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What an
incredible room we have here.
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Let's give it up
for the Superbowl MVP.
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Yeah!
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You can't
overcomplicate everything.
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Sometimes,
players just gotta make plays.
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There are
moments when you improv
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or even if it's something
serious.
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What did you improv
in Black Panther?
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With Kobe,
and you knew him a bit, right?
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Yeah. That day,
I didn't want to play,
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but my mom, she was telling me
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to play for him
and, uh, I hit a shot
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I thought I would never hit
in my life.
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Just felt like he was with me.
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By the way,
your butt looks great on camera.
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Oh, thank you.
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The following is
a presentation of HBO Sports.
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So just imagine...
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Michael Jordan walks
into the Boston Garden.
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He puts 63 on
the Larry Bird-led Celtics...
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and he gets hurt,
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and Michael Jordan's
career is over.
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We have just been teased
for what we know is
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the formative stages
of greatness.
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How rare is greatness?
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Sustained, exceptional,
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outside of anything you've
ever seen before in your life.
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--But Michael hurts
himself after that 63,
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and we never hear or see
from him again.
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That's Cheryl Miller.
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Cheryl Miller, just a freshman,
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perhaps the best
female player ever.
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Good afternoon,
ladies and gentlemen,
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and welcome to Scope
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for today's NCAA women's
basketball championship
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between the Lady Techsters
of Louisiana Tech University
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and the University of Southern
California Trojan women.
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For Southern California,
at forward
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a 6'2" freshman
from Riverside, California,
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number 31, Cheryl Miller.
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I remember
being in my early teens,
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and I wanted to try out
for the boys' team.
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The coach wouldn't allow it.
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He thought it was
kind of interesting or cute.
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"Well, if you can beat my son
in a game of one-on-one,
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I'll, I'll put you
on the team."
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Well, I beat him one to 21,
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and he still wouldn't
let me on the team.
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Cheryl Miller will
jump it against Janice Lawrence.
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Two all-Americans...
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So part of the evolution
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of the women's game is
the way you play the game,
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and Louisiana Tech played a very
traditional style half-court.
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And then when you have individual talents
come along, like a Cheryl Miller...
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Cheryl Miller,
driving on Jennifer White,
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pulls up short...
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...that just opens up a whole
new realm of possibility.
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USC in the gold,
as Cheryl Miller hits...
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That's
probably the next evolution
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of college women's basketball.
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So whatever was before,
that's not gonna be good enough anymore.
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Windham starts
to break down the court.
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Cheryl Miller,
what a jumper. Got it!
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Having these two teams clash together,
it helped women's basketball.
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I think these
two teams pretty well know
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they're the best
in college basketball.
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This is for all the marbles...
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When you look back on that USC
team, my goodness.
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Cynthia Cooper, the McGee
twins, Cheryl Miller...
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that's a Hall of Fame
lineup right there.
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Our team was special,
we were kind of a bridge-layer.
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We laid the bridge
for, for the league,
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for the WNBA
to come behind us.
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We set a standard.
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Every time
we stepped out on the court,
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we showcased a level of talent
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that everybody wanted
to be a part of.
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We did our part to give these kids
an opportunity to pursue a dream
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of playing
professional basketball.
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...the Women of Troy
to be number one in the country.
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Before the season, they were number
one, they dipped to number two...
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The offensive
player tries to tap to a player
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ready to shoot
or pass in for a shot.
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It was, at that time,
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the powers to be felt that
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our girls couldn't take
the strenuous activity,
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going full court,
up and down like the guys.
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We started playing,
it was half-court,
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and you could not cross
the center line.
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Hold the ball in both
hands, pushing hand cupped beneath.
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As you start to leap,
raise the ball...
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With men, they started
to evolve on their own.
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Women, it was
up to everybody else
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how they could play
the game, not them.
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It just took
time and persistence
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and our young girls
showin' that,
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you know,
we could play five-on-five.
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...the final game at
the AIAW 1973 national tournament.
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I grew up in an area
outside Philadelphia
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where Immaculata College
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was really the dynasty
in women's basketball.
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You can hear the crowd.
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Boy, are they wild.
And Immaculata...
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I'm not even sure if anybody,
outside the Philadelphia area
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in the beginning,
knew who Immaculata was,
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and then all of a sudden...
pew, they became pretty famous.
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I think people were like, "Why doesn't
it have traction? What is missing?"
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Women's tennis was nothing
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until that ridiculous
publicity stunt
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with Bobby Riggs
and Billie Jean King
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got put on national television.
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The feminist thing, uh,
how important is that, Billie?
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The women's movement
is important to me.
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The women's movement
is really making a better life
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for more people
other than just women.
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The male is king
and the male is supreme.
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I've said it over and over
again, I still feel that way.
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Girls play a nice game
of tennis for girls,
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but when they get out there
on a court with a man,
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they're gonna be
in big trouble.
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And then all of a
sudden, she won that match.
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Crazy right? She was a world-class
player and he was a has-been,
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but somehow that resonated
in our country,
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and that vaulted women's tennis
into where they are today...
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one of the few sports that really
does have some, uh, some juice,
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if you will,
compared to the men.
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Well, anytime anything
is televised,
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that's when you've made it,
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and the key is
to stay on television...
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to earn that spot
and to keep it.
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And right now,
a live basketball game,
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a women's basketball game,
a new sport in the Olympics.
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It's between the United States
and Canada.
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In '76, I'd been on the very first
women's, uh, Olympic team.
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That was the first year that they had
basketball in the Olympics for women,
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and we won silver.
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Annie was pretty unbelievable.
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I think she's almost
four years older than me.
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And I remember going
to my first try-out camp,
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and I asked somebody, I said like,
"Who's the best player here?"
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And they said, "Her," and "her" was
Ann Meyers. She was unbelievable.
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At UCLA,
Ann Meyers was named to the all-America
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basketball team
four straight years,
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the only woman so honored.
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But when she signed a contract
with the Indiana Pacers
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of the NBA last week,
some called it a publicity stunt.
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Among most
players and veteran observers,
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the consensus is that Meyers,
dwarfed and outweighed by up to 100 pounds,
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is a publicity gimmick.
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I know
the media was very harsh.
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As much as it was
a circus to them,
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uh, it certainly wasn't to me.
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And while she's probably the
best female basketball player in the world,
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here, that's not good enough.
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I had heard that the great
players played at Rucker Park.
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I was about 12 years old,
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and I had put T-shirts
in my jacket,
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so I would look bigger
on the train.
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I walked into Rucker Park and some
guy came over to me and he goes,
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"Little girl, are you lost?"
I said, "No, are you?"
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And the guy goes,
"You sure you know where you are?"
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I said, "Yeah. I'm sorry,
is your name Rucker?"
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And he said, "No." I said, "Good.
It ain't your park."
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I remember
going out to the park
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that happened to be
next-door to my house,
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and dreaming, for the longest
time, of being Kyle Macy.
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In the corner,
Kyle Macy, and he hits again.
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It's Doris
Sable, from Manasquan.
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She'll start tonight.
Number 11.
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I'd play out
an entire game in my head,
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whatever you'd see on TV,
but I was always a guy,
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until I saw Nancy Lieberman,
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who was at Old Dominion
at the time.
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It was the first time an athletic
scholarship came into my mind,
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because I heard
the announcer say,
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"These women are
on scholarship."
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It blew my mind.
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I had had over a hundred
scholarship offers,
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which I needed,
because I was that poor kid
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who had to get an education.
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Of all college sports, none is growing
more rapidly than women's basketball,
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a game of high scores
and high drama.
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I think a
lot of things changed,
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but the most significant thing
was Title IX.
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And of course,
most people think Title IX
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was an athletic thing,
it wasn't.
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It was for equal education.
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It's called Title IX,
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the law which cuts off
federal funding
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to educational institutions
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that discriminate against
women and minority.
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To me,
the reason why it took so long
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for Title IX to actually
kick in was
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simply that there weren't enough people
that were willing to take a chance
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and challenge them
to enforce it.
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It was one
year ago in Eugene, Oregon,
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that Louisiana Tech celebrated their
first women's national championship
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by beating the University
of Tennessee.
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Louisiana Tech,
they were the school that you thought,
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well, they've really got it
figured out.
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Opening tip-off
for the first-ever women's NCAA
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women's championship game
controlled by Louisiana Tech.
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Then you see Louisiana
Tech, and every year,
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like a well-oiled machine, man.
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They were legendary.
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There was a brand associated
with Louisiana Tech back then.
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They had Sonja Hogg,
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this very Southern,
big, blond hair
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dynamo on the sideline.
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We started our
program at Louisiana Tech.
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We were the
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs.
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We all know that a female dog
is called a bitch.
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But I just didn't want, uh,
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"bitch" to be along with,
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"Here come Coach Hogg
and all her little 'hoo-hoo.'"
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I said, "Okay. We're gonna be
called the Lady Techsters."
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If there's
one thing you associated
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with Louisiana Tech back then,
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it was the unique style
of the uniform.
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When you think basketball
uniform, you think no sleeve.
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You think freedom of movement,
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so you can get the ball
into your shooting pocket.
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Not the Lady Techsters.
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I wanted
sleeves in those uniforms
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for reasons we probably
both know...
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with bra straps hangin',
and break... you know, all of that.
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And, and so I just thought
that was very appropriate.
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Kim Mulkey who
can really run the attack
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despite the fact
she's only 5'4".
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She was a great high school
player and a great scorer.
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You just wanted to represent
your school
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in a way that, um...
was classy.
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She brought a whole
different dimension.
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She averaged, uh,
over her high school career,
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38 points a game.
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We, as student athletes,
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would never have probably
been at Louisiana Tech
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if not for Sonja Hogg
recruiting us.
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The lady could sell
ice to an Eskimo.
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That'll do it.
First-ever NCAA women national champions...
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the Lady Techsters
from Louisiana Tech.
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Auriemma; Normally, you'd have
guards that can handle the ball,
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or you'd have, like,
a win player, you know,
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5'11", six-foot, you know.
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Or you got a big post player,
you know,
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back then, you know,
post 'em up.
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Louisiana Tech
was great at this.
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L... Tennessee
was great at that.
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Get those post players,
bury 'em in the lane, throw it in there,
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and just bully you
and beat you.
251
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And then Cheryl came along,
and it was...
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This kid's, like,
as big as Louisiana Tech's post players,
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and she's faster
than all your guards,
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and she plays at the rim.
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So it was something
that was unique
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to the game at that time.
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32-to-16 ball game.
Twenty-one for Miller.
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She picks it off.
This will be no contest.
259
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I wasn't just a showboat.
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I was very good at being
a showboat.
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You just can't
say enough about Cheryl Miller.
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I am really impressed.
And there she is again.
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She's the most sought-after
high school girl athlete ever,
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as letters from a couple
of hundred colleges prove.
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But I love the attention.
Keep writing.
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Her family has
installed a special phone
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for calls from recruiters.
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When I turned 11,
that's when everything broke loose.
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It was my brothers and I
against the neighborhood,
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and it was, you know,
it just started from there.
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Between all of us,
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Cheryl and I are
the closest in age,
273
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so we were always together.
274
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Which means we were
always paired together,
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either on the same team,
276
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but most of the time,
going against one another.
