By Dorothy J. Gentry
Sports Editor
As Athletes Unlimited gears up for its second season, coming to Dallas beginning Thursday, February 23 at the Fair Park Coliseum, it is also debuting a new show for its viewers.
The Athletes Unlimited Preview Show is a weekly show, hosted by digital media reporter Savanna Collins and Girls Talk Sports TV founder Khristina Williams. It will premiere 15 minutes ahead of the first game of each week on YouTube. There will be five shows throughout the basketball season.
AU, a player-driven league where they get to make all of the executive decisions, is in its second season and will feature 44 of the best professional women’s basketball players – the majority of which play for the WNBA – competing on four teams. The 30-game season is five-weeks long and will tip off on Thursday, Feb. 23 at the Fair Park Coliseum and conclude on Sunday, March 25.
Williams and Collins will look at the upcoming week’s rosters, provide fans with insight, analysis and more, and feature AU players and guests from around the women’s basketball media world, including Myles Ehrlich, Terrika Foster-Brasby, and Nekias Duncan. The show ’s schedule is below:
Episode 1: Thursday, February 23 at
5:45 p.m. ET/4:45 p.m. CT
Episode 2: Wednesday, March 1 at
5:45 p.m. ET/4:45 p.m. CT
Episode 3: Wednesday, March 8 at
5:45 p.m. ET/4:45 p.m. CT
Episode 4: Wednesday, March 15 at
6:45 p.m. ET/5:45 p.m. CT
Episode 5: Wednesday, March 22 at
5:45 p.m. ET/4:45 p.m. CT
Williams, a 2021 Forbes 30 Under 30: Sports selection, founded the digital sports media outlet Girls Talk Sports TV in 2018. The outlet gives women a voice in the sports media industry and has served as a destination for WNBA social and digital content.
Collins, who has been AU’s digital media reporter since its inaugural Softball season in 2020, writes and reports on all AU seasons. She is also a freelance sideline reporter and analyst covering football, lacrosse, and surfing on networks such as ESPN, CBS and World Surf League.
AU Games will be broadcast on WNBA League Pass, CBS Sports Network, Bally Sports and Women’s Sports Network throughout the five-week game.
