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The PWHL expansion draft is complete, and Michaela and Vanessa tell you which of the six inaugural teams suffered more than others in losing players to Vancouver and Seattle. This week saw a big injury and a big retirement announcement in the WNBA. Paige Beuckers puts up 35 points in her return from a concussion, but Dallas still loses. Michalea and Vanessa give their take on the Riley Gaines vs. Simone Biles social media feud over transgender youth athletes.

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Happy Pride Month to all! Michaela and Vanessa speak with Courtney Allain from the Get Real Movement to talk about the fundraiser and all the great work The Get Real Movement and The Rainbow Railroad do for the LGBTQ+ community! The two newest PWHL teams are signing players who were left unprotected by the inaugural six teams. Sarah Nurse was surprisingly left unprotected by the Sceptres. Expansion Vancouver looks instantly stacked. Hilary Knight is off to Seattle. Should the inaugural six have been able to initially protect more players than just three per team? Caitlin Clark continues to recover from a quad strain. The Indiana Fever have a losing record without her. Paige Beuckers goes into concussion protocol. The Euros are less than a month away and England announces their tournament roster.

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March Madness is flying by and UConn’s Paige Bueckers puts up 40! There’s a new show following the Mazda MX-5 Cup series and racer/owner Shea Holbrook joins Michaela and Vanessa to talk about it. The PWHL’s Ottawa Charge get back on track with two straight wins while Montreal loses four of five. Should the IIHF World Championship be played at a different time of year to avoid disrupting the PWHL’s playoff push?

Huge shake-up in the world of women’s hockey – a new North American pro league is set to launch in January 2024! We’re just 2 weeks away from the World Cup and FIFA is banning players from wearing LGBTQ+ armbands. A new 3-on-3 American basketball league will begin play during the WNBA’s offseason.

WWCFL player Alyssa Funk of the champion Saskatoon Valkyries joins Michaela and Vanessa to espouse the joys of women’s tackle football. Canada Soccer is near bankruptcy – how will it affect the women’s team heading into the World Cup? What’s HotShot and why are NWSL players drinking it? The All-star rosters are out and we have another coaching change in the WNBA. A former world no.1 tennis legend is making a comeback and her first match will be on Canadian soil. Vanessa profiles Australian soccer star Sam Kerr.

Canadian soccer star Quinn is mentoring young athletes and joins Michaela and Vanessa to talk about it and much more! The U.S. loses a key player to injury ahead of next month’s World Cup in Australia. We have our first coaching casualty midway into the NWSL season. Are WNBA teams really inching closer to using charter flights? Jewell Loyd is single-handedly trying to drag the Seattle Storm back into the win column in their post-dynasty era.

It's Festivus in June: Michaela and Vanessa airs their grievances, like ‘firsts’ that aren’t actually ‘firsts.’ They also get you excited for next month's FIFA Women's World Cup. The NWSL gets called out for its transgender policy. WNBA legend Sue Bird had her jersey retired by the Seattle Storm. Leyla Annie Fernandez and Taylor Townshend made quite the run to the French Open doubles' final.

Sophie de Goede, captain of Canada's national women's Rugby team, joins the show as Ottawa is set to host the 2023 Pacific Four Series in July. Aliyah Boston is tearing up the WNBA and was named rookie of the month for May, while two super teams are emerging in the early going. Michaela and Vanessa lament that this summer's World Cup will be the last for some of the legends of women's soccer and tell you why the NWSL's Portland Thorns vs. OL Reign is one of the greatest rivalries in sports.

Michaela and Vanessa celebrate Pride Month! Marie-Philip Poulin and Laura Stacey are engaged! Sam Kerr will leave Chelsea for Bayern Munich. Is the NWSL getting it wrong with the Challenge Cup? The U.S. has some tough roster decisions to make ahead of the Women’s World Cup while Canada deals with injuries. Breanna Stewart returns to Seattle for the first time as a member of the N.Y. Liberty.

Michaela recounts her trip to Portland to see Christine Sinclair and the Thorns in action. Chelsea are crowned FA Cup champs for a third-straight season. Is there a player you’ve never seen live who you want to see live? If you could turn one women’s sports story into a documentary, which would it be? TV ratings for the WNBA’s opening weekend were historic. And find out which big-time hockey player is leaping from the PWHPA to the PHF.

