Sheryl Swoopes was the face of the WNBA when the league started in 1997. The Hall of Fame player was 26 years old when she was drafted by the Houston Comets for the inaugural season.

WNBA legend Sheryl Swoopes had an interesting reaction to ... won four straight championships as a member of the Houston Comets from 1997-2000. She also won three Olympics gold medals with USA ...

Comets defeat ... in as many years. Swoopes becomes the first WNBA player to record a postseason triple-double, putting up 14 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists as Houston defeats the Storm ...

Back in February, amid speculation of a possible Cynthia Cooper return, WNBA.com asked Sheryl Swoopes and ... lot to the game -- not only for Houston and the Comets, but for the WNBA, for so ...

After Sheryl Swoopes led Texas Tech to an NCAA title ... preparing for her rookie season with the Houston Comets, asked MJ if she could name her son after him. In response, the Chicago Bulls ...

Long before the Phoenix Mercury's three championships won between 2007 to 2014, the Houston Comets had ... the league's first superstar Sheryl Swoopes before the Comets organization went defunct ...