BASKETBALLFrom the archives: Photos of Iowa basketball legend Molly BolinDes Moines RegisterLarry Bird and Molly Bolin starred in some basketball educational videos together.Special To The RegisterFrom 1979: Iowa Cornets basketball players, from left, Connie Kunzmann, Mollie Bolin, Nancy Rutter and Tanya Crevier.Register File PhotoFrom 1979: Molly Bolin of the Iowa Cornets glides in for an easy layup.Register File PhotoFrom 1978: George Nissen of Cedar Rapids signs Molly Bolin's contract at Bolin, Rod Lein of Ankeny (back left) and Iowa Gov. Robert Ray wach in the governor's office. Nissen was owner and Lein general manager of the Iowa Cornets of the new professional Women's Basketball League. Bolin, a former Moravia High School and Grand View College star, was the first to sign with the Cornets.Register File PhotoFrom 1981: Molly Bolin plays in the Centerville men's basketball league to keep her game sharp and stay in shape.Register File PhotoFrom 1980: Iowa Cornets star Molly Bolin prepares to shoot an underhand free throw, then laughs, during a game of H-O-R-S-E with former NBA star Rick Barry, right, and former Drake University basketball player Dolph Pulliam. The scene was Greenwood Park in Des Moines and the setting was a fundraiser for the Special Olympics. Bolin eventually won the game when Barry failed to match her shot from half court.Register File PhotoMolly Bolin watching a game.Special To The RegisterMolly Bolin with her youngest son, Damien.Special To The RegisterAfter not being offered a raise, Iowa Cornets star Molly Bolin posed for posters to promote the team that she sold for $3 each and kept the profits.Special To The RegisterMolly Bolin of the Iowa Cornets goes for a shot against the Wisconsin Does in a WBL game.Special To The RegisterMolly Bolin elevates for a jumper as a member of the Iowa Cornets of the Women's Professional Basketball League.Special To The RegisterMolly Bolin grew up playing six-on-six basketball, but adapted to the five-player game to become a pioneer in women's pro basketball.Special To The RegisterMolly (Van Benthuysen) Bolin became the first woman to sign a contract with a U.S. women's professional basketball league. At the far right is then-Gov. Bob Ray.Special To The RegisterMolly (Van Benthuysen) Bolin takes questions from a reporter before an Iowa Cornets game.Special To The RegisterMolly (Van Benthuysen) Bolin is inducted into the Iowa Girls Athletic Union Hall of Fame in 1986.Special To The RegisterAfter the Iowa Cornets folded, Molly Bolin played briefly for the Southern California Breeze of the Ladies Professional Basketball Association. The league folded after a month.Special To The Register