Women's Hoops Blog

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Thursday, September 18, 2003

Voepel on the WUSA's demise, and what the WNBA can learn from it.

"[The] WUSA hit a brick wall, while the WNBA and LPGA had good weeks. And if there are not direct connections between all women's sports, there certainly is kinship, empathy, shared frustration and joy.

"The fictional Harvey Lacey was right: Nobody said it would be equal, regardless of how much we wish that it were. But the very real Julie Foudy also was right this week, when she said, 'We're not genetically predisposed to giving up.'"