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Ann Meyers Drysdale is one of the greatest stars in the history of basketball. But her rise wasn't without controversy. Her 1979 NBA bid to play with the Indiana Pacers brought a barrage of criticism. But Ann simply wanted to play among the best. She had always competed with the guys, and she never let anyone keep her down.
A female first in many categories, Ann Meyers Drysdale was the first woman ever signed to a four-year athletic scholarship to UCLA, where she remains the only four-time Bruin basketball All American, male or female. Ann was also the only woman ever asked to compete in ABC Sports' Superstars, pitting her against elite athletes like Mark Spitz, Joe Frazier, O. J. Simpson, and Mark Gastineau. In You Let Some Girl Beat You? Ann shares with us her inspirational story for the first time.
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“A stunning portrayal of one of today’s legendary women’s basketball treasures.”
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Forbes
About the Authors
Ann Meyers Drysdale is regarded as one of the greatest stars in the history of basketball. A member of six Halls of Fame, including the International Women’s Sports Hall of Fame and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Drysdale is an Olympic silver medalist, a World Championship gold medalist, and a two-time Pan American Games medalist. A female first in many categories, she was the first woman ever signed to a four-year athletic scholarship to UCLA, where she led the women’s basketball team to their only National Championship in 1978. Named by Time magazine as one of the “Top 10 Female Sports Pioneers of All Time,” Drysdale is the only woman to sign a contract with an NBA team and the first woman to announce an NBA game on network television.
Joni Ravenna is the editor of the OC Woman section of Parenting magazine. She also writes for Taste for Life magazine, and her work has been published in the LA Times, Esquire, and Coast magazine, among others. Ravenna is also a television writer/producer and a published, award-winning playwright.
About Pam Ward
Pam Ward, an AudioFile Earphones Award–winning narrator, found her true calling reading books for the blind and physically handicapped for the Library of Congress’ Talking Books program. The fact that she can work with Blackstone Audio from the beauty of the mountains of Southern Oregon is an unexpected bonus.