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Ladies First
Who won Phoenix’s inaugural b-ball title? Hint: It wasn’t the Suns.
By Chris Bowman
Published on May 15, 2008
It’s no big shocker that fans in these parts have more passion for basketball than any other pro sport. Okay, then, so explain why a pro-basketball squad that’s actually won something is virtually ignored while the other, can’t-quite-win-the-big-one team attracts rabid, out-of-their-minds followers?
If you’re into watching the unveiling of a pro-basketball championship banner (and what Phoenician wouldn’t be?), head to U.S. Airways Center when the Phoenix Mercury opens its regular-season home schedule against the Los Angeles Sparks. There’s still time to join the bandwagon for our hometown gals, who won their first WNBA title last season in a decisive game five against the defending champion Detroit Shock (the dramatic series-concluding win also marked the first time in the WNBA’s 11-year history that a team had seized a title on the road).
The nationally televised game will include a championship ring/banner presentation.
Sat., May 17, 12:30 p.m.; Thu., July 17, 7 p.m., 2008
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