Courtside with Laura Correnti

About Courtside with Laura Correnti

Women’s sports aren’t just growing—they’re booming. And Courtside is where you’ll get the inside track on the deals, disruptors, and dollars driving the industry forward. Hosted by Laura Correnti, award-winning media executive and founder of Deep Blue Sports & Entertainment, this podcast goes beyond the scores to spotlight the power players, trends, and investments shaping the future of this billion-dollar business. From groundbreaking sponsorships to media rights battles and the investors betting big, Courtside delivers the play-by-play on how women’s sports are changing the game. Whether you’re an industry insider, investor, athlete, or a fan ready to see women’s sports thrive, this is your front-row seat to the action: Courtside.

Publisher

iHeartPodcasts

Category

business · sports

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

21 Mar 2025

Latest episode

16 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 28 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   16 Jul 2026

   Away Game: Courtside Live at Cannes!

   Host Laura Correnti interviews Olympic champions Allyson Felix and Sue Bird at Cannes Lions, exploring the massive brand opportunity in women's sports.

2. 

   28 May 2026

   Game Tape: A Courtside Review of Athlete Health

   Host Laura Correnti interviews industry experts on building athlete health infrastructure, emphasizing its human and business value amidst growing women's sports investment.

3. 

   15 May 2026

   Yael Averbach West on Building a Dynasty at Gotham FC

   Host Laura Correnti interviews Yael Averbach West, GM of NJ/NY Gotham FC, about building a championship club and transforming women's professional soccer.

Inside a recent episode

Building Community is the Business Plan with Jenny Nguyen

Published 16 Apr 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] You have to be almost like a rabid fan to one, find where the game is showing because it was so hard to like even search times, days when your league is playing. And so creating that space, like for me, it was just wicked into sports. But then I opened the space for myself too. And as a queer Asian woman, I kind of combined this intersectionality inadvertently. And so what happened was when we announced that we were opening, there was a bunch of queer newspapers from across the country that were just like, a new lesbian bar is coming to Portland. And they'd reach out and I'd be like, well, that's not entirely true, but it's not false either. […]

Who has been a guest on Courtside with Laura Correnti

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Allyson Felix
• Sue Bird
• Yael Averbach West
• Karina LeBlanc
• Nikki Ogunnaike

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

419,108,275

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.4 / 5

13 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 60 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

63

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

51

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.

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