The Australian Women's Weekly

A LIFE IN BASKETBALL AND BEYOND

- by Lauren Jackson, Allen & Unwin

It seems inevitable that

Lauren Jackson, the 1.96-metre tall daughter of basketball players, would take up the sport. But the journey from schoolgirl to our greatest-ever basketball player hasn’t been easy. Lauren talks about being teased about her size, her anxiety and about working for a Russian basketball patron and spy who bought her diamonds and was murdered.

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