Inaugural Ballers: The True Story of the First U.S. Women's Olympic Basketball Team
This book is a remainder. It is brand new and unread but the cover may have stickers from other retailers or a small line or dot on the outside, indicating that the book was returned unsold from a store to the publisher and sold to us from a remainder list. Remainder opportunities allow us to make terrific titles available to you at especially deep discounts, increasing our ability to provide a wide array of books at the lowest possible cost.
From the New York Times bestselling author of Strong Inside comes the inspirational true story of the birth of women’s Olympic basketball at the 1976 Summer Games and the ragtag team that put US women’s basketball on the map. Perfect for fans of Steve Sheinkin and Daniel James Brown.
Twenty years before women’s soccer became an Olympic sport and two decades before the formation of the WNBA, the ’76 US women’s basketball team laid the foundation for the incredible rise of women’s sports in America at the youth, collegiate, Olympic, and professional levels.
Though they were unknowns from small schools such as Delta State, the University of Tennessee at Martin and John F. Kennedy College of Wahoo, Nebraska, at the time of the ’76 Olympics, the American team included a roster of players who would go on to become some of the most legendary figures in the history of basketball. From Pat Head, Nancy Lieberman, Ann Meyers, Lusia Harris, coach Billie Moore, and beyond—these women took on the world and proved everyone wrong.
| SKU | 145231 |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 9780593351246 |
| Language | English |
| Lexile ® Measure | 1240L |
| Page Count | 352 |
| Product Type | Hardcover Books |
| Book Type | Young Adult Nonfiction |
| Primary Contributor | Andrew Maraniss |
| Age Groups | Ages 13 to 15, Ages 16 to 18 |
| Publisher | Viking Books for Young Readers |