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WNBA Center Brittney Griner has had an impressive career, including being only the second NCAA basketball player to score 2,000 points and block 500 shots. She played on the USA Women's Olympic Team and the McDonald's All-American Team. She discusses growing up in Houston, being bullied in her younger years, and how basketball helped her to move past it.

NBA Hall of Fame center Bill Walton, one of the 50 greatest players in NBA history, looks back on his incredible career in this 2016 Sports Byline Classic interview. He talks about his New York Times best seller, Back from the Dead, and how he was able to overcome injuries and physical obstacles to reach basketball greatness.

In this Sports Byline Classic interview from 2016, Andre Ward talks about the mental aspect of boxing and his career highlights, including bringing home a gold medal in 2004 and subsequent WBA Super and WBC Super Middleweight title accolades.

Andrea Kramer talks about her HBO’s Real Sports piece on the state of legalization of sports gambling. Legal sports betting is an estimated $5 billion industry, while illegal sports betting in the rest of the country has an estimated $150 billion value. Kramer talks about the fight to legalize sports betting in the state of New Jersey, which would change the climate for sports culture in the rest of the country. Kramer also analyzed the pushback from sports leagues against the legalization of sports betting.

Four-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Champion Jeff Gordon drove for 23 seasons. Considered one of the best drivers of all time, Gordon is third all-time with 93 wins in his career. In this interview, he discusses how he got into racing, his career, and his book, Jeff Gordon: His Dream, Drive & Destiny.