Clarisse Machanguana is a professional basketball player from Mozambique. She played in the WNBA (1999-2002), as well as internationally representing Mozambique. In this episode, Meg and Dr. G learn about Clarisse’s journey to becoming a professional basketball player and how important sport was ...

Kawser Amine is a former member of the historic Afghanistan Women’s National Soccer Team and currently serves as an activist for women’s rights. Kawser explains what has changed in women’s sports since the fall of Kabul in 2021, and how it has impacted young women growing up in Afghanistan. Kawse...

Dr. Helen Lenskyj is Professor Emerita at University of Toronto. Helen works as a researcher, writer, public speaker and community activist. She has authored several books highlighting the adversity women and LGBTQ+ athletes face in the Olympics and sports culture. Ali Durham Greey is a doctoral ...

Sylvie Parent, PhD, is a full professor in the Department of Physical Education at Université Laval and she holds the Research Chair on Safety and Integrity in Sport. Her research focuses on violence in sport. More specifically, her current work focuses on four (4) thematic: 1) measuring the prev...

Andrew Maraniss is known for his sport biographies of athletes who push the envelope and serve as beacons of inspiration. Andrew has written biographies on Perry Wallace, Glenn Burke, and the first US Women’s Olympic basketball team. In this episode, Meg and Dr. G gained insight into the history ...

USADA's Director of Science, Laura Lewis and Director of Athlete and International Relations, Allison Wagner, discuss Anti-Doping regulations and intricacies. Meg and Dr. G seek to understand why we need Anti-Doping agencies and why it is important to protect the integrity of sport. Olympic meda...

In this episode of Sideline, former NFL tight-end Asante Cleveland and clinical sport psychologist Dr. Trevor Cote, share their personal stories and discuss the importance of caring for the athlete at all levels of performance. Player transitions throughout their career - high school to college,...

Winning can be the most important thing to many teams and organizations, coaches and athletes, and parents and fans, but it can cause devastating problems, including psychological, social, and physical harm or injury. Meg and Dr. G discuss what defines quality in coaching and how athletes, coache...

Athlete activism has been on a steady incline the past few years, most likely due to the joy that service brings to those that participate in it. Joanne Pasternack, an accomplished entrepreneur and philanthropist, guides athletes to use their talents and treasure to connect with social causes the...

Four of the players on the 1998 Stanford cardinals share how their friendship carried them all the way to the final four. Through packed stadiums, screaming fans, and performance anxiety, these teammates supported each other and their common goal. The four share their thoughts on the final game i...

Practicing fairness in the sports requires a solid understanding of equity and equality. There is a lot more there than it seems. Historical social values have influenced our understanding of fairness. Dr. Jay Coakley and Meg discuss how today's culture is redefining the meaning and standards ...

Dr. Jay Coakley and Meg dissect the complex social issue of equity and equality in women's sports. How do commercial interests complicate the matter? And is chivalry a matter of interpretation or just an archaic concept?

Dr. Jay Coakley and Meg take a look at the differences in attention and revenue between men's and women's sports. The issue is particularly pointed at the collegiate level where the pretense is on educational benefits of athletics, but revenue drives the engine.

You can't have true equality without equality in the media coverage. The quantity and quality of sports coverage and audience share has a self-proliferating effect that favors male sports. Meg and Dr. Jay Coakley examine the details of the issue to enlighten effects we may take for granted.

Meg and Dr. Jay Coakley examine the issue of perceived differences in quality between men's and women's sport. Are they justified, or a social construct.
Understanding the effects of male dominated sports institutions, and coaching will help clarify the issues when they arise in your own pra...

As women demonstrated institutional sports they were restricted by institutional roles based on chivalrous myths. The legacies of myths about strength and fragility lasted beyond the scientific evidence. Understanding the origins of these inequalities will help guide your practice.

Alison Foley shares her experience of becoming a parent while being a coach at a D1 school. However, she is far from limiting herself to just those two roles. Foley found that her starting experience as a coach transferred not only to parenting, but to writing, starting a yoga program for soccer ...

With many retired athletes hired as coaches, John O'Sullivan calls for a deeper look into the qualifications of a coach, and shares how our culture is rapidly changing coach education. Professionalization in sport is progressing in an upward trend, and youth sport as we know it is about to change...

Increase in activism is having a clear affect on acceptance for the LGBTQ+ community in sport. Dr. Coakley adds some insight into who is responsible for perceptions of LBGTQ+ in sport and society in general.

The soccer phenomenon from Boston College tells of his eventful career in women’s soccer and the struggles he faced. In a time where women’s collegiate sport was just beginning, LaVigne recaps the many struggles and obstacles he overcame to get the program off the ground.
We’ll learn how the NCA...

Dr. Jay Coakley discusses theory and methodology, old and new, around youth development, including the need to be informed and intentional in program development. Long term athlete development model is discussed an example of successful theory in practice.

Dr. Jay Coakley relays the fascinating historical influences on organized sports in the early 20th century. Political motivations for assimilation and patriotism fostered youth leagues and the gave rise to the massive institutions we see today. This insight full context is not to be missed.

Parents, coaches, and athletes themselves are facing a reckoning with a culture of sports success models, and hyper specialization in youth sports. The negative effects are having an effect on the future of sport. Dr. Jay Coakley lends his insight to help all sports professionals make informed...

As a journalist living through the beginning of integration of black Americans into education and athletics, Heys witnessed history daily. From education to athletics, Heys was at the scene for integration of black Americans in the South. Of all the memorable stories Heys got to experience, the l...