Being among the trailblazers for women sportswriters came with certain stakes. “I knew there would be people watching and probably hoping that I’d fail,” Christine Brennan says. Hear what it was like being on the front lines of the NFL’s locker room issue in the 1980s. Christine discusses her daily dealings with Joe Gibbs, and takes us into the wider world of the Olympics. The USA Today columnist has covered 18 summer and winter Games, where drama ranges from the great Greg Louganis hitting his head on a diving board to a fur-cloaked Russian figure skating judge admitting “the fix was in.” And, oh yeah, Christine will tell you about Nancy and Tonya. She was there every day of the soap opera.

Come back on April 28th when we are talking to the one and only Bob Ryan.

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