Breaking the glass ceiling and forging a new path takes many forms, whether it be a poor, stuttering Black youth finding success, a journalist speaking truth to the power, or a young female athlete challenging the unequal system of high school athletics.

Student Union Kachina (Seats 100)  
Sat, Mar 4, 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Sports
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - UA BookStore Tent (on Mall) (following presentation)  

Panelists: Sheri Brenden, Jemele Hill, Jeff Pearlman
Moderator: Caitlin Schmidt

Baseball's enduring hold on the American psyche is partly due to its many wonderful characters and the myths tied to the game. In this session, moderator Pat Darcy -- a former major league pitcher -- will chat with three authors who have written extensively and well about some of the most game's most interesting players; two of them being Rickey Henderson and Bo Jackson.

Integrated Learning Center Room 130 (Seats 143, Wheelchair accessible)  
Sun, Mar 5, 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Sports
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - Integrated Learning Center (following presentation)  

Panelists: Howard Bryant, Tyler Kepner, Jeff Pearlman
Moderator: Pat Darcy

Not without hardship and personal pain, some athletes rise above all the others. They become sports royalty. In this session, we will roll out the red carpet for Bo Jackson, Jim Thorpe and Charles Daniels ... and their biographers: Jeff Pearlman, David Maraniss and Michael Lloyd.

Koffler Room 204 (Seats 300, Wheelchair accessible)  
Sun, Mar 5, 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Sports
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - UA BookStore Tent (on Mall) (following presentation)  

Panelists: Michael Loynd, David Maraniss, Jeff Pearlman
Moderator: Damien Alameda