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Houston Comets

American basketball team

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The Houston Comets were an American professional basketball team that played in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). They were the league's inaugural champion, winning the first four WNBA titles from 1997 to 2000. The team featured stars like Cynthia Cooper and Sheryl Swoopes. The Comets disbanded in 2008.123

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Cynthia Cooper-Dyke
…while leading her team, the Houston Comets, to the championship. She was named MVP of both the regular season and the playoffs that year.
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…while leading her team, the Houston Comets, to the championship. She was named MVP of both the regular season and the playoffs that year.
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basketball
U.S. women’s basketball
…the WNBA’s inaugural champion, the Houston Comets, also folded. The Sacramento Monarchs disbanded in 2009. Women’s professional basketball is played during the summer months.
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…the WNBA’s inaugural champion, the Houston Comets, also folded. The Sacramento Monarchs disbanded in 2009. Women’s professional basketball is played during the summer months.
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Rebecca Lobo
She was acquired by the Houston Comets in 2002 and retired the following year. Lobo’s professional career was marred by injury (a torn anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee sidelined her for two seasons), and she was never the dominant player in the WNBA that she had been as…
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She was acquired by the Houston Comets in 2002 and retired the following year. Lobo’s professional career was marred by injury (a torn anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee sidelined her for two seasons), and she was never the dominant player in the WNBA that she had been as…
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Sheryl Swoopes
…as a member of the Houston Comets.
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…as a member of the Houston Comets.
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Women’s National Basketball Association
History
…titles were won by the Houston Comets, with teams that featured two of the league’s first superstars in Cynthia Cooper and Sheryl Swoopes. Helped by the dissolution of the rival American Basketball League in 1999, the WNBA grew in the early years of the 21st century to become the most…
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…titles were won by the Houston Comets, with teams that featured two of the league’s first superstars in Cynthia Cooper and Sheryl Swoopes. Helped by the dissolution of the rival American Basketball League in 1999, the WNBA grew in the early years of the 21st century to become the most…
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