Original title: The CBA has handsome female male soldiers, and the NBA has husband and wife referees - taking stock of female roles on and off the basketball court

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Basketball is an intense sport full of confrontation and hormones. But for a long time, there were also a lot of women on the basketball court. Even in and out of the court in men's professional basketball, there is no shortage of female characters.

In the more than 20-year history of the CBA, the most famous female character is none other than Li Xin.

As a player, Li Xin has won the national league, the National Games and the Asian championship many times, and has also won the title of "scoring champion" in the Asian Championships. But the most talked about is that she used to be the head coach of a professional men's basketball club!

In the 1997-1998 season, Li Xin, who was only 28 years old, became the head coach of the Beijing Aoshen men's basketball team. She was the youngest coach in the history of Chinese basketball at that time, and the first female coach in the history of the CBA, which caused a sensation in the Chinese basketball world at that time. That season, she led Aoshen to a 17-game unbeaten record, won the A-B League championship, and rushed into the CBA League. At the same time, the Aoshen men's basketball team also won the Asian Club Cup championship that year.

The story of Li Xin's coaching of the Ao God was later put on the big screen and made into the movie "Handsome Female Male Soldier", starring Jiang Wenli and Chen Baoguo.

In March 2010, Li Xin went out of the mountain for the second time to coach the Anshan Xiyang men's basketball team and compete in the Chinese NBL League.

On August 12, 2012, in the women's basketball final of the London Olympics, it was a yellow-skinned, black-eyed Chinese female referee who enforced the law. This is the first time that a Chinese referee has officiated an Olympic basketball game, and the referee is Peng Ling, a Sichuan referee known as the "most beautiful Chinese basketball female referee".

Not only in the CBA arena and the world arena, Peng Ling has also officiated in the men's basketball league. In the 2002-2003 season, she officiated in the CBA League.

In addition to referees and coaches, there are also many women who appear in the CBA arena. But these are all strong women – they are the management of the team.

For example, Ye Xiangyu, the former general manager of Zhejiang Guangsha Basketball Club, Geng Jie, chairman of Sichuan Jinqiang Basketball Club, Qin Xiaowen, chairman of Beijing Shougang Basketball Club, Zhang Ronghua, chairman of the board of directors of Tianjin Ronggang Basketball Club, Wu Bailan, executive general manager of Fujian Xunxing SBS Basketball Club, etc.

Similarly, in the NBA across the ocean, there is no shortage of female characters. In professional sports leagues dominated by men, they have broken down long-standing barriers through their unremitting efforts!

When it comes to female coaches in the NBA, the most famous is the current assistant coach of the Spurs, Becky Harmon, who is also the first full-time female assistant coach in NBA history.

In recent years, every summer when Bobo was on break, it was Harmon who took the Spurs' rookies to the summer league. She also served as an assistant coach for the All-Star Game.

Early this morning, Yahoo Sports reported that Colorado State University, a Division I NCAA league, was interested in making Harmon the team's head coach. If that happens, Harmon will become the first female head coach in NCAA Division I history.

Harmon got his head up, and two female coaches made it to the NBA. In 2015, the Kings hired Nancy Lieberman as an assistant coach, and she also became the second full-time female assistant coach in NBA history after Hammon. It was only later that Lieberman left the king for family reasons.

On October 21, 2017, the Kings hired former NBA coach Jenny Boucek as the team's assistant coach, and Boucek became the second active and third full-time female assistant coach in NBA history.

In addition to serving as assistant coaches, there have been three female referees in NBA history.

In October 2017, Lauren Holtkamp, a famous beauty referee in the NBA, announced that she and her husband were officially married. Interestingly, Lauren's husband, Raheem Sterling, has just been promoted from the NBDL to an NBA referee. In doing so, they became the first couple in history to serve as referees in the NBA.

Holtekamp is the third female referee in NBA history, having served as an NBA referee since the 14-15 season. Prior to her, in 1997, the NBA hired two female referees, Kantener and Palmer, to officiate NBA games at the same time — the first time in NBA history that a female NBA referee was hired.

For the first time, a female referee entered the NBA arena, which was a sensation in American sports! Female referees are also under more pressure on and off the field. If their locker room is dedicated, and the abuse from the fans on the sidelines, the roar of the coach, and the saliva of the players will make them embarrassed.

In the end, Kantena was fired from the NBA after five years, and Palmer withstood all the pressure, having played in the NBA for almost 20 years, including important games like the playoffs and the All-Star break. In 2016, Palmer officially announced his retirement due to a knee injury. Palmer now continues to hold senior positions in referee management in the NBA. Return to Sohu to see more