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Jenkins Discusses Summitt's Dementia Diagnosis

from National Public Radio
August 25, 2011

Melissa Block talks with Washington Post sports writer Sally Jenkins about her friend, basketball coach Pat Summitt. This week, Summitt, the winning-est NCAA basketball coach in history, announced that she has been diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's at 59.

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  • All Things Considered, August 25, 2011
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