Over And Back: Stories About Nba History

We discuss the short-lived Women's Professional Basketball League and the pioneers of women's pro basketball, including Karen Logan, Molly Bolin, Ann Meyers and Nancy Lieberman, in the return of Over and Back's Basketball Mysteries of the 1970s series.Karra Porter, author of “Mad Seasons: The Story of the First Women's Professional Basketball League, 1978-1981,” joins the show with Jason Mann to talk about how she became interested in the story of the WBL, the rise of women's college basketball in the 1970s, the importance of the U.S. women's team earning silver at the 1976 Olympics, how many women had to develop skills independently with the lack of organized girls programs and how the WBL was formed by Bill Byrne.We discuss Logan's role in popularizing women's basketball and beating Jerry West in H-O-R-S-E on national TV, Bolin's amazing shooting displays, Meyers signing a contract with the Indiana Pacers and the reaction from both the NBA and WBL, Lieberman's spectac