Girldad Sports is joined by the NCAA's leading goalscorer, 2024 Bob Allen Award Winner (Best American Women's Hockey Player) and reigning World Championships MVP, LAILA EDWARDS. And we are ripping (opening) a hobby box of Upper Deck's PWHL Series 1, the first set in print for the historic new North American professional women's ice hockey league that started in 2024.

Laila is also one of the cover athletes in the debut 2023-24 Premiere Set of Collegiate Dynasty, the college sports trading card game. You can pick up that set as well as limited edition autographed cards of Laila Edwards (100% of sales go to Laila herself via an NIL deal) at www.collegiatedynasty.com. Follow Collegiate Dynasty on IG and Twitter (collegiatedynasty) and on Youtube (@collegiatedynasty)

Follow Laila on IG (laila_edwards) and Twitter (laila_edwards21).

Enter the Hobby is Girldad Sports' new podcast series documenting our journey into women's sports card collecting. Each episode features a special guest from the women's sports or women's sports cards world and a women's sports cards product we think you will love. So whether you are a hobby-head who wants to learn more about women's sports, a women's sports fan who wants to learn more about collecting, or both, this is the place for you!

#thehobby #womenssportscards #womeninsports #pwhl #womenshockey #ncaahockey

Theme music "Baba Squared" courtesy of Soof Music (@soof_world on IG)

In this first episode, Girldad Sports is joined by special guest Araceli from HerDeckExchange, Southern California's only all-women's sports cards table. And we are ripping (opening) a hobby box of Topps Chrome 2023 McDonald's All-American Basketball, the first set to feature USC's Juju Watkins, Notre Dame's Hannah Hidalgo, and Texas' Madison Booker.

Follow Araceli on IG (@herdeckexchange) and eBay (@herdeckexchange_34)

Enter the Hobby is Girldad Sports' new podcast series documenting our journey into women's sports card collecting. Each episode features a special guest from the women's sports or women's sports cards world and a women's sports cards product we think you will love. So whether you are a hobby-head who wants to learn more about women's sports, a women's sports fan who wants to learn more about collecting, or both, this is the place for you!

#thehobby #womenssportscards #womeninsports #mcodonaldsallamerican #jujuwatkins

Theme music "Baba Squared" courtesy of Soof Music (@soof_world on IG)

An Olympic Preview of sorts....

This week's 5 Things:

1. [Soccer] The Olympic Soccer Tournament (2:38)
   • July 25 - August 10 on Peacock and NBC
2. [Basketball] The Olympic Basketball Tournament (9:00)
   • July 28 - August 11 on Peacock and NBC
3. [Track & Field, Swimming, Gymnastics] The "Olympic Sports" (14:30)
   • Track & Field: August 1 - 11 on Peacock and NBC
   • Swimming: July 27 - August 4 on Peacock and NBC
   • Gymnastics: July 28 - August 5 on Peacock and NBC
4. [Breakdancing, Open Water Swimming] The "Other" Sports (22:48)
   • Breakdancing: August 8 - 9 on Peacock and NBC
   • Open Water Swimming: August 8 - 9 on Peacock and NBC
5. [Tennis] US-Based US Open Warmups (25:50)

• HerHoopStats - both the twitter account and the podcast(s) and their great coverage of women's basketball.
• Olympic Trials in Swimming and Track & Field this past week and a half on NBC.
  • And... also Olympic qualifying competitions in Sport Climbing, BMX, Skateboarding, and yes, BREAKDANCING!
•  Moms doing amazing things in women's sports and inspiring all of us parents!

1. [Track & Field] US Olympic Trials (8:25)
   • June 21st - 30th on Peacock and NBC
2. [Gymnastics] US Olympic Trials (14:13)
   • June 27th - 30th on Peacock and NBC
3. [Swimming] US Olympic Trials (18:05)
   
   
4. [Track & Field and Gymnastics] More New Professional Leagues (22:55)
   • Everything You Need to Know About Grand Slam Track
   • GIGA is the New Women’s Gymnastics League
5. [Basketball] WNBA All-Star Voting (27:10)
   • Through June 29th on WNBA.com or the WNBA App

Here's what we are hyping this week in women's sports coverage:

• Megan Reyes's new podcast The Good Follow Show, which is everything your family has been waiting for in a well-done, comprehensive but accessible women's sports podcast!
• The WCWS Championship Series and Oklahoma's historic 4-Peat as NCAA champs in softball! Get the full replay on ESPN+.
• And Oklahoma 1st Baseman Cyd Sanders, who had this clutch hit in Game 2.
• The NCAA Track & Field Championships! Also get the full replay on ESPN+.
• The returns of Brittney Griner (Phoenix Mercury) and Brittney Sykes (Washington Mystics), who both gave a huge boost to their teams this past week.

