Basketball Grannies
In Today’s Des Moines Register is a hilarious look at Granny Basketball:
Cedar Rapids, Ia. — Betty Vieman, 71, playing center despite being the shortest and one of the oldest members of the Cedar Rapids Sizzlers, paused while holding the basketball in the middle court.
“Yoo-hoo!” called a teammate wearing black bloomers, a white middy blouse and striped knee-high stockings. “Over here. Just hand it to Mommy.”
The practice dissolved into laughter.
This is Granny Basketball.
It’s just what it sounds like: a gentle game for women of a certain age — and with a certain attitude.
Their motto: Die with your tennies on.
“My kids say this keeps me off the streets,” said Vieman, a Cedar Rapids widow who played forward for Ellsworth High School 55 years ago.
“I have to play center now because I don’t have the strength to get the ball up to the net. But it’s fun, reliving the old memories.”
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