Table of Contents

Prologue: Birth of a League; 1.The Lights Go Up; 2.Chance of a Lifetime; 3.A Man's Game; 4.In the Locker Room; 5.Playing By the Rules; 6.Working Hard for the Money; 7.Makeup Game; 8.Ball Games; 9.Color Commentary; 10.Changing the Lineups; 11.Standards of Conduct; 12.The Money Men; 13.Wrong League; 14.Out of Bounds; 15.Benched; 16.The Super Rookies; 17.Foul Play; 18.Suspended; 19.Home Court Disadvantage; 20.Final Buzzer; 21.Snapshots from the WBL; Epilogue

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A detailed story of hardship and sacrifice of the short-lived Women's Professional Basketball League, but also of the love of the game.

About the Author

Karra Porter is a lawyer in Salt Lake City, Utah. She has represented a number of WNBA players in her practice and has given speeches on the history of women’s basketball and the law of professional basketball.

Reviews

“Relive all of the great moments, the troubling challenges, the highlights, the star players, and gain a whole new perspective of what it took to get professional basketball into the spotlight that is today’s NBA and WNBA. There’s plenty for men and women alike to enjoy about Karra Porter’s Mad Seasons.”—Bill Ingram, Hoopsworld.com

“Porter has a keen eye for the telling detail, a reconteur’s love of storytelling, and amid the important cache of stats and box scores, she creates vivid heroes of the league.”—Cassie DeHahn, Aethlon