Dishes & Dimes is an all women NBA podcast of which I am a very lucky and proud to be a part of. We started it because despite the volume of basketball podcasts out there, we didn’t hear ourselves in any of them. Our only thing in common when we started is we were Raptors fans to a detrimental degree. To be totally honest, we started the year on a very big roll — initial response and support for the podcast was beyond what we’d expected; we had interest and plans that were getting quickly realized; and we all just really liked each other. So it’s been a bit of an about face in terms of that momentum but what’s stuck is how important this group of women is and the conversation, observations and ongoing dialogue that’s come from them. When I think about them, one night I keep coming back to is about a week before the pandemic hit we were all invited to a screening of Life Without Basketball. In the dark of the theatre, our complimentary popcorns on our laps, I kept hearing Sidra laugh, or caught light glancing off Yasmin and Kelsea’s glasses in the dark. I just felt, very strongly, their presence. It shot through me. That and the movie and I cried a lot, but it was more the feeling of being in something and knowing you are there at that rare time you can feel it start to mean something, become what it is. Also they are funny and tough as hell.
Wow. Even more things to think about. I have my reservations about the season re-start too, but now have even more. And I just read about Mahmoud Abdul Rauf last night...
Wow. Even more things to think about. I have my reservations about the season re-start too, but now have even more. And I just read about Mahmoud Abdul Rauf last night...