Episode
12. Sue Bird: “You Have to Pay the Superstars.”
People I (Mostly) Admire · Mar 14, 2026 · 39 min
She is one of the best basketball players ever. She’s won multiple championships, including four Olympic gold medals and four W.N.B.A. titles — the most recent in 2020, just before turning 40. She also helped negotiate a landmark contract for the league’s players. Sue Bird tells Steve Levitt the untold truth about clutch players, her thoughts about the pay gap between male and female athletes…