S E1: Billie Jean King Loves Women's Sports

Welcome to Is She Game! On this first episode, Coach Jackie is joined by the one and only Billie Jean King--tennis pioneer, women's sports advocate, and famed lesbian. The two show some love to BJK's most recent book, See It to Be It: Eleven Champions Leading Women's Sports Today, and Billie Jean demonstrates her surprising knowledge of queer and sports terminology. Plus: the rules of the pod, what's up in women's sports this week, and Jackie dishes on something that's technically not sports, but it's sports to her: Dancing With The Stars!

Check out the Women’s Super League table here (wslfootball.com/standings/wsl)
See Atlanta City FC’s logo and colors here (nwslsoccer.com/news/nwsl-team-17-atlanta-city-…)
Watch Clara Luvanga’s winning goal for the Washington Spirit here (youtube.com/shorts/u2E7aI-guUA)
Read more about the USWNT v. Spain matchup here (ussoccer.com/stories/2026/10/uswnt-spain-oppon…)
Read more about the China Open story here (ebony.com/coco-gauff-rightfully-got-point-didn…)
Learn about Texas A&M volleyball’s Kyndal Stowers and her new program record here (12thman.com/news/2026/10/4/stowers-program-rec…)
Help Suzanne White, aka MomChats, support Blood Cancer United’s Dare to Dream Project Fundraiser by donating here (events.lls.org/pages/home/DareToDream2027/Momc…)
Read about Natalie Nakase’s scary collapse here (usatoday.com/story/sports/wnba/2026/10/04/gold…)
Catch up on the Golden State Valkyries v. Las Vegas Aces semifinal series here (valkyries.wnba.com/news/gameday-recap-20261007)
Catch up on the Atlanta Dream v. New York Liberty semifinal series here (dream.wnba.com/news/dream-takes-a-2-0-series-l…)
Read more about Billie Jean King’s legacy here (billiejeanking.com/biography)

CREDITS:

From Higher Ground Audio:

Head of Higher Ground Audio: Dan Fierman
Deputy Head of Higher Ground Audio: Mukta Mohan
Lead Producer: Misha Jones
Higher Ground Audio Executive Producer: Natalie Rinn
Head of Production: Andrew Eapen
Managing Producer: Tiffany Hammond
Social Media Support: Nolan Rosenberg-Russell
Head of Social: Paris Mackey
Marketing: Inside Projects, Maggie Taylor

From Run-A-Muck Media:

Host and Executive Producer: Jackie Johnston
Executive Producer: Eliza Mills
Video Producer: Megan Patsel
Producer: Hannah Ceisler
Producer: Martha Fearnley
Run-A-Muck Head of Social: Chantel Houston
CEO, Run-A-Muck Media: Pam Drucker-Mann

Special thanks to: Kimberly Diaz, Amanda Seda, Mike Pushkin, Eva Koureta, and the team at Clean Cuts

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