It was a summer league with a limited schedule but promised TV deals, name recognition and big-money backing. Meanwhile, the American Basketball League, which played a traditional eight-month ...

And several Olympians and college stars signed with the fledgling American Basketball League (ABL), which finished its first season a few months ago. Hardmon credits the Olympic basketball team for ...

The CLEVELAND PIPERS were acquired by George Steinbrenner in 1961 to enter the newly formed professional American Basketball League organized by Abe Saperstein, owner of the Harlem Globetrotters.

Inspired by this interest, the now-defunct American Basketball League (ABL) formed in late 1995, and the WNBA was formed immediately after. Women basketball players suddenly had opportunities ...

The rival American Basketball League (ABL), which started in 1996 (and folded in 1998), paid its players more with an average salary of $70,000. By 2000, WNBA stars had grown weary of the meager ...