Basketball Hall-of-Famer Lynette Woodard goes in for the layup as a member of the Detroit Shock in 1998. (WNBA Photos) 2. What women's basketball great and former WNBA player was the 1st woman to ...

In 2003, the stars aligned in Detroit allowing Shock fans to carry around optimism in spades. Despite a 2002 season that saw Detroit finish with a franchise-worst 9-23 record, kernels of hope ...

Lynette Woodard is one of the few who bust that narrative. She was a women’s basketball pioneer -- and she knew it. Woodard, ...

When Lynette Woodard gained fame on the basketball court in the late 1970s and early 1980s, women’s athletics still was fighting to earn mainstream acceptance in the United States. Lack of media ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Just as children now look up to Jackie Stiles, she looked up to former Kansas superstar Lynette Woodard. Woodard is the all-time collegiate leading scorer; Stiles the NCAA leader.