North Carolina State University Athletics
'Sharing Miracles' Television Program Features Coach Yow
2/5/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
WASHINGTON -- This month, Sharing Miracles -- a 30-minute public affairs television program that tells the compelling and inspirational stories of real patients -- will feature NC State women's basketball coach Kay Yow, the fourth winningest active women's coach in NCAA Division I.
To correspond with NC State's third annual Hoops for Hope basketball game against Boston College, Sharing Miracles will air in the Raleigh-Durham area on Sunday, February 10 at 11:30 am on WRAL-TV (FOX).
Coach Yow has achieved a tremendous legacy as a women's basketball coach, guiding the Wolfpack to four ACC tournament titles, 11 trips to the Sweet 16, and one trip to the Final Four, and also coaching the 1988 Olympic gold-medal winning U.S. team. She is a member of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame and, in 2007, was honored with the inaugural Jimmy V ESPY Award for perseverance.
Though Coach Yow is best known for her battles on the court, Sharing Miracles host Billy Tauzin -- a former Congressman and a cancer survivor who is now the President and CEO of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) -- speaks with her about her battle off the court with breast cancer, which she is currently fighting for the third time. The episode also includes interviews with Coach Yow's sister Deborah Yow, the athletic director at the University of Maryland, College Park, and Phyllis Greenberger, MSW, the President and CEO of the Society for Women's Health Research.
In this month's show, Couch Yow offers some insight into her attitude: "If life kicks you, make sure it kicks you forward." She adds, "Cancer is an example. I have 100 percent control over how I will choose to respond, and I've been fortunate because I've been able to learn how to deal with a lot of pressures on the court. It's definitely helped me."
Also, people around the world are able to view the show each week on PhRMA's Web site, http://www.phrma.org. For free DVDs of Sharing Miracles, please contact the PhRMA press line at 202-835-3460.
The show's corresponding Web site, http://www.sharingmiracles.com, is an interactive forum for people to relate their own personal stories of hope and survival. Every patient's battle is unique, but the collective power of shared experiences can offer great help and courage to others who are fighting for their lives.
For information on how to find patient assistance programs that may meet their needs, patients should call toll-free 1-888-4PPA-NOW (1-888-477-2669) to speak with a trained specialist or visit http://www.pparx.org.
Sharing Miracles airs on Sunday mornings on the following network-affiliated stations:
-- WUSA-TV (CBS), Washington, DC, 11:30 am-12 noon
-- WCIA-TV (CBS), Springfield/Champaign/Urbana/Decatur, IL, 10:30 am-11 am
-- WLAJ-TV (ABC), Lansing, MI, 11 am-11:30 am
-- WNYT-TV (NBC), Albany/Schenectady/Troy, NY, 11:30 am-12 noon
-- KOVR-TV (CBS), Sacramento/Stockton/Modesto, CA, 6 am-6:30 am
-- WBRZ-TV (ABC), Baton Rouge, LA, 11 am-11:30 am
-- WAPT-TV (ABC), Jackson, MS, 9 am-9:30 am
-- WOWK-TV (CBS), Charleston/Huntington, WV, 11:30 am-12 noon
-- WSYX-TV (ABC), Columbus, OH, 7:30 am-8 am
-- WNAC-TV (FOX), Providence, RI, 10:30 am-11 am
-- WMTW-TV (ABC), Portland/Augusta, ME, 11:30 am-12 noon
-- KHBB-TV (ABC), Helena/KFBB-TV (ABC), Great Falls, MT, 10 am-10:30 am
-- KIVI-TV (ABC), Boise, ID, 8 am-8:30 am
-- WXIN-TV (FOX), Indianapolis, IN, 11:30 am-12 noon
-- WMBD-TV (CBS), Peoria, IL, 10 am-10:30 am
-- WTWC-TV (NBC), Tallahassee, FL, 10 am-10:30 am
-- WWL-TV (CBS), New Orleans, LA, 7:30 am- 8 am