Toronto was hyped to host its first-ever WNBA preseason game and proved it's ready for a WNBA expansion franchise. Michaela and Vanessa speak with very special guest, award-winning journalist Sarah Spai,n who was in Toronto for the game.

The first-ever WNBA game north of the border takes place this weekend in Toronto, featuring Canadian Bridget Carleton and the Minnesota Lynx tipping off against the Chicago Sky in a preseason clash. ‘Cake-gate’ is uncovering the pervasive inequality in the tennis world. American female hockey players want the U.S. national program to give them the same resources and pay that their luckier Canadian counterparts receive.

Michaela and Vanessa have your NWSL highlights and international soccer updates. Find out how FIFA is defending women’s soccer. Get the latest from the world of tennis and find out what Serena’s up to. Michaela and Vanessa tease the upcoming WNBA season and feature the Jaedyn Shaw, the youngest soccer player to ever score in her NWSL debut.

This year’s March Madness is soured by the terrible ACL injury to JuJu Watkins. Sadly, the tournament must go on for USC and heavy-hearted NCAA fans alike. On the bright side, Paige Bueckers tied a career high for points in a game and UConn looks like they’re on a mission. Michaela and Vanessa are joined by the NSL’s first-ever signing – AFC Toronto forward Jade Kovacevic – who gets to throw out the first pitch at a Blue Jays’ game! The Champions League final four is set: Arsenal v. Lyon & Barcelona v. Chelsea. Michaela and Vanessa celebrated the 200th episode of She’s Got Game by attending a Toronto vs. Montreal PWHL game at Place Bell in Laval and they got to experience a truly special moment. Meanwhile, Ottawa gives up six unanswered third period goals in a tough home loss to New York.

Canadian soccer star and National Team captain Sophie Schmidt joins Michaela and Vanessa for episode 100! They’re also joined by retired CWNT standout Diana Matheson and AFC Toronto City CEO Helena Ruken to speak about growing the women’s pro game in Canada.

We catch up with very special guest Sarah Nurse and touch on everything from playing in this year’s World Championship to being on the cover of EA Sports NHL 2023. Get the latest soccer news, including NWSL expansion to San Francisco. And we feature teen soccer stars Alyssa and Gisele Thompson.

The WNBA draft was stacked, so why is it taking so long for the league to expand beyond 12 teams? Canada played France in their final tune-up friendly before this summer’s Women’s World Cup, while Team Canada had a close call at the Women’s World Hockey Championship.

Michaela and Vanessa are joined by Ottawa Charge forward Emily Clark! They also run through their March Madness brackets: will they have the gall to bet against South Carolina and Dawn Staley? Could Paige Bueckers walk away with a championship before she turns pro? Detroit sets an American attendance record for women’s pro hockey – should the PWHL prioritize western expansion or go to the Motor City instead? The PWHL unveils a beautiful new Pride Logo created by a member of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community! The Northern Super League unveils its team colours and kits! Real Madrid, Lyon, Barcelona and Man. City were all first leg winners in their Champions League Quarter-final matches.

Paige Bueckers improves to a staggering 66-0 against conference opponents as UConn wins another Big East title. Vanessa correctly predicts UCLA’s upset of USC, while South Carolina takes down No.1 Texas to capture their third straight SEC championship and prove that you should never bet against Gamecocks’ coach Dawn Staley. The Ottawa Charge can’t hold a lead, sit outside of the playoff picture and lose star netminder Emerance Maschmeyer to injury in the same game she becomes the first PWHL goalie to record 1000 career saves. Washington wins the NWSL’s Challenge Cup: are North American sports fans embracing in-season tournaments? And Michaela has a bone to pick with the latest FIFA rankings.

It’s women’s history month so Michaela and Vanessa name their women of the week. They’re also joined by Teresa Resch, president of the WBNA expansion Toronto Tempo, who has a major announcement regarding team ownership. There are 31 NCAA Conference Championships going on: it’s madness. It’s Paige Buecker’s last ride with UConn. The New York Sirens set a new PWHL record with a nine-game losing streak.

