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Casuals with Katie Nolan

Bad Softball Parents, Good Basketball, and the Boston Media on the Boston Meteah

Casuals with Katie Nolan

SiriusXM

Society & Culture, Women's Sports, Comedy, Pop Culture, Katie Nolan, Sports

4.8877 Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2026

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

Hello! It's the podcast that's just going to assume 300 tons is a lot of TNT. Today, Katie and the American Casualties discuss Serena Williams' return to the court, the difference in conviction in statements made by Jaxson Dart and Abdul Carter at Giants OTAs, the difference in statements made by Kyler Murray and JJ McCarthy at Vikings OTAs and the question of whether McCarthy remembers ANY of high school, the Women's College World Series, fear of Meta Glasses, Texas Tech's newest drama and the controversy over the Tennessee handshake line, where to draw the line of when a sports dad becomes overbearing, Sunday night's Texas Tech-UCLA game, Nebraska getting bounced after nearly throwing a no-hitter, UCLA baseball going down, the Thunder falling to the Spurs in the Western Conference Finals, a defense of SGA as a person even if you hate the way he plays basketball, Keke Palmer, Sean Evans, Bruno Mars, and determining Isabella's confidence level heading into the Finals, Montreal getting bounced from the Stanley Cup Playoffs, Montreal also having a HELL of a time at the Victoire Walter Cup celebration, the Champions League final and the anxiety of penalty kicks, Boston's meteor, a home run throwback gone wrong in St. Louis, a potential twelve-year-old Roberto Clemente discovered in Baltimore, Matt Rife nearly derailing the Patriots season further, Daniel jones' new girlfriend, a Milwaukee Brewers lawsuit, and Skip Bayless' most misdirected hot take on the WNBA to date. And finally, the team wraps with what to watch in sports this week.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, Isabella, did you hear Serena Williams is coming out of retirement?

0:04.3

I did. And a part of me doesn't know how to feel about it. Like, I'm happy for her, but also, I don't know. But also, okay. And such. I know. She's been four, it's four years away. And she's accepted a wildcard invitation to play doubles in next week's HSBC. You know what it is? It's's like I don't love it when there's like a huge moment where you feel like you're like, this is it, like wow, we've closed the chapter on this. As a fan, I'm experiencing the closure. Right. And then it's like, oh, okay. Oh, it's open again. And I'm happy. Right. Happy to see you. know that I probably have a chance to play her if she keeps playing.

0:40.5

Exactly.

0:41.2

If she wants to keep playing until she's 60, I have a chance.

0:44.4

That gives me enough time to train.

0:45.9

Right.

0:46.8

Which you will start now.

0:49.0

Listen, I haven't trained since I was 18, but I'm sure I can catch up. If she can come back, so can you.

0:55.5

She's inspired you.

0:57.0

Exactly.

0:57.7

All right.

0:58.4

Well, welcome back, Serena and Isabella.

1:01.5

Let's start a podcast.

1:03.3

Yeah.

1:03.6

Yeah, coming soon.

1:04.9

Head on a swivel.

1:06.0

Any moment now.

1:06.7

Okay. Hello.

1:23.5

And welcome to casuals, a sports podcast, off to a great start.

1:25.5

Sports podcast, it doesn't care what you know.

1:26.7

It's just happy that you're here.

1:27.3

I'm Katie Nolan.

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