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Cynthia Cooper: The WNBA’s First MVP 9

Posted on July 03, 2011 by Dean Hybl

Cynthia Cooper

The Sports Then and Now Vintage Athlete of the Month for July stole the show during the first year of the WNBA in 1997 and helped create the first dynasty in the women’s basketball league.

Despite having a number of younger stars like Lisa Leslie, Rebecca Lobo and Sheryl Swoopes in the league, Cynthia Cooper stole the show in the early years of the WNBA as she was the league MVP during the first two seasons and helped lead the Houston Comets to the first four league titles. Read the rest of this entry →

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Category Basketball, Great Moments, Sports History, Vintage Athletes, WNBA

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