Women Getting Own Hall of Fame in NYC
By Melissa Murphy, Associated Press

Brandi Chastain's Olympic soccer jersey will be there. So will Sasha Cohen's figure skates from the Turin Games. Sports fans will have a place to view Wimbledon trophies and learn about past and present female athletes and coaches at the Billie Jean King International Women's Sports Center. It's being billed as the first hall of fame dedicated to women's sports, and plans for the center were unveiled Tuesday at the future site of the National Sports Museum in lower Manhattan.

The $93 million museum is expected to open, along with the center, in the spring of 2008. "My hope is that all people�\girls, boys, coaches, teachers, parents and aspiring athletes�\who pass through these doors will be empowered by what they see and what they experience," King said.

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