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Meet pro-basketball’s first female union boss

Clip: 4/29/2015 | 9m 10s

NBA union boss wants to prove players were right to 'give a girl a chance'

Michele Roberts, the first woman ever to run a professional sports union in North America, is on top of what is still very much a man's world. She'll face negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement with NBA team owners in 2017. As part of a collaboration between The Atlantic and the PBS NewsHour, Judy Woodruff interviews Roberts about her journey and the coming challenge.

04/29/2015 | Rating NR

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