Diana Taurasi – the most-decorated women’s basketball player ever – retires after 20 WNBA seasons as the league’s all-time leading scorer, with three WNBA titles and six (!) Olympic Gold medals. Michaela and Vanessa catch up with fun-loving Ottawa Charge goalie Gweneth Philips! Toronto is charging up the PWHL standings. Canada wins soccer’s Pinatar Cup! Japan takes down the U.S. to capture the She Believes Cup. And don’t look now, but the Texas Longhorns are suddenly the NCAA’s top team.

The Northern Super League has released its schedule and Michaela and Vanessa chat with Ottawa Rapid FC head coach Katrine Peterson. South Carolina’s incredible 71-game home win streak comes to an end after a blowout loss to UConn. USC guard JuJu Watkins puts up a 38-point game as the NCAA Conference Championships and March Madness lurch ever-closer. Maya Moore and Sue Bird are among the finalists to get on the ballot to gain entrance into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. The Connecticut Sun deny Marina Mabrey’s trade request. The WNBA is about to tab Cleveland as its 16th franchise. Napheesa Collier beats Canadian Aaliyah Edwards in the 1v1 Tournament final. The NWSL salary cap is going up.

Canada wins this year’s Rivalry Series over the Americans in a fifth-and-deciding game. Should the Rivalry Series be replaced with an NHL-style Four Nations Face-Off? Natalie Spooner returns from the IR for PWHL Toronto, just as the Sceptres lose Sarah Nurse to injury. Brianna Stewart gets bounced in round 1 of the Unrivaled 1v1 Tournament, an event she co-created! Here’s a hypothetical: which two non-basketball female athletes would you like to see square off in a 1v1 tourney? We’re just four weeks away from NCAA Selection Sunday. Sam Kerr is found not guilty of racially aggravated harassment.

NSL co-founder Diana Matheson joins Michaela and Vanessa two months from kickoff of the league’s inaugural season! The Indiana Fever are loading up in WNBA free agency. The Phoenix Mercury retool quickly after the departures of Griner & Taurasi. A’ja Wilson and Caitlin Clark have their college jerseys retired. Michaela and Vanessa regale us with tales of their visit to a Sceptres game in Toronto! Here comes an Orlando Pride championship docuseries. The Sam Kerr trial is a waste of taxpayer dollars.

Piper Logan of Canada’s Rugby Sevens joins Michaela and Vanessa as Canada has some big tournaments coming up. Blockbuster trades in the WNBA, including a three-way that sees Seattle land the second overall pick in the upcoming draft. Soccer transfers keep coming fast and furious in the WSL. The NWSL exodus continues: is it politically motivated? Do the PWHL’s Ottawa Charge have a scoring problem? Will Nashville get a WNBA team?

Minnesota defeats Ottawa to capture back-to-back Walter Cups. Every game of the PWHL Finals went to overtime. Michaela and Vanessa eulogize the 2025 Ottawa Charge and predict who’ll be on the teams’ expansion protected lists. Michaela gets to vote for the PWHL awards and reveals who was on her ballot! Paige Bueckers is setting records just five games into her WNBA career. Arsenal stuns the soccer world by upsetting mighty Barcelona 1-0 in the Champions League Final. Mary Earps retires from the English National Team after not being named the starting keeper for the upcoming Euros. 

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Paige Bueckers reaches 2000 points and is the fastest player in UConn history to do it. Dawn Staley becomes the highest paid coach in women’s college basketball. Is Diana Taurasi retiring from the WNBA? Will Brittney Griner test free agency? Is the new Unrivaled 3-on-3 women’s basketball league a smashing success? We had transfers and retirements galore in the soccer world as NWSL players keep bolting for Europe. The 2025 NWSL schedule is out. Michaela and Vanessa pick apart the transphobic Federal Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, which came closer to becoming law in the U.S. 60,000 fans have turned out so far over the first four stops of the PWHL’s Takeover Tour.

