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Speaker 1: We honor great black athletes in women's sports history this

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Speaker 1: Black History Month. Lake Cheryl Swoops, who became the first

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Speaker 1: player to sign with the WNBA in nineteen ninety six.

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Speaker 1: An Olympic gold medalist in ninety six, two thousand, and

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Speaker 1: two thousand and four, Swoops played for the WNBA's Houston

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Speaker 1: Comets for eleven years and was named the league's MVP

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Speaker 1: three different times. For more women's sports stories, subscribed A

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Speaker 1: Good Game with Sarah Spain on iHeart Podcasts.