"Through everything I've had to go through, in basketball, in life, in my career, that probably was the toughest decision that I have ever made," she told a modest, but attentive audience at UMKC's Pierson Hall Tuesday, Feb. 19. A lot was on the line at that time for the former three-time WNBA Most Valuable Player Award winner when she made the announcement. She had an 8-year-old son from a previous marriage and a mother's reaction to worry about, she had product endorsements from Nike, and she was a role model for a fledgling basketball league. But since she came out, she said she's still the same person, except now she has peace of mind.

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"Through everything I've had to go through, in basketball, in life, in my career, that probably was the toughest decision that I have ever made," she told a modest, but attentive audience at UMKC's Pierson Hall Tuesday, Feb. 19. A lot was on the line at that time for the former three-time WNBA Most Valuable Player Award winner when she made the announcement. She had an 8-year-old son from a previous marriage and a mother's reaction to worry about, she had product endorsements from Nike, and she was a role model for a fledgling basketball league. But since she came out, she said she's still the same person, except now she has peace of mind.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 at 3:21 pm and is filed under Women's Basketball News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.