''Just Women's Sports'' (''JWS'') is an American news website and media company focused on

women's sports The participation of women and girls in sports, physical Physical fitness, fitness and exercise, has been recorded to have existed throughout history. However, participation rates and activities vary in accordance with nation, era, geography, ...

. It was founded in 2020 by former soccer player Haley Rosen. The company has produced podcasts hosted by athletes such as

Kelley O'Hara Kelley Maureen O'Hara (born August 4, 1988) is an American soccer player, two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion, and Olympic gold medalist. She currently plays as a defender for the Gotham FC in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) ...

Sam Mewis Samantha June Mewis (born October 9, 1992) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Kansas City Current of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), as well as the United States national team. She played college ...

, Lynn Williams,

A'ja Wilson A'ja Riyadh Wilson (born August 8, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the Las Vegas Aces of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Wilson played for the South Carolina Gamecocks in college, and helped lead the Ga ...

, and

Napheesa Collier Napheesa Collier (born September 23, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA). After playing college basketball for the UConn Huskies women's basketball, Uni ...

History

''Just Women's Sports'' was founded in January 2020 by Haley Rosen (born June 1, 1993), a former soccer player from

Rolling Hills, California Rolling Hills is a city on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Rolling Hills is a gated community with private roads with three entry gates. Homes are single-story 19th century California ranch or Span ...

, who played for the

Stanford Cardinal The Stanford Cardinal are the athletic teams that represent Stanford University. As of June, 2022, Stanford's program has won 131 NCAA team championships. Stanford has won at least one NCAA team championship each academic year for 46 consecutive ...

in college and briefly played professionally. She aimed to address the disproportionate lack of media coverage of women in sports (said to be about four percent of all sports coverage). The company began by producing content on its website, newsletter, and social media. In May 2020,

Adidas Adidas AG (; stylized as adidas since 1949) is a German multinational corporation, founded and headquartered in Herzogenaurach, Bavaria, that designs and manufactures shoes, clothing and accessories. It is the largest sportswear manufactur ...

supported the company with a grant for female entrepreneurs in sports.

, a former Cardinal player and a two-time

World Cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the concept i ...

–winning member of the United States national soccer team (USWNT), was approached to advise the company before taking an interest in the idea of hosting a podcast. This became the ''Just Women's Sports'' podcast (later ''The Players' Pod''), in which O'Hara interviews leading female athletes about the arc of their lives from childhood through their career. The podcast's first episode came out on July 21, 2020, featuring O'Hara's friend and USWNT teammate

Alex Morgan Alexandra Morgan Carrasco (born Alexandra Patricia Morgan; July 2, 1989) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a striker and captains for San Diego Wave FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the highest division of ...

. An group of

venture capital Venture capital (often abbreviated as VC) is a form of private equity financing that is provided by venture capital firms or funds to startups, early-stage, and emerging companies that have been deemed to have high growth potential or which ha ...

ists including

Kevin Durant Kevin Wayne Durant ( ; born September 29, 1988), also known by his initials KD, is an American professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played one season of college basketball for t ...

—plus athletes such as O'Hara,

Elena Delle Donne Elena Delle Donne (born September 5, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Delle Donne played college basketball for the Delaware Blue Hens from 2009 ...

, Hilary Knight,

and

Arike Ogunbowale Arike Ogunbowale (born March 2, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for the Dallas Wings of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, before being drafted ...

—provided

seed funding Seed money, sometimes known as seed funding or seed capital, is a form of securities offering in which an investor invests capital in a startup company in exchange for an equity stake or convertible note stake in the company. The term ''seed'' su ...

of in May 2021, before a further investment group led by Joe Tsai added the next year. Rosen was named to the ''Forbes'' 30 Under 30 list in November 2021.

Content

''Just Women's Sports'' produces multiple podcasts and web series. ;''Snacks'' (2021–) :Podcast hosted by soccer players

and Lynn Williams. Features interviews with soccer players. ;''The Players' Pod'' (2022–) :Podcast hosted by soccer player

. Features interviews with athletes of many sports. ;''Kelley on the Street'' (2022–) :YouTube series hosted by Kelley O'Hara. Woman-on-the-street interviews about women's soccer. ;''The 91st'' (2023–) :Podcast hosted by soccer player

Midge Purce Margaret Melinda Williams-Purce (born September 18, 1995) is an American association football, soccer player who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for NJ/NY Gotham FC in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She previously ...

and journalist

Katie Nolan Katherine Beth Nolan is an American sports television host known as Katie Nolan, most recently serving as a commentator for Apple TV+'s ''Friday Night Baseball'' and recently created short-form content at NBC Sports. She formerly hosted a weekly ...

. Focuses on the

2023 FIFA Women's World Cup The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup is scheduled to be the ninth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup competition, the quadrennial international women's football championship contested by the women's national association football teams organised ...

. ;''Just Women's Sports'' (2020–2022) :Podcast hosted by Kelley O'Hara. Features interviews with athletes of many sports. ;''Tea with A & Phee'' (2020–2021) :Podcast hosted by basketball players

and

. Features interviews with basketball players. ;''The Soccer Show'' (2021) :YouTube series hosted by soccer player

Haley Kopmeyer Haley Judith Kopmeyer (born June 28, 1990) is an American soccer goalkeeper who last played for Orlando Pride of the NWSL. She previously played for Seattle Reign of the NWSL, Brisbane Roar and Canberra United of the Australian W-League and ...

and soccer coach David Copeland-Smith. Features interviews with soccer players. ;''Off the Ball'' (2021–2022) :YouTube series hosted by soccer player

Ali Riley Alexandra Lowe Riley (born 30 October 1987) is an American-born New Zealand professional footballer who plays as a defender for Angel City of the American National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), as well as the New Zealand women's national foo ...

. A behind-the-scenes look at the

NWSL The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) is a professional women's soccer league at the top of the United States league system. It is owned by the teams and, until 2020, was under a management contract with the United States Soccer Federatio ...

. ;''NetLife'' (2022) :Podcast hosted by basketball coach

Dawn Staley Dawn Michelle Staley (born May 4, 1970) is an American basketball Hall of Fame player and coach, who is currently the head coach for the South Carolina Gamecocks. Staley won three Olympic gold medals with Team USA as a player and later was head co ...

. Features interviews with basketball players, coaches, and others.

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