Happy WNBA Season 30 Opening Day! Part 2 of Good Game’s WNBA season preview features the Western Conference teams. From the Aces’ dynasty to the Storm’s new-look roster, I get you caught up on the stories, stakes, stats, stars & sounds you need to know. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...

If Sue Bird is now one of Connecticut's official birds, Wingspan also better include her in the game's next expansion pack.

With the NWSL, WNBA and PWHL all overlapping this weekend, this is your 52-hour warning to acquire a few extra screens ahead of Friday night. (All times eastern.) 6:30pm: LOU-POR ⚽ 7:00pm: BOS-OTT 🏒 7:30pm: CON-NYL 🏀 7:30pm: WAS-TOR 🏀 8:00pm: ORL-NC ⚽ 8:30pm ET: MTL-MIN 🏒 10:00pm: GSV-SEA 🏀

“Reminded that she had called Engelbert ’the worst leadership in the world,’ Collier stepped back slightly. ’Thinking about the state of the world right now, I think that's a little dramatic,’ Collier said.” 💀 💀💀

Really we all should root for a Knicks-Sixers playoff series every year because it’s one of the few matchups where the teams commute back and forth via chartered Amtrak trains instead of chartered flights. Tons of C02 emissions saved (Sixers boarding train pics from 2024)

While negotiating the retired player recognition payments for the new CBA, Tina Charles brought up the idea that, if a retired player is deceased, their beneficiary should receive the payment. That made it into the final agreement. Just one aspect of the rich legacy she left off the court

Seattle Storm guard & one half of the StudBudz, Natisha Hiedeman, shares the origins of the streaming duo & the moments that make her realize it’s more than just a side hustle. Full ep: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g... Watch the full interview later today on the iHeart Women’s Sports YouTube.

BREAKING: The Sky are signing guard Natasha Cloud to a one year deal at $555,000, sources tell @theathletic.com.

Montréal Victoire forward Abby Roque on a suspension affording her the chance to get a different perspective on Victoire games. Full episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g... Watch the full interview on the iHeart Women’s Sports YouTube later today!

Good Game celebrates 450! @byalexazzi.bsky.social, @biancahillier.bsky.social & I talk how the women’s sports landscape has changed since the show’s launch, the highs & lows of growth, and why we’re worried about Cathy Engelbert’s comments about “fragility.” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...

Mary Cain helped publicly expose the toxicity of famed coach Alberto Salazar & the Nike Oregon Project. She shares how she decided to write about the lies she was told then versus what she knows to be true now. Full ep podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g... Watch on the iHeart Women’s Sports YouTube

Boston Fleet captain and U.S. Olympic hero Megan Keller on her post-gold appearance on SNL and that deafening cheer from the audience when she and Hilary Knight walked out. Full episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g... Watch the full interview on the iHeart Women’s Sports YouTube.

Boston Fleet captain and U.S. Olympic hero Megan Keller talks PWHL playoffs, taking on the role of captain for the Fleet this year, and her favorite memories from the gold medal game and ensuing celebrations (like going on SNL & meeting Connor Storrie!). podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...

Can’t wait for like, 500 articles that are like “as I dived under a table to hide from the shooter I realized I had to be even more sycophantic to the White House”

Good insight from Annie. Imho, what has fueled questions isn’t Cloud’s (general concept) “activism.” It’s the fact that — amid a sea of very politically active WNBA players — shockingly few of them have spoken out about Gaza, specifically.

Also, you know I had to have a Good Game sign out there. (It’s ending the day a bit worse for wear, but it did its job!)

The Athletic’s @chanteljennings.bsky.social talks the biggest WNBA storylines as training camps get underway, new CBA provisions like EPIC contracts & development players, which draft picks seem best set up for success & which might not stick. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...

(national media columnist writing their first WNBA story ever voice) We shouldn't be asking WNBA players whether they're dating .......... we should be asking them why they aren't dating Caitlin Clark, after all she has done for women's sports

Last month in The Onion:

Y’ALL. Look at this cat named after us! (Me, Bianca, Alex = Big Citrus) Dr. Edie Oliver wrote us to say: “I’m a big fan of the show! I love catching up on women’s sports while I get ready every morning to go to my job as a vet at Stray Rescue, a large non-profit animal rescue in St. Louis… (1/)

I think we're already seeing how these hugely increased salaries can encourage talent to spread out around the league a bit more than before. Choice of 100k on a good, stacked team vs 150k on a bad one is rather different from 500k on the good one vs 1.2m on the bad one. #WNBA

Big Citrus celebrates basketball’s taint week — the *little* stretch b/w the Final Four & the WNBA Draft. @byalexazzi.bsky.social, @biancahillier.bsky.social & I discuss the transfer portal, which teams will draft which stars & picking out the perfect Draft ‘fit. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...

