In the latest episode of Hitting the Hardwood, Mitchell Hansen is joined by a very special guest, Minnesota Lynx guard Kayla McBride. Hansen and McBride start the episode off by talking about what McBride has been up to since the conclusion of the WNBA season, also talking about the season that was for the Lynx that concluded in the WNBA Finals. Th…

In the latest episode of Hitting the Hardwood, Mitchell Hansen dives into the WNBA offseason, what has taken place and what is to come. In a solo show (yes, we're sorry), Hansen discusses what has taken place across the league since the conclusion of the WNBA Finals, shifting to what is coming up on Dec. 7 with the WNBA Expansion Draft. He then div…

In the latest episode of Hitting the Hardwood, Mitchell Hansen is joined by not one but two guests, Terry Horstman of The Next and Aryeh Schwartz of Winsidr, to recap an incredible and controversial finish to the WNBA Finals. Hansen chats with both guys about the championship series that took place, the controversial call towards the end of Game 5,…

In this week's episode of Hitting the Hardwood, Mitchell Hansen is joined by Aryeh Schwartz, who is the founder of Winsidr and host of the Winsidr Show podcast. Hansen and Schwartz open the podcast by talking about the Minnesota Lynx, their season now that we are nearing the end of it as well as how they have performed in the first two rounds of th…

In this week's episode of Hitting the Hardwood, Mitchell Hansen is joined by Minnesota Lynx radio play-by-play voice, Wendell Epps. Hansen and Epps open the podcast talking about what drew Epps to Minnesota and what his first year has been like in the Twin Cities, following that up by discussing the Minnesota Lynx play over the regular season and a…

In this week's episode of Hitting the Hardwood, Mitchell Hansen is joined by ESPN analyst and reporter LaChina Robinson. Hansen and Robinson open the podcast by talking about the 2024 regular season in its final week, what and who have surprised us this season, and the playoff race. They then take a deep dive into the success of the Minnesota Lynx …

In this week's episode of Hitting the Hardwood, Mitchell Hansen is joined by Terry Horstman, who covers the Minnesota Lynx for The Next. Hansen and Horstman open the podcast by talking about the Lynx as of late and how they are red-hot out of the Olympic Break, as well as the impressive weekend that took place in Minneapolis with the Lynx taking do…

In this week's episode of Hitting the Hardwood, Mitchell Hansen is joined by Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx Chief Operating Officer, Ryan Tanke. Hansen and Tanke open up the podcast talking about the Olympics in Paris and the resumption of the WNBA season following the Olympic Break, going on to discuss the season thus far and the interest in the …

In this week's episode of Hitting the Hardwood, Mitchell Hansen is joined by Myles Ehrlich, a senior writer at Winsidr who primarily covers the New York Liberty and co-host of the Pull Up with Myles and Owen Podcast. Hansen and Ehrlich open the podcast by talking about the WNBA season at the Olympic Break, the interest the league continues to get, …

In this week's episode of Hitting the Hardwood, Mitchell Hansen is joined by Mark Schindler, a writer who covers all levels of women's basketball and the host of the They've Got Now podcast. Hansen and Schindler take a look around the WNBA at the midseason point and as the Olympic Break gets underway while outlining some surprises we've seen throug…

In the latest episode of Hitting the Hardwood, Mitchell Hansen is joined by WNBA and NBA writer and reporter Jack Borman. Hansen and Borman take a deep dive into the Minnesota Lynx so far this season, including the strong start for the team, the reasoning behind the hot start and some standouts thus far. The two then discuss the newest additions to…

In the latest episode of Hitting the Hardwood, Mitchell Hansen is joined by Minnesota Lynx guard Kayla McBride. McBride and Hansen take a look at the WNBA season thus far for the Minnesota Lynx, including a strong start to the season for McBride herself. They then take a look behind the success of the Lynx thus far and the chemistry that is already…

In the latest episode of Hitting the Hardwood, Mitchell Hansen is joined by Toronto-based WNBA and NBA writer Chelsea Leite. Leite and Hansen look dive into the recent news of Toronto being awarded a WNBA franchise starting in 2026, including the announcement event itself, what the timeline could look like for announcements leading up to the 2026 s…

