Sheryl Swoopes, Jennifer Azzi and sacrificing for the American Dream

“I should have been on the team. If I’m really honest about it, I think I was cut from the ‘92 team because I was gay. Because I think there were rumors about me, and one of the coaches was close to a coach who was very, very anti-gay.”

Jennifer Azzi shared this heart-rending reflection on the culture of women’s basketball in the 1990s in an interview for the ESPN “30 for 30” documentary “Dream On,” which highlights never before seen archival footage of the 1996 Team USA women’s basketball team at the Atlanta Olympics, as well as interviews with the players looking back at that momentous era. Read More

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