The GIST

Athletes Unlimited shuts down its lacrosse league as the sport’s calendar becomes crowded

On Wednesday, Athletes Unlimited (AU) announced it’s indefinitely suspending its AU Pro Lacrosse league. After jumpstarting opportunities in four sports — softball, basketball, lacrosse, and volleyball — within the past four years, this is the first time the company has suspended operations for one of its leagues.

December 20, 2024

Women’s Lacrosse League launches amid sport’s continued growth

🥍

On Wednesday, the men’s Premier Lacrosse League (PLL) launched the Women’s Lacrosse League (WLL), a new pro women’s league set to take the field in February 2025. PLL communications manager Grace Hamilton chatted with The GIST yesterday to shed light on the league’s decision to go pro on the women’s side.

November 15, 2024

It’s championship weekend for women’s and men’s lacrosse

🥍

Both the women’s and men’s national tournaments wrap up this weekend.

May 24, 2024

Northwestern’s Izzy Scane will make history in the NCAA women’s lacrosse tourney this weekend

🥍

No. 1 Northwestern’s sixth-year attacker Izzy Scane is the women’s lacrosse moment, and as the national tourney kicks off today, she’s proving why.

May 10, 2024

Top NCAA women’s lacrosse teams are fighting for automatic NCAA bids in conference tourneys

🥍

Teams are feverishly trying to lock down conference tournament trophies — and the automatic berths to the national tournament that come with them — ahead of Sunday’s selection show.

May 01, 2024

Two of NCAA women’s lacrosse’s top teams meet in a national championship rematch tomorrow.

🥍

One of the sport’s spiciest rivalries will add another chapter with a rematch of the 2023 national championship game.

February 28, 2024

Everything you need to know about the 2024 NCAA women’s lacrosse season

🥍

Who can stop No. 1 Northwestern's quest for a second straight national women's lacrosse championship?

February 09, 2024

College

How NCAA lacrosse works

🥍

August 02, 2023

Channel your inner Regina George and grab your lacrosse stick because this spring sport has exploded in popularity over the last decade, spreading from its East Coast roots to the Big Ten’s Midwest and beyond.

Read Full Story

The GIST of It Podcast

Ep #433

A 4 Nations preview, plus Trump's trans athlete ban

February 11, 2025

Listen on Apple Music Listen on Spotify

A 4 Nations preview, plus Trump's trans athlete ban

Today’s episode of The GIST of It has a little bit of everything with one tournament preview and one WTF moment on deck. Co-hosts Ellen Hyslop and Steph Rotz start things off by discussing the upcoming 4 Nations Face-Off, an NHL hockey tourney that’ll pit Team USA, Team Canada, Team Finland, and Team Sweden against each other for international glory. Icy and spicy.

Then in part two, El and Steph unfortunately have to dig into a massive WTF moment following last week’s news that U.S. president Donald Trump signed an executive order barring trans athletes from competing in women’s sports. El and Steph discuss what exactly an executive order does and the devastating impact this move will have on girls’ and women’s sports.