Jane McManus, longtime sports reporter, NYU professor, and author of the new book “The Fast Track: Inside The Surging Business of Women’s Sports,” joins Sarah to discuss the NCAA basketball tournament one year after Caitlin v. Angel, why organizations need to stop using the men’s formula for the women’s game, and how media gatekeepers are the arbiters of who and what gets airtime.

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