She Can Ball

This episode features award-winning sportscaster, AJ McCord. She explains how the women in her life made her a football fan and how sports can connect so many people together. McCord also reflects on her experience reporting on a variety of sports with KOIN-6 and her experiences reporting on Sabrina Ionescu.

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Today’s episode features Gabby Rones: a guard for the University of Nevada, Reno Women's Basketball Team. She shares the struggles she faced with the recruitment process during the COVID-19 pandemic, but how she persevered and received a D1 scholarship offer. Gabby also provides insight into how she faces adversity and gives advice to athletes who may be overlooked.

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In this episode, Mahi talks to ESPN's Renee Washington. She talks about her amazing journey in sports of being a D1 soccer player, coach, motivational speaker, and sports reporter. Renee emphasizes the importance of diversifying one's experiences and how she learned to adapt to new environments. Additionally, she talks about founding her own non-profit, Planted Not Buried.   

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This episode features lead researcher at Stanford’s Female Athlete Science and Translational Research Program (FASTR), co-founder of the Some Work, All Play Running Group, and co-host of the Happy Runner podcast: Megan Roche. She talks about how she balanced school and academics during her time at Duke University as a neuroscience major and a member of their field hockey team. Roche also talks about the work she does at FASTR and and highlights the issues with current athletic research. 

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This episode features NBA Hall of Famer, Chris Mullin. He describes his exposure to basketball growing up in Brooklyn and how transformative his coaches were to his playing career during his youth. Mullin also reflects on his experience playing for Coach Carneseca at St. Johns and going back to coach there later on. Lastly, he talks about his current role as an analyst for the Warriors and shares advice for young hoopers.

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This episode features Meghan McPeak the play-by-play announcer for the Washington Mystics and Capital City Go-Go, the G-League team for the Washington Wizards. During our conversation Meghan explains her experience playing college basketball in Canada and her journey to becoming a journalist. She emphasizes the importance of networking and building authentic relationships. Meghan also talks about the uniqueness of the G-League and why there needs to be more WNBA teams.

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This episode features the Head Girls Basketball Coach at Montverde Academy, Coach Special Jennings. She details her experiences playing college basketball for Xavier to becoming a coach. She talks about coaching some of the nation’s top-ranked players and provides insight into Montverde’s schedule traveling all over the country. Coach Jennings also gives advice about facing adversity and encourages learning the lessons life gives you early on.

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This episode features the Play-By-Play Announcer for the Philadelphia 76ers: Kate Scott. She describes her journey from her early passion for broadcasting in high school to announcing professional sports games. Kate also explains how she preps for reporting games and how she learned to announce different sports.

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This edition of the podcast features Kayla Padilla, a guard for the University of Pennsylvania’s Women’s Basketball Team. She discusses balancing an Ivy League education while playing D1 basketball and her experience studying at the #1 business school in the country, Wharton. She also talks about starting Sideline Post, a platform for college athletes to share their stories with the world, and her recent collaboration with Homecourt Edge Basketball.