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Pivot · Friday, August 7, 2026

Hillary Clinton on Women's Sports Growth and Challenges

Hillary Clinton, joining Cara Swisher and Scott Galloway on Pivot, expressed her excitement about the growing popularity of women's sports, particularly basketball. She noted how the sport has broken into mainstream consciousness, contrasting it with her childhood experiences where opportunities for girls in sports were limited.

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The tape

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I mean, honestly, the way that arena, you know, Berkeley, uh, in Brooklyn lights up with the Liberty and, of course, Ellie, the elephant who is naughty and fun.
Hillary Clinton
It's gotten really political, too.
Yeah. Well, I think that kind of shows that it's succeeding. I mean, it's really broken through, uh, into people's consciousness because, I mean, I obviously can remember when there was nothing, maybe Roller Derby was like the closest to professional women's sports that I can remember.
Hillary Clinton
It is joyful. I mean, I would encourage anybody.
Hillary Clinton
Heard on Pivot — “Michigan's Primary Drama, the DOJ's Next Boss, and Hillary Clinton Co-Hosts, published Friday, August 7, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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