Sheryl Swoopes is one of the greatest women’s basketball players to have ever graced the court.  Those early seasons after she had her son and she was playing on the Houston Comets when nobody paid attention to women’s basketball were amazing.

Sheryl Swoopes has famously been labeled as the female Michael Jordan, but that’s only part of the story.

On the court, she was nearly as dominant as Jordan, winning a national championship with Texas Tech, three Olympic gold medals, three MVP awards and four consecutive championships with the Houston Comets of the WNBA, the league she helped start. She even had a Nike shoe named after her, the Air Swoopes. Off the court, she has had a life full of transitions. She gave birth to her son, Jordan, during the inaugural season of the WNBA. Later, she divorced her high school sweetheart and became the highest-profile athlete in her sport to acknowledge she was gay.

She has struggled with love, money and personal identity, but has never lost her spirit. In this portrait, you will meet someone who is not your everyday superstar, a woman who has defied a multitude of labels.

The film premieres tonight at 8pm on ESPN.