Ahead of this weekend’s Final Four in Tampa, Florida, Big Citrus gathers to discuss their predictions for the semifinals, the noticeable difference in the media coverage of this year’s tourney, and why they’re leaving impartiality at the door when it comes to Paige Bueckers’ title hopes. Plus, the sisterhood of the traveling net. 

• Watch the Final Four! The full schedule can be found here
• If you’re in Tampa, come to Sarah’s live show with Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi, sponsored by Capital One. It’s this Saturday at 2pm in Tourney Town!
• Read the great story Jordan Robinson wrote on the relationship between Dawn Staley and Carolyn Peck here
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Oh slices, this one is special. Presented by the all-new Nissan Armada, former Stanford women’s basketball head coach Tara VanDerveer and former Notre Dame head coach Muffet McGraw join Sarah to reminisce about their head-to-head battles during March Madness, hooping against each other in staff games at Cathy Rush Basketball Camp back in the day, the pros and cons of the changing landscape of women’s hoops, and the things they wish their younger selves had understood about life.

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Jane McManus, longtime sports reporter, NYU professor, and author of the new book “The Fast Track: Inside The Surging Business of Women’s Sports,” joins Sarah to discuss the NCAA basketball tournament one year after Caitlin v. Angel, why organizations need to stop using the men’s formula for the women’s game, and how media gatekeepers are the arbiters of who and what gets airtime.

• Pick up a copy of Jane’s book, The Fast Track: Inside the Surging Business of Women’s Sports here

• Grab Kate Fagan’s book, The Three Lives of Cate Kay here

• And pre-order Sarah’s book, Runs in the Family: An Incredible True Story of Football, Fatherhood, and Belonging here

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Former Harvard women’s basketball coach Kathy Delaney-Smith joins Sarah to talk 40 years in Cambridge, from accepting the Harvard job to get free tennis court time and the most athletic team she ever faced (hint: Olympic track star Marion Jones played point guard), to her team’s legendary upset of a No. 1 seed and using meditation with her players. Plus, one college hoops star is harnessing the healing benefits of art, and a reminder that a lot of us harbor more self-doubt than we should.

• Grab Kathy’s book Grit and Wit: Empowering Lives and Leaders here

• Leave us a voicemail at 872-204-5070 or send us a note at [email protected] 

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It was a big weekend of basketball and Big Citrus is here to discuss it all, from revenge tours to farewell tours and busted noses to broken records. Plus, sharing visibility, skating with freedom, and taters gonna tate.

• Check out TCU’s “Sorry Bout Your Brackets” post here

• Check out Lauren Betts’ hat tower here

• Check out Sarah’s Starch Madness Final Four here 

• You can see USC show off the Funko Pop JuJu here 

• Send us a note at [email protected]  

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CeCé Telfer, the first out transgender athlete to win an NCAA title, joins Sarah to discuss her fraught relationship with International Transgender Day of Visibility, why self-care means so much to her, and the reason she’s willing to talk to politicians – even those who oppose transgender women in sports – about her lived experience. Plus, the Sweet 16 is here, and a What The Fact that combats a common narrative.

• Go follow CeCé and give her some love on social media! She’s on Instagram here

• Pick up a copy of CeCé’s book Make It Count: My Fight to Become the First Transgender Olympic Runner here

• Pre-order Sarah’s book here 

• This weekend’s NCAA basketball tourney schedule can be found here 

• The NWSL schedule is here 

• The full report from the Center for American Progress is here

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• Follow producer Misha Jones! Bluesky: @mishthejrnalist.bsky.social Instagram: @mishthejrnalist

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Longtime USA Today sports columnist Nancy Armour joins Sarah to talk being labeled “a goddamned national disgrace” by right-wing commentator Megyn Kelly, the effect JuJu Watkins’ injury could have on the NCAA basketball tournament, and how news outlets have changed their approach to women’s sports throughout her career. Plus, the Boston NWSL team has a new name, World Athletics goes back in time, and a puckin’ timely entry into the Good Game Hall of Fame.

• Grab your Good Game merch here

• Listen to Rose Eveleth’s six-part series Tested here

• And listen to our conversation with Rose on Good Game here

• The LOVB schedule can be found here

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Hailey Salvian, hockey writer and podcaster for The Athletic, joins Sarah to discuss why she thinks almost every PWHL team is a contender for the league championship, the secret behind Marie-Philip Poulin and Hilary Knight’s successes, and the reason she thinks the PWHL will choose two U.S. cities for expansion. Plus, we try to FedEx an ACL to southern California and we provide an array of excellent undercarriage euphemisms.

• Read Hailey’s women’s hockey reporting here; she’s also on Bluesky and X

• The PWHL schedule can be found here

• Watch UConn coach Geno Auriemma get a little teary about Paige Bueckers here

• The NCAA Sweet 16 schedule can be found here 

• You can find the DraftKings second chance bracket challenge here 

• Follow Sarah on social! Bluesky: @sarahspain.com Instagram: @Spain2323

• Follow producer Misha Jones! Bluesky: @mishthejrnalist.bsky.social Instagram: @mishthejrnalist

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Allison Galer, founder and president of sports agency Disrupt the Game, joins Sarah to share the story of starting her agency a year out of college, the failures that fueled her success, and the scripted TV show she’s working on with hooper turned analyst Chiney Ogwumike. Plus, Women’s Elite Rugby scrumming commences, our Starch Madness Final Four is set, and The More You Know about balls. 

• Read about the scripted series Allison is working on with Chiney Ogwumike here

• The video of the Toronto Sceptres watch party is here 

• Leave us a voicemail at 872-204-5070 or send us a note at [email protected] 

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Everyone *does* watch women’s sports, and we’re so glad to have so many games on our TVs… but WOW do we need more screens. Big Citrus convenes to talk through just a sliver of the exhilarating action in the NCAA college hockey and college basketball tournaments. Plus, a debut NWSL goal for the ages, a PWHL score that sent fans into a frenzy, and LSU’s Flau’jae Johnson once again makes her mark off the basketball court.

• Watch Abby Roque’s “Michigan” goal here

• See the full 2025 WNBA schedule here

• Check out the Northern Super League’s club kits here

• What’s gonna be our alternative to “balls to the wall?” Let us know, send us a note at [email protected] 

• Follow Sarah on social! Bluesky: @sarahspain.com Instagram: @Spain2323

• Follow producer Misha Jones! Bluesky: @mishthejrnalist.bsky.social Instagram: @mishthejrnalist

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