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My relationship with Reggie...
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he was my best friend,
growing up.
279
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We're just a year apart.
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Those one-on-one games,
281
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they were a learning curve
for myself,
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because she was
predominantly the victor,
283
00:14:12,917 --> 00:14:15,375
and I was the one that
was getting the beat-down.
284
00:14:15,458 --> 00:14:19,333
Iron sharpens iron, and that's
what we really did for each other.
285
00:14:19,417 --> 00:14:24,458
Man, she was...
She was a bad motherfucker.
286
00:14:24,542 --> 00:14:26,333
Imagine a
basketball game in which
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the final score
is 179 to 15,
288
00:14:29,250 --> 00:14:31,709
and the highest scorer
got 105 points.
289
00:14:31,792 --> 00:14:35,750
It was unbelievable,
until last night in Riverside, California.
290
00:14:35,834 --> 00:14:38,375
The game broke eight
national and state records,
291
00:14:38,458 --> 00:14:41,542
and the winning team's best
player is a 17-year-old girl
292
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with a great slam dunk.
293
00:14:47,250 --> 00:14:49,375
When I was being recruited,
294
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the two biggest reasons
that I decided to go to USC
295
00:14:52,667 --> 00:14:55,291
were Pam and Paula McGee.
296
00:14:57,125 --> 00:14:59,000
Good shot, Pam.
297
00:15:00,208 --> 00:15:02,792
You know, she,
she verballed to UCLA,
298
00:15:02,875 --> 00:15:04,959
and we went over and spent
the night at her house.
299
00:15:05,041 --> 00:15:07,458
Come on, come on.
You got it. You got it.
300
00:15:10,291 --> 00:15:12,834
And we basically told her,
I said, "Cheryl Miller,
301
00:15:12,917 --> 00:15:14,583
"I'm gonna just keep it
real with you.
302
00:15:14,667 --> 00:15:17,500
"You will be probably
Parade All-American.
303
00:15:17,583 --> 00:15:19,959
"You'll be the number one
player in the country.
304
00:15:20,041 --> 00:15:23,417
You'll never win a championship,
305
00:15:23,500 --> 00:15:26,417
"'cause you gotta come through us.
306
00:15:26,500 --> 00:15:28,041
"We're number two
in the country, baby.
307
00:15:28,125 --> 00:15:29,500
We're trying to do
something special."
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00:15:29,583 --> 00:15:31,875
And all of a sudden,
I just felt,
309
00:15:31,959 --> 00:15:34,500
like, something itching...
inching in on me.
310
00:15:34,583 --> 00:15:37,291
And before I knew it,
I was sitting like this,
311
00:15:37,375 --> 00:15:40,834
and I'm looking at
both at Pam and Paula,
312
00:15:40,917 --> 00:15:43,792
and they said, "Look.
We got a proposition for you.
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00:15:43,875 --> 00:15:45,750
"You can play
two years with us,
314
00:15:45,834 --> 00:15:49,583
or you play two years
against us."
315
00:15:49,667 --> 00:15:51,291
And she was
like, "Well, you know,
316
00:15:51,375 --> 00:15:53,625
y'all two all-Americans
and all that."
317
00:15:53,709 --> 00:15:55,667
You know, how all of us
gon' play together. I say,
318
00:15:55,750 --> 00:15:57,667
"I've been playing
with her all my life.
319
00:15:57,750 --> 00:15:59,083
"It might be
your day on Monday,
320
00:15:59,166 --> 00:16:01,959
"Paula's game on Tuesday,
my game on Wednesday.
321
00:16:02,041 --> 00:16:03,792
We're trying to do
something special."
322
00:16:03,875 --> 00:16:05,291
I said, "Where do I sign?"
323
00:16:05,375 --> 00:16:09,500
Some people said that, um,
when you came to SC, that, um,
324
00:16:09,583 --> 00:16:11,375
that there wouldn't be enough
basketballs.
325
00:16:11,458 --> 00:16:13,917
Do you think there's
any kind of animosities
326
00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:16,125
or problems with, um,
the SC basketball team?
327
00:16:16,208 --> 00:16:18,291
Well, no. Coach Sharp
ordered some more balls,
328
00:16:18,375 --> 00:16:19,834
and, uh, there's enough
to go around,
329
00:16:19,917 --> 00:16:21,500
so, there's no problem
right there.
330
00:16:21,583 --> 00:16:22,959
Cheryl was number 31,
331
00:16:23,041 --> 00:16:27,333
and Cheryl wanted number 31
when she came to USC,
332
00:16:27,417 --> 00:16:30,166
and I wore number 31.
333
00:16:30,250 --> 00:16:33,125
I took my jersey off.
Here, give this... Let's do this.
334
00:16:43,625 --> 00:16:45,500
Having
Cheryl Miller on our team,
335
00:16:45,583 --> 00:16:47,750
it was a really special time,
336
00:16:47,834 --> 00:16:51,166
because it was a new frontier
for women's basketball.
337
00:16:51,250 --> 00:16:53,458
Well, there was a lot
of hoopla around Cheryl.
338
00:16:53,542 --> 00:16:55,709
She was number one recruit.
339
00:16:55,792 --> 00:16:58,583
She had scored over
a hundred points in a game.
340
00:17:00,083 --> 00:17:02,333
How awesome
is she as a player?
341
00:17:02,417 --> 00:17:05,000
Um, what's
beyond awesome? You spell
342
00:17:05,083 --> 00:17:08,667
women's basketball
M-I-L-L-E-R.
343
00:17:08,750 --> 00:17:13,166
There was always this
friction-slash-competition,
344
00:17:13,250 --> 00:17:14,625
between Cheryl and I.
345
00:17:14,709 --> 00:17:16,709
I think she had
something to prove,
346
00:17:16,792 --> 00:17:18,750
and I definitely had
a chip on my shoulder
347
00:17:18,834 --> 00:17:21,166
and felt like I had to prove,
not just to her,
348
00:17:21,250 --> 00:17:22,667
but to everyone watching, hey,
349
00:17:22,750 --> 00:17:24,834
you know,
I'm kind of talented, too.
350
00:17:34,333 --> 00:17:37,417
They called this the
kind of showtime from Hollywood.
351
00:17:37,500 --> 00:17:40,375
And, you know, we didn't play
that kind of Southern,
352
00:17:40,458 --> 00:17:41,959
Southern basketball
353
00:17:42,041 --> 00:17:43,875
where you just keep
pounding in the, in the paint.
354
00:17:43,959 --> 00:17:45,458
We would run.
355
00:17:48,875 --> 00:17:51,333
We, you know, liked
to consider ourselves
356
00:17:51,417 --> 00:17:53,291
the baddest girls
breathing at that time.
357
00:17:56,625 --> 00:17:58,792
I'm thinking, wait a minute.
358
00:17:58,875 --> 00:18:01,709
6'3", 6'3", 6'2",
Cynthia Cooper...
359
00:18:01,792 --> 00:18:03,208
we got a squad.
360
00:18:03,291 --> 00:18:04,333
Let's do this.
361
00:18:04,417 --> 00:18:05,750
We'd walk into a gym,
362
00:18:05,834 --> 00:18:07,333
and these girls didn't
look like us at all.
363
00:18:07,417 --> 00:18:10,917
Now, those of us that were from
what we'd just say, the streets,
364
00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:12,458
look at each other.
365
00:18:19,625 --> 00:18:21,542
Pure competition,
every single day.
366
00:18:21,625 --> 00:18:25,166
You know, almost to the point where the
games were easier than the practices.
367
00:18:25,250 --> 00:18:28,041
Cheryl was just one
of the most competitive people
368
00:18:28,125 --> 00:18:29,375
I've ever seen in my life.
369
00:18:29,458 --> 00:18:31,000
She's diving under the table.
370
00:18:31,083 --> 00:18:33,166
We're like,
"Cheryl, this is practice."
371
00:18:33,250 --> 00:18:34,875
I only knew how to play one way.
372
00:18:34,959 --> 00:18:36,667
No blood, no foul,
get up, shut up.
373
00:18:36,750 --> 00:18:39,125
If you ain't bleeding,
you don't have a foul, whatever it is.
374
00:18:39,208 --> 00:18:41,917
You take that, and you get
a collective group of women
375
00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:44,083
who understand that concept...
376
00:18:44,166 --> 00:18:46,166
Look, if we put
some gun powder,
377
00:18:46,250 --> 00:18:48,125
nitro glycerin,
gasoline together,
378
00:18:48,208 --> 00:18:50,375
it's about to blow up.
Let's go to work.
379
00:18:50,458 --> 00:18:51,750
Okay.
380
00:18:51,834 --> 00:18:54,834
Meeting the McGee twins,
first I was like, "Y'all big."
381
00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:59,625
They are two different
individuals all the way.
382
00:18:59,709 --> 00:19:02,792
I tried to get her to take my
calculus test, she wouldn't do it.
383
00:19:02,875 --> 00:19:05,000
Paula was a little
more rational than Pam.
384
00:19:05,083 --> 00:19:06,458
Pam was like,
out there a little bit.
385
00:19:06,542 --> 00:19:08,208
If she knows my
social security number...
386
00:19:08,291 --> 00:19:11,583
One side is glam girl,
showtime.
387
00:19:11,667 --> 00:19:13,625
She was like, "No, Pam.
I'll get up there,
388
00:19:13,709 --> 00:19:15,917
and I'll probably forget and
write my social security number."
389
00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:20,333
The other side is studious,
you know, focused.
390
00:19:20,417 --> 00:19:23,583
Again, you notice the difference
in the personalities.
391
00:19:23,667 --> 00:19:27,000
But, man, when they fought,
hoo-hoo!
392
00:19:27,083 --> 00:19:29,417
You didn't wanna
be in the middle of it.
393
00:19:29,500 --> 00:19:31,166
Cynthia and Cheryl?
394
00:19:31,250 --> 00:19:33,500
We'll let them tell that story.
395
00:19:33,583 --> 00:19:37,750
-Oh, my gosh. -Coop was like,
you know, she had a mouth on her.
396
00:19:38,417 --> 00:19:41,208
And she did a lot of this,
and I did a lot of that,
397
00:19:41,291 --> 00:19:42,583
and she was better at that.
398
00:19:42,667 --> 00:19:43,875
I don't know.
They was just mad or something.
399
00:19:43,959 --> 00:19:45,208
You know, they was
in one of their moments.
400
00:19:45,291 --> 00:19:46,458
"I'm Cynthia Cooper,
da-da-da."
401
00:19:46,542 --> 00:19:47,750
Started rapping
or something.
402
00:19:47,834 --> 00:19:50,000
I'm like, "Man, can...
Do you ever shut up?"
403
00:19:50,083 --> 00:19:52,917
-I said, "Cheryl!"
-The final game for the region.
404
00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:55,792
"What is wrong with you?
That's Cynthia Cooper."
405
00:19:55,875 --> 00:19:57,333
-From Watts.
-"She's from Watts!
406
00:19:57,417 --> 00:20:00,166
I wouldn't even fight
Cynthia Cooper."
407
00:20:00,250 --> 00:20:03,041
"I don't care. I don't care,"
and Cooper's just staring at me.
408
00:20:03,125 --> 00:20:07,125
I said, "Well, I don't care right
now, but later, I might care."
