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For Legendary Coach Summitt, Next Opponent Is Dementia...

Season 2011 Episode 2370 | 9m 47s

Pat Summitt, the winningest coach in college basketball history, has been diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's. Hari Sreenivasan talks to her son Tyler Summitt and The Washington Post's Sally Jenkins about how the coach is coping and staying focused on her team after 37 seasons leading the University of Tennessee's Lady Vols.

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