Women’s Sports Weekly

The NWSL Semifinals were spicy! Carolyn and Danielle discuss the Washington Spirit’s win over Gotham FC featuring imaginary yellow cards, cotton candy hair, and penalty kicks. Then Carolyn throws shade at Florida and highlights Marta’s clever footwork in Orlando Pride’s win over the KC Current. The Dallas Wings score the #1 spot in the lottery for the WNBA draft and Danielle shares her love for UCONN’s Paige Bueckers. However, the best part of the episode is the interview with the owners of The 99ers Sports Bar, Miranda Spencer and Annie Weaver. The 99ers opens Friday, November 22nd. Miranda and Annie share how they decided to become business partners, the trials and tribulations of opening a bar, and their vision for the future. Carolyn suspects she may be the first person to be thrown out of the bar. Listen in and be sure to give @The99ersSportsBar a follow on all the socials!

What a week. Carolyn and Danielle begin by covering Coco Gauff’s win at the WTA Finals in Saudi Arabia. They deep dive into sportswashing, a practice commonly used by countries to attract sports while distracting from their horrible reputation. They highlight South Carolina’s win over NC State in NCAA basketball and Gotham’s win over the Portland Thorns in the NWSL quarterfinals. Rate the pod, send a screenshot via Instagram @WomensSportsWeeklyPod, and receive a sticker!

It’s spooky season! Carolyn and Danielle start the episode by discussing things that haunt Carolyn. Can anyone else relate? Then they highlight USWNT wins featuring Wilma Jean Wrinkles and top scorer for the US, Naomi Girma?! Danielle highlights Nebraska’s win over Wisconsin in NCAA Volleyball and ACC Cross Country Championships. Carolyn highlights coaching changes in the WNBA and pitches an idea for a reality T.V. show featuring the referees. They deep dive into NWSL playoffs and Chrstine Sinclair’s historic career. Rate the pod, send a screenshot via Instagram @WomensSportsWeeklyPod, and receive a sticker!

Have you been wondering where the hosts from WSW have been? Well tune into this week’s episode to learn all about Carolyn and Danielle’s trip to Kenya. There were amazing people, delicious food, and wild animals. Consider donating to Haki Health: hakihealthkenya.org. In this week’s episode the ladies cover highlights of what they missed and go deep into Game 5 of the WNBA Finals. College basketball is right around the corner and Carolyn and Danielle make their way too early prediction of the Final Four.

This week Carolyn and Danielle sat down with Doshia Woods, the head coach at the University of Denver Women’s Basketball program. Coach Woods’s story is really inspiring from how she grew up in East Topeka Kansas to now having over 20 years of coaching experience. She shared lessons learned as a head coach, how she takes care of herself, and is a great example of practicing what you preach. You do not want to miss this one.

This week Carolyn and Danielle sat down with Dea and Lindsey Vander Fertgus, the founders of the WNBA Club Denver. Dea and Lindsey share how they met each other (which is the cutest thing you will ever hear) and then share all about how the WNBA Club came to be. They talk about underrated players in the WNBA and hopes for the future. They care about the success of the WNBA and its players so much. We can’t wait for you to listen!

This week, Danielle highlights Texas’s win over Florida in NCAA Volleyball. Carolyn highlights Wake Forest’s win over Florida State in NCAA Soccer to snap FSU’s 32 game unbeaten streak. Then they deep dive into the WNBA Semifinals. The New York Liberty are headed to the finals while the Minnesota Lynx and Connecticut Sun head to game five. Danielle is upset she won’t see an Aces celebration, but does think Ellie the Elephant is going to give the audience a Finals experience they won’t forget. For the next two weeks, Women’s Sports Weekly will have interviews with some really amazing people in Women’s Sports. Stay tuned!

Carolyn and Danielle pop champagne (prosseco) to celebrate their athletic achievements over the weekend. Carolyn highlights Washington Spirit’s win over Angel City in the NWSL and Danielle highlights ultra runner, Tara Dower who became the fastest person on record to complete the Appalachian Trail. Carolyn takes her bitterness from last week that Denver was not selected for a WNBA expansion team and turns it into an opinion article featured in the Denver Post. Then they deep dive into the WNBA semifinal matchups between NY Liberty and Las Vegas Aces and Minnesota Lynx and Connecticut Sun.

This week Carolyn and Danielle share about their week filled with social events and WNBA games. Danielle gives us an overview of Pitt’s historic start to their volleyball season and sweeping victory over Penn State. Then they complain about the WNBA’s expansion team in Portland and cover playoff matchups. They discuss WNBA season awards and then get into superlatives they made up for the players in the WNBA. This episode is a silly one!

This week’s podcast starts with A’ja Wilson as she continues to break WNBA records. She becomes the first WNBA player to score 1,000 points in a season and secures the all-time single season scoring record. Carolyn and Danielle discuss the race to the WNBA playoffs as the regular season closes out this week. Then they chat golf for the first time ever on the podcast and cover the Solheim Cup. Transportation was an issue and caddies took their shirts off. Danielle deep dives into the rise of flag football in the United States which will make an appearance in the 2028 Olympics. Will Danielle try to make the team? Take a listen to find out.