409
00:20:07,208 --> 00:20:09,542
There was definitely
some friction,
410
00:20:09,625 --> 00:20:11,875
but there's nothing better
411
00:20:11,959 --> 00:20:15,709
than playing with the most
talented and gifted player
412
00:20:15,792 --> 00:20:17,834
ever to play women's basketball.
413
00:20:18,959 --> 00:20:21,083
Cheryl Miller on the drive.
414
00:20:21,166 --> 00:20:22,542
Nobody does it better.
415
00:20:22,625 --> 00:20:24,375
Fierce competitor.
416
00:20:24,458 --> 00:20:25,667
Maybe that's why
we butted heads.
417
00:20:25,750 --> 00:20:27,291
We were...
We were more similar
418
00:20:27,375 --> 00:20:29,208
than we gave
ourselves credit for.
419
00:20:29,291 --> 00:20:32,208
The great thing about
coming from the inner city
420
00:20:32,291 --> 00:20:34,750
is that you're not afraid
of anyone.
421
00:20:41,291 --> 00:20:44,208
SC opened up a whole
new world for me.
422
00:20:44,291 --> 00:20:46,792
Well, it was a constant
tug-of-war for me,
423
00:20:46,875 --> 00:20:48,667
like I was a,
a fish out of water,
424
00:20:48,750 --> 00:20:52,041
and like, this was absolutely
not the place
425
00:20:52,125 --> 00:20:53,834
that I was supposed to be.
426
00:20:55,625 --> 00:20:58,500
I just really longed for
427
00:20:58,583 --> 00:21:00,083
someone that understood me,
428
00:21:00,166 --> 00:21:02,750
someone that knew
where I'd come from.
429
00:21:02,834 --> 00:21:05,709
The letters from Ricky
were special.
430
00:21:05,792 --> 00:21:08,250
They, they were...
They were my bro,
431
00:21:08,333 --> 00:21:12,250
helping his lil' sis
through this tough time.
432
00:21:12,333 --> 00:21:14,125
I was very, very close
with Ricky.
433
00:21:14,208 --> 00:21:18,208
And for that person to say
I could do it... Oh, okay.
434
00:21:18,291 --> 00:21:20,083
Well, okay,
I can actually do it,
435
00:21:20,166 --> 00:21:23,417
because he knows
where I came from.
436
00:21:23,500 --> 00:21:25,375
My childhood was tough.
437
00:21:25,458 --> 00:21:27,208
It's tough as a kid to not know
438
00:21:27,291 --> 00:21:29,458
you're gonna have a place
to lay your head.
439
00:21:29,542 --> 00:21:33,291
We didn't know sometimes where
our next meal was coming from.
440
00:21:33,375 --> 00:21:35,250
I used to play pickup
with Ricky
441
00:21:35,333 --> 00:21:37,417
on the blacktops at
Locke High School,
442
00:21:37,500 --> 00:21:39,458
because we were too poor to,
443
00:21:39,542 --> 00:21:43,333
to go places, and,
and enjoy stuff outside of Watts.
444
00:21:43,417 --> 00:21:46,208
Where will the Wizard's
skills be next year?
445
00:21:46,291 --> 00:21:49,500
The Wizard's skills
will be at USC.
446
00:21:52,083 --> 00:21:54,333
I think that
there was an issue
447
00:21:54,417 --> 00:21:58,458
with being black at USC.
448
00:21:58,542 --> 00:22:02,709
African-Americans outside of USC
looked at us a little bit differently.
449
00:22:04,625 --> 00:22:07,834
We were not only fighting
issues of gender,
450
00:22:07,917 --> 00:22:10,291
we were also dealing with
issues of race as well.
451
00:22:10,375 --> 00:22:13,125
And, some of our alumni would
say, "Oh, but you're different.
452
00:22:13,208 --> 00:22:15,166
Oh no, you're different."
I said, "No."
453
00:22:15,250 --> 00:22:17,667
There was a kind of idea that
454
00:22:17,750 --> 00:22:20,375
the African-Americans
in this community
455
00:22:20,458 --> 00:22:23,625
were different than
those of us who were SC.
456
00:22:23,709 --> 00:22:25,458
We were just
as black as they were,
457
00:22:25,542 --> 00:22:27,500
we just had
a different experience.
458
00:22:27,583 --> 00:22:30,333
And we just were aware
we had to carry ourselves
459
00:22:30,417 --> 00:22:32,000
a little bit differently.
460
00:22:32,083 --> 00:22:34,583
So the perception of us looked
different, but it wasn't.
461
00:22:34,667 --> 00:22:36,208
We were just as black
as they were.
462
00:22:36,291 --> 00:22:38,166
We just were in
an environment that,
463
00:22:38,250 --> 00:22:40,917
that was extremely
new to us as well.
464
00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:42,959
But the beauty of all of that,
465
00:22:43,041 --> 00:22:45,208
when you don't have something,
you hungry,
466
00:22:45,291 --> 00:22:48,208
we knew how to hustle,
and we, we hustled.
467
00:22:48,291 --> 00:22:50,709
And we knew how to, you know,
okay, let's just get down
468
00:22:50,792 --> 00:22:53,417
and do what we have to do,
we went to work.
469
00:22:59,625 --> 00:23:01,208
It was a magical time.
470
00:23:01,291 --> 00:23:04,959
We were either ranked number one
in the country or number two.
471
00:23:05,041 --> 00:23:09,667
We would, you know, go back and
forth between us and Louisiana Tech.
472
00:23:12,792 --> 00:23:16,917
by number 31, Cheryl Miller.
473
00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:19,417
Gettin' a win on the road
was, was tough
474
00:23:19,500 --> 00:23:21,125
in some of the places
that we played in.
475
00:23:21,208 --> 00:23:24,500
I always took 'em to places
so they could learn from it.
476
00:23:24,583 --> 00:23:26,291
They could compete
at a high level.
477
00:23:26,375 --> 00:23:30,000
That would prepare us for
the NCA tournaments.
478
00:23:30,083 --> 00:23:32,458
And so I would play
a tough schedule.
479
00:23:36,583 --> 00:23:39,000
So we had our
first big road trip.
480
00:23:39,083 --> 00:23:44,208
We were gonna play Louisiana
Tech and then Tennessee.
481
00:23:44,291 --> 00:23:46,458
You know, who does that
to some freshmen?
482
00:23:46,542 --> 00:23:49,208
The Lady Techsters
built an arena
483
00:23:49,291 --> 00:23:51,792
and they invited us in
to play that game.
484
00:23:58,000 --> 00:23:59,834
And you have this announcer...
485
00:23:59,917 --> 00:24:04,041
And, again, I'm a city girl,
we're down South.
486
00:24:04,125 --> 00:24:06,500
So he has the Southern drawl,
and he's like,
487
00:24:06,583 --> 00:24:09,125
"And here they come.
488
00:24:09,208 --> 00:24:11,500
Your Lady Techsters."
489
00:24:11,583 --> 00:24:13,750
I'm thinking, there's no way
we're getting out of here alive.
490
00:24:13,834 --> 00:24:16,750
If you went to Ruston, Louisiana,
for a women's basketball game,
491
00:24:16,834 --> 00:24:20,291
the stadium was packed,
they were loud as hell,
492
00:24:20,375 --> 00:24:21,959
they were intimidating.
493
00:24:22,041 --> 00:24:24,959
And winning in that
kind of environment,
494
00:24:25,041 --> 00:24:27,583
forget about it.
Tough. Tough to do.
495
00:24:28,542 --> 00:24:31,333
Well, we proceeded to get beat.
496
00:24:34,750 --> 00:24:39,041
It felt so good,
so good ruining their party.
497
00:24:39,667 --> 00:24:41,083
And we were walking out,
498
00:24:41,166 --> 00:24:42,709
and I'm, you know,
blowing kisses to the crowd
499
00:24:42,792 --> 00:24:44,792
being booed and
everything else, and...
500
00:24:44,875 --> 00:24:47,375
you know, just to rub
a little salt in the wound.
501
00:24:47,458 --> 00:24:50,542
But, um, that was outstanding.
502
00:24:53,208 --> 00:24:55,792
Now we have
what everybody wants,
503
00:24:55,875 --> 00:24:57,417
everybody thirsts for,
in their sport:
504
00:24:57,500 --> 00:25:01,208
a rivalry, and not just any
rivalry, a hated rivalry.
505
00:25:01,291 --> 00:25:02,875
They didn't like each other.
506
00:25:02,959 --> 00:25:04,458
The players didn't like
each other.
507
00:25:04,542 --> 00:25:06,000
The coaches,
depending on which day,
508
00:25:06,083 --> 00:25:07,750
liked each other,
didn't like each other.
509
00:25:07,834 --> 00:25:09,750
Good afternoon,
ladies and gentlemen,
510
00:25:09,834 --> 00:25:11,250
and welcome to Scope
511
00:25:11,333 --> 00:25:15,083
for today's NCAA Women's
Basketball Championship.
512
00:25:15,166 --> 00:25:18,375
between the Lady Techsters
of Louisiana Tech University,
513
00:25:18,458 --> 00:25:22,166
and the University of Southern
California Trojan women.
514
00:25:22,250 --> 00:25:25,000
So will we have a new
national champion,
515
00:25:25,083 --> 00:25:26,500
the Women of Troy?
516
00:25:26,583 --> 00:25:28,083
Or will it be
the establishment,
517
00:25:28,166 --> 00:25:31,333
as Louisiana Tech
goes for its third in a row.
518
00:25:31,417 --> 00:25:33,208
I understood
what we had to do
519
00:25:33,291 --> 00:25:35,000
in order to get
that fan support.
520
00:25:35,083 --> 00:25:37,667
We had to win championships
to get that fan support.
521
00:25:37,750 --> 00:25:40,417
You don't just get it because
you're a popular team
522
00:25:40,500 --> 00:25:41,834
or 'cause you guys are pretty.
523
00:25:41,917 --> 00:25:43,333
No, you get it
because you win.
524
00:25:43,417 --> 00:25:46,875
If they don't win, they're...
they're a sidenote in history.
525
00:25:46,959 --> 00:25:49,959
Before the
tip-off, Cheryl Miller, number 31,
526
00:25:50,041 --> 00:25:53,166
kind of looked over at me, kind of
like, put her hand to her heart,
527
00:25:53,250 --> 00:25:55,375
like she was really nervous
before this game.
528
00:25:55,458 --> 00:25:57,000
You could tell on that tip.
529
00:25:57,083 --> 00:25:59,375
Miller's
first shot is blocked...
530
00:25:59,458 --> 00:26:02,208
I think a lot of people don't
realize when you get into
531
00:26:02,291 --> 00:26:03,792
the championship game,
532
00:26:03,875 --> 00:26:06,000
which was USC's
first championship,
533
00:26:06,083 --> 00:26:08,041
that there's a lot of nerves.
534
00:26:08,125 --> 00:26:10,667
Well, as you said,
both teams have had a tendency to get...
535
00:26:12,625 --> 00:26:14,542
USC turning the ball over
right there.
536
00:26:14,625 --> 00:26:16,417
I think they're a little bit
nervous in this game right now...
