Charlotte authors of 'Shattering the Glass' discuss history of women's basketball, and hopes for its future

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Charlotte authors of 'Shattering the Glass' discuss history of women's basketball, and hopes for its future

By Jeff Tiberii,

Published March 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM EDT

Shattering the Glass book cover and author photo

Last year鈥檚 NCAA women鈥檚 basketball championship was a powerhouse matchup featuring Dawn Staley's University of South Carolina team and the University of Iowa, led by Caitlin Clark. As the 2025 tournament gets underway, the game continues to rise in popularity 鈥� but will interest in women's basketball peak or keep growing?

Historian Pamela Grundy and former sportswriter Susan Shackelford are authors of the recently revised edition of Shattering the Glass: The Remarkable History of Women's Basketball. They join Due South鈥檚 Jeff Tiberii to talk about the importance of the women鈥檚 college game in this moment, especially here in North Carolina.

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Pamela Grundy and Susan Shackelford, authors of (revised edition)

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Jeff Tiberii

Jeff Tiberii is the co-host of 蜜桃传媒's "Due South." Jeff joined 蜜桃传媒 in 2011. During his 20 years in public radio, he was Morning Edition Host at WFDD and 蜜桃传媒鈥檚 Greensboro Bureau Chief and later, the Capitol Bureau Chief. Jeff has covered state and federal politics, produced the radio documentary 鈥淩ight Turn,鈥� launched a podcast, and was named North Carolina Radio Reporter of the Year four times.

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Rachel McCarthy

Rachel McCarthy is a producer for "Due South." She previously worked at 蜜桃传媒 as a producer for "The Story with Dick Gordon." More recently, Rachel was podcast managing editor at Capitol Broadcasting Company where she developed narrative series and edited a daily podcast. She also worked at "The Double Shift" podcast as supervising producer. Rachel learned about audio storytelling at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies. Prior to working in audio journalism, she was a research assistant at the Aspen Institute in Washington, DC.

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