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“What's fascinating to me is the NBA has become a 365-day-a-year sport with near 24/7 coverage. And it has become that because the appetite of the fan dictates that.” quote by Doris Burke — Download Open image

“What's fascinating to me is the NBA has become a 365-day-a-year sport with near 24/7 coverage. And it has become that because the appetite of the fan dictates that.”

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I'm not having plastic surgery.

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I do believe 100 percent that Black lives matter and that the cause to achieve and pursue equality supersedes basketball.

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My career is a very happy accident. I never studied communications.

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There's not a working woman out there, regardless of her profession, who doesn't struggle with that work-life balance.

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Please don't misunderstand, I actually enjoyed the hecticness and the opportunity to cover women's college basketball. But the reality is as a young broadcaster…

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I had no background in communications but what I did have was an excellent education from Providence College and a love of basketball. That…

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I do like being right. Ask my ex-husband.

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The reason I'm fiendishly drawing end-of-game plays when I'm taking notes is what if I screwed up something down the stretch of a game?

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My strength is that I know the game so well. Whatever shortcomings I had because of lack of experience, I could always overcome those…

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I started broadcasting in 1992, calling Providence College women's basketball on radio. From there to an analyst on the NBA. Think of that journey…

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