537
00:26:16,500 --> 00:26:18,834
USC just really,
they couldn't get into it.
538
00:26:18,917 --> 00:26:20,000
They missed a lot of shots.
539
00:26:20,083 --> 00:26:22,000
Uh, Louisiana Tech,
they'd been there.
540
00:26:22,083 --> 00:26:25,542
Mulkey on the drive.
There she is and off to Rodman.
541
00:26:25,625 --> 00:26:26,834
Two!
542
00:26:28,041 --> 00:26:30,667
White gets it down quickly
to Lori Scott.
543
00:26:31,709 --> 00:26:33,417
White hits another one.
544
00:26:33,500 --> 00:26:36,917
Tech has been virtually
flawless here in the first half.
545
00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:38,625
Four seconds left in the half.
546
00:26:38,709 --> 00:26:41,625
Cheryl Miller. Ball is on the floor.
There's the horn,
547
00:26:41,709 --> 00:26:43,250
ending the first half of play.
548
00:26:43,333 --> 00:26:45,417
A half of frustration
for USC.
549
00:26:45,500 --> 00:26:47,709
I was nervous.
I think we all were.
550
00:26:47,792 --> 00:26:49,250
So we come in at halftime,
551
00:26:49,333 --> 00:26:52,542
and Coach Sharp comes in,
calm.
552
00:26:52,625 --> 00:26:56,000
And then she goes,
"We're gonna do something.
553
00:26:56,083 --> 00:26:58,792
We're gonna do one thing and
it's gonna turn the game around."
554
00:26:58,875 --> 00:27:00,583
And she goes,
"We're gonna press."
555
00:27:00,667 --> 00:27:02,834
When she said, "press,"
and we all knew what that...
556
00:27:02,917 --> 00:27:06,000
you know, do our thing.
Go.
557
00:27:07,500 --> 00:27:12,041
Cheryl Miller driving
on Jennifer White. Pulls up short.
558
00:27:12,125 --> 00:27:13,625
I was in Norfolk, Virginia.
559
00:27:13,709 --> 00:27:15,458
It was my first-ever
women's Final Four.
560
00:27:15,542 --> 00:27:17,917
My only women's Final Four,
I might add.
561
00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:20,458
And I didn't know
much about USC,
562
00:27:20,542 --> 00:27:21,834
because I was from New England.
563
00:27:21,917 --> 00:27:23,792
You weren't reading
about them in the paper.
564
00:27:23,875 --> 00:27:25,750
You weren't watching
them on television.
565
00:27:25,834 --> 00:27:28,125
And I went to Norfolk, Virginia,
and I went into that gym,
566
00:27:28,208 --> 00:27:30,834
and I watched Cheryl Miller
play basketball, and I said,
567
00:27:30,917 --> 00:27:32,792
"This is unbelievable."
568
00:27:32,875 --> 00:27:34,625
Fine pass
underneath to Lawrence,
569
00:27:34,709 --> 00:27:38,375
as the shot blocked
goes up again. Loose ball...
570
00:27:38,458 --> 00:27:41,375
I had never really seen
any women player
571
00:27:41,458 --> 00:27:43,625
take over a game like that.
572
00:27:43,709 --> 00:27:46,959
Nice pass,
and Cheryl Miller blocked it.
573
00:27:47,041 --> 00:27:48,417
Picked it right out of the air.
574
00:27:48,500 --> 00:27:51,250
However, Lori Scott
blocked by Miller.
575
00:27:52,667 --> 00:27:54,583
Cheryl Miller on the rebound.
576
00:27:56,917 --> 00:27:59,917
White having a tough time
getting it down court.
577
00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:02,250
Offensive foul on Lori Scott.
578
00:28:02,333 --> 00:28:05,792
There sure have been a
lot of offensive fouls called in this game.
579
00:28:05,875 --> 00:28:07,417
Just a freshman.
580
00:28:07,500 --> 00:28:11,041
Perhaps the best
best female player ever.
581
00:28:11,125 --> 00:28:14,333
She is seven out of eight
from the free-throw line.
582
00:28:14,417 --> 00:28:16,333
Six baskets for 19 points,
583
00:28:16,417 --> 00:28:17,834
and the inbound pass
is stolen,
584
00:28:17,917 --> 00:28:21,250
and a chance to
trim it down to three.
585
00:28:21,333 --> 00:28:23,333
Everybody said this
would be a tight game.
586
00:28:23,417 --> 00:28:25,375
It took a while,
but it sure is.
587
00:28:25,458 --> 00:28:29,291
Linda Sharp, the head coach
at USC.
588
00:28:29,375 --> 00:28:32,875
Getting to be nervous-time now with
the national championship at stake.
589
00:28:32,959 --> 00:28:34,959
Paula McGee...
Yes!
590
00:28:36,291 --> 00:28:38,542
Paula McGee with her
seventh basket.
591
00:28:38,625 --> 00:28:43,750
Fourteen points. Pressure by
USC... And a steal by Paula McGee!
592
00:28:44,959 --> 00:28:48,125
And I remember I hit
a big shot in that game.
593
00:28:50,417 --> 00:28:51,792
Cooper.
594
00:28:54,709 --> 00:28:57,291
And everyone expected
Cheryl Miller to take the shot
595
00:28:57,375 --> 00:28:59,291
or one of the McGee twins
to take the shot.
596
00:28:59,375 --> 00:29:01,041
But Coach Sharp
called that play for me.
597
00:29:01,125 --> 00:29:04,542
And USC has come back
all the way and taken the lead.
598
00:29:04,625 --> 00:29:06,667
Right now we're down
to 30 seconds.
599
00:29:06,750 --> 00:29:08,834
Southern Cal
with a two-point lead.
600
00:29:08,917 --> 00:29:11,208
69-67. They have the ball.
601
00:29:11,291 --> 00:29:13,041
Inbounding it to Kathy Doyle.
602
00:29:13,125 --> 00:29:16,000
Someone tapped the ball away
from Kathy Doyle,
603
00:29:16,083 --> 00:29:18,000
and went on a fast break.
604
00:29:18,083 --> 00:29:20,625
Inside of five seconds
before they take that shot off.
605
00:29:20,709 --> 00:29:23,500
Doyle has it stolen.
Down to Mulkey.
606
00:29:23,583 --> 00:29:26,625
Ten seconds left.
Mulkey for the tie!
607
00:29:31,875 --> 00:29:34,333
And we got the ball back.
I'm jumping around,
608
00:29:34,417 --> 00:29:39,041
'cause I'm like, "Forget the call.
You took a charge!
609
00:29:39,125 --> 00:29:40,750
Cynthia, you took a charge!"
610
00:29:40,834 --> 00:29:42,917
It was so amazing,
611
00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:44,750
because I really felt,
612
00:29:44,834 --> 00:29:47,917
I felt closer to Cheryl then,
than I had ever felt
613
00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:49,875
during my time at, at USC.
614
00:29:49,959 --> 00:29:52,500
Tosses it
out to Mulkey on the wing.
615
00:29:52,583 --> 00:29:54,625
Cooper getting back.
616
00:29:54,709 --> 00:29:57,166
Three-on-three situation.
Mulkey taking it right in.
617
00:29:57,250 --> 00:29:59,500
You know,
Cheryl was a well-rounded player.
618
00:29:59,583 --> 00:30:02,917
She played on both sides of the
ball, offensively and defensively.
619
00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:04,917
And so, when she
saw me do that,
620
00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:06,750
it really felt like I...
I felt good.
621
00:30:06,834 --> 00:30:09,333
I felt like I had earned
Cheryl Miller's respect.
622
00:30:09,417 --> 00:30:12,208
One second.
623
00:30:13,208 --> 00:30:15,333
It's all over, and Southern Cal
624
00:30:15,417 --> 00:30:18,667
has won the national
championship.
625
00:30:18,750 --> 00:30:21,291
Cheryl,
great way to start your college career.
626
00:30:21,375 --> 00:30:23,750
I couldn't think of
a better way. Fantastic.
627
00:30:23,834 --> 00:30:27,333
It's... I don't know. I'm just so
excited, I can hardly talk right now.
628
00:30:27,417 --> 00:30:31,250
USC beats Louisiana Tech
69 to 67.
629
00:30:31,333 --> 00:30:33,125
For Ann Meyers,
this is Frank Glieber,
630
00:30:33,208 --> 00:30:35,333
returning you to Pat Summerall
in New York.
631
00:30:35,417 --> 00:30:37,333
Thank you very
much, Frank, and congratulations
632
00:30:37,417 --> 00:30:40,917
to the Trojans. They have
dethroned the defending champions.
633
00:30:42,458 --> 00:30:45,417
Man, that was the best
moment of my life.
634
00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:00,875
The respect
in women's basketball?
635
00:31:00,959 --> 00:31:02,083
We took that.
636
00:31:02,166 --> 00:31:04,291
We took it from Louisiana.
637
00:31:04,375 --> 00:31:05,834
We took it from the East Coast.
638
00:31:05,917 --> 00:31:08,000
We took it. Yes, we did.
639
00:31:08,083 --> 00:31:11,333
So, to do that and now,
okay, we the champions.
640
00:31:11,417 --> 00:31:14,375
We the champions.
We already had the attitudes.
641
00:31:14,458 --> 00:31:16,500
In a good way.
We already had that,
642
00:31:16,583 --> 00:31:19,542
that superior champion
perspective
643
00:31:19,625 --> 00:31:22,250
that you need to have to,
to do what we did.
644
00:31:22,333 --> 00:31:26,291
And now we were, we were,
we were national champions?
645
00:31:27,458 --> 00:31:29,417
And we had the same team?
Pfft.
646
00:31:31,125 --> 00:31:33,458
Just after
5:30, the Trojans return home
647
00:31:33,542 --> 00:31:34,667
to a heroes' welcome.
648
00:31:34,750 --> 00:31:36,041
The fans whooped it up
649
00:31:36,125 --> 00:31:39,250
as the USC band welcomed
their champions home.
650
00:31:39,333 --> 00:31:41,834
That's the '83
championship team.
651
00:31:41,917 --> 00:31:43,583
Women of Troy. Yes.
652
00:31:43,667 --> 00:31:45,458
Brought to you by... No.
653
00:31:45,542 --> 00:31:49,792
Super sophomore Cheryl
Miller needs no introduction.
654
00:31:50,959 --> 00:31:53,458
Southern Cal's forward
has created a sensation
655
00:31:53,542 --> 00:31:56,125
with her flamboyant
style of play.
656
00:31:57,959 --> 00:31:59,959
That team
was great for the game.
657
00:32:00,041 --> 00:32:02,500
It just elevated it,
the awareness.
658
00:32:02,583 --> 00:32:04,667
Cheryl, you know,
was a mega-star,
659
00:32:04,750 --> 00:32:06,500
mega-player.
660
00:32:08,291 --> 00:32:10,917
Oh, we were called
"Hollywood." That was our name.
661
00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:12,583
There was Showtime...
662
00:32:12,667 --> 00:32:14,375
That was
a spread-eagle rebound,
663
00:32:14,458 --> 00:32:16,709
down the middle to Green.
He's there, he got it. He scores!
664
00:32:16,792 --> 00:32:19,041
And it's Hollywood.
That's what they would call us.
