Washoe County Library System

This group of middle-aged former basketball champs couldn't be further from good playing form. Age, menopause, family problems, and bad habits have left them apathetic and out of shape. But in honor of a good friend that died of breast cancer, these spirited ladies find the motivation to challenge the local high school team to a series of fundraising games. Ignoring the derision and snide remarks of the younger generation (as well as many of their...

"At the height of the Great Depression, Sam Babb, the charismatic basketball coach of tiny Oklahoma Presbyterian College, began dreaming. Like so many others, he wanted a reason to have hope. Traveling from farm to farm, he recruited talented, hardworking young women and offered them a chance at a better life: a free college education if they would come play for his basketball team, the Cardinals. Despite their fears of leaving home and the sacrifices...