In the latest episode of Hitting the Hardwood, Mitchell Hansen is joined by award-winning broadcaster, Bally Sports North's Marney Gellner. Hansen and Gellner talk about her role at Bally Sports North, which currently includes being a studio host for the Minnesota Timnberwolves and play-by-play broadcaster for the Minnesota Lynx, along with what it…

In the latest episode of Hitting the Hardwood, Mitchell Hansen is joined by the newly announced inductee into the 2024 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, former Minnesota Lynx star Seimone Augustus. Hansen and Augustus discuss her Hall of Fame induction, including how and when she found out, and what the honor means to her. They then take a…

In the latest episode of Hitting the Hardwood, Mitchell Hansen is joined by the newest member of the Minnesota Lynx, guard Courtney Williams. Hansen and Williams open the podcast discussing her mindset going into free agency, the free agency process for the veteran guard and why she decided to choose Minnesota. They then talk about what Williams ca…

In this week's episode of Hitting the Hardwood, Mitchell Hansen is joined by Stephen PridGeon-Garner, who covers the WNBA and the Chicago Sky as well as the NBA and the Phoenix Suns. Hansen and PridGeon-Garner open up the podcast by discussing some of the moves made throughout the WNBA this offseason, including those made by both the Minnesota Lynx…

In this week's episode of Hitting the Hardwood, Mitchell Hansen is joined by women's basketball analyst Rachel Galligan to talk all things women's basketball and WNBA. Hansen and Galligan open up the podcast by discussing covering the WNBA and women's basketball and some of the challenges that come along with it, as well as Galligan taking a step b…

In this week's episode of Hitting the Hardwood, Mitchell Hansen is joined by frequent guest and friend of the podcast, Canis Hoopus Editor-in-Chief Jack Borman. Hansen and Borman put a bow on 2023 while looking at how Minnesota Lynx players have been performing overseas during the WNBA offseason. They then look ahead to 2024, including the 2024 sch…

In this week's episode of Hitting the Hardwood, Mitchell Hansen is joined by Minnesota Lynx forward Napheesa Collier to talk all things Lynx. Collier and Hansen revisit the 2023 WNBA season both for Collier personally and the Lynx as a whole, discuss what she thought about her MVP-caliber season in 2023 and what Collier plans to work on over the of…

In this week's episode of Hitting the Hardwood, Mitchell Hansen is joined by Minnesota Lynx head coach and president of basketball operations Cheryl Reeve to talk all things Lynx. Reeve and Hansen take a look back at the 2023 season, including what Reeve thought of the year that was, some players that stepped up throughout the year, what surprises …

In this week's episode of Hitting the Hardwood, Mitchell Hansen is joined by Ben Pickman, a writer for The Athletic who covers the WNBA and college basketball, and co-host of The Athletic Women's Basketball Show podcast. Pickman and Hansen talk about the WNBA Finals, which Pickman attended, including what took place during the series, the atmospher…

In this week's episode of Hitting the Hardwood, Mitchell Hansen is joined by Toronto-based WNBA and NBA writer Chelsea Leite. Leite and Hansen look back at the WNBA Finals so far and talk about which team will come out on top to win the league title, discuss WNBA expansion and if the league will ever add a team in Canada or elsewhere outside of the…

In this week's episode of Hitting the Hardwood, Mitchell Hansen is joined by Jillian Hiscock, a Minnesota Lynx season ticket holder, loyal women's sports fan and owner of A Bar of Their Own. Hiscock talks about her plan to open A Bar of Their Own, the first bar in Minnesota dedicated to women's sports, and why she wanted to open the bar to support …

In this week's episode of Hitting the Hardwood, Mitchell Hansen is joined by Aryeh Schwartz, who is the founder of Winsidr and host of the Winsidr Show podcast. Schwartz, who makes his return to the podcast after joining earlier in the season, talks with Hansen about the WNBA Playoffs so far as we approach the WNBA Finals, looks back at the postsea…

