Episode 13 | What's the Story: The Door, Part 1 — Pioneers of Women's Sports

Raising the Game: Covering WNBA, NWSL, PWHL & More · Apr 1, 2026 · 1h · transcript

The pioneers who broke down the doors in women's sports didn't just play the game. They rewrote the rules, fought segregation, and built the infrastructure that every female athlete walks through today.

This is Part 1 of "The Door," the first installment in a new series called "What's the Story" from Raising the Game. For Women's History Month, we trace the origin stories of five women who each faced a different kind of barrier and refused to let it stand. From Althea Gibson breaking tennis's color line in 1950 to Donna Lopiano transforming a $57,000 women's athletic budget into a national…