🥎 A league of their own
NCAA-to-pro pipeline: Softball
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Like many women’s sports, softball’s professional history is messy, but now, one innovative league is bringing stability to the game. Here’s everything you need to know about the top diamond destination for the NCAA’s best: Athletes Unlimited (AU).
June 24, 2024
🥎 Full count
The Women’s College World Series is the latest growth magnet for women’s sports
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The latest NCAA event to demonstrate women’s sports’ massive growth? The Women’s College World Series (WCWS)
June 10, 2024
🥎 Hello, history
Oklahoma softball wins record-breaking fourth straight national championship
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No. 2–seed Oklahoma topped rival No. 1 Texas 8–4 to capture their fourth straight national championship, becoming the first program to ever do so.
June 07, 2024
🤘 No. 1–seed Texas Longhorns
The Women's College World Series championship is set
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The Women’s College World Series (WCWS) best-of-three championship finale begins today at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN. Look out — the Red River Rivalry is coming to the Greatest Show on Dirt.
June 05, 2024
🥎 Diamond’s gotta shine
Four NCAA softball players made history at the NCAA Super Regionals
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May 29, 2024
Superstars dominated the storylines at the long weekend’s Super Regionals.
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Ep #384

Gender parity at the Paris Olympics

July 25, 2024
Gender parity at the Paris Olympics

The Paris Olympics are almost here!

In a very special episode of The GIST of It, co-hosts Ellen Hyslop and Steph Rotz dive into gender parity at the Olympics, sponsored by our pals at Canadian Tire. Since 1900 when women first competed at the Olympics to 2024, there’s been enormous progress in terms of gender equity at the Games — and the Paris Olympics will be the most equitable ever.

In addition to discussing the history of women at the Olympics, this episode features two insightful conversations with Kim Saunders of Canadian Tire and Julia Wilkinson, a former Team Canada Olympic swimmer, who have both seen the growth of women’s sports firsthand from a business and athlete perspective. Trust us — you don’t want to miss this.

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🥎 Feeling Super
NCAA softball’s Super Regionals continue this weekend
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Memorial Day Weekend means grilled food, summer whites, and softball Super Regionals. By Sunday night, the eight-team Women’s College World Series will be set. So spicy, not even the new season of Bridgerton can tear you away.
May 24, 2024
🥎 Lights, camera, dirt, smile
The NCAA softball national championship bracket is set
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With conference tourney champs crowned and the NCAA bracket finalized, 64 Division I (DI) teams now know their path to June’s eight-squad Women’s College World Series.
May 13, 2024
🥎 Highlights for days
NCAA softball conference tournaments are delivering jaw-dropping plays and extra-inning thrillers
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With automatic bids to the national tournament on the line, the girlies are stuffing your feed with web gems, walk-offs, and extra-inning barnburners.
May 10, 2024