Dee Kantner is trading in her whistle for a microphone.
The 65-year-old who has been a referee in women’s college basketball since 1984 has seemingly officiated her last game. Kantner retired from her longtime profession earlier this year, but isn’t totally stepping away from the game. Beginning next week, she’ll begin a stint as a rules analyst for ESPN, bringing her decades of experience and insight into the homes of millions of women’s college basketball fans.
Meg Aronowitz, ESPN’s senior vice president for production, has long been thinking about adding a rules analyst to women’s college basketball broadcasts in the same way they exist for football and men’s basketball. The need
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