Alexandra Leigh LaForce (born December 11, 1988) is an American journalist, model, and beauty pageant titleholder.

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Doris Burke Doris Burke (née Sable; born April 11, 1965) is an American sports announcer and analyst for NBA on ESPN, NBA on ABC, College Basketball on ESPN, and College Basketball on ABC games. She formerly worked as an analyst for WNBA games on MSG, and has worked on New York Knicks games.

Five WNBA teams have direct NBA counterparts and normally play in the same arena: Indiana Fever, Los Angeles Sparks, Minnesota Lynx, New York Liberty, and Phoenix Mercury.

Malika Rose Andrews (born January 27, 1995) is an American sports journalist and reporter. She is the host of NBA Today, which replaced The Jump.

Technically, there are no rules against Women playing in the NBA - and there have been several female players who were invited to NBA training camps. But the reason there are no female players on NBA teams is that they lack the power, strength, speed and explosiveness of the male players.

Beth Mowins Play-by-Play Announcer Beth Mowins is a veteran and pioneering play-by-play broadcaster who has called a variety of sports for ESPN. Her primary assignments are men's and women's college sports; in 2017 she became the first woman in 30 years to call a National Football League game.

Lusia Harris In the 1977 NBA Draft, the New Orleans Jazz selected a 6-foot-3 center out of Delta State University with the 137th overall pick. The difference between this individual pick, and all others in NBA history, is that the Jazz selected a woman.

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An ESPN spokesperson confirmed her departure in a statement to CNN. “ESPN and Sage Steele have mutually agreed to part ways. We thank her for her many contributions over the years,” the network said Tuesday. A person familiar with the matter said the network had been in mediation with Steele prior to her departure.

Van Gundy, Kolber, Rose and Young are among roughly 20 ESPN personalities laid off. Jeff Van Gundy, Suzy Kolber, Jalen Rose and Steve Young are among roughly 20 ESPN commentators and reporters who were laid off on Friday as part of job cuts by the network.

Last week the Greek Association of Basketball, withdrew the shirt with number 4 to honour the biggest ever basketball player of Greece, one of the best ever in Europe, honoured by the NBA Hall of Fame - although never played in NBA - Nick Galis.