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Michelle Liu PhotographyThe Bay Area is full of fans of women’s professional sports, and they have a lot of questions. Today, KALW’s sports podcast, BOUNCE, is here to answer them. -
Michelle Liu PhotographyBOUNCE host and reporters talk about the newly formed Women's Professional Baseball League and 30 seasons of the WNBA in front of a live audience.
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CrosscurrentsGirls flag football is growing, and opening doors for players that didn’t exist just a few years ago. Today, we explore why coaches, athletes, and major brands believe girls flag football is just getting started. -
Girls flag football is rapidly growing across California, creating new opportunities for young athletes. -
Women’s professional sports is happening, and it’s taking off right here, in the Bay. In the third season of BOUNCE, we're still here, covering the Valkyries. But we’re also putting our focus on all of the other women’s professional sports teams exploding in and around the Bay. We lead off the season with a story on the largest baseball program for girls in the country. -
We are bringing back Bounce for a third season, and expanding it to cover the expansion of women's professional sports. The podcast will track the 2nd half of the Golden State Valkyries' 2nd season and also cover the emerging football, baseball, and hockey leagues. Women's professional sports is here, and we're here for it! -
State of the BayThree Bay Area reporters on World Cup excitement, federal scrutiny of SFUSD and Mayor Daniel Lurie's latest budget proposal. Plus a conversation with printmaker Courtney Sennish. -
It’s been a week of high stakes home games for the Golden State Valkyries. And the team is open for rivalry - depending on how you define it. -
CrosscurrentsThis is goalball, a sport invented for blind and low vision people. It's a game that relies on just two senses: hearing and feeling. KALW's Rachel Longan visited a goalball tournament and later even padded up to play to find out if it is worth the risk. -
CrosscurrentsFootball is the most popular sport in America. But, that love doesn’t necessarily extend to athletes who aren’t cisgender men. And old, out-dated attitudes about who can (and should) play football, aren’t stopping athletes from making their mark on the sport. At Oakland’s Laney College, there’s a storm brewing… The Golden State Storm to be exact! It’s the newest women’s tackle football team in the Women's National Football Conference. Kris Grimes is the team's star running back. They moved to the Bay Area this year for a chance to help the Storm build a competitive team. -
CrosscurrentsA group of die-hard fans are out to save Cal football with the power of memes. -
State of the BayWe preview year ahead in Bay Area sports, discuss the pros and cons of SF congestion pricing and hear about the new documentary RATIFIED.
