Marchand Sports Media Before Caitlin Clark, Rebecca Lobo was the center of attention
Rebecca Lobo joins The Main Event with Andrew Marchand for a 36-minute conversation. Lobo is one of the great stories in basketball history.
In terms of popularity out of college, she may have been the closest comparison to Caitlin Clark. She was a heck of a player at UConn, as an Olympian and in the WNBA. Her stardom was so strong she felt the resentment from some of her contemporaries. She has been a long-time ESPN commentator as she is its No. 1 game analyst on the WNBA and Women’s College Hoops.
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* Rebecca Lobo and Steve Rushin are one of the great sports media power couples
* How Larry Bird helped shaped Lobo growing up in Massachusetts
* The first female basketball role model was …
* She planned to be a lawyer because there was no pro league
* “Regis & Kathie Lee” and how UConn’s undefeated changed the media coverage
* What was Geno Auriemma like as a coach
* In 1996, Lobo was kind of Caitlin Clark of that time because of her popularity from college
* This was not easy when she was picked for the Olympic team and the head coach did not really want her
* She did not feel embraced by the 1996 Olympic team
* In light of her experience, what did she think of Clark being left off the 2024 Olympic team
* There are three players over the last 40 years, who changed the ratings: Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan and Clark
* How would she rate the progression of the WNBA
* How women’s college basketball helps the WNBA
* She says she was terrible on-air when she started
* The funny story how she met her husband after he criticized the WNBA
* How she would change youth sports
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