CYBERSPORT : EQUAL RIGHTS, TO SOME DEGREE.The last thing anyone might need right now is more information on the WNBA WNBA Women's National Basketball Association WNBA World Ninepin Bowling Association WNBA Wannabe Nasty Boys Association WNBA Women's National Book Association, Inc. WNBA Warszawski Nurt Basketu Amatorskiego . But in cyberspace, you can never run out of room. The WNBA's Website tries in every way to be the equal of its NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= counterpart (www.nba.com). It's even made by the same company, Starwave, which is more famous for creating ESPN's SportsZone. But there's only so many frilly frill n. 1. A ruffled, gathered, or pleated border or projection, such as a fabric edge used to trim clothing or a curled paper strip for decorating the end of the bone of a piece of meat. 2. things you can look at on a site before coming to realize you've been duped into another marketing scheme. Go ahead and send e-mail to WNBA president Val Ackerman, Hall of Famer Nancy Lieberman-Cline or former USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. star Cynthia Cooper. There's a better chance of actually getting return mail from them than from the real ``Mailman,'' Karl Malone. But other than that, there's the usual live chats, player profiles (including weight, if you can believe it), player features (Lisa Leslie's all-time favorite movie is ``Pretty Woman''), contests (one starts today called ``Can You Guess the Stars,'' which reveals whether or not you know Kate Starbird isn't in this league), stuff for sale, TV listings (which do take up a lot of room), and the usual kinds of video and audio clips that you'd expect. What more can you do? Mention the rival American Basketball League American Basketball League is a name that has been used by three defunct basketball leagues in the United States:
(We have no problem giving out the secret - the ABL's address is www.ableague.com). There is, of course, a link to the NBA page, which remarkably has a lot of the same stuff as the WNBA page. There could be worse places for teen-aged boys to be wandering around the Net. Here, they'll find plenty of girls. But these are the kind that could smoke them in a game of ``horse.'' If it rains, come inside: The first computer golf game based on a major golf event comes out just in time for this week's British Open. A game from Looking Glass Technologies called ``British Open Championship Golf'' even includes commentary from ABC's Jim McKay, who recorded about 5,000 phrases that come up at particular points in the match. A ``virtual open'' tournament is being staged for those who play the course and compete against others from around the world (on the Website www.britopen.golfweb.com). The CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). for Windows 9.5 sells for $49.95. The Looking Glass Website is www.lglass.com. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Site: The Women's National Basketball Association The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) is an organization governing a professional basketball league for women in the United States. The league was formed in 1996 as the women's counterpart to the NBA. , http://www.wnba.com |
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