You Let Some Girl Beat You? Lib/E: The Story of Ann Meyers Drysdale - Drysdale, Ann Meyers; Ravenna, Joni
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Ann Meyers Drysdale is one of the greatest stars in the history of basketball. But her rise wasn't without controversy. Her 1979 NBA bid to play with the Indiana Pacers brought a barrage of criticism. But Ann simply wanted to play among the best. She had always competed with the guys, and she never let anyone keep her down. A female first in many categories, Ann Meyers Drysdale was the first woman ever signed to a four-year athletic scholarship to UCLA, where she remains the only four-time Bruin basketball All American, male or female. Ann was also the only woman ever asked to compete in ABC…mehr

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Ann Meyers Drysdale is one of the greatest stars in the history of basketball. But her rise wasn't without controversy. Her 1979 NBA bid to play with the Indiana Pacers brought a barrage of criticism. But Ann simply wanted to play among the best. She had always competed with the guys, and she never let anyone keep her down. A female first in many categories, Ann Meyers Drysdale was the first woman ever signed to a four-year athletic scholarship to UCLA, where she remains the only four-time Bruin basketball All American, male or female. Ann was also the only woman ever asked to compete in ABC Sports' Superstars, pitting her against elite athletes like Mark Spitz, Joe Frazier, O. J. Simpson, and Mark Gastineau. In You Let Some Girl Beat You? Ann shares with us her inspirational story for the first time.
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Ann Meyers Drysdale is regarded as one of the greatest stars in the history of basketball. Throughout her career, she has received many honors. A member of six Halls of Fame, including the International Women's Sports Hall of Fame and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Ann is an Olympic silver medalist, a World Championship gold medalist, and a two-time Pan American Games medalist. A female first in many categories, Ann was the first woman ever signed to a four-year athletic scholarship to UCLA, where she led the women's basketball team to their only National Championship in 1978. To this day, she is the only four-time Bruin basketball All American, male or female. Named by Time magazine as one of the Top 10 Female Sports Pioneers of All Time in 2008, Ann is the only woman to sign a contract with an NBA team (the Indiana Pacers in 1979) and the only woman to sign a no-cut contract with the NBA. She was also the first woman ever to do color commentary of an NBA game, as well as the first woman to announce an NBA game on network television. Today Ann continues to break through barriers. She is the only female vice president in the NBA (she is VP of the Phoenix Suns), and she is also the general manager of the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury, which has won two WNBA Championships since she took over four years ago. Ann has worked extensively as a broadcaster as well, covering a wide variety of sports for major television networks, including the 2000, 2004, and 2008 Olympics for NBC.