Good morning, Broadsheet readers! Melinda French Gates pledges $250 million to women's health nonprofits, Shari Redstone weighs in on a CBS editorial decision, and Lakers owner Jeanie Buss has a career path in mind for female athletes.
- In the ring. Sports is in Jeanie Buss's DNA. The daughter of longtime Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss, she entered the family business four decades ago and now leads the Lakers as the team's controlling owner, bringing talent like LeBron James to L.A.
Amid a boom in women's sports, Buss looked for her own way to get involved. The Lakers once owned the Los Angeles Sparks, the city's WNBA team, but sold the franchise in 2006. ("I feel like it's still in the family," Buss says when asked if she'd ever get back into the WNBA business.)
