Hoops Off

About Hoops Off

Sports! Athletes! Activism! Hoops Off is sports talk from a woman’s point of view. Each week, Liz Lapp and Karen Uyenco discuss the latest ways Sports is intersecting with women’s issues, culture and society. Sports journalists, athletes, activists, agents, talent, comedians, and more join them to bring additional perspectives to the discussion. New episodes weekly. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Publisher

Liz Lapp and Karen Uyenco

Category

society & culture · sports

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

20 Jan 2019

Latest episode

26 Feb 2025

Latest episodes

1 of 144 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   26 Feb 2025

   What Do We Do With a Boy Named Luka? NBA and W Trading Games

   The trade deadline did not go gentle into that good night, instead it went bonkers and shocked everyone with one of the most blockbuster trades in NBA history. And the WNBA had some serious movements that have changed the landscape moving forward into the new season. But back to the NBA trade that shook the world... Luka Doncic and Anthony Davis. Liz and Karen break down the rumors, the potential and the follies of this trade. They also look at other impactful trades in the NBA, including Jimmy Butler's forced move from the Miami Heat to Karen's Golden State Warriors. And on the WNBA side of things, Both Karen and Liz discuss the winners and losers and pick their top 3 teams for next W season. Hoops come off once again as we want more merch!

2. 

   21 Feb 2025

   NBA All-Stars (Still) Sucks

   When did the NBA All-Stars start sucking and can Adam Silver save this unofficial mid-regular season break from further calamity. Liz and Karen break down the weekend event that put the Bay back on the map. Karen reports from the ground with an insider's look at the All Star parties, panels and activations. Her favorites include Hennessey, Wing Stop and Crocs! Liz gives her take from her VIP seat on her home sofa and wonders why the stadiums look so empty. Both give hard critiques as well as ways Adam Silver can save this hallmark of the NBA games. Adam pick up the phone!

3. 

   19 Feb 2025

   Winners and Losers: Coming up on Hoops Off

   Karen and Liz are headed your way with hot takes on All Stars, trades, and more. Get ready.

Inside a recent episode

Belly Up to the Sports Bra! Also: the NBA Cup's New Identity

Published 15 Nov 2024 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And the experience is very universal, I found out now after opening the sports bra. But I felt like it was just me and my friends experiencing this in Portland, which was that these spaces... did not feel like they were meant for people who looked like me. And it became, kind of the status quo. It became normalized for us to feel unsafe, unwelcome. Maybe we'd all sit down, a big group of us order drinks and food, ask them to change a channel and they'd be like, nope, sorry, can't. And then we're stuck, you know? And that was just like a bummer, but also status quo. Like we accepted it for a long time as just the way things are. you know, and then so my fandom built, I found kind of there was a void in the market and I desired, I wondered, first I wondered if there was a market for it or if it was just me and my friends. […]

Reach and audience

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

YouTube views

1,754

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.3 / 5

44 ratings

Spotify

3.8 / 5

9 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 58 / 100

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

Quality

60

Social presence

0

YouTube

68

Engagement

75

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