Episodes
This week Danielle and Carolyn highlight the Connecticut Sun vs Indiana Fever and why playing in the WNBA is so difficult. Then they get into Boston College’s win over Northwestern in the NCAA Women’s Lacrosse National Championship while highlighting Shea Dolce’s kick save to clinch the win. Carolyn provides a scouting report on the newly released USWNT roster for the upcoming friendlies in the Era of Emma Hayes. Also, is patio making a women’s sport? Danielle and Carolyn made it into one and...
Published 05/28/24
This week, Carolyn and Danielle talk PWHL playoffs including Boston’s sweep over Montreal and Minnesota’s comeback series over Toronto. Danielle highlights the final four in NCAA Women’s lacrosse and then they provide a scouting report on all the WNBA teams after just one game. Get to know the top players, top trash talkers, and notable rookies on every WNBA team.
Published 05/21/24
This week we join our friends at The Draft Game Podcast and draft the best women’s sports athletes since 2000. We each had five picks over five rounds. There were disagreements, trash talking, and ultimately an awesome list of some of our favorite players over the last (almost) quarter century. The best part is, YOU get to vote for the winner for the best draft. Check out @DraftGamePod and @WomensSportsWeekly on Instagram this week to vote for your favorite picks.
Published 05/15/24
This week Carolyn and Danielle celebrate Izzy Scane from Northwestern breaking the NCAA D1 record for lacrosse goals. They highlight NCAA softball conference winners and lay out the road to the Women’s College World Series. Then they discuss their favorite parts of the new docuseries, Full Court Press, which followed the lives of Caitlin Clark, Kamilla Cardoso, and Kiki Rice through their college basketball season. It is a must watch. Finally, they get into the importance of mental health...
Published 05/14/24
Carolyn and Danielle recap their trip to Seattle, Washington and highlight the NWSL matchup between the Seattle Reign and the San Diego Wave. They discuss USC’s Beach Volleyball National Championship over UCLA and their thoughts on if they would make a good team in the sand. Then Danielle deep dives into the incomparable career of Candace Parker and Danielle reads her Facebook message to the retired WNBA player from back in 2008. There are lots of exclamation marks!!!!!
Published 05/07/24
This week Carolyn and Danielle talk about the latest announcement from WNBA GOAT, Candace Parker. Danielle highlights the ACC Women’s lacrosse tournament and they cover the UVA vs UNC quarterfinal and Boston College’s win over Syracuse in the ACC final. Carolyn talks about SEC Softball and Florida’s exciting series win over Georgia. Then they dive deep in Title IX’s role in college sports. It is important, essential, and also MURKY as hell.
Published 04/30/24
Carolyn and Danielle get into women’s lacrosse this week. Danielle dusts off her old lax stick and gives us the details on the throwdown between Syracuse and Boston College. They talk best fits and picks from the WNBA draft, highlight the Boston and London Marathon, and Carolyn discusses LSU’s first NCAA gymnastics title. Then they dive deep into the WNBA pay structure and opportunities for improvement to increase pay equity. Women’s Sports Weekly is celebrating listeners this week! Be sure...
Published 04/23/24
This week, Danielle and Carolyn cover the SheBelieves Cup and just how hard it is going to be to make the USWNT Olympic roster. They highlight North Carolina Courage’s win over the Portland Thorns in the NWSL. They talk about Caitlin Clark’s epic appearance on Saturday Night Live and give Tara VanDerveer retirement flowers and wishes for a nice long vacation. With college basketball coming to an end, they dive deep into the transition from athlete to NARP (non-athletic regular person) and...
Published 04/16/24
This week, Carolyn and Danielle cover the NCAA Women’s Basketball Final Four. They deep dive into South Carolina’s win over NC State, Iowa’s win over UCONN, & South Carolina’s historic win over Iowa. They share their thoughts on Caitlin Clark’s legacy and all the fun they had at Tourney Town. Danielle recounts meeting her idol, Candace Parker and Carolyn can finally stop stress sweating now that the Gamecocks won. Carolyn covers NCAA softball and highlights the upcoming quarter finals...
Published 04/10/24
Danielle and Carolyn dive into more March Madness and cover Iowa’s win over LSU and UCONN’s win over USC. They discuss their feelings on the media coverage Angel Reese receives and make predictions about the finals. Have any of their predictions been correct? No, but that’s part of the fun, right?
Published 04/04/24
This week Danielle and Carolyn are dropping 2 episodes! Today’s episode covers all the March Madness from the Sweet 16 and half of the Elite 8. We will be back in your feed on Thursday to cover the highly anticipated LSU vs Iowa match-up and the UCONN vs USC match-up. We didn’t want to miss out on the fun with you. Also this week, did we get played by Kim Mulkey? Why was Notre Dame’s Hannah Hidalgo out of the game for over 17 minutes? And who the heck designed the court in Portland?! The...
