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What if Michael Jordan's injury in his second season in the NBA was the end of his story and we never heard from him again? This episode is a Story Time with Jackie episode! Based on the HBO documentary "Women of Troy", I'll be telling you the story of Cheryl Miller and the rest of the USC basketball team that changed women's basketball forever. This amazing team made up of Cheryl Miller, Pam and Paula McGee, Cynthia Cooper, and more changed the sport and challenged issues of gender and race. This team got the world's attention and laid the groundwork for being a professional sport today. What if Cheryl Miller hadn't gotten injured and became the most famous professional athlete in the world? How would the world be different? I can't help but compare this journey to roller derby and wonder....what if?... ? by USC Athletics You can watch the 1983 Championship USC vs Louisiana Tech on Youtube! (The video is pretty grainy, but you can clearly see the difference in playing styles of these two teams.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhNPED-DjEI Find our transcribed episodes on our Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/power4thwhistle. (Thank you, Jenergy!) Follow our Facebook page at: www.facebook.com/powerthru4thwhistle. Follow us on Instagram: @Power4thWhistle Follow us on Twitter: @Power4thWhistle Have a question? Want to sponsor the podcast? E-mail power4thwhistle@gmail.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/power-through-the-4th-whistle/message