Houston Comets | American basketball team | Britannica (original) (raw)
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Cooper-Dyke
In Cynthia Cooper-Dyke …while leading her team, the Houston Comets, to the championship. She was named MVP of both the regular season and the playoffs that year. Read More
history of basketball
In basketball: U.S. women’s basketball …the WNBA’s inaugural champion, the Houston Comets, also folded. The Sacramento Monarchs disbanded in 2009. The Eastern Conference consists of the Atlanta Dream, Chicago Sky, Connecticut Sun (in Uncasville), Indiana Fever (in Indianapolis), New York Liberty (in New York City), and Washington (D.C.) Mystics. The Western Conference comprises the Dallas… Read More
Lobo
In Rebecca Lobo She was acquired by the Houston Comets in 2002 and retired the following year. Lobo’s professional career was marred by injury (a torn anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee sidelined her for two seasons), and she was never the dominant player in the WNBA that she had been as… Read More
In Women’s National Basketball Association …titles were won by the Houston Comets, with teams that featured two of the league’s first superstars in Cynthia Cooper and Sheryl Swoopes. Helped by the dissolution of the rival American Basketball League in 1999, the WNBA grew in the early years of the 21st century to become the most… Read More