665
00:32:19,125 --> 00:32:22,083
"Hey, Hollywood!" I'm like,
we would all turn around. "Yeah?"
666
00:32:22,166 --> 00:32:24,291
You know, but that...
That was us.
667
00:32:27,834 --> 00:32:31,917
This is what struck
me so much about Cheryl Miller is
668
00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:36,000
she was unafraid
to be unabashedly
669
00:32:36,083 --> 00:32:38,917
in your face good.
670
00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:42,208
And she was from Los Angeles.
671
00:32:42,291 --> 00:32:45,125
And, you know,
was totally comfortable
672
00:32:45,208 --> 00:32:47,375
operating in the spotlight.
673
00:32:47,458 --> 00:32:49,291
Do you know how
unusual that was
674
00:32:49,375 --> 00:32:52,041
for a woman in that day and age
675
00:32:52,125 --> 00:32:55,166
to sort of embrace
all eyes on me?
676
00:32:55,250 --> 00:32:59,166
She's already got the
attention that comes with celebrity.
677
00:32:59,250 --> 00:33:01,583
- I love it.
- Why?
678
00:33:01,667 --> 00:33:05,041
Well, it's... I kind of figure if
you... you have to take it now,
679
00:33:05,125 --> 00:33:06,917
because someday
it may not be there.
680
00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:08,834
And all of a sudden, you know,
681
00:33:08,917 --> 00:33:11,625
people kind of are approaching
you a little differently and...
682
00:33:11,709 --> 00:33:13,792
talking to you
a little differently, and...
683
00:33:13,875 --> 00:33:15,291
oh, you're a celebrity now.
684
00:33:15,375 --> 00:33:17,625
Here she is, having to
685
00:33:17,709 --> 00:33:19,458
be the face of a program,
686
00:33:19,542 --> 00:33:22,750
in a media market like LA,
687
00:33:22,834 --> 00:33:25,875
and changed the dynamic
for women's basketball.
688
00:33:32,208 --> 00:33:33,834
It just, it just...
Can you imagine?
689
00:33:33,917 --> 00:33:35,917
You know, now, now,
now the heads can get bigger.
690
00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:37,667
Now we already have some big
heads, now the heads
691
00:33:37,750 --> 00:33:39,667
can get even bigger.
It's amazing we can get in the gym.
692
00:33:39,750 --> 00:33:42,083
But we wasn't gonna happen... It
just really wasn't gonna happen.
693
00:33:42,166 --> 00:33:45,166
And I think, if I'm not
mistaken, that's 36 years ago.
694
00:33:45,250 --> 00:33:48,417
If I'm not mistaken,
we almost darn near went undefeated.
695
00:33:55,083 --> 00:33:57,667
I remember about
three o'clock in the morning,
696
00:33:57,750 --> 00:34:00,166
bamming on the door,
bamming on the door.
697
00:34:00,250 --> 00:34:01,625
And I open the door.
698
00:34:01,709 --> 00:34:04,709
It's like, oh, your brother
has, has been, um,
699
00:34:04,792 --> 00:34:06,792
like, he'd been hurt.
700
00:34:06,875 --> 00:34:08,625
He was stabbed.
701
00:34:08,709 --> 00:34:10,208
I was scared to death.
702
00:34:10,291 --> 00:34:11,875
And I'll just never forget
703
00:34:11,959 --> 00:34:15,333
a few hours later,
the doctor coming down the hallway,
704
00:34:15,417 --> 00:34:18,208
uh, telling us that they
had done all they could,
705
00:34:18,291 --> 00:34:20,542
and that he was gone.
706
00:34:20,625 --> 00:34:23,834
And I was heartbroken.
I mean, my brother was gone.
707
00:34:23,917 --> 00:34:25,208
My rock.
708
00:34:25,291 --> 00:34:28,083
The guy who told me
that I could do it,
709
00:34:28,166 --> 00:34:30,250
um, he was, he was dead.
710
00:34:30,333 --> 00:34:33,667
Like, there was... I couldn't
talk to him anymore.
711
00:34:33,750 --> 00:34:36,000
It was my first experience
with death.
712
00:34:39,125 --> 00:34:43,875
And also, my mom, she needed some money.
She needed help.
713
00:34:43,959 --> 00:34:46,250
Maybe I was right all along.
714
00:34:46,333 --> 00:34:48,667
Maybe this isn't
the place for me.
715
00:34:48,750 --> 00:34:50,500
So she quit school.
716
00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:55,250
Um, she went to work
in a bank. Um...
717
00:34:55,333 --> 00:34:58,417
She felt like that's
what she had to do
718
00:34:58,500 --> 00:35:00,625
to get some money for her mom.
719
00:35:00,709 --> 00:35:04,667
Linda says,
"Okay, Fred. Go find her."
720
00:35:05,792 --> 00:35:09,709
I went driving to her house.
721
00:35:09,792 --> 00:35:12,917
Four or five guys jumped out
in front of the car
722
00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:15,250
and says, "Hey,
what are you doin' on our block?"
723
00:35:15,333 --> 00:35:17,959
And I'm like, "Well,
I'm, I'm here... I'm s... "
724
00:35:18,041 --> 00:35:20,417
You know, I didn't even know
my name at the time.
725
00:35:20,500 --> 00:35:22,667
I was just shaking.
But I said, um,
726
00:35:22,750 --> 00:35:25,667
"I'm here to look for my
player Cynthia Cooper.
727
00:35:25,750 --> 00:35:27,834
"She's, you know,
I'm just trying to get her back in school.
728
00:35:27,917 --> 00:35:30,041
I'm, you know,
assistant coach at USC."
729
00:35:30,125 --> 00:35:32,792
So the guys...
One of the guys said, "Hey.
730
00:35:32,875 --> 00:35:36,125
"Go see if, uh, Coop's mom's home.
See if Coop's there.
731
00:35:36,208 --> 00:35:38,542
If she ain't home,
we're gonna have to take care of you."
732
00:35:38,625 --> 00:35:41,625
And I'm like, "Oh, man." I'm
sitting in the car, just shaking.
733
00:35:41,709 --> 00:35:45,166
And then Mrs. Cobbs, at that
time, was Coop's mom, says,
734
00:35:45,250 --> 00:35:48,291
"Oh, that's Coach Williams.
Leave him alone! Let him go."
735
00:35:48,375 --> 00:35:51,709
I was like, oh, my goodness.
She just saved my life.
736
00:35:51,792 --> 00:35:53,625
They had enough conviction,
737
00:35:53,709 --> 00:35:56,083
and they felt strongly enough,
738
00:35:56,542 --> 00:35:58,792
in me, and in my future,
739
00:35:58,875 --> 00:36:00,291
that they came and sat down
740
00:36:00,375 --> 00:36:03,834
and convinced me and my mom
that the best choice for me
741
00:36:03,917 --> 00:36:05,792
was to get back into school,
742
00:36:05,875 --> 00:36:07,917
and get back into basketball.
743
00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:09,834
And had they not done that,
744
00:36:09,917 --> 00:36:12,417
nothing else happens
after that for me.
745
00:36:15,041 --> 00:36:17,875
They were stuck
by . Got it back!
746
00:36:17,959 --> 00:36:20,208
Another circus shot.
Cynthia Cooper.
747
00:36:21,375 --> 00:36:23,458
Makes it a one-point game.
748
00:36:25,041 --> 00:36:27,333
And I remember
Coach Sharp saying, "Listen.
749
00:36:27,417 --> 00:36:30,166
Basketball has always
been your outlet."
750
00:36:30,250 --> 00:36:31,959
She said, "Don't ruin it.
751
00:36:32,041 --> 00:36:34,166
"Don't go on the court
and bring what you...
752
00:36:34,250 --> 00:36:37,166
What, what happened off the court,
don't bring that on the court."
753
00:36:37,250 --> 00:36:39,166
Eight-point lead for USC,
754
00:36:39,250 --> 00:36:41,333
which would match their
biggest lead in the game.
755
00:36:41,417 --> 00:36:45,333
Cynthia Cooper with a steal
in the drive, and there's two.
756
00:36:50,458 --> 00:36:54,083
Down to Sheila Collins.
Ostrowski has the shot blocked on her
757
00:36:54,166 --> 00:36:56,625
by who else? Cheryl Miller.
758
00:36:57,417 --> 00:36:59,500
Down to Miller.
759
00:37:00,667 --> 00:37:02,875
One more time
for Cheryl Miller.
760
00:37:02,959 --> 00:37:04,709
She's doing it all now.
761
00:37:04,792 --> 00:37:07,458
That does it.
762
00:37:15,250 --> 00:37:17,291
The USC Women of Troy
763
00:37:17,375 --> 00:37:20,959
are the 1984
NCAA champions,
764
00:37:21,041 --> 00:37:24,375
as they beat the University
of Tennessee 72 to 61...
765
00:37:24,458 --> 00:37:26,542
...looked forward to
this, to welcome you all
766
00:37:26,625 --> 00:37:30,250
to the White House.
And, uh, I want to congratulate you
767
00:37:30,333 --> 00:37:33,000
on the magnificent
season that you had.
768
00:37:33,083 --> 00:37:35,250
You've not only won
another title for the school,
769
00:37:35,333 --> 00:37:39,417
you've done a great deal,
I think, for women's sports.
770
00:37:39,500 --> 00:37:41,625
I didn't see
it as a USC trip.
771
00:37:41,917 --> 00:37:44,417
I saw it as a kid from Watts,
772
00:37:44,500 --> 00:37:46,583
going to the White House.
773
00:37:46,667 --> 00:37:48,667
Who would have thought?
774
00:37:51,500 --> 00:37:53,166
Ladies and gentlemen,
at this time,
775
00:37:53,250 --> 00:37:55,583
we are in our final
approach into Los Angeles,
776
00:37:55,667 --> 00:37:59,709
the home of the
1984 Summer Olympics.
777
00:37:59,792 --> 00:38:01,375
It is here at the Forum,
778
00:38:01,458 --> 00:38:02,917
the home of the
Los Angeles Lakers,
779
00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:05,250
that the men's and women's
basketball competition
780
00:38:05,333 --> 00:38:07,959
will be held for these
1984 Olympic games.
781
00:38:08,041 --> 00:38:09,500
We won a
national championship
782
00:38:09,583 --> 00:38:13,792
back-to-back in April.
I graduated in May from USC.
783
00:38:13,875 --> 00:38:17,375
Then Olympics was
that year in LA,
784
00:38:17,458 --> 00:38:19,125
at the Los Angeles Forum.
785
00:38:19,208 --> 00:38:20,875
So it was
just a great year.
786
00:38:20,959 --> 00:38:23,792
The picture is live.
The moment is now.
787
00:38:23,875 --> 00:38:26,458
Six o'clock on a summer
Friday evening in Los Angeles,
788
00:38:26,542 --> 00:38:29,583
but a Friday like none other in
the history of Southern California,
789
00:38:29,667 --> 00:38:32,500
because the picture is of the Olympic
torch being carried through...
790
00:38:32,583 --> 00:38:35,875
At 12 years
old, we saw Lusia Harris
791
00:38:35,959 --> 00:38:38,583
in the Ebony magazine,
and said, "Oh, wow.
792
00:38:38,667 --> 00:38:40,792
"They have basketball
in the Olympics.
