The Vision: The True and Untold Story of the Women's Basketball Association (Updated Edition) - Softcover

Mitchell, Lightning Ned; Kamberg, Mary-Lane

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1533194912 ISBN 13: 9781533194916

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

Synopsis

The Vision is the true story about how JESUS allowed me to play a part in the success of women’s professional basketball in the United States, to give American women the opportunity to stay in their home country and play professional basketball like their male counterparts have for decades. Since Title lX, there hadn’t been a greater moment for women’s basketball until the arrival of the Women’s Basketball Association. And the rest is history!Lightning Mitchell’s book is very compelling and relays the truth about the history of the start of the WBA ... instrumental ... inspirational ... amazing. This book should be read by all. —Coach Marcus D. Harvey... I thought that the Women’s Basketball Association would be something that Kansas City would be proud of for years and years to come. Today here’s a story told about what took place, and it was here in Kansas City.—Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-Missouri), Former mayor of Kansas City, Missouri.

About this title

About the Author:

Lightning Mitchell was the founder and president of the Women's Basketball Association from 1991 to 1995. He was born in Hodge, Louisiana, and graduated from Jackson High School in Jonesboro, Louisiana. After two years in the U.S. Army, he returned to Hodge with plans to go back to college and eventually play professional football. He attended William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri, and Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona. He later played minor league football and attended NFL tryouts with the Philadelphia Eagles and Green Bay Packers. He worked at several other jobs before obeying God's call to start a women's professional basketball league. He lives in Independence, Missouri, with his wife Sandra Mitchell. Mary-Lane Kamberg is an award-winning professional writer, speaker, and former basketball mom. She is the author of North Carolina Basketball (Rosen Publishing, 2013), as well as more than twenty-five other books and hundreds of magazine and newspaper articles, many on sports and health and fitness topics. She has a bachelor's of science degree in journalism from the University of Kansas and cheers for the Jayhawks during March Madness. She lives in Olathe, Kansas, with her husband, Ken Kamberg.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1533194912
• ISBN 13: 9781533194916
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 203