Women's Hoops Blog

Inane commentary on a game that deserves far better


Monday, November 07, 2005

There's a new book out for the basketball history buffs among you. Marian Bemis Johnson and Dorothy McIntyre have just published "Daughters of the Game," an oral history of girls' basketball in Minnesota in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.

Sara's recently deceased grandma was interviewed for the book. She played half-court ball for New Richland in the 20s, and lived the rest of her life as a rabid (and notorious) basketball fan.