In this week's episode of Hitting the Hardwood, Mitchell Hansen is joined once again by frequent guest and friend of the podcast, Canis Hoopus Editor-in-Chief Jack Borman. The two revisit the first-round series between the Minnesota Lynx and Connecticut Sun before pointing out some positives from the year and things the Lynx need to work on, what t…

In this week's episode of Hitting the Hardwood, Mitchell Hansen is joined by Jamauri Bowles, who writes alongside Hansen and others at Winsidr. Bowles and Hansen break down the first-round series between the Minnesota Lynx and Connecticut, which has stretched to a winner-take-all Game 3 to decide who will advance to the semifinal round of the WNBA …

In this week's episode of Hitting the Hardwood, Mitchell Hansen is joined by good friend of the podcast Jack Borman, who covers the Minnesota Lynx alongside Hansen and others at Canis Hoopus. Borman and Hansen take a look at the regular season performance for the Lynx, how the team did during the year, if they exceeded expectations, some positives …

In this week's episode of Hitting the Hardwood, Mitchell Hansen is joined by Mark Schindler, a WNBA and NBA writer who writes for WNBA.com and Seven Star Digital, and host of the Tag The Roll and They've Got Now podcasts. The two talk about Schindler's work across all levels of college basketball, what he enjoys most about the WNBA and covering the…

In this week's episode of Hitting the Hardwood, Mitchell Hansen is joined by the No. 2 pick in the 2023 WNBA Draft, Minnesota Lynx rookie guard Diamond Miller. Miller and Hansen talk about Miller's season is going so far, how she would evaluate her rookie campaign as the regular season nears an end, some of her top moments of the year to this point…

In this week's episode of Hitting the Hardwood, Mitchell Hansen is joined by Minnesota Lynx legend Seimone Augustus, who spent 14 seasons with the Lynx and helped the organization to four WNBA titles during their dynasty era. The two talk about what Augustus is up to in retirement, what her time was like with the Lynx and in the WNBA, some of the t…

In this week's episode of Hitting the Hardwood, Mitchell Hansen is joined by Jana Shortal, a journalist and reporter for KARE 11 in Minneapolis and host of Breaking The News on KARE 11. The two discuss Shortal's career and being able to utilize her skills and platform to tell the stories of many around the state and beyond including individuals in …

In this week's episode of Hitting the Hardwood, Mitchell Hansen is joined by WNBA and NBA Skills Trainer Alex Bazzell, who is a co-founder of Through the Lens and is the husband of Minnesota Lynx star Napheesa Collier. The two discuss Bazzell's work with numerous NBA and WNBA stars as a skills trainer, his work with Through the Lens which he co-fou…

In this week's episode of Hitting the Hardwood, Mitchell Hansen is joined by Owen Pence, a senior writer at Winsidr and co-host of the Pull Up with Myles and Owen podcast. The two discuss covering the WNBA and some of the top memories while covering the league before taking a deep dive into the WNBA season so far, top teams in the league and some d…

In this week's episode of Hitting the Hardwood, Mitchell Hansen is joined by Canis Hoopus site manager Jack Borman, who covers both the Minnesota Timberwolves and Minnesota Lynx. The two break down the Minnesota Lynx at the midway point in the season, diving into how the Lynx have fared over the first half of the year with the second half of the re…

In this week's episode of Hitting the Hardwood, Mitchell Hansen is joined by Darren "Doogie" Wolfson, who is a sports reporter and anchor for KSTP and a contributor and host for SKOR North. The two discuss Wolfson's career in being a sports reporter and anchor, how he goes about breaking news and releasing sourced information to fans, how social me…

In this week's episode of Hitting the Hardwood, Mitchell Hansen is joined by Terrika Foster-Brasby, who is a reporter and analyst for ESPN and sideline reporter for the Connecticut Sun. The two discuss Foster-Brasby's journey to getting to where she is today, how she got introduced into the world of sports reporting and being an on-air talent, what…

In this week's episode of Hitting the Hardwood, Mitchell Hansen is joined by Rachel Galligan, who is a writer, analyst and reporter for Just Women's Sports and Winsidr. The two discuss how Galligan got introduced into the world of writing, analyzing and reporting, what she enjoys most about what she does, the role reporting has on the WNBA and its …

