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Pat Summitt's Friend And Co-Author, Sally Jenkins, Remembers Her

Published June 28, 2016 at 12:45 PM EDT
Tennessee Lady Volunteers head coach Pat Summitt shouts to her team during their game against the Stanford Cardinal at Maples Pavilion on December 20, 2011 in Palo Alto, California. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
Tennessee Lady Volunteers head coach Pat Summitt shouts to her team during their game against the Stanford Cardinal at Maples Pavilion on December 20, 2011 in Palo Alto, California. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

The University of Tennessee Lady Vols coach Pat Summitt died early this morning, at age 64, after battling early onset dementia. Summitt’s friend and co-author, the Washington Post columnist Sally Jenkins, joins Here & Now’s Robin Young, to talk about Summitt’s life and legacy.

Guest

Sally Jenkins, Washington Post columnist. She tweets @sallyjenx.

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