This week co-hosts Ellen and Steph dive into the lack of Black, female and Black female coaches in pro sports, specifically looking at leagues with majority Black players. Unfortunately, the results will shock you. What won’t shock you? The Seattle Storm as your 2020 WNBA Champions. Tune in, won’t you? More on The GIST: thegistsports.com/subscribePod EM: pod@thegistsports.com IG: @thegistusa & @thegistnews.ca Twitter: @thegistusa & @thegistnewsca...
Oct 07, 2020•24 min
This week co-hosts Ellen and Steph give #thegist on everything you need to know about the 2020 NBA Finals (think player drama, celebrity involvement and more) and discuss why the NFL needs to act fast on their recent COVID-19 outbreak. Tune in, won’t you? // Show notes: Halsey’s basketball Twitter account Anthony Davis highlight reel More on The GIST: thegistsports.com/subscribePod EM: pod@thegistsports.com IG: @thegistusa & @thegistnews.ca Twitter: @thegistusa & @thegistnewsca...
Sep 30, 2020•28 min
It’s a beautifully busy time in sports, so this week co-hosts Ellen and Steph give their hot take on all the sports news you need to know right now in less than 25 minutes. Get #thegist of what’s going on with the NHL, NBA, WNBA, MLB, French Open, NFL and college sports. It’s breadth, not depth, baby. Tune in, won’t you? Show notes: Rude comments about Katie Nolan and Maria Taylor Bill Belichick mask The NHL’s distasteful ad More on The GIST: thegistsports.com/subscribePod EM: pod@thegistsports....
Sep 23, 2020•23 min
This week co-hosts Ellen and Steph discuss the incredibly insensitive and damaging remarks from reporter Skip Bayless on Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott speaking up about his depression. They also touch on radio host Dan McNeil’s wildly sexist remarks about NFL sideline reporter Maria Taylor. So much for the NFL being better this year, eh? Tune in. Show notes: Dak Prescott’s interview Skip Bayless’ insensitive remarks Dan McNeil’s sexist tweet Mental health resources: https://www.ccmhs-c...
Sep 16, 2020•24 min
This week co-hosts Ellen and Steph give #thegist on everything you need to know about the upcoming 2020 NFL season (think COVID-19 implications, BLM initiatives and more) and discuss why Serena Williams continues to be unfairly portrayed by sports media. Tune in, won’t you? /// Show notes: Canadian? Play The GIST's weekly NFL pick'em pool here. American? Play The GIST's weekly NFL pick'em pool here. Players opting out of the NFL season For more on The GIST: www.thegistsports.com EM: pod@thegists...
Sep 09, 2020•24 min
This week co-hosts Ellen and Steph give #thegist on the sports world’s restart of the restart and discuss whether or not it's time for student-athletes, especially Black student-athletes, to unionize. Interesting stuff. Tune in, won’t you?
Sep 02, 2020•27 min
This week co-hosts Ellen and Steph give #thegist on the sports world’s reaction to the shooting of unarmed Black man Jacob Blake and discuss the horrible sexist and homophobic remarks coming from NHL and MLB commentators. If only we could be done with this sh!t. Tune in, won’t you? Show notes: Uncomfortable conversations with a Black Man More on Mike Milbury For more on The GIST: www.thegistsports.com EM: pod@thegistsports.com IG: @thegistusa & @thegistnews.ca Twitter: @thegistusa & @the...
Aug 26, 2020•25 min
This week co-hosts Ellen and Steph give their review on the first round of the NHL and NBA playoffs, talk about the havoc COVID-19 is still wreaking across the sports world and why some U.S. women’s national soccer team players are ditching the NWSL to play overseas. The drama. Tune in, won’t you? /// www.thegistsports.com EM: pod@thegistsports.com IG: @thegistusa & @thegistnews.ca Twitter: @thegistusa & @thegistnewsca...
Aug 19, 2020•23 min
This week co-hosts Ellen and Steph give #thegist of the first round of the NHL playoffs, (including their hot picks), and deep dive into what the NBA’s play-in tournament will look like. It’s the playoffs, baby...you never know what’s going to happen. Tune in, won't you? /// Show notes: NBA standings Deep dive on the NHL’s round of 16 matchups Twitter’s WNBA schedule Vancouver couple kissing the riots More on The GIST: www.thegistsports.com EM: pod@thegistsports.com IG: @thegistusa & @thegis...
Aug 12, 2020•24 min
Welcome to The GIST of It, a weekly podcast where hosts Ellen Hyslop & Stephanie Rotz give you “the gist” of what’s going on in the sports world. From what to expect (and eat) at the Super Bowl, to why the sports world is so sexist, to interviews with the pros, The GIST of It truly covers it all. Expect some hilarious yet informative conversation with a refreshing female perspective on the world of sports. Whether you’re an avid sports fan, are just getting into sports, or are somewhere in b...
Aug 07, 2020•2 min
This week co-hosts Ellen and Steph give #thegist on how the COVID-19 pandemic is still negatively impacting sports. The MLB season is an absolute mess, college sports are still in danger and players are opting out of their respective seasons like flies. The drama. Tune in, won’t you? /// More on The GIST: www.thegistsports.com EM: pod@thegistsports.com IG: @thegistusa & @thegistnews.ca Twitter: @thegistusa & @thegistnewsca...
Aug 05, 2020•22 min
This week co-hosts Ellen and Steph give #thegist on everything you need to know about the NBA and NHL season restarts and why the 2020 MLB season might be in jeopardy. The drama. Tune in, won’t you?
