Sheryl Swoopes

Athlete Nicknamed the "female Michael Jordan," Sheryl Swoopes has been a legend since the inception of the WNBA. As the first player signed to the new league during it's inaugural season in 1997, Swoopes began her career with the Houston Comets. Throughout her career as a professional women's basketball player, Swoopes has won three Olympic gold medals, was named WNBA MVP three times and had the distinction of being the first women's basketball player to have a shoe named after her.

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Sheryl Swoopes, the first player signed in the WNBA, talked openly about her relationship with then-partner Alisa Scott in 2005. Her personal life again became the subject of scrutiny in 2011, when it was reported that she was engaged to a man, wi...

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Sheryl Swoopes

WNBA star Sheryl Swoopes was one of the first stars to be signed into the league when it was created.  The three time MVP made her sexuality public in an exclusive interview with ESPN back in 2005. "Discovering I'm gay just sort of happened much l...
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