793
00:38:40,875 --> 00:38:43,792
We want to be the first twins
to go the Olympics."
794
00:38:43,875 --> 00:38:45,875
1984 Olympic team. Um...
795
00:38:45,959 --> 00:38:47,750
What are your plans?
You want to be on that team.
796
00:38:47,834 --> 00:38:50,083
How about the twins?
You think that you three can make it...
797
00:38:50,166 --> 00:38:51,458
all three of you can be
on that team?
798
00:38:51,542 --> 00:38:53,750
I see no reason why we can't.
799
00:38:53,834 --> 00:38:57,208
I felt so bad for Paula.
800
00:38:57,291 --> 00:38:59,792
So bad. Because there's
no way in the world
801
00:38:59,875 --> 00:39:01,417
that she should have been
left off that...
802
00:39:01,500 --> 00:39:03,667
of, uh, that Olympic team.
No way.
803
00:39:03,750 --> 00:39:06,625
Cheryl Miller
has been an unquestioned star
804
00:39:06,709 --> 00:39:08,250
of this American team.
805
00:39:08,333 --> 00:39:10,000
She has come in
as a junior
806
00:39:10,083 --> 00:39:11,583
from University of
Southern California.
807
00:39:11,667 --> 00:39:14,959
I called her at one time,
uh, a prototype, perhaps,
808
00:39:15,041 --> 00:39:16,291
of the next generation.
809
00:39:16,375 --> 00:39:19,291
She was the face,
in a lot of ways,
810
00:39:19,375 --> 00:39:21,792
not only of USC
and the West Coast,
811
00:39:21,875 --> 00:39:24,917
she was the face
for a period of time there,
812
00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:26,125
of women's basketball.
813
00:39:26,208 --> 00:39:27,834
With the Soviet boycott,
814
00:39:27,917 --> 00:39:31,208
it would appear that your women
would be favored.
815
00:39:31,291 --> 00:39:32,709
More pressure.
816
00:39:32,792 --> 00:39:35,250
I think so. I told our,
our team immediately
817
00:39:35,333 --> 00:39:36,667
after the boycott announcement.
818
00:39:36,750 --> 00:39:38,834
I thought it put us
in a position to
819
00:39:38,917 --> 00:39:41,625
have to be able to,
to be the Soviets, more or less,
820
00:39:41,709 --> 00:39:42,917
in the eyes of the opposition,
821
00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:44,542
and I think people
will really be
822
00:39:44,625 --> 00:39:46,500
gunning for
our basketball team.
823
00:39:46,583 --> 00:39:49,125
We were good.
We knew we were good.
824
00:39:49,208 --> 00:39:51,000
I mean, if you looked
up and down our lineup,
825
00:39:51,083 --> 00:39:53,709
and you're being coached
by Pat Summitt,
826
00:39:53,792 --> 00:39:57,709
we didn't think about,
um, it had never been done.
827
00:39:57,792 --> 00:39:59,291
We knew we were
gonna win it.
828
00:40:01,125 --> 00:40:04,041
The game is over.
829
00:40:04,125 --> 00:40:08,208
The United States women have won
the gold medal in basketball.
830
00:40:08,291 --> 00:40:10,959
First gold medal in
Olympic basketball
831
00:40:11,041 --> 00:40:13,125
for US women.
832
00:40:14,375 --> 00:40:16,875
Pam had the gold medal
around her neck,
833
00:40:16,959 --> 00:40:18,583
and she tapped it
and looked at me.
834
00:40:18,667 --> 00:40:22,834
That moment that Pam
put that medal
835
00:40:22,917 --> 00:40:25,583
around Paula's neck,
836
00:40:25,667 --> 00:40:27,875
it was so moving.
837
00:40:27,959 --> 00:40:32,125
I felt that I wanted her
to have a part of it.
838
00:40:32,208 --> 00:40:35,667
She had been saying
that, "I'm playing for my sister."
839
00:40:41,458 --> 00:40:43,834
It wa...
It was tough after the Olympics,
840
00:40:43,917 --> 00:40:50,333
because I'm coming off of two
national championships, back-to-back,
841
00:40:50,417 --> 00:40:53,959
then winning a gold medal
in my backyard.
842
00:40:55,291 --> 00:40:56,625
Now what do I focus on?
843
00:40:56,709 --> 00:41:00,000
Where... Where... What's
my... What's my next goal?
844
00:41:00,083 --> 00:41:02,208
It's over for a lot of us.
845
00:41:02,291 --> 00:41:04,792
Uh, unless we go
overseas to play,
846
00:41:04,875 --> 00:41:07,250
we'll never tie those
tennis shoes again.
847
00:41:14,125 --> 00:41:17,583
Well,
imagine being the very best of the best
848
00:41:17,667 --> 00:41:19,250
at what you do.
849
00:41:19,333 --> 00:41:21,959
You have something
to offer people.
850
00:41:22,041 --> 00:41:25,792
But there's no place for you
to do the thing that you love.
851
00:41:25,875 --> 00:41:27,542
You're looking
at the premiere player
852
00:41:27,625 --> 00:41:29,208
in women's basketball,
Cheryl Miller.
853
00:41:29,291 --> 00:41:32,041
She's carried the banner
of the sport for four years,
854
00:41:32,125 --> 00:41:33,750
a four-time all-American.
855
00:41:33,834 --> 00:41:38,000
Today in her final appearance,
seeking her third NCAA title
856
00:41:38,083 --> 00:41:39,500
in four years.
857
00:41:39,583 --> 00:41:41,959
I always knew,
and was always dreaming
858
00:41:42,041 --> 00:41:44,583
that there would be a women's
professional league,
859
00:41:44,667 --> 00:41:47,625
but there was nothing...
there was nothing in the mix.
860
00:41:47,709 --> 00:41:49,000
Nothing in the making.
861
00:41:49,083 --> 00:41:51,375
You don't have any options.
862
00:41:51,458 --> 00:41:53,417
You can't get paid to do it.
863
00:41:53,500 --> 00:41:56,458
Nobody wants to
watch you do it anymore.
864
00:41:57,500 --> 00:42:00,500
What do you do?
Where do you go?
865
00:42:01,083 --> 00:42:03,542
The hardest thing for me was
watching all these great players,
866
00:42:03,625 --> 00:42:04,834
and you never saw 'em again,
867
00:42:04,917 --> 00:42:07,166
because their only option
was to go overseas.
868
00:42:07,250 --> 00:42:09,583
Might you be good
enough to play in the NBA?
869
00:42:10,166 --> 00:42:12,166
Well, you know,
me and my brother, Reggie,
870
00:42:12,250 --> 00:42:14,083
he plays for UCLA right now,
871
00:42:14,166 --> 00:42:16,667
uh, we've had dreams about
playing on the Lakers together
872
00:42:16,750 --> 00:42:20,583
when we were growing up,
but as far as being competitive
873
00:42:20,667 --> 00:42:22,625
with the men on that kind of
level, I don't know.
874
00:42:22,709 --> 00:42:26,208
But what I hope to see is
a woman's professional league.
875
00:42:26,291 --> 00:42:29,709
Here she was,
the very best of the best at what she did,
876
00:42:29,792 --> 00:42:32,166
and she's got no place to go.
877
00:42:32,250 --> 00:42:36,208
I really... I can't imagine
the devastation of that.
878
00:42:39,250 --> 00:42:42,542
27 points ties
the championship record,
879
00:42:42,625 --> 00:42:45,500
but probably be, uh,
880
00:42:45,583 --> 00:42:47,917
little comfort to Cynthia,
881
00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:50,125
with her team losing
this ball game.
882
00:42:50,208 --> 00:42:51,667
Cynthia played a strong...
883
00:42:51,750 --> 00:42:53,500
As I'm leaving school,
884
00:42:53,583 --> 00:42:55,834
my eligibility is up.
I'm about to...
885
00:42:55,917 --> 00:42:57,875
to get into the world,
all right? I...
886
00:42:57,959 --> 00:43:00,583
I find a, um, an agent.
887
00:43:00,667 --> 00:43:02,750
And the agent is like,
"You know what?
888
00:43:02,834 --> 00:43:05,500
Maybe you could go to Mexico.
Or maybe you can get a job... "
889
00:43:05,583 --> 00:43:09,709
I was like, "No, I heard that the
best basketball jobs are in Italy."
890
00:43:16,625 --> 00:43:19,250
I played in Italy ten seasons.
891
00:43:19,333 --> 00:43:21,041
I, I learned the language there.
892
00:43:29,166 --> 00:43:33,583
All of this is from USC
telling me what I could do.
893
00:43:33,667 --> 00:43:37,583
From USC opening up
the windows of the world to me,
894
00:43:37,667 --> 00:43:39,959
and saying,
"Hey. You can do this."
895
00:43:44,041 --> 00:43:45,709
We tried out with
the Harlem Globetrotters.
896
00:43:45,792 --> 00:43:47,750
You both are very attractive.
897
00:43:47,834 --> 00:43:50,125
Do you think the wives and
girlfriends of the Globetrotters
898
00:43:50,208 --> 00:43:52,625
- are going to resent you
being on the... -
899
00:43:52,709 --> 00:43:55,875
-Well, I don't think so.
-I don't think so.
900
00:43:55,959 --> 00:43:58,458
And then I went overseas,
and Pam was here
901
00:43:58,542 --> 00:44:01,041
doing some speaking for USC,
and that sort of thing.
902
00:44:01,125 --> 00:44:02,875
I was kind of burned out.
903
00:44:02,959 --> 00:44:04,959
Then she saw
how much money I made,
904
00:44:05,041 --> 00:44:07,125
- and she was like... -And I
said, "I'll be there."
905
00:44:11,625 --> 00:44:15,542
After my senior
year, and I'd finished,
906
00:44:16,041 --> 00:44:18,458
um, I decided to...
907
00:44:18,542 --> 00:44:21,667
get into a pick-up game with,
uh, some football players.
908
00:44:21,750 --> 00:44:23,875
And we had ran, like,
nine games and everything.
909
00:44:23,959 --> 00:44:25,458
I said, "I'm starting to
get a little tired."
910
00:44:25,542 --> 00:44:27,041
And I said, "I'm good, guys."
911
00:44:27,125 --> 00:44:29,583
They're like, "No, come on, Cheryl.
One more game."
912
00:44:29,667 --> 00:44:31,250
And I remember
the football player,
913
00:44:31,333 --> 00:44:34,458
he fell, and I had the ball,
and I went to jump over him,
914
00:44:34,542 --> 00:44:36,917
and I landed,
and I heard a pop.
915
00:44:37,000 --> 00:44:39,083
And I said,
"Oh, that doesn't feel right."
916
00:44:39,166 --> 00:44:41,250
And so I went down
to the training room,
917
00:44:41,333 --> 00:44:45,083
and, you know, I was limping,
and they put me on the table,
918
00:44:45,166 --> 00:44:48,458
and she started moving
my leg around,
919
00:44:48,542 --> 00:44:52,333
and then she kind of like,
went, like, pale.
920
00:44:52,417 --> 00:44:55,250
And I said, "What's wrong?"
And she goes,
921
00:44:55,333 --> 00:44:57,959
she goes, uh,
"I think you tore your ACL."