- The highest attended panel of the weekend 🙌🏻 - The highest attended Beyond the Baseline panel EVER 🥇 Shouts to Capital One, the iHeart team, and of course the goats, Sue & Diana. We broke our own record from last year. 👑 Watch the live show: youtu.be/b9G9SiVAL5g?...

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Mary Kate Shea, the woman responsible for getting the world’s best to the Boston Marathon starting line, shares how she scouts & recruits future champs, the behind-the-scenes amenities offered to pros in the field & the best spot for fans to watch all the action. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...

(watching a movie where a character announces that he will destroy a city if they don't meet his specific demands by a certain deadline) oh that's probably the good guy in this movie

yeah man i'll circle back to you on that agenda item from yesterday's all hands in just a sec. our pedophile king just threatened to destroy a whole civilization

Plenty to criticize about the Chicago Sky, but this framing is wild. 🤔

I used to write the WaPo editorials on US-Africa policy, as well on as human rights and politics on the continent. To describe hundreds of thousands of deaths on the continent as “messy” is an absolute abomination.

Wasn’t able to watch UConn-South Carolina live cause I was busy doing this. But damn I can’t wait to watch the replay tmrw. PS: @rodger.bsky.social … my founding father is named Roger Sherman. Picked him off a list of 40 based on name only.

Final Four time! byalexazzi.bsky.social, @biancahillier.bsky.social & I bravely put our final predictions on the record for all to hear. And take a walk down memory lane with Dawn Staley, Sarah Strong & some other friends of the show competing this weekend! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...

ICYMI: Good Game with Sarah Spain interviews are now available in full on the iHeart Women’s Sports YouTube channel! youtu.be/gUOtWy0hC1I?...

TOO MANY BALLS !

If you read or enjoyed any WNBA CBA updates over the past month (and tbh the 16 months before that), you can thank the Langham Four! 🫡 Behind of the scenes of what it took to deliver the latest news during the marathon negotiations, today on Good Game ⤵️

Songs on the “Divas of the Court: Songs from the WNBA” soundtrack: “Ladies First,” “Jumpin Jumpin” …”Galileo?!” — not on my shortlist for pregame hype songs. @emmabaccellieri.bsky.social & @heyjordanr.bsky.social talk their book Court Queens & that soundtrack. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...

How can this go on for another 3 years?

the picture of the Wisconsin basketball players eagerly watching the stenographer go to work like it was the greatest thing they'd ever seen

Kirsten “Incredibly Clutch in OT” Simms What a call!

And here's the Jeopardy clip of me affirming my Wisconsin-ness, going right for the sports questions and being thrilled to beat Harrison to the buzzer on the $1000 clue bc he lives in England (courtesy Jeopardy on IG)

Update: The Chicago Stars website now includes game results!

Vanderbilt coach Shea Ralph & superstar sophomore Mikayla Blakes talk about a disappointing SEC Tourney loss that saw Ralph get ejected. Listen to the full episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g... And watch the full interview with Ralph & Blakes on the iHeart Women’s Sports YouTube later today!

Y'all. We live in a world where your town's high school JV basketball team posts game scores online. But the Chicago Red Stars don't.

Smh, would’ve been a great opportunity to shout out a @bostonfleet.com player or welcome a @bostonlegacyfc.com player to town. www.boston.com/food/food-ne...

A sneak peek of tomorrow’s episode! Watch @alexaphilippou.bsky.social and I talk about the new WNBA CBA deal! youtu.be/AqF6REh95NE?...

WATCH: Texas point guard Rori Harmon joins me to discuss the Longhorns’ commanding win in the SEC Tourney, playing bigger than her size & what it means for Vic Schaefer to say she’s the best defender he’s ever coached. Plus, emotions ahead of her final NCAA tournament run. youtu.be/3Cqfx7wVEas?...

seems this man has really taken ownership of the lockout photo beat, keep up the good work james black www.nytimes.com/athletic/314...

shoutout to the getty photographer who prepared for a WNBA lockout with this stock photoshoot. the only downside of labor peace is that we have no use for these beautiful images

Numbers that may well not be a coincidence: Highest WNBA cap hit anyone had last season, so largest base salary plus time-off bonus, was Kelsey Mitchell at $269,244. Reported new minimum salary is 'above $300k'. So *everyone* should be making more in 2026 than *anyone* was in 2025. #WNBA

🚨 EXCITING NEWS! 🚨 🚨 WE’RE PIVOTING TO VIDEO! 🚨 jkjkjkjk True story tho: Now you can watch “Good Game with Sarah Spain” interviews IN FULL on the iHeart Women’s Sports YouTube channel! Sarah Strong & KK Arnold, Jeff Kassouf, Oksana Masters & more available now.👇🏻 youtu.be/u1I-23YgekU?...