty is born.
1936-1968.
It all ...
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This Is Our Game: Controversy & D ...
01 July 2008
This is Our Game explores the rich tradition of the U.S. National Teams, uncovering the victories, defeats, and rivalries of the last seven decades. In Part Two of the series, a legendary streak comes to an abrupt end as Russia emerges on the world stage.
1972-1984.
As the threat of a T ...
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