Women's National Basketball Association

The Women's National Basketball Association or WNBA is an organization governing a professional basketball league for women in the United States. Formed in 1996 as a counterpart to the NBA, the league started play in 1997.

References

• {{Web reference simple | URL=http://www.wnba.com/about_us/historyof_wnba.html | title=History of the WNBA | date=April 17 | year=2005}}
• {{Web reference simple | URL=http://www.insidehoops.com/minimum-nba-salary.shtml | title=Minimum NBA Salary | date=August 19 | year=2005}}
• {{Citenewsauthor | surname=Burns | given=Heather | title=WNBA players face year-round schedule | date= August 7, 2005 | org=The Detroit News | url=http://www.detnews.com/2005/shock/0508/07/C01d-272040.htm}}
• National Basketball Association (April 21, 2005). NBA Sets All-Time Attendance Records. Press Release.
• {{citenews |url=http://www.nypost.com/business/45039.htm | title=WNBA Driving Toward Profit | org=New York Post | date=June 7, 2005}}