Jul 29, 2020•24 min
This week co-hosts Ellen and Steph give #thegist on the NWSL’s expansion to Los Angeles with their new team Angel City. Backed by some massive names including actress Natalie Portman, GOAT tennis player Serena Williams, her Reddit co-founder husband Alexis Ohanian and actress America Ferrera, Ellen and Steph cover how this deal could change the women’s sports ecosystem as we know it. Exciting. Tune in, won’t you? // Show notes: Angel City promo video The GIST's Guide to the WNBA More on The GIST...
Jul 22, 2020•25 min
This week co-hosts Ellen and Steph give #thegist of the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on college sports. With a couple of conferences canceling fall sports, including football, schools have had to cut some varsity sports teams and make changes to athletic scholarships indefinitely. Meanwhile, some football teams, led by well-paid white coaches, are urging the season to go ahead, putting their unpaid, majority Black, players at risk. Tune in, won’t you? /// Show notes: Map of power five conferences ...
Jul 15, 2020•25 min
This week co-hosts Ellen and Steph talk about sports returning to play. From leagues that are already underway like the NWSL, to the NBA (that’s still going to Disney World), to the NHL (that finally has a plan), Ellen and Steph cover it all. And bonus: they give you #thegist of what each of the leagues, and players, are doing (or not doing) for the Black Lives Matter movement. Tune in, won’t you? // Show notes: NBA players opting out WNBA players opting out For more on The GIST: www.thegistspor...
Jul 08, 2020•31 min
This week, NHL and Toronto Maple Leafs legend Darcy Tucker joins co-hosts Ellen and Steph to share his story. From playing in the NHL (where he literally took on an opponent’s entire bench by himself one time), to how he thinks the NHL can be more inclusive to how he’s styling his hair during quarantine, Tucker shares it all. Tune in won’t you? Check out Darcy Tucker on IG: @realtucks16 Subscribe to our free twice-weekly newsletter: www.thegistsports.com Check us out on IG: @thegistnews.ca and @...
Jun 24, 2020•29 min
Did you know there are no openly queer athletes in the majors? In honor of Pride Month, co-hosts Ellen and Steph discuss how heteronormative and gender binary ideals and the societal constructs of what’s “masculine” and “feminine” play a huge — and detrimental — part in the LGBT2Q+ community’s involvement in sports. Tune in, won’t you?
Jun 17, 2020•26 min
Following the murder of George Floyd on May 25th in Minneapolis, Minnesota we’ve seen protests, ongoing police brutality, and dangerous leadership from the White House. In today’s episode co-hosts Ellen and Steph talk about the progress that sports teams, leagues and corporations have made (and not made) to help the sports world change for the better. Tune in, won’t you? Note: Since recording CrossFit CEO Greg Glassman has stepped down
Jun 10, 2020•30 min
Following the murder of George Floyd on May 25th in Minneapolis, Minnesota we’ve seen protests, ongoing police brutality, and dangerous leadership coming from the White House. In today’s episode co-hosts Ellen and Steph talk about race, racism, oppression, and also talk about how important sports are as part of this equation with some athletes, some teams and some leagues using their voices to call for justice and reform. Tune in, won’t you?
Jun 03, 2020•26 min
This week co-hosts Ellen and Steph are joined by Nicole Durand, who was born with spina bifida and hydrocephalus, Julia Rose, whose four-year-old son has a condition that forces him to rely on tubes to survive for 12 hours a day and Ryan Kinsella whose son Quinn has cystic fibrosis. They share their stories on how sports have changed their and their families’ lives, and why accessibility in sport matters. Talk about gaining perspective. Tune in, won’t you?
May 27, 2020•48 min
This week two-time Olympic gold medalist, six-time world champion and hockey broadcaster Cassie Campbell-Pascall joins co-hosts Ellen and Steph to share her story. From growing up figure skating to making the switch to play hockey, to captaining Team Canada to back-to-back to Olympic gold medals, to becoming the first woman in a hockey broadcast booth, Cassie Campbell-Pascall has truly done it all. Tune in, won’t you?
May 24, 2020•39 min
This week four-time Olympic gold medalist, seven-time world champion and fierce advocate for women in sports Jayna Hefford joins co-hosts Ellen and Steph to share her story. From growing up playing hockey with the boys, to scoring an Olympic gold medal-winning goal, to leading the change in women’s hockey, this Hockey Hall of Famer shares it all. Tune in, won’t you?
May 20, 2020•36 min
After some horrible private messages from Washington Capital Brendan Leipsic and other hockey players were publicly leaked last week, co-hosts Ellen and Steph give #thegist of WTF is wrong with the NHL and its sexist, old school, misogynistic culture. They also chat about some fun things from the soccer world (hint: USWNT star Alex Morgan is a new momma) and skateboarding world (hint: an 11-year-old broke a world record). Tune in, won’t you?
May 13, 2020•22 min
This week two-time Olympian, Canadian 800m record-holder and badass momma Melissa Bishop-Nriagu joins co-hosts Ellen and Steph to share her post-pregnancy comeback story. She shares how she prepared physically and mentally to get back on the track, how becoming a mother has enriched her life as an athlete and how motherhood and maternity leave uniquely impacts female athletes. Tune in, won’t you?
May 06, 2020•35 min
This week SportsCentre host, Toronto Raptors reporter, Her Mark Founder and total badass Kate Beirness joins co-hosts Ellen and Steph to share how she broke into the sports industry, how important sport is for young women and girls and how she thinks equal media exposure and pay equity for women is on the horizon. Tune in, won’t you?
Apr 29, 2020•34 min
This week, in honor of the Boston Marathon that was supposed to take place on Monday, co-hosts Ellen and Steph give #thegist of the event’s wildly sexist history, highlighting the story of the brave Kathrine Switzer, who became the first woman to officially race in the Boston Marathon in 1967. They also give the lowdown on the 2020 NFL Draft and their two cents on the new Michael Jordan doc, The Last Dance. Tune in, won’t you?
Apr 22, 2020•31 min
