“In vibrant color and style Hoops Muses tells the vital stories that celebrate the history and
tradition of our game.” —Sue Bird WNBA legend Hoops Muses is an homage to WNBA and
women' s basketball bringing style and flair to all the details moments and people who
have shaped the collective world of (women’s) hoops. Hoops Muses will take us through time –
literally. We begin in the future in 2072 on the night of the WNBA’s 75th Anniversary as New
York Liberty phenom Jacklyn Jones is paid a visit by one of basketball’s long-ago ( wink wink
) greats. This unlikely duo then goes on a sweeping roundtrip adventure through basketball
history starting at the very beginning: Springfield 1891. As the years pass they learn the
roots of the game (think: the first-ever collegiate game between Stanford and Cal where men
scaled the walls for a peek inside or the legend of Chicago’s Club Store Co-Eds the
all-Black barnstorming squad of the 1930s). AND as the early 20th century morphs into modern
times they see the game grow the milestones reached. On their journey they learn about the
teams and the women (along with a few men) who helped build the foundation on which The Future
will be built: -Fort Shaw and the 1904 World Championship -Pat Summitt and the early years
of the Lady Vols -Delta State featuring Margaret Wade and Lusia Harris -Cheryl Miller and
Hollywood’s USC Trojans -UConn-Tennessee and the “Sliding Doors” moment that sparked their
rivalry Plus they have front-row seats to a whole lot of quirky blissful fandom including
… The Movies That Should Have Been WNBA Jam The Moments The Shots To be a (women’s)
hooper is to be part of a long and proud tradition … but one not often celebrated in popular
culture. Hoops Muses is here to change that.
