Navigating Tensions with Coach Kim Mulkey

Joel Anderson and Stefan Fatsis are joined by USA Today’s Lindsay Schnell to talk about the NCAA women’s college basketball tournament and by Buzzer’s Eamonn Brennan to discuss the men’s tournament. Finally, the Washington Post’s Kent Babb joins for a conversation about his profile of Kim Mulkey.

NCAA women (5:55): Can anyone beat South Carolina?

NCAA men (23:02): Why everyone loves North Carolina State’s DJ Burns Jr.

Mulkey profile (38:31): Kent Babb on his reporting process and everything that came after.

Afterball (1:00:33): Stefan on chess pioneer Lisa Lane.

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