Without Ford, Shock Bring Lieberman Out of Retirement
When Lieberman played for Phoenix at the age of 39, she set the WNBA's record as the oldest player in the league. Now 50, she'll break her own record. (AP)
The domino-row of events triggered by Tuesday night's fight continues to grow as the Detroit Shock announced that they've signed 50-year-old, Hall-of-Famer Nancy Lieberman to a seven-day contract. The move brings Lieberman out of the ESPN broadcast booth and puts her back on the court as Detroit looks for a way to make up for the absence of star forward Cheryl Ford, who will miss the rest of the season with a torn ACL.
That's right folks. Detroit signed Nancy Lieberman to play for them for the next seven days, which will get them to the Olympic break. The moment Lieberman takes the court she will break her own record as the oldest player ever in the WNBA. At 39 years and 54 days old she set the record with the Phoenix Mercury in 1997.
Update from Margaret:
In an interview on ESPN this afternoon, Nancy Lieberman talked about Detroit's game tonight against Houston. "I hope nobody gets into foul trouble," she said, "because then I'd have to play more minutes."
The teams play at 9:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2, so you'll get to see how much juice the TV analyst has in her tank.
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July 24, 2008; 11:12 AM ET
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Posted by: Dungarees | July 24, 2008 2:06 PM
Well i guess the thug life has made it to the WNBA now, first they wanted to play like the men instead of the college game they played so well now they want to act like thugs like the men...what's next women sporting all the tatoo's! Now the old girl is coming back again are ratings getting that bad???
Posted by: W-what | July 24, 2008 3:11 PM
Yeah, no sports league has ever tried to use publicity to garner attention for their product.
People who don't like women's roundball will always find an excuse to hate on the ladies.
If you don't like women's basketball, then simply don't watch and go back to something you enjoy. Peace.
Posted by: buki | July 24, 2008 3:27 PM
Didn't they have to fire her as coach b/c she was sleeping with her point guard while she was married to a man?? I guess all is forgiven
Posted by: Anonymous | July 24, 2008 6:09 PM
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Are they signing Ms. Lieberman because she's the best player available, or as a publicity stunt beneficial for both the team ("We have someone famous for a few days" and Ms Lieberman ("The previous oldest player was... and is now...").
If the signing is because she's the best player available to play for seven days, fine. If it's publicity, then don't wonder why there's limited interest in taking the WNBA seriously.