Breion Winston was a basketball star at Rice until she decided to walk away from her final season to move to Tampa and support her husband, NFL quarterback Jameis Winston. Life as the wife of a professional athlete took her from New Orleans to Cleveland and eventually New York. Along the way, she became a mother of two, launched an activewear line, and carved out her own identity in the bright spotlight of her husband's career. On this episode of She Pivots, Breion talks about finding her footing outside of the NFL, the women who have inspired her, and how a shared love of storytelling led her to an unexpected new chapter as a Broadway producer. Now, she and Emily are co-producing Wanted, a new Broadway musical about two Black sisters who became outlaws in 1893 Texas, that opens on November 8 at the James Earl Jones Theatre.

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Chapters:

00:00 Welcome to She Pivots

01:29 Growing up in Alabama

04:06 An Early Love of Sports

07:18 College Basketball and Leaving Home

12:37 How Breion met Jameis

15:09 Moving to Tampa and the NFL Spotlight

23:17 Building Community in New Cities

27:20 Girls' Trip to Support Women in Sports

30:42 Breion's Love of Musicals

34:35 Co-Producing Wanted: A New Musical

37:59 Connection Through Arts and Sports

40:34 Balancing Life as an NFL Wife

42:51 The Impact of NIL and College Athletics

44:18 Low Point to Launch

46:11 The Role of Faith

49:01 Closing Thoughts and Credits

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