Houston Sports - Sheryl Swoopes
Sheryl Swoopes Born: March 25, 1971 Sport: Basketball (2-time All-American, NCAA Player of the Year, 6-time All Star, 2-time scoring champ, 3-time Defensive Player of the Year, 3-time MVP, 3-time Olympic gold medalist, Hall of Fame) The 30th WNBA season will be wrapping up soon, and it is the last year without the Houston Comets. Next year our city will once again have a team in the league for the first time since the original team, which claimed the first four consecutive titles in league history, folded in 2008. Another "first" for the city was the very first member of the WNBA, and that's who gets the spotlight this week. Sheryl Swoopes signed a contract with the new league 30 years ago this month, on October 23, 1996, and was assigned to the Comets when rosters were formed early the following year. She became one of the very first superstars of women's basketball, achieving success at every level and in every location. So before the final season of Hous...