Trivia: What league announced “We Got Next” when it launched in 1997?
LPGA
WNBA
NWSL
WTA
The correct answer is WNBA
So why is this answer correct? : On June 21, 1997, Lisa Leslie and Kym Hampton took center court for the first ceremonial jump ball of the Women’s National Basketball Association. A quarter of a century later, the league has 12 teams nationwide and millions of fans. The WNBA was founded with the full backing of the NBA and on the heels of the 1996 USA Women’s National Team gold medal performance at the Summer Olympics in Atlanta.