This week's 5 Things:

1. [Swimming] US Olympic Trials (8:38)
   • June 15th - 23rd (10 AM Central for Heats and 7 PM Central for Finals on Peacock and NBC)
2. [Ice Hockey] PWHL Draft (15:45)
   • Coverage from the Athletic's Hailey Salvian and TheHockeyNews' Ian Kennedy.
3. [Softball] Athletes Unlimited AUX Season (19:58)
   • June 10th - 24th (ESPN Family of Networks).
4. [Softball] Athletes Unlimited AUSL Traditional League (24:20)
   • Coming 2025 (Read more here from Softball America).
5. [Soccer] Battle of the NWSL Expansion Teams (28:09)
   • June 16th @ 7 PM Pacific on CBS Sports Net

The FATHER'S DAY SALE ON GIRLDADSPORTS.NET runs through Sunday! Use the code FATHERSDAY for 15% off our "Girldads Against the Patriarchy" shirts, as well as two other classics and 9 sport-specific shirts in the "My Daughter's Biggest Supporter" series.

Corrections:

• Members of the Ohio State National Champion Women's Hockey team that were drafted in the PWHL draft included: 
• The AU full softball season is actually 5 rounds (not 4) and 5 full weekends of games. 

AGH! This week, the patriarchy is alive in mainstream sports coverage, and we are here to help you run away! Our whole purpose is to guide you to the many voices and outlets where women's sports is valued and appreciated in all the nuanced and complex ways that it should be! Follow us on twitter @girldadsports! 

Here's what we are hyping this week in women's sports coverage:

• [5/30/24] Richard Deitsch's "Why I have no doubts that WNBA Toronto franchise will be a success"
• [5/27/24] David Dennis Jr's "Who are we protecting Caitlin Clark from exactly?"
• Indiana Fever's first home win over Chicago in a battle of high profile WNBA rookies (Highlights). 
• USA vs. Turkiye in Volleyball Nations League (Highlights) in 5-set thriller and a "medal game" preview for this year's Olympics.
• Simone Biles and Skye Blakely's performances in the USA Championships.

This week's 5 Things:

1. [Soccer] USWNT Friendlies vs. Korea (13:30)
   • June 4th (7 PM Central on TNT, TruTV, Peacock, and HBO Max)
2. [Track & Field] NCAA Track & Field Championships (18:16)
   • June 6th (530 PM Pacific on ESPN2) and June 8th (230 PM Pacific on ESPN)
3. [Basketball] Unrivaled 3x3 League (21:23)
   • Coming in January--read more here.
4. [Tennis] French Open Quarterfinals and Beyond (24:20)
   • June 4&5 on Tennis Channel (Quarterfinals); June 6 on Tennis Channel and NBC / Peacock (Semifinals); June 8 on NBC / Peacock (Finals) 
5. [Softball] NCAA's Women's College World Series (26:50)
   • June 4-6 Championship Series on ESPN

Remember FATHER'S DAY SALE ON GIRLDADSPORTS.NET! Use the code FATHERSDAY for 15% off our "Girldads Against the Patriarchy" shirts, as well as two other classics and 9 sport-specific shirts in the "My Daughter's Biggest Supporter" series.

FATHER'S DAY SALE ON GIRLDADSPORTS.NET! Use the code FATHERSDAY for 15% off our "Girldads Against the Patriarchy" shirts, as well as two other classics and 9 sport-specific shirts in the "My Daughter's Biggest Supporter" series.

As always, the continuously updated Girldad Sports Calendar is also there for your family's convenience (with details about all the events we mention in the show).

We actually did give away tickets to Caitlin Clark's LA debut on May 24th. Shout out to @shaydachene and congrats for being the backup winner to our ticket giveaway! The Fever's first win was on our hype list this week as was the following:

• [5/28/24] ESPN's Michael Voepel and Alexa Philippou with 10 Takeaways from the WNBA Season so far.
• [2017] Burn the Ships (full film on Youtube) - the Cleveland International Film Fest Awardee documentary about the Akron Racers, the now defunct National Pro Fastpitch league, and the history of professional women's softball.
• Alissa Pili of the WNBA's Minneosta Lynx.  Check her out on Haley Jones' Sometimes I Hoop podcast (2/28/24)
• 2023's 100m World Champ Sha'Carri Richardson and Olympic hopeful of the USA. Watch Sha'Carri's incredible win from last weekend's Prefontaine Classic in the Diamond League and her always-inspirational interview afterwards. 

