[9][10] Her family lived in Brooklyn when she was born, but soon moved to Far Rockaway, Queens, where she grew up with her older brother Clifford.

[11] She lost great-grandparents in the Holocaust, and her paternal grandparents, who survived, had concentration camp numbers on their wrists.

[14] While attending Far Rockaway High School in Queens, she established herself as one of the top women's basketball players in the country by earning one of the 12 coveted slots on the USA's National Team.

She was the first two-time winner of the prestigious Wade Trophy,[20] a national player of the year award in college women's basketball, and was selected as the Broderick Award winner for basketball as the top women's player in America.

[25] Lieberman achieved a triple double (40 points, 15 rebounds, 11 assists) against Norfolk State in her sophomore year.

[13] She is the holder of several single-game and single-season records, including best free-throw shooting percentage in her freshman and sophomore years.

[27] In 1980 she was selected with the first pick in the Women's Pro Basketball League (WBL) draft by the Dallas Diamonds.

[32] Lieberman's WBL career is featured in the book Mad Seasons: The Story of the First Women's Professional Basketball League, 1978–1981.

[33] In 1984, she once again suited up for the Dallas Diamonds, signing a three-year, $250,000 contract with the team to play in the Women's American Basketball Association (WABA).

[35] In 1986, Lieberman signed with the Springfield Fame of the men's professional United States Basketball League (USBL)[36] where she went on to average 1.7 points in 11 minutes per game.

[citation needed] Later, she toured with the Washington Generals, who served as the regular opponent of the Harlem Globetrotters, where she met her future husband, teammate Tim Cline.

In the newly formed WNBA's inaugural year in 1997, Lieberman played for the Phoenix Mercury.

[4] On July 24, 2008, at 50 years old, Lieberman signed a seven-day contract with the eventual WNBA Champion Detroit Shock,[38] breaking her own previous record as the oldest player in league history and returning to the franchise she coached a decade prior.

Lieberman recorded two assists in nine minutes of playing time, but Detroit lost the game 79–61.

[43] Lieberman was named to the team representing the US at the 1979 William Jones Cup competition in Taipei.

[52] On March 21, 2018, it was announced that Lieberman was hired as a head coach of Power in the BIG3 league, replacing Clyde Drexler.

[61] In 1988, Lieberman married one of her teammates with the Generals, Tim Cline,[62] taking the surname Lieberman-Cline until the couple's divorce on March 15, 2001.

"[69] Lieberman was a contestant on the season 4 Gold Medal Challenge of Champions special of American Gladiators.