Why did four-time Olympian Desiree Scott come out of retirement to play with Ottawa Rapid FC? Find out as Michaela and Vanessa caught-up with the gold-medal-winning Canadian soccer star! NSL player signings are coming fast and furious, including Quinn going to Vancouver. Casey Stoney is the new head coach of the Canadian Women’s National Soccer Team. Canada beats the U.S. in the IIHF U-18 championship final. The Unrivaled 3-on-3 basketball league’s inaugural season tips off this week.

The biggest trade in PWHL history (so-far) goes down on December 30th as the Ottawa Charge and Toronto Sceptres swap four players. Who won the trade? Megan Rapinoe and Sue Bird were in attendance in Seattle for the PWHL’s Takeover Tour, which also hit up Vancouver, where Marie-Philip Poulin scored an incredible GWG from her knees. Is Ottawa Charge netminder Emerance Maschmeyer the best goalie in the PWHL? Michaela and Vanessa make their 2025 women’s sports predictions. Marta eschews retirement and instead signs for two more years with the defending-NWSL-champion Orlando Pride. The NWSL will expand to Denver. The NSL’s Ottawa Rapid FC sign their first four players.

2024 was truly the year of women's sports. Michaela and Vanessa look back at some of their best interviews of the year with women in sports media. You'll hear from Tessa Bonhomme, Julia Tocheri, Kenzie Lalonde, Claire Hanna and Kayla Grey!

Michaela and Vanessa ring in the New Year by looking back on some of their best PWHL interviews of 2024, including: Brianne Jenner, Natalie Spooner, Jayna Hefford, Hayley Scamurra, Emily Clark, Amy Scheer and Carla MacLeod!

It’s Michaela and Vanessa’s review of the year that was in Women’s sports: they reveal their top five athletes and top five sports of 2024! What was their game of the year? Who were their annual ‘She’s Got Gamys’ award winners?

Michaela and Vanessa catch-up with former CWNST keeper Erin McLeod, who’s now the starting keeper for Halifax Tides FC of the NSL. Toronto and Golden State get new WNBA team names, logos and colours! And you get a whirlwind recap of opening week in the PWHL.

The Orlando Pride are your 2024 NWSL Champs! Marta goes out on top. It’s opening weekend for the second season of the PWHL! Michaela and Vanessa give you a quick preview on each Canadian team. NWSL expansion is on the horizon. And we saw upsets galore in NCAA basketball.

Canadian Northern Super League club Ottawa Rapid FC has a new head coach – Katrine Pedersen – and she joined Michaela and Vanessa as the team is on the verge of signing their inaugural roster. Washington Spirit take down the defending-champs, Gotham FC, and move on to play Orlando Pride in this year’s NWSL final. The Dallas Wings win the Paige Bueckers sweepstakes and will pick first overall in the WNBA draft; should the league change it's draft lottery? UConn's Geno Auriemma becomes the NCAA's all-time wins leader in Women's Basketball. Where should the PWHL expand to?

What’s it like making Canadian sports play-by-play history? Michaela and Vanessa speak to Ottawa native Kenzie Lalonde, who got to live her dream by calling an NHL Senators game – her hometown team – live on TSN TV! The NWSL Playoffs are going chalk – the top four seeds made it through – Michaela and Vanessa set you up for the semis. Gotham eliminates Portland to end Christine Sinclair’s pro career. There was a positive development, from the players’ perspective, in the Canada Soccer drone saga this week. And the Hockey Hall of Fame inducts a pair of deserving women: Natalie Darwitz & Krissy Wendell-Pohl.

Minnesota and Ottawa square off in the PWHL Walter Cup Finals. How did the Charge look so good against Montreal in the semis? Michaela and Vanessa zero in on the turning point in Ottawa’s season. The PWHL released its expansion draft rules – are they too harsh on the six inaugural teams? Caitlin Clark fouls Angel Reese and things devolve from there as WNBA fans show their ugly side.

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Michaela and Vanessa talk NWSL playoffs and more.

 WNBA coaching changes, shoe deals and soccer

Are the WNBA Champion New York Liberty a super-team? Jonquel Jones is named Finals MVP. Should the Lynx have a grievance with the officiating? Temwa Chawinga sets an NWSL record for most goals in a season. Michaela and Vanessa catch-up with members of The Get REAL Movement to combat 2LGBTQ+ discrimination.

