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She's Got Game #197 Mar 08, 2025

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It’s women’s history month so Michaela and Vanessa name their women of the week. They’re also joined by Teresa Resch, president of the WBNA expansion Toronto Tempo, who has a major announcement regarding team ownership. There are 31 NCAA Conference Championships going on: it’s madness. It’s Paige Buecker’s last ride with UConn. The New York Sirens set a new PWHL record with a nine-game losing streak.

She's Got Game #196 Mar 01, 2025

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Diana Taurasi – the most-decorated women’s basketball player ever – retires after 20 WNBA seasons as the league’s all-time leading scorer, with three WNBA titles and six (!) Olympic Gold medals. Michaela and Vanessa catch up with fun-loving Ottawa Charge goalie Gweneth Philips! Toronto is charging up the PWHL standings. Canada wins soccer’s Pinatar Cup! Japan takes down the U.S. to capture the She Believes Cup. And don’t look now, but the Texas Longhorns are suddenly the NCAA’s top team.

She's Got Game #195 Feb 22, 2025

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The Northern Super League has released its schedule and Michaela and Vanessa chat with Ottawa Rapid FC head coach Katrine Peterson. South Carolina’s incredible 71-game home win streak comes to an end after a blowout loss to UConn. USC guard JuJu Watkins puts up a 38-point game as the NCAA Conference Championships and March Madness lurch ever-closer. Maya Moore and Sue Bird are among the finalists to get on the ballot to gain entrance into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. The Connecticut Sun deny Marina Mabrey’s trade request. The WNBA is about to tab Cleveland as its 16th franchise. Napheesa Collier beats Canadian Aaliyah Edwards in the 1v1 Tournament final. The NWSL salary cap is going up.

She's Got Game #194 Feb 15, 2025

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Canada wins this year’s Rivalry Series over the Americans in a fifth-and-deciding game. Should the Rivalry Series be replaced with an NHL-style Four Nations Face-Off? Natalie Spooner returns from the IR for PWHL Toronto, just as the Sceptres lose Sarah Nurse to injury. Brianna Stewart gets bounced in round 1 of the Unrivaled 1v1 Tournament, an event she co-created! Here’s a hypothetical: which two non-basketball female athletes would you like to see square off in a 1v1 tourney? We’re just four weeks away from NCAA Selection Sunday. Sam Kerr is found not guilty of racially aggravated harassment.

She's Got Game #193 Feb 09, 2025

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NSL co-founder Diana Matheson joins Michaela and Vanessa two months from kickoff of the league’s inaugural season! The Indiana Fever are loading up in WNBA free agency. The Phoenix Mercury retool quickly after the departures of Griner & Taurasi. A’ja Wilson and Caitlin Clark have their college jerseys retired. Michaela and Vanessa regale us with tales of their visit to a Sceptres game in Toronto! Here comes an Orlando Pride championship docuseries. The Sam Kerr trial is a waste of taxpayer dollars.

She's Got Game #192 Feb 01, 2025

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Piper Logan of Canada’s Rugby Sevens joins Michaela and Vanessa as Canada has some big tournaments coming up. Blockbuster trades in the WNBA, including a three-way that sees Seattle land the second overall pick in the upcoming draft. Soccer transfers keep coming fast and furious in the WSL. The NWSL exodus continues: is it politically motivated? Do the PWHL’s Ottawa Charge have a scoring problem? Will Nashville get a WNBA team?

She's Got Game #191 Jan 25, 2025

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Paige Bueckers reaches 2000 points and is the fastest player in UConn history to do it. Dawn Staley becomes the highest paid coach in women’s college basketball. Is Diana Taurasi retiring from the WNBA? Will Brittney Griner test free agency? Is the new Unrivaled 3-on-3 women’s basketball league a smashing success? We had transfers and retirements galore in the soccer world as NWSL players keep bolting for Europe. The 2025 NWSL schedule is out. Michaela and Vanessa pick apart the transphobic Federal Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, which came closer to becoming law in the U.S. 60,000 fans have turned out so far over the first four stops of the PWHL’s Takeover Tour.

She's Got Game #190 Jan 18, 2025

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Why did four-time Olympian Desiree Scott come out of retirement to play with Ottawa Rapid FC? Find out as Michaela and Vanessa caught-up with the gold-medal-winning Canadian soccer star! NSL player signings are coming fast and furious, including Quinn going to Vancouver. Casey Stoney is the new head coach of the Canadian Women’s National Soccer Team. Canada beats the U.S. in the IIHF U-18 championship final. The Unrivaled 3-on-3 basketball league’s inaugural season tips off this week.

She's Got Game #189 Jan 11, 2025

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The biggest trade in PWHL history (so-far) goes down on December 30th as the Ottawa Charge and Toronto Sceptres swap four players. Who won the trade? Megan Rapinoe and Sue Bird were in attendance in Seattle for the PWHL’s Takeover Tour, which also hit up Vancouver, where Marie-Philip Poulin scored an incredible GWG from her knees. Is Ottawa Charge netminder Emerance Maschmeyer the best goalie in the PWHL? Michaela and Vanessa make their 2025 women’s sports predictions. Marta eschews retirement and instead signs for two more years with the defending-NWSL-champion Orlando Pride. The NWSL will expand to Denver. The NSL’s Ottawa Rapid FC sign their first four players.

She's Got Game #188 Jan 04, 2025

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2024 was truly the year of women's sports. Michaela and Vanessa look back at some of their best interviews of the year with women in sports media. You'll hear from Tessa Bonhomme, Julia Tocheri, Kenzie Lalonde, Claire Hanna and Kayla Grey!

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