In this session, we will learn more about three people who broke through significant cultural and institutional barriers to help set the stage for the sports world we know today.
| Where: | Integrated Learning Center Room 150 (Seats 155, Wheelchair accessible)    |
| When: | Sat, Mar 15, 4:00 pm - 4:55 pm |
| Signing area: | Sales & Signing Area - Integrated Learning Center (following presentation)
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| Genre: | Sports |
| Moderator: | PJ Brown |
| Sponsors: | Session made possible courtesy of Bookmans Entertainment Exchange, Sally & Wade Monroe |
Mirin Fader is a senior staff writer for The Ringer. Her first book, "Giannis: The Improbable Rise of an NBA Champion," was a New York Times bestseller. She has profiled some of the NBA’s biggest stars, including Giannis Antetokounmpo, Ja Morant, DeMar DeRozan and LaMelo Ball, telling the backstories that have shaped some of our most complex, most dominant, heroes....
Melissa Ludtke was a reporter for Sports Illustrated and Time and edited Nieman Reports at Harvard University. Her books include "On Our Own," "Unmarried Motherhood in America," and "Touching Home in China....
Howard Megdal is a journalist and editor who has worked hard over his career to equalize coverage between both men and women’s sports, while covering baseball, basketball, soccer and others. He is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of The IX Newsletter, a daily newsletter covering six different women's sports, and The Next, a 24/7 women's basketball outlet....
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