922
00:44:58,041 --> 00:44:59,792
And I'm like,
"What does that mean?"
923
00:44:59,875 --> 00:45:03,875
And she goes, she goes,
"I think your basketball career is over."
924
00:45:05,417 --> 00:45:07,667
If it had
happened ten years later,
925
00:45:07,750 --> 00:45:10,166
they'd do some quick surgery
and she'd be back out there.
926
00:45:10,250 --> 00:45:12,000
I'd have probably
played overseas.
927
00:45:12,083 --> 00:45:15,917
I probably would have gone
and tried to, um,
928
00:45:16,000 --> 00:45:18,250
extend my career.
929
00:45:18,333 --> 00:45:21,375
A force, a personality,
930
00:45:21,458 --> 00:45:25,208
a combination we had
never, ever seen before,
931
00:45:25,291 --> 00:45:27,125
was done at 22.
932
00:45:27,208 --> 00:45:29,875
It's sad, because she was
never able to come back.
933
00:45:29,959 --> 00:45:33,208
I mean, with all the technology,
934
00:45:33,291 --> 00:45:36,458
and people that have
come back from ACLs,
935
00:45:36,542 --> 00:45:39,959
the fact that she's...
she was never able to come back,
936
00:45:40,041 --> 00:45:42,333
and really play...
937
00:45:42,417 --> 00:45:45,041
I don't know it if haunts her,
but it haunts me,
938
00:45:45,125 --> 00:45:47,834
because I know how much
she loves this game.
939
00:45:47,917 --> 00:45:49,750
At 22,
940
00:45:51,250 --> 00:45:55,834
I was considered by,
by everyone, you know,
941
00:45:56,875 --> 00:45:59,792
the greatest player
in women's basketball.
942
00:45:59,875 --> 00:46:03,166
Had everything going for me.
943
00:46:03,250 --> 00:46:05,125
Until I got hurt.
944
00:46:05,208 --> 00:46:10,458
Until I was robbed
of a precious gift,
945
00:46:10,542 --> 00:46:13,041
that at times
I took for granted.
946
00:46:15,125 --> 00:46:21,125
But I remember
that great feeling of loss.
947
00:46:21,208 --> 00:46:27,709
And I remember feeling
like a toothless lion...
948
00:46:29,417 --> 00:46:32,834
that's no longer
at the top of the food chain.
949
00:46:47,291 --> 00:46:49,500
I went to a storied college.
950
00:46:49,583 --> 00:46:51,875
I went to the
University of Tennessee.
951
00:46:51,959 --> 00:46:54,583
And one thing I knew
walking on the campus
952
00:46:54,667 --> 00:46:56,667
was the history of
women's basketball.
953
00:46:58,500 --> 00:47:01,417
I understood that
Title IX was huge.
954
00:47:01,500 --> 00:47:07,333
I understood how crucial
and influential my coach was.
955
00:47:07,417 --> 00:47:10,166
Pat Summitt.
She's been here eight times.
956
00:47:10,250 --> 00:47:11,709
The most
wonderful thing happened
957
00:47:11,792 --> 00:47:12,959
for women's basketball.
958
00:47:13,041 --> 00:47:15,417
And that was Pat Summitt,
because she, she is,
959
00:47:15,500 --> 00:47:18,667
as far as I'm concerned,
the gatekeeper of the game.
960
00:47:18,750 --> 00:47:20,542
Alberta Auguste.
961
00:47:20,625 --> 00:47:23,083
Pat and
Candace sharing a smile.
962
00:47:23,166 --> 00:47:25,917
It's extraordinary what
Pat Summitt has done.
963
00:47:26,000 --> 00:47:30,250
She's averaged 28 wins
per year, over 30...
964
00:47:30,333 --> 00:47:32,834
Years before,
Coach Summitt was driving the bus.
965
00:47:32,917 --> 00:47:35,583
She was washing the clothes,
she was taping ankles.
966
00:47:35,667 --> 00:47:38,291
She was a grad student
when she was hired.
967
00:47:38,375 --> 00:47:41,250
She got paid $50 a month.
968
00:47:42,125 --> 00:47:45,125
And then when I stepped on foot,
she was the highest paid coach
969
00:47:45,208 --> 00:47:46,333
at just over a million.
970
00:47:46,417 --> 00:47:48,500
She just won.
She just won,
971
00:47:48,583 --> 00:47:50,166
and won again,
and won some more.
972
00:47:50,250 --> 00:47:52,583
And then, of course,
they just became this phenomenon.
973
00:47:52,667 --> 00:47:54,542
Every game was sold out.
974
00:47:54,625 --> 00:47:57,875
Pat Summitt was the biggest
name in Tennessee sports.
975
00:47:58,000 --> 00:47:59,375
Of any sport.
976
00:47:59,458 --> 00:48:01,583
Pam Summitt
is the preeminent coach
977
00:48:01,667 --> 00:48:03,166
in women's college basketball,
978
00:48:03,250 --> 00:48:06,000
and she just continues
to add to her legacy.
979
00:48:07,500 --> 00:48:10,583
And then, along comes
this wisecracking,
980
00:48:10,667 --> 00:48:13,709
pain in the fanny guy
from Yukon.
981
00:48:13,792 --> 00:48:15,417
right off the boat from Italy,
982
00:48:15,500 --> 00:48:17,125
Doesn't want to
hear about Tennessee,
983
00:48:17,208 --> 00:48:19,166
or the Vols,
or any of that stuff.
984
00:48:19,250 --> 00:48:21,125
Just play me,
and I'll show you what we got.
985
00:48:21,208 --> 00:48:24,166
When I got the
job, I said, "Look, guys,
986
00:48:24,250 --> 00:48:27,125
I don't know where we're gonna
finish, but we're not finishing last."
987
00:48:27,208 --> 00:48:29,750
Imagine that being the goal.
988
00:48:29,834 --> 00:48:32,375
Like, every year,
you guys finish last.
989
00:48:32,458 --> 00:48:34,000
How is that possible?
990
00:48:34,083 --> 00:48:37,417
39 and 0.
Connecticut is perfect!
991
00:48:46,208 --> 00:48:48,542
I was playing
at a university where
992
00:48:48,625 --> 00:48:51,250
the athletic department
was giving as much support
993
00:48:51,333 --> 00:48:52,792
to their women's basketball team
994
00:48:52,875 --> 00:48:54,750
as they were
to their men's team.
995
00:48:54,834 --> 00:48:56,625
Gampel Pavilion
had just been built.
996
00:48:56,709 --> 00:48:58,417
We had state-of-the-art
facility.
997
00:48:58,500 --> 00:49:01,500
Our locker rooms were as nice
as the men's locker rooms.
998
00:49:01,583 --> 00:49:04,458
If I was born five years
before I was,
999
00:49:04,542 --> 00:49:06,417
that wouldn't have been
the case, you know.
1000
00:49:06,500 --> 00:49:08,458
I'm a...
I'm a Title IX baby.
1001
00:49:11,083 --> 00:49:13,375
So,
we win a championship in '95.
1002
00:49:13,458 --> 00:49:15,333
The Olympics happen in '96.
1003
00:49:15,417 --> 00:49:17,333
And they happen to be
in America,
1004
00:49:17,417 --> 00:49:19,375
during Atlanta,
and the whole country is like,
1005
00:49:19,458 --> 00:49:21,417
"Wow. Look at all these guys.
Da da da da da."
1006
00:49:21,500 --> 00:49:23,750
Guys that hadn't gotten
a lot of attention, maybe,
1007
00:49:23,834 --> 00:49:26,083
leading up to this,
now it just, poof!
1008
00:49:27,375 --> 00:49:30,250
The 1996 women's Olympic team.
1009
00:49:30,625 --> 00:49:34,083
Because of them, and the
exposure, and the way they played,
1010
00:49:34,166 --> 00:49:36,000
it was a natural transition.
1011
00:49:36,083 --> 00:49:39,166
In basketball playground lingo,
the phrase "we got next"
1012
00:49:39,250 --> 00:49:41,834
means it's your turn to play
when the current game is over.
1013
00:49:41,917 --> 00:49:44,125
Well, these days in
professional basketball,
1014
00:49:44,208 --> 00:49:45,792
it's women who are speaking up,
1015
00:49:45,875 --> 00:49:47,959
and they've got
an awful lot to say.
1016
00:49:48,041 --> 00:49:50,959
For David Stern to put
the weight of the NBA behind it,
1017
00:49:51,041 --> 00:49:52,625
it meant that finally,
1018
00:49:52,709 --> 00:49:55,250
a women's basketball league
was going to have staying power.
1019
00:49:55,542 --> 00:49:59,375
As they say in the ad,
uh, it's about time.
1020
00:50:01,041 --> 00:50:05,625
To be able to coach
the Phoenix Mercury
1021
00:50:05,709 --> 00:50:07,834
in their inaugural season,
1022
00:50:07,917 --> 00:50:09,166
it was awesome.
1023
00:50:09,250 --> 00:50:11,291
All right, let's go.
Come on, now.
1024
00:50:11,375 --> 00:50:14,291
- Execute, one,
two, three... - Execute.
1025
00:50:20,583 --> 00:50:22,166
I placed a
call, and I was like,
1026
00:50:22,250 --> 00:50:24,166
"Hey, you know,
I, I really want
1027
00:50:24,250 --> 00:50:26,250
"to play in the WNBA.
My name is Cynthia Cooper.
1028
00:50:26,333 --> 00:50:27,834
I'm playing over in Italy."
1029
00:50:27,917 --> 00:50:31,667
And they're like, "Cynthia Cooper?
You played for Parma?"
1030
00:50:31,750 --> 00:50:35,500
I was like, "Yeah. You know,
I put together these stats, video..."
1031
00:50:35,583 --> 00:50:37,875
They were like,
"We've been looking for you."
1032
00:50:40,125 --> 00:50:41,834
I am a woman,
1033
00:50:41,917 --> 00:50:46,041
and a women's basketball,
and basketball fan.
1034
00:50:46,125 --> 00:50:49,625
And those women completely
dropped out of my consciousness.
1035
00:50:49,709 --> 00:50:52,208
They were in Europe.
I didn't hear about 'em,
1036
00:50:52,291 --> 00:50:53,709
I didn't read about 'em,
1037
00:50:53,792 --> 00:50:58,500
I knew nothing about
their exploits over in Europe.
1038
00:50:58,583 --> 00:51:02,333
Nothing. And here they come,
back to the United States,
1039
00:51:02,417 --> 00:51:06,208
on NBC,
with Annie Meyers Drysdale,
1040
00:51:06,291 --> 00:51:08,625
and Mike Breen
calling the game.
1041
00:51:09,000 --> 00:51:11,375
Are you kidding me?
This was paradise to me.
1042
00:51:11,458 --> 00:51:15,500
And now,
the official tip-off of today's game.
1043
00:51:15,583 --> 00:51:19,458
The first-ever game
for the women's NBA.
1044
00:51:19,542 --> 00:51:21,917
I didn't know anything
about Cynthia Cooper
1045
00:51:22,000 --> 00:51:26,125
when the league started,
but I learned pretty quickly.
1046
00:51:27,083 --> 00:51:29,583
It goes around! See that.
