WNBA Comes to the House That Ashe, King Built

2008/07/19 04:32:57 @NBA.com: News

On ESPN.COM, Mechelle Voepel writes "the concept of an outdoor basketball game isn't anything new -- Indiana's Tamika Catchings was at Tennessee when Pat Summitt's program played outside against Arizona State in Phoenix in 2000, for instance -- but it's the location that really makes this special. T he significance of the names attached to the facility that is home to the U.S. Open will not be lost on these WNBA players. The late Ashe was a man of such dignity, grace and principle that the truth is, "athlete" is not even the first thing you think of when you hear his name. Instead, it's "humanitarian." In a sports world today where very few famous sports figures publicly take any kind of stand on social or political issues, even the "idea" of an athlete like Ashe seems like a fondly remembered relic of times gone by."
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