Herlights
Herlights serves up the coverage women’s sports deserve—from a fresh, laugh-out-loud voice. Host Erin Foley, a stand-up comic and lifelong sports fanatic, tackles everything women’s sports—from hot takes on top stories, to Xs and Os of games, to interviews with trailblazers. Her infectious energy and inspired rants fuel this entertaining weekly show about the fastest-growing (yet under-covered) area of sports.
Episodes
Erin Foley breaks down what’s happening across women’s sports this week. It's a season of goodbyes in the NWSL. Christen Press, Lu Barnes, and Ali Riley step away from the game, while the playoff picture heats up with one spot left between Racing Louisville and North Carolina. Plus, shout-outs to Natalie Grabow, the oldest woman ever to finish an Ironman WC along with the U.S. Women’s Sitting Volleyball Team, who pulled off a rever...
Host Erin Foley welcomes Clelia Castro-Malaspina, a children’s and YA author, literary agent, and founder of Mossy Pines Creative. Her new book Girls with Goals: How Women’s Soccer Took Over the World explores the rise of women’s football from its humble and embattled origins to its global dominance today.
Foley and Castro-Malaspina discuss how women’s soccer evolved from a banned pastime to a gl...
Host Erin Foley breaks down what’s happening across women’s sports this week. The Las Vegas Aces complete a sweep of the Phoenix Mercury to capture the WNBA title. Plus, Coco Gauff wins the Wuhan Open, the NWSL playoff race heats up, Serena Williams' manifestation habit and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Price gets her crown. Enjoy!
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Host Erin Foley welcomes Emily Jo Roberts, the Director of Women’s Coaches and NIL Strategy at Wasserman, one of the most influential sports agencies in the world. A former college basketball coach turned player advocate, she now helps guide the careers of top women’s coaches and student-athletes navigating the fast-evolving world of NIL and athlete branding.
Foley and Roberts discuss how today’s female coaches and athletes are nav...
Erin Foley breaks down what’s happening across women’s sports this week. Aces take a 2-0 lead against the Mercury, Dana Evans shines, Wilson-Gray-Young triangle of joy. Plus, Amanda Anisimova wins the China Open, NCAA Volleyball - Nebraska stays undefeated, Stanford falls. Buckle up, it's the last three weeks of the NWSL regular season and Athlos (track and field) takes over New York City. Enjoy!
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Host Erin Foley welcomes softball icon Michele Smith! This episode was originally recorded in 2019 and it was an instant classic! Michele is a legendary softball pitcher and trailblazing broadcaster. A two-time Olympic gold medalist, she helped lead Team USA to victories in Atlanta (1996) and Sydney (2000), dominating with a combined 0.51 ERA and 60 strikeouts across 41.2 innings. Smith also captured three ISF World Championships a...
Host Erin Foley welcomes Jane McManus, a distinguished sports journalist, author, and educator. She currently serves as an adjunct professor at NYU’s Preston Robert Tisch Institute for Global Sport. McManus spent nearly a decade at ESPN, covering the NFL and as a columnist for espnW. She also hosted two ESPN Radio shows and was a frequent analyst for SportsCenter.
Her work has appeared in Newsday, The New York Times, USA Today and ...
Host Erin Foley welcomes Shea Ralph, the head coach of Vanderbilt women’s basketball and former UConn star. A standout multi-sport athlete in high school, she set 17 state basketball records and was named USA Today’s National High School Player of the Year in 1996. At UConn, she led the Huskies to a national title in 2000 and earned NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player honors, despite a career marked by multiple ACL injuries. Af...
Host Erin Foley welcomes Madison Packer, a six-time NWHL/PHF All-Star and the all-time leading scorer for the Metropolitan Riveters. She helped lead the Riveters to an Isobel Cup championship in 2018 and finished her career ranked second in league history with 129 points. She won the 2011 NCAA National Championship at University of Wisconsin and took home two gold medals at the IIHF U18 Women's World Championships. Off the ice, Mad...
Host Erin Foley welcomes Shea Holbrook, champion race car driver and the owner and team principal of BSI Racing, a professional motorsports team based in Daytona Beach. Shea is featured in the Ama...
