How Sue Bird Is Supercharging Women's Sports
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🗓️ 25 July 2024
⏱️ 41 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | From the ECLU, this is at Liberty. I'm Kendall Seesmeyer, your host. |
| 0:09.8 | This Friday, July 26th, the Summer Olympics will kick off in Paris, France. And I don't know about you |
| 0:18.2 | all, but there's nothing that brings out my patriotism, like watching |
| 0:22.7 | the Olympic Games. |
| 0:24.7 | I love the Olympics, the athletes, the storylines, the dreams being made, the records being |
| 0:29.5 | broken. |
| 0:30.8 | So to commemorate this year's Olympic Games, we have a special treat for all of you. |
| 0:36.5 | Today we are joined by five-time Olympic gold medalist Sue Bird. |
| 0:49.9 | Sue Bird is widely known as one of the greatest basketball players in modern history. |
| 0:55.4 | Her name is often followed or preceded by the word legend. |
| 1:00.7 | Sue was a champion from a young age. |
| 1:03.0 | In college, she was a two-time NCAA champion playing for the University of Connecticut. |
| 1:08.0 | She then went on to the WNBA, where she was named a four-time champion with the Seattle |
| 1:13.8 | Storm and a 13-time WNBA All-Star. |
| 1:17.9 | Need I remind you that she also has five Olympic gold medals. |
| 1:21.9 | Sue retired in 2022 after 21 years in the WNBA. |
| 1:26.7 | And now she spends her time working to advance gender equity in women's sports, |
| 1:31.5 | be it through her media and commerce company together, |
| 1:34.7 | her production company with her partner in work and life, |
| 1:37.6 | soccer phenom Megan Rapino, |
| 1:39.8 | and her partial ownership of the Seattle Storm, |
| 1:43.4 | which again is her former WNBA team. |
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