Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 at 3:34 pm  |  17 responses

League of Her Own

Janice Thomas helped pioneer the women’s game.

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Photo by Steve Brahms
Originally published in SLAM 120

Janice Thomas looks right at home on the New York City blacktops that she used to dominate. A member of the short-lived WBL, the first women’s professional league to surface in the U.S. from ’78-81, the NYC native would have been a household name in the WBNA had her career not come two decades too early.—Adam Fleischer

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  • tavoris

    can we get a little more background, Adam?

  • foodzor

    what a fatty.

  • Rusty

    great input foodzor.

  • http://www.slamonline.com Wayno

    And then what…

  • Royal

    Although she looks like a female version of Biz Markie,I respect her contributions

  • mike

    let’s hear it for the WBNA!

  • tavoris

    I’d hit

  • http:///realcavsfans.com Anton

    Hope she’s also in a buffet of her own

  • ENDS

    Slam ur Slacking! Why is there no story about DeShawn Stevenson’s new Abe Linclon and Crackhead Tattoo

  • http://slamonline.com Ben Osborne

    Janice was a great player, and the article in issue 120 was a classic.

  • http://www.slamonline.com Wayno

    Question…when does her head stop and her neck begin?

  • http://hibachi20.blogspot.com Blinguo

    ^ Question, you probably know women who’ve aged and gotten plump also Wayno, bet they weren’t breakthrough ballers though, right? Let people live. Her accomplishments > your shallow image joke and 2 empty posts.

  • tavoris

    ^^^Just because your her gradchild dosen’t mean you have to lash out at my homeboy Wayno!!

  • http://www.slamonline.com Wayno

    Aw c’mon Bling, I’m just playin…also, the first comment was about the insane lack of detail that this article has. Don’t be so uptight!

  • http://www.slamonline.com Wayno

    lol @ tavoris

  • tavoris

    wayno…just noticed that comment…wasn’t me. the first one was tho

  • http://hibachi20.blogspot.com Blinguo

    So that means Wayno has secret homeboy admirers.
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    SLAM 120 wasn’t that long ago. You guys don’t get a subscription coming to the house or something?

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