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Women's college basketball's historic rise in viewership

Monday night’s March Madness game between Iowa and LSU was watched by more than 12 million viewers on ESPN, making it the most-watched women’s college basketball game ever. Is this a one-time effect of Caitlin Clark or a sign of how things are changing for women’s sports? John Yang discussed that with Nicole Auerbach, a senior writer for The Athletic covering college football and basketball.

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