Biggest Rivalries of All Time

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Biggest Rivalries of All Time is a documentary-style series covering the most epic and dramatic rivalries in women’s sports, hosted by broadcaster Cari Champion. Each season unpacks a rivalry, beat by beat, and explores how it shaped women’s sports, and the larger culture, then and now.  Season 1 explores the rivalry between Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert, the two tennis giants who faced each other 80 times over 15 years. Billie Jean King has called it the greatest rivalry in the history of all sports. This season delves into not just their rivalry, but their unusual friendship, and how it transformed the sport and our culture. Season 2 takes us back to the early days of the WNBA and the league’s first real rivalry: the Houston Comets vs the New York Liberty. They faced each other in three of the first four WNBA championship finals. This is the story of two powerhouse teams and the players who dominated the sport — the women whose names are often forgotten but whose excellence, sacrifices and love for the game built the foundations for the league’s popularity today.

  1. 5d ago

    Episode 6: End of an Era

    Cynthia Cooper retires. Rebecca Lobo moves to Houston. Sue Wicks becomes the first active WNBA player to make her coming out. But the league is going through some tough times. Ratings and attendance are going down and owners are disinvesting. At the end of 2008, as the Comets are getting ready for their next season, the unthinkable happens.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  2. Oct 20

    Episode 5: The Shot

    The Comets and the Liberty meet in the finals for a second time. And just when New York thinks it's all over, Teresa Weatherspoon makes one of the most memorable shots in the history of the WNBA.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  3. Oct 13

    Episode 4: Kim

    The Liberty get a new coach, Richie Adubato. They're determined to win a championship. Meanwhile, the WNBA players decide to unionize: they have some demands. And tragedy hits the Houston Comets.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  4. Oct 6

    Episode 3: The Big Three

    August 30th, 1997. It's the first ever WNBA Championship Final. Comets vs Liberty. Who will come up on top?  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  5. Sep 29

    Episode 2: Coop

    As the WNBA kicks-off its first season, the Comets have a problem: their star player, Sheryl Swoopes, is pregnant. But what Houston doesn’t realize is that they have the best player in the league, a 34-year old point guard whose name no one seems to recognize: Cynthia Cooper. With her, the Comets are unstoppable. And they’re on a collision course with the league’s favourites: the New York Liberty. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  6. Sep 22

    Episode 1: We Got Next

    It’s early 1996 and there is no professional basketball league for women in the United States. Players have to move abroad to play the sport they love. But that year, everything changes. Two leagues get off the ground almost at the same time: the ABL and the WNBA. They’re competing for talent and fans. The WNBA knows that to build momentum, they need a rivalry. And they have an obvious one in mind: Los Angeles vs New York. But things don’t always go as planned…  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  7. Sep 15

    Introducing: Biggest Rivalries of All Time - Liberty vs. Comets

    Season 2 of Biggest Rivalries of All Time, hosted by Cari Champion, takes us back to the early days of the WNBA and the league’s first real rivalry: the Houston Comets vs the New York Liberty. They faced each other in three of the first four WNBA championship finals. This is the story of two powerhouse teams and the players who dominated the sport — the women whose names are often forgotten but whose excellence, sacrifices and love for the game built the foundations for the league’s popularity today. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Introducing: Biggest Rivalries of All Time - Liberty vs. Comets

  8. Mar 24

    Episode 6: End of an Era

    Chris has one more shot at beating her rival. Martina goes back home to Czechoslovakia for the first time since she defected 10 years earlier. This last episode explores the end of these two giants’ careers, their rivalry-turned-friendship and their legacy for the sport.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Episode 6: End of an Era
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Biggest Rivalries of All Time is a documentary-style series covering the most epic and dramatic rivalries in women’s sports, hosted by broadcaster Cari Champion. Each season unpacks a rivalry, beat by beat, and explores how it shaped women’s sports, and the larger culture, then and now.  Season 1 explores the rivalry between Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert, the two tennis giants who faced each other 80 times over 15 years. Billie Jean King has called it the greatest rivalry in the history of all sports. This season delves into not just their rivalry, but their unusual friendship, and how it transformed the sport and our culture. Season 2 takes us back to the early days of the WNBA and the league’s first real rivalry: the Houston Comets vs the New York Liberty. They faced each other in three of the first four WNBA championship finals. This is the story of two powerhouse teams and the players who dominated the sport — the women whose names are often forgotten but whose excellence, sacrifices and love for the game built the foundations for the league’s popularity today.

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  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
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