WIS-Evelyn Magley is the CEO of TBL

Let’s hear it for the girls! 💫 Evelyn Magley is the CEO of TBL, putting her in a pioneering position as the first woman and the first African American woman in America to lead a men's professional sports league.

Magley, born and raised in a tight-knit community in Kansas, was the first African American homecoming queen at her high school and is now the first African American – and first female – to own a professional male sports league.

Four years ago, Evelyn Magley was on her knees asking God what he wanted her to do with her life. That’s when she had an epiphany to start The Basketball League (TBL), a professional league based on the love of God.

“I realized that basketball could be used as a tool to positively impact people’s lives,” Magley says.
She and her husband David, a former pro basketball player who previously served as the commissioner of the National Basketball League of Canada, have been married for 40 years and have four children. While living in Canada, Magley learned the value of sports in improving mental health. When people are trapped inside during frigid weather, attending a basketball game is an outlet for fun.

“This is time-consuming to get this going,” said Magley of the upcoming season. “But it’s also exciting and we can’t wait for people to see our teams play on the floor, and our impact in our communities.”

For more info on The Basketball League, visit thebasketballleague.net.

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