Columbus once had a powerhouse women's pro basketball team, but it proved to be ahead of its time. Flashback: The Columbus Quest played in the American Basketball League, which launched in 1996 ...

Under coach Brian Agler and later player-coach Tonya Edwards, the Quest won both the ABL's national championships for the 1996-97 and 1997-98 seasons, and were the leading team on Dec. 22, 1998 ...

Columbus also had its own professional women's basketball team, the Columbus Quest, which lasted two seasons from 1996-1998 in the now-defunct America Basketball League. [email protected] ...