Sabrina Ionescu makes a 3-pointer from the logo to win pivotal Game 3 for the New York Liberty in the best-of-5 WNBA Finals. Next year, the Finals will expand to a best-of-7. Michaela and Vanessa catch-up with Canadian rubgy player Sohpie deGoede, after Canada went to the final of the World Rugby WXV1 tournament against world no.1 England. Vanessa regales us with tales of her trip to watch Chelsea beat Arsenal 2-1 in front of 45,000 fans in London. The loss cost Arsenal head coach Jonas Eidevall his job. Christine Sinclair scores to help Portland end Orlando’s NWSL record 23-game unbeaten streak. The NWSL’s newest club, BOS Nation FC, is facing a backlash with their failed brand launch.

Michaela and Vanessa make their annual WNBA Finals wagers and tee up the championship series between New York and Minnesota! The Lynx’ Napheesa Collier is making her bid for Playoff MVP. As expected, Christine Sinclair is named co-owner of the NSL’s Vancouver Rise. Marta converts a penalty in the clinching match as the undefeated Orlando Pride capture the NWSL Shield. And Michaela and Vanessa give you part two of their interview with TSN's Claire Hanna - the hardest working reporter in women's sports!

TSN’s intrepid reporter Claire Hanna joins the show to tell us about her experience covering the biggest events in the world, including the Paris Olympics, FIFA Women’s World Cup and the inaugural PWHL season! Christine Sinclair announces her retirement from professional soccer after the end of the current NWSL season. The WNBA Semifinals are attracting a record number of TV viewers. Sabrina Ionescu is showing up again in the playoffs for the New York Liberty.

The all-too-brief first round of the WNBA Playoffs go completely chalk. Caitlin Clark and the Fever proved too green in their first post-season go-around. Michaela and Vanessa make their second round picks! The new WSL season is under way. Canadian Kadeisha Buchanan helped Chelsea win their opener while Arsenal and Man. City played to a draw. And thoughts on the Hope Solo doc, which none of her ex-teammates would agree to appear on.

A’ja Wilson records her 1,000th career WNBA point. Is Diana Taurasi really retiring? Michaela and Vanessa make their WNBA title picks and have expansion news – again! Portland will join the league as the 15th team in 2026, the same year as Toronto. How long until the WNBA makes it an even 16? WSL broadcasting rights are changing, but is it for the better?

The PWHL finally and officially unveiled their team names, colours and logos! Michaela and Vanessa are joined by the PWHL’s Senior Vice President of Business Operations, Amy Scheer to get the details. We’re gearing up for the WNBA playoffs. There’s WNBA lottery intrigue with the prize being Paige Bueckers, who’s a shoe-in to go first overall. WNBA commissioner Cathey Engelbert is facing scrutiny after being asked to weigh-in on fan-racism directed towards Angel Reese. A'ja Wilson sets a new WNBA record for most points in a single season and is running away with the MVP award.

Michaela and Vanessa get to know Ottawa’s latest pro soccer team – Ottawa Rapid FC of the new Northern Super League – by talking to CEO Thomas Gilbert and COO Stephanie Spruston. The Indiana Fever are on fire and Caitlin Clark will make the playoffs in her rookie season. Alex Morgan hangs up her cleats at 35 years old. Michaela and Vanessa try to guess PWHL team names.

We’re almost through the PWHL Playoff semis. Minnesota took out Toronto while Ottawa is on the verge of upsetting Montreal. The WNBA season is finally upon us as Paige Bueckers begins her pro basketball career, while Michaela and Vanessa make their bold predictions. And a soccer legend is coming out of retirement.

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Seattle names a street after Sue Bird and Reign FC retires Megan Rapinoe’s number 15. Christine Sinclair and Vancouver Rise FC are teasing a future connection. Caitlin Clark is setting records in the WNBA. The WNBA playoff picture is coming into focus. The Paralympics are under way! And you get a US Open update.

The NWSL has a new CBA: the salary cap is going up and they’re eliminating the draft. Portland Thorns trade Canada’s Janine Beckie to Racing Louisville. The latest FIFA rankings are out. The WNBA is back in full force after the Olympic break: who are your favourites for the MVP award?