Basketball analyst and former Notre Dame hoops head coach Muffet McGraw joins Sarah to talk about the incredible job her successor Niele Ivey is doing with the program, Hannah Hidalgo’s case for National Player of the Year, the pushback surrounding a post Hidalgo shared on social media last summer, and why the coaching landscape still doesn’t pass the gender bias test. Plus, Team Canada soccer is shaking things up, the coldest pot of beans you ever saw, and some excellent reading recs.

Watch Muffet McGraw’s viral comments on women in leadership here
Read Emily Jo Roberts’ essay on investing in women coaches here
Read Linda Lu and Chantal Hildebrand’s co-leadership essay here
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