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FLASHBACK 1997: Professional women's basketball streaks into Utah: Here come the Starzz.
If the first eight WNBA teams, including Utah's Starzz, are successful, there could eventually be women's teams associated with all 29 NBA franchises.
LeJuana "Lady" Hardmon Utah Starzz Head Coach Denise Taylor In commemoration of City Weekly's 40th anniversary, we are digging into our archives to celebrate. Each week, we FLASHBACK to a story or column from our past in honor of four decades of local alt-journalism.
Whether the names and issues are familiar or new, we are grateful to have this unique newspaper to contain them all. Title: Female Fastbreak Author: Libby Potter Date: June 12, 1997 Just to set the record straight, Lady Hardmon is no sissy. On the basketball court she hustles, she gets fastbreaks and she nails her shots.
She's…
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