It’s a Big Citrus summer hang! Sarah, Alex, and Mish get together to discuss the storylines they’re watching in the WNBA, question the worth of exhibition games during the NWSL hiatus, and share their favorite summer sports traditions (badminton and archery, anyone?). Plus, what season is the citrus season?

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Look on the bright side, y’all! On this episode, Sarah joins Simone Boyce on Hello Sunshine’s “The Bright Side” podcast, and talks about why being pushed out of your “dream job” isn’t the end, what it means to be a woman who contains multitudes in a world that wants you to shrink, chasing big dreams, creating lasting change in women's sports and the power of owning every part of your story.

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Jacie deHoop and Ellen Hyslop, co-founders of the popular sports media company The GIST, join Sarah to discuss their company’s origin story, reaching one million subscribers, and how they’ve handled managing an ever-expanding brand in a changing industry. Plus, a court in a 'port, a friend of the show goes way up, and team Good Game goes on summer vacation!

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• Get tickets to the live taping of The Women’s Game podcast in D.C. here 

• Check out Kathryn Bertine’s post about summiting Denali here 

• The WNBA schedule is here

• The full schedule of NWSL exhibition matches is here 

• Watch the Women’s Elite Rugby Legacy Cup here 

• Watch the FIBA 3x3 World Cup here

• The Wimbledon schedule is here

• The Amundi Evian Championship schedule can be found here 

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Pamela Grundy and Susan Shackelford, co-authors of “Shattering the Glass: The Remarkable History of Women’s Basketball,” join Sarah to talk about trying to fit the history of women’s basketball into one book, the interesting way they became friends and co-authors, and their recent trip to the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame. Plus, a high profile breakup, Number 13 is headed to the rafters, and it’s almost game time—get out that eyeliner, baby.

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• See the PWHL Draft results here

• Check out Sportico’s latest WNBA franchise valuations here

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Grammy-winning singer-songwriter and breast cancer survivor Melissa Etheridge joins Sarah for a deeply personal conversation about the power of resilience and reinvention. Melissa talks about how a women's soccer team helped her get discovered, why she had to re-record her very first album, and how her cancer battle transformed her approach to life and advocacy. Beyond the diagnosis, she shares her ongoing passion for empowering women — including her vocal support of women’s sports, from championing equal pay to performing at key moments in the rise of women's soccer. This episode is a tribute to living boldly, loving deeply, and refusing to be defined by a diagnosis.

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On this suuuuuper gay episode, Big Citrus celebrates Pride with a PowerPoint Party! Each member of Big Citrus does a presentation on the intersection of women’s sports and LGBTQ issues. Plus, a high school grad in a different league than her peers, the night when hockey dreams come true, and a story that reminds us - once again - that sports are political.

• See the adorable Paige Bueckers and Azzi Fudd moment here

• The WNBA schedule is here

• And watch Skylar Diggins gush about Nneka Ogwumike here

• See the 2006, 2007, and 2008 WNBA Draft class photos

• And see a photo of producer Mish in their straight-passing days here

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Lindsay Gibbs, creator of the women’s sports newsletter Power Plays, joins Sarah to discuss why she launched the newsletter, the importance of history and context in understanding the current moment in women’s sports, and why even dream jobs come with challenges. Plus, Title IX is 53, a friend of the show bids farewell to the beautiful game, and a soft hard launch that made our Pride month.

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• Check out Power Plays here 

• Read Lindsay’s first ever story for Power Plays here 

• And read the other newsletter Lindsay referenced here 

• Watch Coach Jackie’s video about Azzi Fudd showing off her “Paige Bueckers’ girlfriend” phone case here

• And watch Paige and Azzi’s take on the restaurant bill trend here

• Listen to Meghan Klingenberg’s interview with Becky Sauerbrunn and Lindsey Heaps for the newly launched U.S. Soccer podcast here 

• Check out the Gender Equity Dashboard here

• Check out slice Dana’s ridiculous fake poster in honor of Sarah’s interview with Laura Stacey and Marie-Philip Poulin here

• Check out Jennifer King’s postgame interview with members of the Texas Elite Spartans here 

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Marie-Philip Poulin and Laura Stacey – partners on Team Canada, the Montreal Victoire, and in life – join Sarah to discuss their goal of bringing the Walter Cup to Montreal, the memorable moment sparks first flew for them and the decision to be more public with their relationship. Plus the joy of being dog owners, their reaction to Boston leaving Hilary Knight unprotected, and Laura explains why she wanted PWHL GMs to consider her as her own player and not Pou’s plus-one. 

• No idea who Marcus is? This post from The Gist will get you up to speed.

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• Watch Ali Riley’s return to practice here 

• The PWHL transaction tracker is here

• The latest USWNT roster is here 

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Keeper Notes creator and official NWSL historian Jen Cooper and Her Hoop Stats contributor Richard Cohen join Sarah to discuss how they each discovered their passion for record keeping, why it's so important for leagues like the WNBA and NWSL – and women’s sports as a whole – to have advanced statistics, building relationships in order to source information that fans need, and whether their stat brains allow them to watch games for fun. Plus, at what point does a record become untouchable?

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• And read Derrick Bryson Taylor’s story on the celebration here

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• Check out all of the CBA and rules info Richard has helped compile for Her Hoop Stats here

• Watch Jeff Kassouf’s interview with Emma Hayes here

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Sports Illustrated women’s sports staff writer Emma Baccellieri joins Sarah to talk about her SI cover story on the Indiana Fever and their accelerated timeline in search of a title, why she’d love to write a long form profile of Minnesota Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve, the women’s basketball book she’s working on with friend of the show Jordan Robinson, and her soda Substack side-quest.

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• See the moment Bria Hartley gets a handful of Angel Reese’s braid here

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