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star Craig Hodges, and former Bulls assistant Jim Cleamons was head coach.Former Team Official Recounts the A.B.L.'s Dizzying Descent
/ref> In the ABL expansion draft leading up to the team's first season, the Condors selected

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, Ashley Berggren, Ryneldi Becenti, Cathy Boswell, E.C. Hill,

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, they later added Joanne McCarthy and Beverly Williams to their roster.Association for Professional Basketball Research; History of the ABL
/ref> The team's existence almost ended before it began. According to Hodges, she was about to announce the team's name when she got a call that the ABL was about to fold. Minutes later, she got another call saying that the season was back on. Only 12 games into their first season, the team was forced to disband when, on December 22, 1998, the ABL suddenly went bankrupt and folded, though Hodges told ''

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'' that she believed the league was on its last legs before then.

Team Record

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References

American Basketball League (1996–1998) teams Defunct basketball teams in the United States Basketball teams established in 1998 Sports clubs and teams disestablished in 1998 Basketball teams in Chicago 1998 establishments in Illinois 1998 disestablishments in Illinois Women's sports in Illinois