This week's 5 Things:

1. [Tennis] French Open (6:48)
   • May 26th - June 9th on Peacock, NBC, and Tennis Channel (and Tennis Channel+)
2. [Golf] US Women's Open (12:22)
   • May 29th - June 2nd on Golf Channel, Peacock, USA Network and NBC
3. [Gymnastics] Xfinity USA Championships (15:57)
   • May 31st (8-10 PM Eastern on Peacock), Jun 2nd (7-9 PM on NBC)
4. [Volleyball] Volleyball Nations League & Olympic Qualifying (19:01)
   • May 14th - June 16th and June 20-23 on VBTV.com
5. [Softball] NCAA's Women's College World Series (21:15)
   • May 30th - June 6th on ESPN and ABC

*Corrections

• Suni Lee's signature event is the uneven bars! Ameer mistakenly called them the parallel bars (rookie mistake perpetuating the patriarchy!)
• Leylah Fernandez's French Open match that got postponed is her 2nd round match, not 1st.
• Allisen Corpuz, defending champion of the US Women's Open (golf) was a rookie in 2022 and won the Open in her second full season, not her first.

Listen for the announcement of the winner of our giveaway for Caitlin Clark's LA debut this Friday! And check out our site at girldadsports.net for our "Girldads Against the Patriarchy" shirts now available for purchase, as well as the continuously updated Women's Sports Calendar for your family's convenience.

Matt and Ameer made it under 20 minutes (we think) this week but we still believe we can get to 15 minutes max as we tighten things up. Thanks for hanging in there with us!

This week's 5 (actually just 4) Things:

1. [Basketball] WNBA Opening Week (5:40)
   • Watch the two teams we highlighted this week:
     • Phoenix Mercury: 5/23 vs. Washington (on Amazon Prime), 5/25/ vs. Dallas (WNBA League Pass), 5/28 vs. Connecticut (CBS Sports)
     • Seattle Storm (all on League Pass): 5/22 vs. Indiana, 5/25 vs. Dallas, 5/28 vs. Chicago 
2. [Track & Field] Diamond League Prefontaine Classic (10:50)
   • Saturday, May 25th at 1 PM Pacific on Peacock
3. [Softball] NCAA Super-Regionals (14:35)
   • Thursday, May 23rd through Sunday, May 26th (ESPN+)
4. [Soccer] 2027 World Cup Host Announcement (19:38)
   • Just Women's Sports article

*Corrections

• Jilyen Poullard (Oklahoma State) hit 3 homeruns during the regionals and yes, 8 of her last 10 hits are homeruns.
• Sharlize Palacios (UCLA) was 4 for 9 during the regionals with 3 homeruns (so not quite 600 but 444).

Subscribe to the Pod and/or our join our website for the chance to win tickets to the LA Sparks / Indiana Fever game at Crypto.com arena on Friday, May 24th. You and your family can be at Caitlin Clark's LA debut! Winner will be announced on next week's pod and will have the chance to select either 2 seats along the tunnel the Fever will come out of or 4 seats on the second level.

Girldad Sports is back, and we have condensed our 5 Things Newsletter into a weekly podcast that we hope will run 12-15 minutes when we get the hang of things! New co-host and fellow girldad Matt joins Ameer for the pod!

This week's 5 Things:

1. [Basketball] WNBA Rookies and Roster Cut-Down Day (10:25)
   • Watch WNBA Tip-Off on ESPN / ESPN + (5/14) and League Pass (5/15)
2. NCAA Postseason: Tennis, Golf, & Softball (23:01)
   • Tennis: ESPN + (5/17-25)
   • Golf: CNBC / Peacock (5/20-22)
   • Softball (Regionals): ESPN+ (5/17-19)
3. [Volleyball] PVF Playoffs (28:55)
   • CBS Sports Net (5/15 and 5/18)
4. [Ice Hockey] PWHL Playoffs (30:47)
   • PWHL Youtube Page
5. [Gymnastics] Core Hydration Classic (34:10)
   • CNBC / Peacock (5/18)

*Corrections

• Jacy Sheldon never won Ms. Ohio Basketball but was a finalist three times. The winner in those three years? The Las Vegas Aces' Kierstan Bell (from Canton McKinley), who was a part of the same (2019-20) Ohio State freshmen class but then transferred to Florida Gulf Coast as a sophomore.
• Caroline Jurevicius is a graduate of Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin (NDCL) not Walsh Jesuit, and did in fact transfer from Nebraska to Penn State where she will play in 2024-25.