Paralympics: Bigger than sport
Paralympics: Bigger than sport
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The GIST: Nine days and 78 events later, the 2022 Winter Paralympics finished with yesterday’s Closing Ceremony, but the images of strength and resilience on display in Beijing will last well beyond the Games.
March 14, 2022
Olympics: What these games showed us about figure skating in Russia
Olympics: What these games showed us about figure skating in Russia
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February 18, 2022
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Ep #362

NBA & NHL playoffs updates, Candace Parker retires & WNBA training camp breakdown

April 30, 2024
NBA & NHL playoffs updates, Candace Parker retires & WNBA training camp breakdown

Happy last pod in April!

Today’s episode of The GIST of It is another loaded three-parter as co-hosts Ellen Hyslop and Steph Rotz discuss some major women’s hoops news plus the latest from the NHL and NBA playoffs.

Up first, the gals give all the flowers to basketball legend Candace Parker, who retired over the weekend after 16 game-changing seasons in the WNBA. Then for part two, El and Steph discuss who’s through and who’s on the brink of being eliminated as the NHL and NBA first-round playoff action continues.

Then to close it out, it’s back to the women’s basketball court for an explainer on WNBA training camp and what the league is doing (and not doing) to keep their talent hooping in North America.

Big shout out to Aflac for supporting today’s episode! Just like The GIST tackles the gap in women’s sports coverage, Aflac closes the gap that health insurance leaves behind. Learn more at aflac.com.

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Olympics: Team Canada takes gold in women's hockey
Olympics: Team Canada takes gold in women's hockey
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The GIST: While Canada’s men’s hockey team was eliminated yesterday, the women are 2022 Olympic gold medalists. So nice, we had to write it twice.
February 17, 2022
Olympics: More on Kamila Valieva - the 15-year-old ROC star figure skater
Olympics: More on Kamila Valieva - the 15-year-old ROC star figure skater
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The GIST: With next week’s women’s singles figure skating competition looming, the story of Kamila Valieva — the 15-year-old ROC star figure skater at the center of a doping controversy — continues to accelerate.
February 11, 2022