Philadelphia Rage
August 8, 2013
The Philadelphia Rage were a women’s professional basketball team that operated for a season-and-a-half in the American Basketball League in 1997 and 1998. The franchise started out in Virginia as the Richmond Rage during the ABL’s 1996-97 inaugural season. The 1997-98 Rage club finished in last place despite the presence of three women’s game legends on the roster in Adrienne Goodson, Taj McWilliams and Philly native Dawn Staley. The team and the ABL itself abruptly disbanded in December 1998 just six weeks into the league’s third season of play.
