College stars, who previously had to go overseas to play professionally, suddenly had two leagues to make their dreams come true in the United States. The American Basketball League (ABL ...

The WNBA was not the first professional women’s basketball league. That honor fell to the American Basketball League, which operated from 1996 to 1998. But it is the only one to have the support ...

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 ...

Dawn Staley is a woman of many titles: five-time WNBA all-star, Olympic gold medalist, head coach and now an author. In her ...

She played at Vanderbilt University and was a member of the Nashville Noise of the defunct American Basketball League (ABL). Hillmon is very close with her mother and has learned a great deal ...

“I didn’t even think about it.” McWilliams-Franklin had been playing in the American Basketball League — a predecessor to the WNBA that showcased stars such as Dawn Staley and even Olympic ...

He spent two years in Syracuse, then a single season with the Cleveland Pipers of the American Basketball League before joining the Lakers in 1962 and eventually the Knicks in 1965. Barnett’s ...

He played three seasons with Syracuse, two with the Cleveland Pipers (American Basketball League), three with the Los Angeles Lakers and nine with the New York Knicks. He was an NBA All-Star in ...

The summer basketball season is about to begin, plus notes on Caleb Newsome and Roy White, and the Oldtimers reunion, and the ...

Today, the Asian University Basketball League (AUBL) announced a seed round investment led by Blue Pool Capital. The newly raised capital will fuel the ...