This week has been a glass case of emotions, as Ashley discusses how the Roe v Wade decision is devastating to female athletes, Brittney Griner is still in Russia, and Lydia Ko keeps it real about her period pains. Also, millions watched a women’s boxing match because women’s sports are awesome. Enjoy! Continue reading “Put Your Anger Into Action”
On this week’s episode, women headline MSG and the crowd went wild, Angel City debuted at Banc of California for their inaugural season, and Athletes Unlimited is expanding their media rights deal only 2 years after its founding. Also, Chicago will host the WNBA All-Star game, Carli Lloyd will rejoin Gotham FC, and Ashley admits this episode is a tad unhinged. Enjoy! Continue reading “Women Can Sell, Women Can Fight. And We Put On a Hell of a Show.”
Ashley’s back with your weekly roundup while she wears her brand new Babes Supporting Babes sweatshirt. NWSL kickoff times are still a problem, Allyson Felix steps up for pregnant athletes, and Kenya’s Peres Jepchichir made our collective jaws drop. Also, you can now watch the Seattle Storm on Amazon Prime Video and everyone watched the NCAA women’s sports season. Did you? Thanks for listening! Continue reading “Let’s Be Better. Let’s!”
NWSL viewership up! So let’s get them a better media rights deal so we can continue watching games on television. Also on this week’s roundup, FritoLay has officially acknowledged that women exist in the sports universe, women continue to break barriers in baseball and Serena Williams *may* be making her Wimbledon comeback this year? Finally, the future of women’s boxing is promising, and we’re so … Continue reading “Color Me Unimpressed”
Women’s basketball is having a moment and Ashley is already having March Madness withdrawals. The Academy recognizes the ‘Queen of Basketball’ while TBS lacks some advertisement for Candace Parker’s doc. Also, Iga Swiatek bests Naomi Osaka in the Miami Open and guess what? Brittney Griner is still in Russia. Thank you for listening! Continue reading “If You Build It, They Will Come.”
The Babes Roundup is back with March Madness fun facts and numbers, Scrappy is making baseball history, Jocelyn becomes the diamond queen and female athletes are taking advantage of the NIL era. Also, Ash Barty announces her surprise retirement, The Sports Bra has a grand opening date and Brittney Griner is still in Russia. Enjoy! Continue reading “Parity Isn’t a Trend.”
This week brought us a lot of news in the National Women’s Soccer League, March Madness kicks off, ESPN is adding women’s basketball to its fantasy games, and Team Ukraine is making their country proud. Enjoy! Continue reading “Sometimes It Really Is Bigger Than the Sport”
A brand new sports bar and restaurant is opening in Portland and here, women’s sports will be the focus. I got to sit down with owner Jenny Nguyen to talk about The Sports Bra, the first of its kind womens sports bar. Jenny talks about her vision for the bar and what led her to open a business that celebrates women’s sports. Hopefully, it’ll be the first … Continue reading A Conversation with Jenny Nguyen
This week, we touch on the New York Liberty’s $500,000 fine, the wave of women being hired in baseball continues, and the New York Times can’t recognize one of the world’s greatest athletes. Dedicated to the memory of Katie Meyer. Thank you for listening! Continue reading “It’s So Asinine to Me That People Get So Offended When Women Are Being Treated Well.”
This week’s episode is all about the money moves. USWNT got handed a huge victory in their ongoing fight for equal pay, the Premier Hockey Federation is increasing their salary cap, and Liz Cambage has a point to make about WNBA player salaries. Also, UConn basketball star Paige Bueckers makes her triumphant return and I hope you didn’t want to buy ad space for the … Continue reading “Women’s Sports Are on The Verge of a Very Prosperous New Chapter, So If You’re Not Getting on Board, You’re Getting Left Out.”
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