Published 04/02/24
This week Carolyn and Danielle discuss the first and second rounds of the NCAA tournament. They cover MTSU’s upset over Louisville and their game against LSU. They talk about freshman, Audi Crooks from Iowa State and her outstanding game against Maryland. Danielle professes her love for Gamecock Basketball. Carolyn apologizes to LSU Softball and covers South Carolina Softball’s midweek win over Clemson. Then Danielle takes us into the wild world of fell running and highlights Jasmin Paris who...
Published 03/26/24
This week, Carolyn and Danielle highlight LSU Softball’s win over Texas and Carolyn effectively jinxes them as the only undefeated team in D1 (no longer true). Then Danielle highlights the NWSL game between NY/NJ Gotham FC and the San Diego Wave FC. The game didn’t actually matter, but it was fun to watch! The ladies go into the history of the women’s NCAA tournament, how March Madness came to be, preview Selection Sunday, and choose their Final Four picks. Speaking of, have you signed up...
Published 03/19/24
This week Carolyn and Danielle highlight conference tournament mayhem. They discuss Iowa vs Nebraska, Notre Dame vs NC State, USC vs Stanford, and of course, the LSU vs South Carolina featuring a bench-clearing fight. Then they splash into the USWNT’s road to the championship in the CONCACAF W Gold Cup and deep dive into the importance of youth participation in sports. What a week!
Published 03/12/24
This week Carolyn and Danielle discuss the Women’s Sports Weekly March Madness Bracket. Have you signed up? Tap the link in our bio on Instagram to register. They highlight Women’s History Month, Sha’Carri Richardson, NCAA Women’s Lacrosse, and NCAA Women’s Basketball. Caitlin Clark from Iowa continues to break records, Hannah Hidalgo from Notre Dame is the real deal, and they can’t wait for conference tournaments to begin this week. Then they dive deep into NIL deals- how they started, who...
Published 03/05/24
This week Carolyn and Danielle discuss the weird world and word of slalom as they watched the Regionals for slalom and giant slalom in Big Sky, Montana. Do they know anything about slalom? Heck no! But Danielle was willing to do some research. Then they get into the seriousness of Après-ski. Carolyn highlights Florida gymnastics, their win over LSU, and a clutch perfect 10 from Leanne Wong. Then, Carolyn shares her love for Serena Williams and the legacy she leaves for all athletes....
Published 02/27/24
Carolyn and Danielle highlight Caitlin Clark’s scoring record, the throwdown between Steph Curry and Sabrina Ionescu at the NBA All-Star 3-Point Contest, South Carolina Women’s Basketball, NC State Women’s Basketball, and Carolyn’s “amor” for Georgia Amoore at Virginia Tech. Carolyn highlights LSU Softball’s strong start featuring a grand slam from Ali Newland. They get into the amazing scoring records of Lynette Woodard & Pearl Moore. Then, they deep dive into Geno Auriemma’s coaching...
Published 02/20/24
Carolyn and Danielle discuss the "fun" in fundraising during Play4Kay and Danielle shares her love for Briana Scurry. They talk women's basketball and highlight South Carolina vs UCONN and Nebraska vs Iowa. Carolyn covers softball from the week and highlights UNC Charlotte's win over Florida State University. Then Danielle shares why she was angry with Carolyn this week. They dive deep into the best ways to talk about Women's Sports while calling out some who do it really well and some who...
Published 02/13/24
Carolyn and Danielle shout out some of their favorite things that happened in the past two weeks including Brittney Griner, Chloe Kim, and the crazy amount of NCAA women’s basketball upsets. They discuss the history of Louise Stokes and Tidye Pickett and then highlight the Olympic Marathon Qualifiers, the new Professional Women’s Hockey League, and the Pro Volleyball Federation. They deep dive into the WNBA free agency. Oui, oui!
Published 02/06/24
Carolyn and Danielle discuss highlights from the week including the Australian Open and the South Carolina LSU matchup. They also discuss their thoughts on the AP Poll and the TCU Women’s Basketball walk-ons while diving into their own theories on injury in women’s sports. Our amazing new theme music is by Melvin Alexander Black. Follow him on Instagram, @Melvin.Alexander.Black and on Spotify.
Published 01/30/24
Carolyn and Danielle discuss highlights from the week including Tara VanDerveer wins and Caitlin Clark scoring records in women’s basketball. They also discuss 16 year old Mirra Andreeva and Coco Gauff at the Australian Open. Then they dive into their love for the University of Colorado Buffaloes Women’s Basketball team.
Published 01/23/24
Our intro episode to Women's Sports Weekly!
Published 01/20/24