Tamika Catchings Steals the Show in Coke Zero Sugar March Madness Ad

The NCAA and WNBA legend reminds Lil Dicky and Taco how she became one of the greatest to ever play the game

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If Coke Zero Sugar hadn’t given Tamika Catchings a role as one of its faces of March Madness, she would’ve stolen it.

In one of two ads the brand is airing just ahead of college basketball’s biggest tournaments—the other features Magic Johnson—actors Dave Burd (star of FX’s Dave, but best known as rapper Lil Dicky) and Travis Bennett (Burd’s Dave co-star with spots in “Confess, Fletch” and Netflix’s “You People”) get caught in an argument over which basketball player is the best stealer of all time.

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