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Billie Jean King and seven icons discuss the past, present and future of women’s sports.
Celebrate 50 years of female excellence in sports through the eyes of athletes who changed the system. Hosted by sports icon and champion of equality Billie Jean King, the film weaves together eight athletes’ discussions of how their own struggles and achievements shaped women’s sports. Features Naomi Osaka, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Chloe Kim, Nancy Lieberman, Suni Lee, Julie Foudy and Diana Flores.
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CORRECTION (Dec. 8, 2023): This program mistakenly refers to two events of the women’s heptathlon as the 60-meter and 1,000-meter run. The program should have referred instead to the 200-meter...
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Preview: Season 1 | 31sVideo has Closed Captions
Celebrate 50 years of female excellence in sports through the eyes of athletes who changed the system. Hosted by sports icon and champion of equality Billie Jean King, the film weaves together eight athletes’ discussions of how their own struggles and achievements shaped women’s sports. Features Naomi Osaka, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Chloe Kim, Nancy Lieberman, Suni Lee, Julie Foudy and Diana Flores.
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I invited world-class athletes to team up for a series of one-on-one conversations to share their powerful stories of their individual roads to success.
- [Julie] We won that first World Cup, we won the Olympics.
We were literally still making $10 a day.
- $10 a day?
- Yes.
- Maybe I really have had an impact as a woman in sports.
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Naomi Osaka on Her 2018 U.S. Open Win
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Clip: S1 | 4m 9s | Naomi Osaka talks to Jackie Joyner-Kersee about win 2018 U.S. Open win and mental health. (4m 9s)
Nancy Lieberman and Chloe Kim on Being Role Models
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Clip: S1 | 1m 22s | Nancy Lieberman and Chloe Kim talk about being role models for the next generation. (1m 22s)
Julie Foudy on the 1999 Women’s World Cup
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Clip: S1 | 3m 14s | Julie Foudy shares the story of the 1999 Women’s World Cup with Suni Lee. (3m 14s)
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Preview: S1 | 2m 13s | Billie Jean King and seven icons discuss the past, present and future of women’s sports. (2m 13s)
Diana Flores on Her Start Playing Flag Football
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Clip: S1 | 2m 7s | Diana Flores tells Billie Jean King about the beginnings of her flag football career. (2m 7s)
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CORRECTION (Dec. 8, 2023): This program mistakenly refers to two events of the women’s heptathlon as the 60-meter and 1,000-meter run. The program should have referred instead to the 200-meter...