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KQED Youth Takeover: We’re Getting a WNBA Team

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English - April 26, 2024 19:23 - 55 minutes - ★★★★ - 595 ratings
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The WNBA is coming to the Bay Area! Fans will have a new women’s team to cheer for, at a moment when female superstars like Caitlin Clark have captivated basketball lovers of all ages. As part of KQED’s Youth Takeover week, high school athletes Mahi Jariwala, Jessie Lin and Olivia Ma bring together a sports journalist, a basketball coach and a Title IX attorney to talk about the impact of women’s basketball in the Bay Area – and the arrival of a new professional team.

Guests:

Mahi Jariwala, senior, Monte Vista High School

Jessie Lin, senior, Woodside High School

Olivia Ma, junior, BASIS Independent Fremont

Marisa Ingemi, women's sports reporter, San Francisco Chronicle

Kim Turner, co-CEO of the nonprofit Bay Area Women's Sports Initiative; Title IX attorney

Jeff Addiego, vice president, Warriors Basketball Academy

The WNBA is coming to the Bay Area! Fans will have a new women’s team to cheer for, at a moment when female superstars like Caitlin Clark have captivated basketball lovers of all ages. As part of KQED’s Youth Takeover week, high school athletes Mahi Jariwala, Jessie Lin and Olivia Ma bring together a sports journalist, a basketball coach and a Title IX attorney to talk about the impact of women’s basketball in the Bay Area – and the arrival of a new professional team.


Guests:


Mahi Jariwala, senior, Monte Vista High School


Jessie Lin, senior, Woodside High School


Olivia Ma, junior, BASIS Independent Fremont


Marisa Ingemi, women's sports reporter, San Francisco Chronicle


Kim Turner, co-CEO of the nonprofit Bay Area Women's Sports Initiative; Title IX attorney


Jeff Addiego, vice president, Warriors Basketball Academy