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Sheryl Swoopes WNBA legend Sheryl Swoopes holding the trophy after the Houston Comets defeated the New York Liberty to win the WNBA championship, 2000.

Sheryl Swoopes

American basketball player
Also known as: Sheryl Denise Swoopes
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Sheryl Swoopes (born March 25, 1971, Brownfield, Texas, U.S.) is a former basketball player who won three Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards (2000, 2002, and 2005) and four WNBA titles (1997–2000) as a member of the Houston Comets. After being named the 1991 national Junior College Player of the Year, Swoopes transferred to Texas Tech University. There she won the National Player of the Year award in her senior season...

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