Michalea and Vanessa want to know what’s in your Spotify Wrapped? PWHL Ottawa Charge head coach Carla McLeod is taking some time away from the team after a breast cancer diagnosis. Haley Irwin will serve as Ottawa’s interim head coach. The Seattle Torrent’s home opener broke an attendance record for U.S. pro women’s hockey with over 16,000 fans. The expiring WNBA CBA has been extended yet again until after the new year. The exact same thing happened in 2020, the last time there was a CBA negotiation in the WNBA. 1.2 million viewers tuned into the NWSL championship, an increase of 22% over last year. Spain defeats Germany to capture the Nations League, but suffer a huge blow when superstar midfielder Aitana Bonmati breaks her leg in training. Canada’s Women’s National Soccer Team is on a five-game losing streak and haven’t scored a goal in any of those losses, their worst run of play since 2005.

Michaela and Vanessa speak with the makers of Pink Light – director Harrison Browne and executive director Sean Addis – a Canadian short fiction film that explores identity, transition and the intersection of sport and gender. The film’s director, Harrison, is a former athlete who came out as pro hockey’s first-ever openly transgender player. For the second time in three years – and second time in franchise history – Gotham FC wins the NWSL championship – as the no. 8 seed… and Michaela called it! The WNBA draft lottery is in the books and the Dallas Wings get the no. 1 pick for the second-straight year. Will Dallas draft Azzi Fudd to play alongside superstar Paige Bueckers? The new PWHL season is underway. Sarah Nurse scores the first-ever goal in Vancouver Goldeneyes history in a win over Seattle, their expansion cousins, but then gets hurt and misses Vancouver’s second game, a 5-1 loss in Ottawa. Montreal’s Marie-Philip Poulin becomes the first PWHL player to reach 50 points. Penny Oleksiak accepts her two-year ban from competitive swimming for skipping out on performance-enhancing drug tests. 

Michaela and Vanessa speak with Ottawa Charge forward Emily Clark who’s motivated after coming so close to capturing the Walter Cup last season. Emily also shares her thoughts on getting ready to travel to the west coast as Seattle and Vancouver enter the league and if the ongoing arena situation in Ottawa is affecting the team. The puck drops on the new PWHL campaign this weekend – Michaela and Vanessa gotchu covered with a full roster-by-roster season preview. Vancouver Rise are your first-ever NSL champions, hoisting the Diana B. Matheson trophy by braving a rare November lightning delay and upsetting heavily favoured AFC Toronto. Vancouver were beneficiaries of a goal off the foot of the opposing keeper and then parked the bus and withstood Toronto’s onslaught. The WNBA tables a new offer to the Union but will it be enough to entice the players to sign? It’ll be an unlikely all-east-coast NSWL final between upstarts Gotham FC and the Washington Spirit.

Could the PWHL Charge leave Ottawa? City council has approved the “Lansdowne 2.0” refurbishing project, which would see an over-2,000 seat capacity reduction in the Charges’ home arena, which the franchise argues will affect the long-term viability of the club in the nation’s capital. Canada drops the first two games of the Rivalry Series to the U.S. by a combined score of (gulp) 10-2. Should Canadians be concerned three months out from the Olympics? AFC Toronto takes on Vancouver Rise FC for the Diana B. Matheson Cup as the Northern Super League Final kicks off this weekend. Vancouver advanced by beating Ottawa Rapid FC on penalties, and Michaela has a controversial take regarding extra time in soccer. A massive upset in the NWSL playoffs as no.8 Gotham City took out the no.1 seeded Kansas City Current. The NWSL announces it’s adding a 17th franchise by expanding to Atlanta. 

Michaela and Vanessa are joined by Monica Henao, Content Manager for the Get REAL movement, dedicated to educating people and dispelling disinformation regarding the 2SLBGTQI+ community. Get REAL is offering upcoming workshops and you can donate to the Rainbow Road, their virtual 5K fundraiser: https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/team/shes-got-game

Sandy Brondello, the first-ever head coach of the WNBA expansion Toronto Tempo joins Michaela and Vanessa! Despite an extension to the ongoing CBA negotiations, there’s been frustratingly little progress on a new WNBA agreement between the league and its players. A high-profile WNBA player joins a new Saudi-backed women’s basketball league, fueling the debate over sportswashing. We have new PWHL team names and logos to discuss – say hello to the Seattle Torrent and Vancouver Goldeneyes. The Hockey News ranked all eight PWHL team logos. The first leg of the NSL playoffs is in the books – Toronto and Vancouver are both leading on aggregate going into the second leg – can Montreal and Ottawa make things interesting? South of the border, the NWSL playoff quarterfinals are underway.

