1996 USA Women’s Basketball Team Set For ESPN 30 For 30 Doc

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EXCLUSIVE: The Women’s Dream Team, the 1996 USA Women’s basketball team, dominated the Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996 going undefeated to win the gold medal.The story of how they got there is now to be the subject of a feature doc for ESPN’s 30 for 30 strand.The film will tell the story of the grueling 15-month road trip that led up to those ’96 Games.

It’s the story of the 12 women who were tasked with auditioning the idea of women’s professional basketball in the United States.

They absolutely held the very future of the sport in their hands.After having suffered defeat at the ’92 games and the ’94 World Championship, USA Basketball undertook a revolutionary approach to training its Olympic team by structuring a long-term