She was a standout player in high school, college, the Olympic Games, international tournaments, and at professional levels.

For over 26 years, she served as a network television sports analyst for TNT, ESPN, CBS, and NBC.

Her father played guard for Marquette University, then for the Shooting Stars, a professional team in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

As an all-around athlete, she lettered in seven sports, including in softball, badminton, field hockey, tennis, and basketball.

[4] Meyers was a four-year athletic scholarship player for the UCLA Bruins women's basketball team (1974–1978),[6] the first woman to be so honored at any university.

[4] In a game against Stephen F. Austin on February 18, 1978, she recorded the first quadruple-double in NCAA Division I basketball history, with 20 points, 14 rebounds, 10 assists and 10 steals.

[4] Meyers was named to the team representing the US at the 1979 William Jones Cup competition in Taipei, Taiwan.

[11] In July 1978, Meyers was selected first overall by the Houston Angels in the inaugural Women's Professional Basketball League draft.

[4] She participated in three-day tryouts for the team, the first by any woman for the NBA, but eventually was not chosen for the final squad.

Meyers entered the inaugural Women Superstars competition in 1979, finishing fourth, but then went on to win the next three consecutive years: 1980, 1981, and 1982.

She has since covered a wide variety of sports for major networks in the U.S., including the 1986, 1990 and 1994 Goodwill Games, men's and women's college basketball, and NCAA softball and volleyball.

[17] Meyers was widowed on July 3, 1993, when Drysdale died of a heart attack in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.