Molly McCage and Khat Bell, League One Volleyball stars, join host Erin Foley onstage at 1972 women's sports pub in Austin, Texas. McCage and Bell are teammates on LOVB Austin, recently winning the championship in the league's inaugural season. This power duo also won the NCAA Volleyball championships at UT Austin in 2012, both receiving All-American honors.
Foley, McCage and Bell discuss LOVB's first season, playing overseas, hyp...
Host Erin Foley welcomes Jean Fruth, the director and producer of See Her Be Her, a documentary exploring the global landscape of women’s baseball. The film follows seven amazing players from the US, Japan, Cuba, Canada, South Korea, Uganda and Puerto Rico as they battle for the World Cup Championship. The doc spotlights the incredible talent and resilience of the players, along with their fight for gender equality for all female a...
Host Erin Foley welcomes Penny Toler, a former WNBA basketball player, coach, and executive. As a player, she made history by scoring the first basket in WNBA history in 1997 while playing for the Los Angeles Sparks. After retiring, she transitioned into a front-office role and became the Sparks’ general manager, a position she held for two decades. Under her leadership, the Sparks won multiple WNBA championships.
Beyond basketball...
Host Erin Foley welcomes Sabreena Merchant, a fantastic women's basketball staff writer for The Athletic. She previously covered the WNBA and NBA for SB Nation, Sports Illustrated, High Post Hoops, and Dime Magazine. She’s an alum of Duke University, where she wrote for the independent student newspaper, The Chronicle.
Foley and Merchant take a deep dive into women's college b...
Host Erin Foley welcomes Sue Wicks, WNBA legend and Hall of Famer. This episode was originally recorded in 2019 and quickly became a fan-favorite. Wicks was a member of the WNBA's first draft class and help build the league. She dominated on every court - from Rutgers University to European Leagues to the New York Liberty. She's a Hall of Famer, a gay icon and now an oyster farmer in Long Island. Her stories are truly epic. Enjoy!
...Erin Foley welcomes Jacki Gemelos, a former professional basketball player and current VP of Talent Representation at Disrupt the Game, a sports agency focused on empowering athletes and fostering diversity in sports management.
Gemelos was a McDonald's All-American and Miss Basketball in California, making her one of the most sought after high school players in the country. She played at USC and went on to play in the WNBA and ov...
Host Erin Foley welcomes soccer icon Brandi Chastain! Chastain is a former USWNT player, coach, and sports broadcaster, best known for her iconic game-winning penalty kick in the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup final, which secured the championship for the U.S. and became a defining moment in sports history.
Chastain earned over 190 caps with the U.S. Women's National Team, winning two World Cup titles and two Olympic gold medals. She ...
Host Erin Foley welcomes Tessa Bonhomme and Julia Tocheri, the co-hosts of Jocks in Jills - a podcast that showcases not only the biggest stars in women’s hockey but also up-and-coming talent, along with in-depth game analysis.
Bonhomme is an Olympic and multi-time World Championship gold medalist with Team Canada. She was also a reporter and anchor on TSN’s SPORTSCENTRE for ten years.
Tocheri worked at TSN’s BarDown team and co-...
Host Erin Foley welcomes Carol Hutchins - the winningest coach in NCAA softball history. "Hutch" coached for 39 seasons at the University of Michigan, finishing her career with a record of 1,707-551-5. Her squads have also captured 22 Big Ten regular-season titles, 10 Big Ten Tournament championships and qualified for the NCAA Tournament 29 times, making 12 appearances in the NCAA Women's College World Series.
She has earned 18 Big...
Host Erin Foley welcomes Rebecca Lobo, Hall of Fame basketball player, broadcaster, and author. A trailblazer in women’s sports, Lobo led the University of Connecticut (UConn) to its first NCAA Championship in 1995, earning National Player of the Year honors. She was a founding player in the WNBA, where she played for six seasons, primarily with the New York Liberty.
She's currently an ESPN basketball analyst, covering NCAA Women’s...
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