Rebecca Lobo placed her lightweight headphones over her ears and hit play on her Walkman during the bus journey to the Great Western Forum in Inglewood, California.
It was June 21, 1997.
Lobo had dedicated months to promoting this new women’s basketball league in the U.S. On her route to the arena, she spotted a huge billboard featuring her face alongside Lisa Leslie’s, with the slogan: “We got next.”
Now, it was finally time for the exciting part: the game.
