[2] With power forward Taj McWilliams, the Rage had three players out of the ten named to the 1997 All-ABL First and Second teams—the most of any team.

[3] The Rage made sports news headlines by signing heptathlete and long jumper Jackie Joyner-Kersee.

Matched in a best-of-three set against the top team in the Western Conference, the Colorado Xplosion, the Rage won two straight to advance to the finals against Columbus.

Despite fielding essentially the same team that went all the way to the finals, the relocated Philadelphia Rage did not do nearly as well in its second season, going just 13-31 and finishing fifth (dead last) in the East.

Less than a month later, on January 18, 1999, Rage reserve guard Katrina Price died of a self-inflicted gunshot.