Before women’s basketball had the dazzling passes of Ticha Penichiero, Becky, Hammon, or Sue Bird - There was Peggy Lawson and “Tricky” Vicky Nelson. 

Before Riquna Williams scored 51 points and Liz Cambage dropped 53 points in a single game, Machine Gun Molly Bolin reached the 50-point mark four times and Butch Moore scored over 35,000 points in her barnstorming career. 

Before Maya Moore became synonymous with social justice in sports, Black ballers like Ora Mae Washington and Inez Patterson promoted discussions about race relations and Elvira “Peps” Newman spoke about economic empowerment for women. 

Welcome to The Barnstormers Podcast: An Introduction to the trailblazers of traveling women’s basketball.  I am your host LaChina Robinson, a women’s basketball analyst at ESPN. I will be narrating this four-part podcast series that chronicles traveling women’s basketball teams of yesteryear. 

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Narrated by LaChina Robinson.
Written by Erica Ayala.
Interviews done by Ashley Hart of She Plays.
Audio mixing done by Danelle Cloutier.

Thank you to the incredible players we were privileged to interview:
Marcia Adams
Jolene Ammons
Jessie Banks
Brenda Moon Davis
Debbie Loftice
Vicky Nelson
Peps Neuman
Dianne Kirkland Warren

Thank you to Tammy Moore Harrison, David Berri, and John Molina for their continued support of women's sports.