1047
00:51:29,667 --> 00:51:31,417
Are you kidding me?
1048
00:51:31,500 --> 00:51:34,959
Cynthia Cooper took
the league by storm in 1997
1049
00:51:35,041 --> 00:51:36,917
and became the MVP.
1050
00:51:37,000 --> 00:51:39,834
Cynthia Cooper doing it all!
1051
00:51:42,542 --> 00:51:44,458
And the chance of MVP.
1052
00:51:44,542 --> 00:51:48,792
MVP! MVP! MVP!
1053
00:51:48,875 --> 00:51:52,000
Who in the
WNBA had more experience
1054
00:51:52,083 --> 00:51:53,458
than Cynthia Cooper?
1055
00:51:53,542 --> 00:51:55,542
She had an old man's game,
1056
00:51:55,625 --> 00:51:58,291
but it was brilliant.
Nobody could stop her.
1057
00:51:58,375 --> 00:51:59,792
Coop,
picked up by ,
1058
00:51:59,875 --> 00:52:02,083
drives right around her
to the rack, lays it up and in.
1059
00:52:02,166 --> 00:52:03,750
Are you kidding me?
1060
00:52:03,834 --> 00:52:06,625
She had countermoves.
Whatever you did,
1061
00:52:06,709 --> 00:52:09,333
she, she had a countermove
for everything.
1062
00:52:09,417 --> 00:52:11,667
She had step-through,
she had the Euro game.
1063
00:52:11,750 --> 00:52:13,625
...on the
baseline and she scores.
1064
00:52:13,709 --> 00:52:15,875
Cynthia Cooper,
you're my hero.
1065
00:52:15,959 --> 00:52:19,875
I think, at 11 years
old, was when the WNBA started.
1066
00:52:19,959 --> 00:52:21,375
I remember turning on the game,
1067
00:52:21,458 --> 00:52:23,583
and Coop started
raising the roof.
1068
00:52:24,208 --> 00:52:26,125
And it just caught on.
1069
00:52:26,208 --> 00:52:27,917
So my whole AAU team did that.
1070
00:52:28,000 --> 00:52:31,333
My dad was like,
"If you raise the roof one more time,
1071
00:52:31,417 --> 00:52:33,125
you know, you guys are gonna be
sitting on the bench."
1072
00:52:33,208 --> 00:52:35,250
And after every play,
that's all we did.
1073
00:52:35,333 --> 00:52:37,917
To the Houston
Comets, congratulations!
1074
00:52:38,000 --> 00:52:40,917
You're the first-ever
WNBA champions.
1075
00:52:41,000 --> 00:52:44,208
When I look
back on Women of Troy,
1076
00:52:44,583 --> 00:52:46,375
it's like we always say,
1077
00:52:46,458 --> 00:52:50,875
the script was written for
Cheryl to be the leading lady.
1078
00:52:50,959 --> 00:52:54,000
And because of injury,
1079
00:52:54,083 --> 00:52:55,750
it didn't happen.
1080
00:52:57,208 --> 00:53:00,375
Nobody could have predicted
1081
00:53:00,458 --> 00:53:03,291
that in 1997,
1082
00:53:03,375 --> 00:53:05,542
it would be Cynthia Cooper
1083
00:53:05,625 --> 00:53:07,500
who nobody really knew,
1084
00:53:07,583 --> 00:53:09,500
she would just take
the game over,
1085
00:53:09,583 --> 00:53:12,875
and she would be the MVP and she
would be the dominating player.
1086
00:53:12,959 --> 00:53:15,542
Cooper,
out front from 17, perfect.
1087
00:53:15,625 --> 00:53:20,000
Absolutely perfect, and Cynthia
Cooper is lovin' life right now.
1088
00:53:20,083 --> 00:53:21,667
Four-time champion,
1089
00:53:21,750 --> 00:53:24,750
four-time MVP
of the WNBA finals.
1090
00:53:24,834 --> 00:53:26,166
Does life get better than that?
1091
00:53:26,250 --> 00:53:28,041
And you're 34 years old.
1092
00:53:28,333 --> 00:53:31,000
Total dichotomy of what
you would have thought
1093
00:53:31,083 --> 00:53:32,750
would have happened.
1094
00:53:32,834 --> 00:53:36,000
I will tell you that
growing up in an inner city,
1095
00:53:36,083 --> 00:53:39,125
you don't have many dreams
of being in a hall of fame.
1096
00:53:39,667 --> 00:53:43,041
I feel very fortunate
to represent the WNBA,
1097
00:53:43,125 --> 00:53:46,291
as the first WNBA player
to be inducted.
1098
00:53:46,375 --> 00:53:49,291
Um, hopefully I'll represent
you all well.
1099
00:53:50,959 --> 00:53:53,417
It's just shame that the world
didn't get a chance
1100
00:53:53,500 --> 00:53:57,250
to see Cheryl Miller play
professional basketball.
1101
00:53:59,917 --> 00:54:02,583
Because Cheryl Miller
is the best
1102
00:54:02,667 --> 00:54:05,625
to ever play
women's basketball.
1103
00:54:05,709 --> 00:54:09,375
What I learned most
about having to go through that...
1104
00:54:09,458 --> 00:54:13,417
I didn't think I was gonna get
emotional about this, but, yeah.
1105
00:54:15,709 --> 00:54:19,250
I learned there was more to Cheryl
Miller than just basketball.
1106
00:54:19,333 --> 00:54:20,542
Joining me is Tony Parker.
1107
00:54:20,625 --> 00:54:22,625
And is this basically
turnaround, fair play,
1108
00:54:22,709 --> 00:54:25,583
because they got the better
of you guys the last time.
1109
00:54:25,667 --> 00:54:26,667
What was the difference tonight?
1110
00:54:26,750 --> 00:54:28,583
Then I went into broadcasting.
1111
00:54:28,667 --> 00:54:32,041
Seventeen years with TNT.
1112
00:54:32,125 --> 00:54:34,709
Michael Jordan.
Shaquille O'Neal.
1113
00:54:34,792 --> 00:54:36,500
Name a star.
1114
00:54:37,542 --> 00:54:41,792
To watch those men
treat a woman
1115
00:54:41,875 --> 00:54:44,417
with that level of respect,
1116
00:54:44,500 --> 00:54:47,667
it can't help but have
an impact moving forward,
1117
00:54:47,750 --> 00:54:49,625
on an entire gender.
1118
00:54:49,709 --> 00:54:52,000
Here those men were,
1119
00:54:52,083 --> 00:54:54,166
embracing a basketball person,
1120
00:54:54,250 --> 00:54:56,625
but a basketball person
who happened to be a woman,
1121
00:54:56,709 --> 00:54:58,667
and treating her as an equal.
1122
00:54:59,041 --> 00:55:01,667
That is where society changes.
1123
00:55:05,208 --> 00:55:08,000
The whole evolution of
women's basketball from,
1124
00:55:08,083 --> 00:55:10,083
from when I started playing,
1125
00:55:12,083 --> 00:55:15,542
to gaining the
fans' support at USC,
1126
00:55:15,625 --> 00:55:18,458
to gaining fans overseas,
1127
00:55:18,542 --> 00:55:21,125
because that's the only
opportunity we had to play...
1128
00:55:21,208 --> 00:55:22,625
to play basketball,
1129
00:55:22,709 --> 00:55:25,875
to then coming back
and playing in the WNBA,
1130
00:55:25,959 --> 00:55:28,375
that journey was amazing.
1131
00:55:28,458 --> 00:55:31,083
Now what is
this line right here?
1132
00:55:31,291 --> 00:55:32,792
Three-pointer!
1133
00:55:32,875 --> 00:55:35,250
Right!
1134
00:55:35,333 --> 00:55:39,917
As the game
evolved, what changed?
1135
00:55:40,000 --> 00:55:42,125
It was television coverage.
1136
00:55:46,250 --> 00:55:49,125
Good!
1137
00:55:49,208 --> 00:55:51,667
You went from back in our era,
1138
00:55:51,750 --> 00:55:54,792
to one game,
or one Final Four a year,
1139
00:55:54,875 --> 00:55:57,667
to every night you could
find a basketball game.
1140
00:55:57,750 --> 00:56:01,792
At Baylor University,
we value women's basketball.
1141
00:56:01,875 --> 00:56:03,959
And as I challenge them
every year,
1142
00:56:04,041 --> 00:56:07,083
don't ever take it for granted.
1143
00:56:09,375 --> 00:56:12,333
Imagine if, uh, Cheryl Miller
1144
00:56:12,417 --> 00:56:14,959
was on TV every night.
1145
00:56:15,041 --> 00:56:17,750
I think the biggest thing
came out of that, was, uh,
1146
00:56:17,834 --> 00:56:20,542
the younger generation,
the younger crop of young girls,
1147
00:56:20,625 --> 00:56:24,041
watching this, being inspired,
um, to play at this level.
1148
00:56:24,125 --> 00:56:27,500
"Do I think I could do that?
Do I think I could really do that?"
1149
00:56:27,583 --> 00:56:28,917
This is a
great shot right there,
1150
00:56:29,000 --> 00:56:31,625
because there's the future.
Diana Taurasi.
1151
00:56:33,375 --> 00:56:35,458
...into the
lane, leans into.
1152
00:56:35,542 --> 00:56:37,333
Basket and the foul!
1153
00:56:38,041 --> 00:56:40,500
We... We've
got, in my opinion,
1154
00:56:40,583 --> 00:56:42,417
the three greatest players
1155
00:56:42,500 --> 00:56:45,375
ever assembled
in one room tonight,
1156
00:56:45,458 --> 00:56:48,375
in Magic Johnson, Michael
Jordan, and Cheryl Miller.
1157
00:56:48,458 --> 00:56:49,917
This is...
1158
00:56:53,417 --> 00:56:55,750
This is truly special.
1159
00:57:05,750 --> 00:57:08,291
- Come on,
what's going on with you? - Coach.
1160
00:57:08,375 --> 00:57:10,583
-I know. Eh, two and 0.
-Coach. What?
1161
00:57:10,667 --> 00:57:11,959
-Two and 0.
-How'd that happen?
1162
00:57:12,041 --> 00:57:14,250
- I don't know.
It wasn't the coach. -
1163
00:57:14,333 --> 00:57:16,125
It had nothing to do
with coaching.
1164
00:57:16,208 --> 00:57:18,291
If... You're happy.
1165
00:57:18,375 --> 00:57:20,625
Finally. You know what?
I can...
1166
00:57:20,709 --> 00:57:24,625
And you and I used to, you know,
we'd talk about this all the time,
1167
00:57:24,709 --> 00:57:27,166
I'm finally comfortable
in my skin.
1168
00:57:27,250 --> 00:57:28,917
You know?
I don't, I don't
1169
00:57:29,000 --> 00:57:31,250
necessarily feel that
I have to be, um,
1170
00:57:31,333 --> 00:57:32,542
Cheryl Miller.
1171
00:57:32,625 --> 00:57:35,083
And the great thing is,
the majority of the kids,
1172
00:57:35,166 --> 00:57:38,542
- they're like, "Where... When
did you play?" -Right.
1173
00:57:38,625 --> 00:57:40,959
Just Google. Google!
1174
00:59:15,333 --> 00:59:18,792
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