Toss that confetti!

March Madness has sadly come to an end, but there’s still plenty to celebrate, especially from the historic and record-setting women’s tournament. On today’s episode of The GIST of It, co-hosts Ellen Hyslop and Steph Rotz recap the eye-popping numbers from the women’s action before highlighting a few standout players who really changed the game. Ballin’, baby.

Thank you to Aflac and the PGA for sponsoring today’s episode! Aflac puts their money where their mouth is when it comes to growing women’s sports, and they really come in clutch by helping you with expenses that health insurance doesn’t cover. Learn more at aflac.com.

The RBC PGA Scramble is Canada’s largest grassroots amateur golf tournament, and if your team’s successful at your regional, you’ll win an all-expenses paid trip to the National Final in Nova Scotia’s Cabot Cape Breton. Wrangle up four pals and visit rbcpgascramble.com for more info.

And then there were four!

The women’s and men’s March Madness Final Four action tips off this weekend, with the women starting the party on Friday before the men square off on Saturday. So on today’s episode of The GIST of It, co-hosts Ellen Hyslop and Steph Rotz preview the hoop-tastic weekend ahead, chatting through the teams and players to know. By the next time we talk, the champs will have been crowned!

Shoutout to Aflac for sponsoring today’s episode. Aflac helps bridge the gaps that health insurance doesn’t cover, just like they’re helping to close the gap in women’s sports coverage through their support of this pod. Learn more at Aflac.com.

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The gals are back with a full-send episode on women’s hockey ahead of the start of the IIHF Women’s Worlds Championship, the top competition in the sport outside of the Winter Olympics. With the historic inaugural PWHL season underway, co-hosts Ellen Hyslop and Steph Rotz dig into the exploding interest in the women’s game in part one, followed by a tourney preview in part two.

Thank you to Aflac for sponsoring this women’s sports-centric episode. Powering our pod is just one of the ways Aflac is supporting women’s sports — they’re also collaborating with South Carolina women’s basketball head coach Dawn Staley on Dawn’s List, an initiative to address equity issues in women’s college hoops. Learn more (and about how they can help tackle your health insurance gaps) at Aflac.com.