{"id":458183,"date":"2026-10-06T17:18:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T17:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/458183\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T17:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T17:18:09","slug":"3rd-annual-legends-of-the-ball-incs-sneaker-tea-celebrate-houston-hoops-legends-with-a-tea-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/458183\/","title":{"rendered":"3rd annual Legends of the Ball Inc\u2019s Sneaker Tea: Celebrate Houston hoops legends with a tea party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"\"  loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" role=\"presentation\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/7ADQZ66CGBAB3HHZWK5LQLYPOE.jpg\"\/>FILE &#8211; New York Liberty&#8217;s Teresa Weatherspoon, bottom, and Kym Hampton battle against Houston Comets Cynthia Cooper and Sheryl Swoopes for a loose ball during the first half in Game 3 of the WNBA Finals, Sept. 5, 1999, in Houston. (AP Photo\/David J. Phillip, File) (David J. Phillip,  AP1999)<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Houston hoops legends, incredible stories, and teatime to celebrate the history of women\u2019s basketball in Houston.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Seats are still available for this year\u2019s third annual Legends of the Ball Inc\u2019s Sneaker Tea.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The event begins Wednesday, Oct. 7 at 9:30 am at the Kingwood Country Club.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Wear your favorite sneakers and join in on the celebrations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The 2018 Women\u2019s basketball Hall of Fame inductees will be there, along with some special guests from the 1997 Houston Comets and 1978 Houston Angels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Hear the untold stories, struggles, and triumphs, and celebrate the trailblazing women who changed the game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/app.eventcaddy.com\/events\/the-6th-annual-original-w-golf-classic\/store\/sneaker-tea-individual-tickets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/app.eventcaddy.com\/events\/the-6th-annual-original-w-golf-classic\/store\/sneaker-tea-individual-tickets\">Tickets are $60.00.<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf ilkOIf copyright\">Copyright 2026 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>About the AuthorSofia Ojeda headshot<img alt=\"\"  loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" role=\"presentation\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/69e52fb6-d530-44ab-9a54-eec3ff49204d.png\"\/><a class=\"sc-bmzYkS fERtCt\" href=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/team\/NX3AP374HNDBDD64Z2JWK6PEUI\/\" title=\"View Sofia Ojeda&#039;s full profile\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sofia Ojeda<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf ctDavV cigBRW\">Award-winning journalist, proud immigrant, happy wife, beaming mom. Addicted to coffee. Love to laugh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FILE &#8211; New York Liberty&#8217;s Teresa Weatherspoon, bottom, and Kym Hampton battle against Houston Comets Cynthia Cooper and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":458184,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57,156762],"class_list":["post-458183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-legends-ball"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=458183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/458184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}