The Seattle Storm hire Sonia Raman to be their new head coach. The WNBA offers a 30-day extension on the expiring CBA amid tremendous pressure on the league to get a new deal done with the players. Revenue sharing remains the main sticking point. The USWNT splits two international soccer friendlies with Portugal. The Americans had a very young team with a median age of 20. England beats Brazil in World Cup qualifying but loses to Australia. Canada loses to both Switzerland and the Netherlands without scoring a goal. Their goalless streak has reached 274 minutes. Angel City FC defender Elizabeth Eddy writes an op-ed urging the NWSL to ban transgender and intersex players from the league. Michaela and Vanessa explain why she’s wrong by driving truck-sized holes through her faulty and contradictory arguments. AFC Toronto is a heavy favourite vs. Montreal Roses FC in the kickoff to the NSL playoffs, while Vancouver Rise FC hosts Ottawa Rapid FC in the other semifinal.

Ottawa Rapid FC striker D.B. Pridham has her name etched in history as the Northern Super league’s first-ever Golden Boot winner and she joins the show to give her impressions and highlights of the NSL’s just-completed inaugural regular season! Michaela and Vanessa preview the NSL Playoffs – it’ll be Toronto vs. Montreal in one semifinal and Ottawa vs. Vancouver in the other. The expansion Toronto Tempo hire two-time WNBA champion Sandy Brondello as their first-ever head coach. What share of WNBA’s revenues should the players get? It’s the main sticking-point in CBA negotiations between the league and the union right now. PWHL Vancouver and Seattle have released their jerseys and Michaela and Vanessa have… thoughts. What’s the most you’d spend tickets to on a playoff/championship game to see your favourite team?

Vanessa is back from her Sicilian odyssey and she wasn’t the only one partying – the 2025 WNBA Champion Las Vegas Aces have been living it up ever since they swept the Phoenix Mercury in the Finals. Las Vegas was dominant, losing only three games since August 2nd. A’ja Wilson becomes the first player to win both regular season and Finals MVP awards in the same year after averaging 28 points per game in the playoffs – we’re witnessing greatness. Are the Aces a dynasty after winning three titles in four years? WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert is getting the Gary Bettman treatment – booed mercifully while trying to hand out hardware. A wild offseason lies ahead for the WNBA: two new teams are about to enter the league, 80% of the players are unrestricted free agents and a work stoppage is on the horizon. Lioness Millie Bright retires from the English national team. Christen Press also retires after a decorated NWSL and USNWT career. The 2026 IIHF World Championships will move from April to November. Sue Bird turned 45 this week and happy forever-29th birthday to Vanessa!

Asia Hogen-Rochester scored two tries for Canada in the Rugby World Cup final and tells us what it was like hauling in silver on the biggest stage. Ottawa Charge forward Rebecca Leslie joins the show now that the PWHL schedule has been released with new cities to visit in Vancouver and Seattle. Commissioner Cathy Engelbert addressed the media prior to the start of the WNBA finals and then the Las Vegas Aces went to work, surging to a 3-0 series lead over Phoenix. Was former assistant coach Jasmine Mander scapegoated for the Canada Soccer 2024 drone scandal? Angel City FC defender and New Zealand captain Ali Riley retires. And Michaela reads listener mail!

Napheesa Collier uses her platform to call out WNBA leadership after being injured in the playoffs with no foul called. Inconsistent officiating in Game 3 between Minnesota and Phoenix led to suspensions and fines for coaches who dared to question the league. The players feel disrespected as CBA negotiations are going nowhere. Indiana put up a good fight, but the Las Vegas Aces are off to face the Pheonix Mercury in the WNBA Finals. The Dallas Wings fire their head coach. Emma Regan, captain of AFC Toronto, joins the show to give her impressions of the newly unveiled Diana B. Matheson trophy, which AFC Toronto will be vying for in the NSL playoffs. The 2025-26 PWHL schedule is finally out!