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Carol of the Bells: Stop Faking the Funk

Remember those old pantyhose commercials in the 80s? Ever wonder where the women are who've got Leggs, but don't know how to use them? That's you.

Margo, you're missing out. Great advances have been made in the field of throwing down recently. 5'4 Spud Webb won the 1986 NBA Slam Dunk Contest. Slovenian guard Marko Milic once dunked over a Honda Del Sol. Vince Carter leaped over the head of a French seven-footer at the Olympics this past summer.

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All of these guys are shorter than you.

Granted, they are all guys, but even that's not an excuse anymore. Before the American Basketball League--the WNBA's chief rival--folded a couple of years back, Sylvia Crawley jammed blindfolded during the ABL's own dunk contest.

Crawley is 6'7. Snow is 6'5. In fact, every woman who has ever dunked in a collegiate contest has been under 6'8.

Why are you holding back, Margo?

Are you concerned, as UCLA coaching legend John Wooden is, that dunking will cause the death of the pure, passing-oriented game that women's basketball is known for? You shouldn't be. Dunking doesn't equal selfishness. The Starzz barely missed the playoffs last year, and lost two games down the stretch by three or fewer points. Would taking more really high-percentage shots really have been all that selfish?

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