Word: wnba
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...primary advantages to joining the WNBA is that, because its season runs only during the summer, players are free to join European teams overseas during the rest of the year. The ABL season, which begins in October and ends in March, runs concurrently with the European season...
...incentive for Feaster to spend time in Europe is twofold--North Carolina State graduate Danny Strong, her boyfriend since high school, is currently playing professional basketball in Belgium. Feaster also has not dismissed the prospect of playing professionally in Europe herself during the WNBA's offseason...
Unlike in other professional athletic leagues,WNBA players do not sign contracts with individualteams. Signing with the league commits a player toone of the WNBA teams...
Although the ABL was considered by many to havehad better talent than the WNBA last season, theWNBA has signed 41 of the nation's top graduatingplayers, including four Kodak All-Americans, 13Conference Players of the Year and 28All-Conference First Team selections...
...list of future WNBA participants reads likea Who's Who inventory of college basketball starsand includes Feaster, Florida's Murriel Page--whoalso signed yesterday--North Carolina's TracyReid, Texas Tech's Alicia Thompson, Maine's CindyBlodgett, Arizona's Adia Barnes, Arkansas' ChristySmith and Stanford's Vanessa Nygaard...