August 30th, 1997. It's the first ever WNBA Championship Final. Comets vs Liberty. Who will come up on top? 

August 30th, 1997. It's the first ever WNBA Championship Final. Comets vs Liberty. Who will come up on top?&nbsp;

Biggest Rivalries of All Time is a documentary-style series covering the most epic and dramatic rivalries in women’s sports, hosted by broadcaster Cari Champion. Each season unpacks a rivalry, beat by beat, and explores how it shaped women’s sports, and the larger culture, then and now. 

Season 1 explores the rivalry between Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert, the two tennis giants who faced each other 80 times over 15 years. Billie Jean King has called it the greatest rivalry in the history of all sports. This season delves into not just their rivalry, but their unusual friendship, and how it transformed the sport and our culture.

Biggest Rivalries of All Time is a documentary-style series covering the most epic and dramatic rivalries in women&rsquo;s sports, hosted by broadcaster Cari Champion. Each season unpacks a rivalry, beat by beat, and explores how it shaped women&rsquo;s sports, and the larger culture, then and now.&nbsp;
Season 1 explores the rivalry between Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert, the two tennis giants who faced each other 80 times over 15 years. Billie Jean King has called it the greatest rivalry in the history of all sports. This season delves into not just their rivalry, but their unusual friendship, and how it transformed the sport and our culture.

Biggest Rivalries of All Time

Episode 3: The Big Three 

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The Comets and the Liberty meet in the finals for a second time. And just when New York thinks it's all over, Teresa Weatherspoon makes one of the most memorable shots in the history of the WNBA. 

The Comets and the Liberty meet in the finals for a second time. And just when New York thinks it's all over, Teresa Weatherspoon&nbsp;makes one of the most memorable shots in the history of the WNBA.&nbsp;

Episode 5: The Shot 

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The Liberty get a new coach, Richie Adubato. They're determined to win a championship. Meanwhile, the WNBA players decide to unionize: they have some demands. And tragedy hits the Houston Comets. 

The Liberty get a new coach, Richie Adubato. They're determined to win a championship. Meanwhile, the WNBA players decide to unionize: they have some demands. And tragedy hits the Houston Comets.&nbsp;

Episode 4: Kim

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As the WNBA kicks-off its first season, the Comets have a problem: their star player, Sheryl Swoopes, is pregnant. But what Houston doesn’t realize is that they have the best player in the league, a 34-year old point guard whose name no one seems to recognize: Cynthia Cooper. With her, the Comets are unstoppable. And they’re on a collision course with the league’s favourites: the New York Liberty.

As the WNBA kicks-off its first season, the Comets have a problem: their star player, Sheryl Swoopes, is pregnant. But what Houston doesn&rsquo;t realize is that they have the best player in the league, a 34-year old point guard whose name no one seems to recognize: Cynthia Cooper. With her, the Comets are unstoppable. And they&rsquo;re on a collision course with the league&rsquo;s favourites: the New York Liberty.

Episode 2: Coop

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Episode 3: The Big Three

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