Today’s show explores the precursor to the WNBA —The Women’s Professional Basketball League — AKA the WBL. The league was founded in 1978 and ended its run in 1981. This conversation reunites team members of the WBL’s San Francisco Pioneers.
● Anita “Thoroughbred” Ortega
● Anna “AJ” Johnson
● Gerry “Book” Booker
● Jan Ternyik
They were joined by moderator Maya Goldberg-Safir who writes about women’s hoops in the substackRough Notes.
This week, we are proud to share conversations recorded live at KALW’s community events space in downtown San Francisco as part of KALW’s BOUNCE, chronicling women’s professional sports in and around the Bay. Season 3 of BOUNCE just kicked off, which seems like a good time to revisit some of our favorite conversations from Season 2.