✍️ Rewriting the record books
A record-breaking weekend for the PWHL and NWSL
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Beyond the Madness, it was a truly incredible weekend for women’s sports, with records broken across the PWHL and NWSL.
March 18, 2024
🏒 Light that lamp
The puck drops on the NCAA women’s ice hockey national tournament tomorrow
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The puck drops on the first round of the national tournament tomorrow — aka perfect timing since women’s hockey is the moment.
March 13, 2024
🏆 Make way for the comeback kids
Colorado wins NCAA Skiing Championships, Arkansas and Texas Tech take indoor track & field titles
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Winter sports’ first national champs were crowned this weekend, with more coming down the pipe at breakneck speed.
March 11, 2024
🏒 Ice cold
PWHL lands three key partnerships as U.S. companies increase sponsorship in league
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The PWHL just keeps winning. This week, the women’s hockey league signed the Women’s Sports Network (WSN) as its first U.S. national broadcast partner and brought on two financial services companies — Bread Financial and Discover.
February 16, 2024
🏒 Lookin’ at the truth
PWHL showcase draws a record 16.4K crowd at NHL All-Star Weekend
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The stars were out last Thursday during NHL All-Star Weekend, but Justin Bieber wasn’t the only one to steal the show. PWHL players shone in a 3-on-3 showcase in front of 16.4K fans at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena, marking the first complete official event for women’s hockey at All-Star Weekend.
February 05, 2024
🏒 Naming names
The 2018 World Juniors team players facing sexual assault allegations have been revealed
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The five players at the center of an investigation into sexual assault allegations against members of Canada’s gold medal–winning 2018 World Juniors team have been revealed.
January 31, 2024
🏒 Sick and tired of being sick and tired
Five players from Canada’s gold medal–winning 2018 World Juniors team are reportedly facing sexual assault charges
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Five players from Canada’s gold medal–winning 2018 World Juniors team are reportedly facing sexual assault charges and have been ordered to surrender to authorities in London, Ontario.
January 26, 2024
🤑 Putting all the chips on the table
The Toronto Maple Leafs signed William Nylander to an eight-year $92M extension
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January 10, 2024
The rumors were, in fact, true. Longtime Toronto Maple Leafs forward William Nylander scored the biggest total value payday in Leafs history on Monday, signing an eight-year, $92M contract extension — with an average annual value (AAV) of $11.5M — that will begin next season.
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NWSL season start & NCAA basketball Selection Sunday preview
Ep #349

NWSL season start & NCAA basketball Selection Sunday preview

March 14, 2024

Happy Pi Day!

On today’s episode of The GIST of It, co-hosts Ellen Hyslop and Steph Rotz are serving up slices from a stacked sports weekend ahead.

First up, the gals preview what’s bound to be a massive NWSL season before the new campaign kicks off on Friday. From a new media rights deal, to new expansion teams entering the fold, to star players rocking new jerseys, there’s a lot to unpack on the pitch.

Then for part two, El and Steph are hooping it up ahead of Selection Sunday on March 17th. The women’s and men’s March Madness brackets drop on St. Patrick’s Day, but there’s no luck needed here with these two as your guides to the college game.

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🍺 Worth a shot
Woody Creek Distillers is the first premier U.S. partner of the PWHL
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With the move, the Colorado distillery follows a trend of alcoholic beverage companies investing extensively in women’s sports.
January 10, 2024
🏒 Pucking up steam
Highlights of the inaugural PWHL season so far
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It’s been eight days since the puck dropped for the first-ever PWHL game, and in that span, the league has broken the attendance record for pro women’s hockey — twice — and seen viewership numbers in the millions.
January 08, 2024
🏒 A new hope
The PWHL is already seeing early ROI for its inaugural season
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The PWHL dropped its first puck on New Year’s Day, and the new women’s pro hockey league is already seeing early ROI thanks to fans, sponsors, and media partners showing up for its inaugural season.
January 03, 2024
The inaugural PWHL season kicks off on New Year's Day
The inaugural PWHL season kicks off on New Year's Day
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The Professional Women’s Hockey League’s (PWHL) first season kicks off today when the puck drops at 12:30 p.m. ET in Toronto.
January 01, 2024
The Chicago Blackhawks terminated Corey Perry’s contract due to “unacceptable conduct”
The Chicago Blackhawks terminated Corey Perry’s contract due to “unacceptable conduct”
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The Chicago Blackhawks terminated longtime NHLer Corey Perry’s contract due to “unacceptable conduct” yesterday, the latest in a drama-filled story that’s gripped hockey fans from coast to coast.
November 29, 2023
The fourth edition of the Rivalry Series is back
The fourth edition of the Rivalry Series is back
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Before women’s hockey’s brightest stars take the ice for PWHL training camp on November 15th, Team Canada and Team USA’s best drop the puck on the fourth edition of the Rivalry Series, a seven-game exhibition matchup between these bitter foes.
November 08, 2023