In this week's episode of Hitting the Hardwood, Mitchell Hansen is joined by Sloane Martin, Minnesota Lynx sideline reporter and fill-in play-by-play and color analyst for Bally Sports North as well as women's basketball play-by-play broadcaster for Big Ten Network, FS1 and CBS Sports Network The two discuss what it's like to cover the Lynx as a si…

In this week's episode of Hitting the Hardwood, Mitchell Hansen is joined by Minnesota Lynx veteran guard Tiffany MItchell to talk all things Lynx at the one-month mark of the 2023 season. The two discuss the start of the regular season for Mitchell and the Lynx, how it's been in her first year in Minnesota, why she chose the Lynx during free agenc…

In this week's episode of Hitting the Hardwood, Mitchell Hansen recaps a celebratory weekend for the Minnesota Lynx before being joined by Lynx President of Business Operations Carley Knox. After revisiting the weekend on the court for the Lynx, Mitchell chats with Carley about the Lynx new Rebel Edition Uniforms and the meaning behind the design a…

In this week's episode of Hitting the Hardwood, Mitchell Hansen is joined by two-time WNBA Champion with the Minnesota Lynx, current co-owner and Vice President of the Atlanta Dream, and NBA, WNBA and college basketball analyst Renee Montgomery. The two talk about what Montgomery is up to in her post-playing career, what it means to her to be the f…

In this week's episode of Hitting the Hardwood, Mitchell Hansen is joined by Alexa Philippou, who covers women's basketball for ESPN. The two talk about the WNBA now a little more than a week into the regular season, some teams who have surprised or disappointed thus far, teams who could make a push for a WNBA title, the construction of the Minneso…

In this week's episode of Hitting the Hardwood, Mitchell Hansen is joined by Jack Borman and Leo Sun, who also cover the Lynx for Canis Hoopus. The three discuss their recent roundtable piece at Canis Hoopus featuring predictions, expectations and early award winners for the Lynx this season, before diving into Minnesota's regular season opener aga…

In this week's episode of Hitting the Hardwood, Mitchell Hansen is joined by Kevin Pelton, who covers both the NBA and WNBA for ESPN and is the co-host of the Fabulous Peltoncast. The two talk about what happened during the offseason and the shifting of the league's landscape that movement might have done, impressions of teams thus far leading up t…

In this week's episode of Hitting the Hardwood, Mitchell Hansen is joined by Lyndsey D’Arcangelo, who covers women’s basketball and the WNBA for The Athletic and Just Women’s Sports and who is the co-author of Hail Mary: The Rise & Fall of the NWFL. The two discuss the busy WNBA offseason and the layout of the league, what to expect during the regu…

In this week's episode of Hitting the Hardwood, Mitchell Hansen is joined by Jeff Munneke, who is VP of Fan Experience for the Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx organization The two discuss the upcoming season, what fans can expect while attending games at Target Center this summer, some theme nights and 25th season events that will be taking place i…

In this week's episode of Hitting the Hardwood, Mitchell Hansen is joined by Chelsea Leite, a toronto-based writer and comedian who covers both the NBA and WNBA. The two discuss Chelsea's journey, the interest of the WNBA in Toronto and if expansion in Canada makes sense, the first-ever WNBA Canada game between Minnesota and Chicago in May, what th…

In this week's episode of Hitting the Hardwood, Mitchell Hansen is joined by Canis Hoopus site manager Jack Borman, who covers both the Minnesota Timberwolves and Minnesota Lynx. The two discuss covering the Lynx over the years and now together at Canis Hoopus for the first time this season, followed by talk on Minnesota's offseason thus far, how t…

In this week's episode of Hitting the Hardwood, Mitchell Hansen is joined by WNBA Insider and founder of Girls Talk Sports TV Khristina Williams to talk about the Minnesota Lynx and the WNBA. The two discuss Khristina's journey to becoming a well-respected WNBA Insider and reporter, why she enjoys covering the WNBA and women's basketball, her thoug…