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New Book by Howard Megdal ’07 Reviewed in the Washington Post

A new book by Bard alumnus Howard Megdal ’07, about professional basketball player Caitlin Clark, has been reviewed in the Washington Post. In June, Megdal—a longtime follower of women’s basketball and the WNBA—published his book, Becoming Caitlin Clark: The Unknown Origin Story of a Modern Basketball Superstar, which spans 100 years and traces the arc between the revered women who played the wildly popular game of six-on-six basketball in the 1920s and Clark in the 2020s, examining her fame and style of play in the context of her predecessors, while telling the story of the basketball-loving community that rallied behind her in college and beyond. “Megdal sees a transformative figure who arrived after the work of generations of women was starting to bear fruit,” writes Ben Strauss for the Post. “Megdal has been reporting on the WNBA for more than a decade, and his book reflects that.”

Post Date: 07-16-2025