Plumbing and Infrastructure with Danette Leighton and Sarah Axelson

Women’s Sports Foundation CEO Danette Leighton and Vice President of Advocacy Sarah Axelson join Sarah to talk about the focus of the WSF post-50th anniversary, why understanding the “plumbing and infrastructure” of women’s sports is so necessary right now, the unbelievable participation disparities that still persist in youth sports and a call to action for folks who want to support women's college sports. Plus, the puck is dropping on the PWHL playoffs, sports stars who shined at the Met Gala and a guest reviewer calls out Ironman for going backwards.

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