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Rebecca Lobo: Basketball
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Mr. President, beyond Rebecca Lobo's athletic and academic accomplishments lies her ability and willingness to reach out to her numerous fans and admirers. Along with her teammates, Rebecca made it a point to chat with fans and sign autographs for an hour after each game. Despite being overwhelmed by letters, she has devoted hours of her time to personally answering each and every piece of correspondence she has received, and she has been a regular at summer basketball camps and clinics, where she has patiently worked with aspiring basketball stars of all ages.
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Lobo signed in 1996 as the starting forward/center for the Liberty. Prior to injuring her knee, she led her team in rebounding and scoring. Her skills and athletic ability earned her a nomination to the All-NBA Second Team in the league's inaugural season. As the youngest member of the 1996 U.S. Women's Olympic basketball team, she helped her team win a gold medal in Atlanta.
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The league wasted no time making Lobo one of the cornerstones of its advertising ventures, which reached a crescendo last Friday, when Lobo's 60-second Reebok television commercial aired during Game 6 of the NBA Finals. She has her own Reebok shoe, becoming only the second woman basketball player -- along with Swoopes of the Houston Comets -- to sign a shoe deal.
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Rosie O'Donnell narrates a profile of Rebecca Lobo, which includes the WNBA star's remarks about the pioneers of women's basketball, and her mother's battle with breast cancer. Also: comments by Lobo's family; UConn coach Geno Auriemma and others.
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More than 200 people registered as potential marrow donors on Nov. 17 with Channel 3 and former UConn basketball star Rebecca Lobo. With help and generous support from Yale-New Haven Hospital and Wal-Mart, the third annual Channel 3 Marrow Donor Drive took place with great success.
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