Journalist Frankie de la Cretaz joins us to talk women’s sports and all things WNBA! We dig into player and WAG fashion, the visibility of queer families on and off the court, the truth about trans athletes, and mother-athletes past, present and future.

Links:

* Frankie De La Cretaz on Substack

* Frankie’s book, Hail Mary: The Rise and Fall of the National Women’s Football League

* Molly Dickens’ the Maternal Stress Project

* WNBA Documentaries 144 and The Power of the Dream

* Basketball Wives

* Angel Reese on Insta

* Woxer

* WNBA x Skims campaign

* TBOY Wrestling

* So You Think You Know A Lot About The Titanic by Janet Manley

* Oh Mary!

* No Taste Like Home

* North of North

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