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The Moth Podcast: March Madness

2025/3/28
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Toya Chester shares her journey of pursuing 1000 points in her college basketball career, the setbacks she faced, and the lessons learned from her experience, ultimately scoring 994 points.
  • Toya Chester grew up in a sports-driven family in Massachusetts.
  • She played on her town's first all-girls basketball team, which went undefeated.
  • Her dream was to dunk by her senior year and score 1000 points in college.
  • Toya faced a setback during a crucial game when she injured her back.
  • She ended her college career with 994 points, just shy of her 1000-point goal.

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March Madness has us thinking about threes, dunks, and triple-doubles… but March is also Women’s History Month, so we’re thinking about basketball in a slightly different way. So we've got two stories all about women's basketball. This episode was hosted by Sarah Jane Johnson.

Storytellers:

Toya Chester tries to score 1000 points in her college basketball career.

Dame Wilburn learns how to play basketball.

Podcast # 912

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