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 ...

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 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.

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 ...