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One on One

en’s basketball,” says Kalyn Kahler, a staff writer at Defector who previously spent five years at . “I totally jumped on the Chicago Sky debut (page 78). Kahler mostly covers the NFL — she got her start assisting Peter King, the longtime “Monday Morning Quarterback” columnist—but, she says, “I try to write about women athletes whenever I can.” When she met Copper, Kahler took note of the Philadelphia native’s two distinct sides: “Philly Kah is the Kah that plays basketball and is aggressive and in your face. The regular Kah is very quiet and takes a while to warm up to people, a little bit more on the introverted side.” Luckily, they both had plenty to say. —

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