Sports analyst Mary Carillo and former U.S. Tennis Association CEO Katrina Adams discussed their rise to professional success as women in the sports industry and former pro tennis players at a Thursday...

Katrina Adams is no stranger to breaking barriers. One of the first Northwestern women’s tennis players to earn All-American and All-Big Ten honors, she was also the first Black leader of the U.S....

For Katrina Adams, discovering tennis at all was unexpected. "I had a middle-class background (growing up) because my parents were both teachers," Adams said. "But I lived in a community where tennis...