12. Sue Bird: “You Have to Pay the Superstars.”
About this episode
Sue Bird discusses her career, the pay gap in sports, and her experiences as part of a groundbreaking couple in sports media.
She is one of the best basketball players ever. She’s won multiple championships, including four Olympic gold medals and four W.N.B.A. titles — the most recent in 2020, just before turning 40. She also helped negotiate a landmark contract for the league’s players. Sue Bird tells Steve Levitt the untold truth about clutch players, her thoughts about the pay gap between male and female athletes, and what it means to be part of the first gay couple in ESPN’s The Body Issue. This episode originally aired on January 22nd, 2021.
Topics covered
- basketball
- gender pay gap
- athlete contracts
- LGBTQ representation
- Olympic sports
Keywords
- Sue Bird
- basketball
- W.N.B.A.
- Olympic gold medals
- gender equality
- sports contracts
- LGBTQ
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