Drop the Balls

Choosing a sports team can feel like picking a personality trait; suddenly, everyone is judging your decision like it defines you as a person. Big markets, small markets, bandwagon accusations… It's a lot. In this episode of Drop the Balls, podcast host Emma Liberta cuts through all of that and reminds you it really doesn’t have to be that serious. Where you pick a team because of a childhood memo...

Baseball can feel a little getting added to a group chat late, where everyone already knows each other and all the inside jokes. There’s a lot going on, a lot of random terms being thrown around, and at some point, you just nod and pretend you get it. Totally normal. But in this episode of Drop The Balls, podcast host Emma Liberta basically hands you the cheat code. She breaks down the game piece...

Walking into a sports conversation as a girl can feel less like a discussion and more like an interrogation. Suddenly you’re being asked to “name five players,” explain a rule on the spot, or prove you know what you’re talking about, while the guys around you get to just… exist. In this episode of Drop The Balls, Emma Liberta calls that out for what it is and flips the script, breaking down why wo...

Hockey can look like pure chaos until someone finally explains it, players flying around on the ice, whistles blowing for reasons no one bothers to explain and fans throwing hats like that’s somehow normal. In this episode of Drop the Balls, Emma Liberta takes all those confusing terms, icing, offside, power plays, and turns them into something you’ll actually understand the next time you watch a...