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The IX Sports: A women’s sports media company The IX Sports is powered by a single mission: to be your go-to platform for women’s sports coverage. We provide unparalleled and consistent coverage of all women’s sports. Already, we connect the millions of women’s sports fans with plugged-in insiders across six different women’s sports every day with The IX Daily. Our coverage at The IX Basketball is powered by The Next.
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July 2, 2026
<p>Merry off-season, podcast listeners! </p><p><br></p><p>The entire PWHL is taking a much-needed week off, but there's still news to talk about. Montréal Victoire's captain and playoff MVP, Marie-Philip Poulin, announced that she will be undergoing knee surgery and is out for the foreseeable future. What does that mean for Montréal and why is it going to take so long? Maya breaks all of that down in the #1 at the IX. </p><p><br></p><p>Then Maya gives a recap of the other PWHL headlines of the week, including a few of the players at NHL development camps this week, like Chloe Primerano and Abbey Murphy. She also talks about the recent signings and what they might mean for teams going forward. </p><p><br></p><p>Finally, she kicks off an off-season series doing a deep dive into each PWHL team and where they stand heading into next season. Starting with the Vancouver Goldeneyes, Maya talks about who is under contract, some key question marks, like whether Claire Thompson will re-sign, and what pieces they need to figure out before training camp begins. </p><p><br></p><p>Dylan's article on Montréal's future without Poulin: <a href="https://www.theixsports.com/the-ice-garden/pwhl/pwhl-montreal/how-the-montreal-victoire-are-built-to-withstand-marie-philip-poulin-absence/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.theixsports.com/the-ice-garden/pwhl/pwhl-montreal/how-the-montreal-victoire-are-built-to-withstand-marie-philip-poulin-absence/</a></p><p>Maya on the Golden V Podcast: <a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1869778/episodes/19419041-maya-smith-the-ice-garden-vancouver-goldeneyes-pwhl-catchup" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.buzzsprout.com/1869778/episodes/19419041-maya-smith-the-ice-garden-vancouver-goldeneyes-pwhl-catchup</a></p><p>Follow Maya on X: <a href="https://x.com/mayaxeverysport" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://x.com/mayaxeverysport</a></p><p><br></p><p>Photo credit: PWHL</p>
July 1, 2026
<p>It was a wild day and some change in the WNBA and Jackie Powell and Howard Megdal broke it all down. They start at the game that was actually played on Tuesday night, the Liberty vs. Aces for the Commissioner’s Cup Championship and then address the off-court drama that is still brewing in the aftermath of Alyssa Thomas’ suspension. The IX Sports’ Dylan Kane joins the show to explain what we learned from Thomas addressing the media for the first time since the suspension where she called out the league after receiving threats over the Caitlin Clark incident. And then her former head coach Stephanie White, who is now on the Fever side, condemned the racist attacks that her former player Thomas has been receiving. And finally for court vision, Jackie and Howard return to this idea of head coaching in the WNBA and who and what credentials are actually ones that lead to success. Becky Hammon spoke passionately on Tuesday about why the lack of women being hired in the NBA are influencing what we are seeing now in the WNBA.</p><p>0:00 - Introduction</p><p>1:57 - # 1 at The IX</p><p>3:03 - Takeaways from the Liberty’s Commissioner’s Cup win</p><p>13:24 - Dylan Kane joins the show to discuss Alyssa Thomas speaking out on death threats following her one game suspension </p><p>21:34 - Fever head coach Stephanie White responds to Thomas’ frustrations and agrees with them</p><p>25:41 - How did Nate Tibbetts talk about this?</p><p>28:32 - Court Vision: Revisiting how head coaches get jobs in the WNBA with thoughts from Becky Hammon about the NBA’s role in this</p><p>Left: New York Liberty forward Breanna Stewart (30) waves to the crowd after being named the game MVP after winning the Commissioners Cup Championship against the Las Vegas Aces at Barclays Center. Photo Credit: John Jones | Imagn Images</p><p>Right: New York Liberty guard Sabrina Ionescu (20) reacts after winning the Commissioners Cup Championship against the Las Vegas Aces at Barclays Center. Photo Credit: John Jones | Imagn Images</p><p>Links to click that are referenced throughout the show: </p><p>Howard’s takeaways from Commissioner’s Cup championship: </p><p><a href="https://www.theixsports.com/newsletter/live-from-new-york-liberty-assert-who-they-are/"><u>https://www.theixsports.com/newsletter/live-from-new-york-liberty-assert-who-they-are/</u></a></p><p>Dylan Kane on Alyssa Thomas speaking out </p><p><a href="https://www.theixsports.com/the-ix-basketball-newsroom/wnba/alyssa-thomas-wnba-threats-caitlin-clark-incident/"><u>https://www.theixsports.com/the-ix-basketball-newsroom/wnba/alyssa-thomas-wnba-threats-caitlin-clark-incident/</u></a></p><p>Jackie on someone who needs to be considered for a WNBA head coaching job: </p><p><a href="https://www.nbcsports.com/wnba/news/wnba-spotlight-roneeka-hodges-has-earned-her-shot"><u>https://www.nbcsports.com/wnba/news/wnba-spotlight-roneeka-hodges-has-earned-her-shot</u></a></p><p>Howard wrote about coaching back when Hammon was first hired by the Aces: </p><p><a href="https://www.legends-mag.com/wnba-legends-breaking-barriers"><u>https://www.legends-mag.com/wnba-legends-breaking-barriers</u></a></p><p> </p><p>Cheryl Reeve brings up the idea of a coaching diversity taskforce: </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/C9gp5GUxLec?t=247"><u>https://youtu.be/C9gp5GUxLec?t=247</u></a></p><p>Follow us & Subscribe on: </p><p>YouTube </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@TheIXSports"><u>https://www.youtube.com/@TheIXSports</u></a></p><p>Spotify</p><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/0vn5r287B0oS3wX2fHmLZ8?si=39f2fd261ec1467f"><u>https://open.spotify.com/show/0vn5r287B0oS3wX2fHmLZ8?si=39f2fd261ec1467f</u></a></p><p>Apple Podcasts </p><p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ix-sports-podcast/id1845604905"><u>https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ix-sports-podcast/id1845604905</u></a></p><p>BlueSky</p><p><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/theixsports.bsky.social"><u>https://bsky.app/profile/theixsports.bsky.social</u></a></p><p>Instagram </p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/theixsports/"><u>https://www.instagram.com/theixsports/</u></a></p><p><br></p>
June 30, 2026
<p>Host Kathleen Gier and guest Thomas Costello recap Gotham FC's 2-0 win against the Kansas City Current in the 2026 NWSL Challenge Cup, and discuss Gotham FC's big new addition in Sam Kerr. They also talked through a couple of the big storylines they'll be watching as the NWSL returns to action this week. </p><p><br></p><p>Follow Thomas Costello:</p><p>https://www.theixsports.com/author/thomas-costello/</p><p>https://bsky.app/profile/thomascostello.bsky.social</p><p><br></p><p>Photo credit: Barbara Perenic | Imagn Images</p>
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The IX Sports: A women’s sports media company
The IX Sports is powered by a single mission: to be your go-to platform for women’s sports coverage. We provide unparalleled and consistent coverage of all women’s sports. Already, we connect the millions of women’s sports fans with plugged-in insiders across six different women’s sports every day with The IX Daily. Our coverage at The IX Basketball is powered by The Next.
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