A Very Sportsish Well Played: Jordyn Woods’ Lucky Purse, Taylor Swift’s Stadium Wedding, and Prom in the NIL Era with Lily Shimbashi

About this episode

Lily Shimbashi joins the podcast to discuss the intersection of sports and pop culture, including Taylor Swift's rumored wedding and Serena Williams' return to tennis.

While Caroline is honeymooning in the Dolomites, Lily Shimbashi, founder of Sportsish, joins us to break down the most important news in sports and pop culture. Madison Square Garden is on our minds this week – and it’s not just because the Knicks lost at home. Rumor has it that Taylor Swift’s wedding will take place at the iconic New York City arena on July 3. Are we buying it? No. What’s are people *actually* buying when it comes to the pop star? The literal chair she sat on during the Cav’s Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals. We hate it here too. In this episode of Well Played, we also cover: Serena Williams’ return to the grass – and why “mom brain” got the best of her Breaking down the World Cup stages, and which teams to watch Kim Kardashian re-entering the WAG world, thanks to Lewis Hamilton The Hockey Canada 5, and why Lily thinks it’s been a hard Stanley Cup for female fans Send Its: Serena v. mom brain: ⁠https://www.reddit.com/r/tennis/comments/1u05nx8/serena_forgetting_where_she_has_to_serve_and_it/?solution=6fade7a9855ac5106fade7a9855ac510&js_challenge=1&token=7afd7253fec22262ff1c52b1703fe9ecba37f2c27935c160fc00b397029b5e0f&jsc_orig_r=⁠ Does Trey Jemison know…

People in this episode

Host: Caroline

Guest: Lily Shimbashi

Topics covered

• sports news
• pop culture
• celebrity events
• women in sports
• NIL era
• World Cup

Keywords

• Taylor Swift
• Serena Williams
• Kim Kardashian
• World Cup
• NIL
• Hockey Canada

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Madison Square Garden, Hockey Canada

Places: Dolomites, New York City

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