KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Sheryl Swoopes will be missing her biggest supporter as she gets inducted into one more hall of fame.
Swoopes will be enshrined into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame on Saturday, one year after the three-time Olympic gold medal winner and three-time WNBA Most Valuable Player entered the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Her mother, Ida Louise Swoopes, accompanied her to the Naismith induction in what Swoopes called “the last big trip we took together.” Swoopes’ mother died of colon cancer on March 14.
“I will be a lot more emotional (Saturday) than I was at Naismith,” Swoopes said.