Detroit Shock

And if the if the fire were tired of making any more history, it's not it wasn't enough because with its 17th win of the season, the fire sent a sent set a franchise record for wins in a season.

They also tied the Detroit Shock for second most wins in a team's debut season.

So Fire able to etch their name in a couple of different history books.

And it was just a very poetic way to go out.

Yes, and Flint has made its mark with women's sports.

Deanna Nolan, who graduated from Flint Northern, is being recognized by the Detroit Shock for her stellar performance and her tenure in the WNBA.

Coach Lynelle McKinney, who still dedicates her time to developing talent for women's sports.

And even though her career started before Title IX in women in sports.

Kinda thought Connecticut was in that building stage where they could use her as a leader.

But it's nice to just, you know, I've never been a, a team guy 'cause kind of when I started, the Detroit Shock were on their way out.

That would've been the closest team to me.

You know, in a couple years we'll get a Detroit team back, so I'll have a little bit of team fandom, I think.

I was just willing to whatever's in front of me.

And when I played at 50 for the Mercury, or excuse me, for the Detroit Shock, I went back after to my real job at ESPN and we're doing the Laker game and I'm doing pregame interviews that morning and Kobe sees me and he goes, hey, 15 minutes.

And we went into a room like we're in now and there was a table and he says, how did you feel? Were you nervous? Were you scared? What did you eat? Who trained you? Was your body sore? Um, what was your mindset? Were people supportive of you? Was your, you know, your son, your family, um, did you drink a lot of water? Did you not drink, you know, how many times a day did you practice? Oh my God.

He, I was like in a think tank and I looked at him and I said, you just won the NBA championship and you were MVP and you're asking a 50 year old white woman to what her process was because Cope was non-discriminatory if he could take one thing and add it to his game make

It's a small league, so everybody's got a real baller, right? I'm trying to think, you know, My Monarchs back in the day had Yolanda Griffith and Ruthie Bolton, right, and Tisha Pinochero.

Like, you know, Tweety was a monster for the Detroit Shock and Cheryl Ford.

Like, every team was like, got some players.

You're like, yo, this is a Hall of Famer we're talking about here.

it was our first, uh, first year in the playoffs.

We get to the finals, and we're playing the Detroit Shock.

You know, Bill Laimbeer's the coach.

It's Swin Cash, Katie Smith, Tweety Nolan-

It's a small league, so everybody's got a real baller, right? I'm trying to think, you know, My Monarchs back in the day had Yolanda Griffith and Ruthie Bolton, right, and Tisha Pinochero.

Like, you know, Tweedy was a monster for the Detroit Shock and Cheryl Ford.

Like, every team was like, got some players.

You're like, yo, this is a Hall of Famer we're talking about here.