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Rutgers alum/NBA & WNBA fan/Brooklyn Nets/NYLiberty/NYGiants fan/Sports Historian/Writer/and I read a lot! email:hoopsandhuddle@gmail.com
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Today, Chamique is a mental health advocate. She will always be one of my favorite women’s players! She is a survivor who has a family. Chamique and her wife welcomed a son to their family! Such a blessing!
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Documentary filmmaker Rick Goldsmith produced a film on Holdclaw's life and battle with mental illness called Mind/Game: The Unquiet Journey of Chamique Holdsclaw, which aired on Logo TV on May 3, 2016.
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Chamique released an autobiography in 2012 called Breaking Through: Beating the Odds Shot after Shot. In the book she reviewed, she battled depression during her basketball career and attempted suicide once.
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In 2006, Holdsclaw was named to a women's collegiate basketball silver anniversary team for being picked as one of the 25 greatest players of the past 25 years. She was also named one of the five greatest players in the SEC over the past 25 years.
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Chamique was traded to the Los Angeles Sparks in 2005. She briefly retired in 2007. She returned to the WNBA in 2008 as a member of the Atlanta Dream. Chamique was released in 2010 and finished her career as a San Antonio Silver Stars member.
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Chamique helped lead the 2000 Olympic team to win the gold medal.
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Chamique was drafted in 1999 by the Washington Mystics and won Rookie of the Year. Chamique was also a WNBA All-Star game starter. She was the first woman to be featured on the cover of Slam Magazine.
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Chamique is a two-time AP Player of the Year, Naismith Player of the Year, WCBA Player of the Year, and Sullivan Award winner. In 2000, she was named the Naismith Athlete of the Century.
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Chamique was a four-time Kodak All-American, one of six women to accomplish this. Holdscaw finished her career with 3,025 points and 1,295 rebounds, making her the all-time leader for women’s and men’s basketball in the team's history. She is only the fifth woman to score 3,000 points.
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Chamique attended the University of Tennessee and was coached by Pat Summit, one of the greatest women’s college coaches of all time. Chamique helped lead the Lady Vols to 3 straight championships from 1996-1998
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Chamique led Christ the King Regional High School to 4 NY state championships and was named All-American by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association.
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He was a rapist who was at large for years, then he escalated to murder. Was his wife abused? I believe so. She eventually flipped to be a participant and a woman who abused other women without empathy or remorse. Awful….
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South Carolina hasn't lost a game at home in 4 years. Can UConn be the team that breaks that streak?
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Lakers fan I know love it for the future, but hate it for for the present
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This doesn't look as serious as I thought, thankfully.