Cheryl Miller

Knuckleheads with Quentin Richardson & Darius Miles

The Players' Tribune

Arts, Comedy, Sports

5 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2023

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

This week on Knuckleheads we got straight hoop royalty. One of the greatest legends of the women’s game, Cheryl Miller, joins Q and D. Cheryl chops it up about dominating in Los Angeles as a high schooler, scoring 105 points in a game, and why she ended up choosing USC. She gets into her time with Team USA at the Olympics, her relationship with Pat Summitt, and why she’s so grateful for the WNBA even though she didn’t get a chance to play in it. Cheryl Miller is one of them ones, you don’t want to miss this episode. Tune in!

Growing up and hooping with Reggie Miller as youngin’s (9:50)
Scoring a record 105 points in a high school game! (14:20)
Going to USC, dominating in college, winning back-to-back championships (19:20)
Performing at the Grammys with Donna Summer, meeting Michael Jackson (28:02)
Winning a gold medal with Team USA and Pat Summitt (31:26)
The creation of the WNBA (39:25)
Transitioning to the media, covering the NBA (48:24

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0:00.0	So first of all, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.
0:03.3	Because this crazy to me, because coming up,
0:06.1	we always want to be interviewed by you.
0:08.3	And you know, you have in a good game
0:10.2	if you interview with us.
0:11.7	That's true.
0:12.5	We are interviewing you.
0:13.5	And I hate to interrupt you, but I'm going to.
0:15.9	Because there is.
0:17.1	There is.
0:17.6	You were the funniest interview that I ever had in my life.
0:21.6	First of all, you the first person, first athlete,
0:24.5	first pro athlete to see if they're, yes, ma'am.
0:27.2	Why even ask the question?
0:29.8	It's ma'am.
0:31.1	And I was like, in the back of my mind, I'm like, OK,
0:33.5	there is like me and my hug.
0:34.6	You looking at your feet, you looking in the stands,
0:37.0	you looking everywhere trying to.
0:38.9	But oh, my gosh.
0:40.7	But one of the most polite young men
0:44.4	to come straight out of high school
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