Speaker 1: Welcome to Good Game with Sarah Spain, where we're taking
Speaker 1: a deep breath, saying a few oms, and trying to
Speaker 1: refill our social battery before WNBA All Star Weekend descends
Speaker 1: on Chicago. It's Tuesday, July twenty first, and on today's show,
Speaker 1: Team USA Olympians and fiancees Hillary Knight and Britney Bow
Speaker 1: joined me to talk about how their summer's been more
Speaker 1: SP's Time one hundred Grand Prix than gardening and chilling,
Speaker 1: trying to put a positive spin on Hillary's second p
Speaker 1: WHL team change in as many years, and whether Britney's
Speaker 1: first gig post retirement might be teaching us all the hockey.
Speaker 1: Plus Please Don't be a Nightmare? Well, that one is
Speaker 1: a nightmare and New York's next Door Neighbor shines in
Speaker 1: the latest edition of Yes and It's All coming up
Speaker 1: right after this welcome back slices, Here's what you need
Speaker 1: to know today with hoops, the Atlanta Dream beat the
Speaker 1: Chicago Sky ninety three ninety one in dramatic fashion on Sunday,
Speaker 1: a Sydney Taylor three tied things up at ninety one
Speaker 1: with just seconds on the clock before the Dreams Jordan
Speaker 1: Canada sealed the wind with a buzzer beating layup. Now
Speaker 1: the Dream secured the dub, But the game wasn't a
Speaker 1: total dream for Atlanta because in the fourth quarter, Star
Speaker 1: forward Angel Reese's left knee buckled on a layup. She
Speaker 1: twisted her ankle going down and fell to the ground.
Speaker 1: She returned to the bench and was ultimately ruled out
Speaker 1: for the rest of the game. As of this recording,
Speaker 1: the team hasn't given any additional updates, but Reese was
Speaker 1: spotted in good spirits after the game, shouting dubs in
Speaker 1: the Bleepin' Chat while walking through the tunnel with an
Speaker 1: ice pack around her left knee. The Dreamer off for
Speaker 1: over a week for the All Star breaks, so Reese
Speaker 1: does have until July twenty ninth before she needs to
Speaker 1: suit back up for Atlanta. It would be a bummer
Speaker 1: for her to miss playing in the All Star Game, though,
Speaker 1: especially in front of a Chicago crowd that still loves
Speaker 1: the third year star. We'll keep you posted if we
Speaker 1: get more details on the injury. More w The league's
Speaker 1: Players Association is meeting with league leadership today, including Commissioner
Speaker 1: Kathy Engelbert, to address escalating online harassment. According to the
Speaker 1: Athletics Anti Costable. The meeting was initiated by player leadership
Speaker 1: after the controversial play in late June between Indiana Fever
Speaker 1: guard Caitlin Clark and Phoenix Mercury forward Alissa Thomas, after
Speaker 1: which racist and violent vitriol toward Thomas increased exponentially. The
Speaker 1: wnbpa's Executive Committee will be at the meeting, as well
Speaker 1: as the Justice Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee. Definitely going
Speaker 1: to keep an eye for news out of that one. Also,
Speaker 1: the Commission is holding a press conference before the All
Speaker 1: Star Game, so at the very least we expect her
Speaker 1: to be asked about the meeting this weekend in Chicago.
Speaker 1: To tennis, a new Women's Tennis Association rule takes effect
Speaker 1: today that requires all players to undergo genetic sex testing
Speaker 1: in order to compete on the WTA Tour. Yes, this
Speaker 1: is the same controversial rule that we've talked about a
Speaker 1: bunch on the show lately. It went into effect at
Speaker 1: World Athletics and World Boxing last year when the International
Speaker 1: Olympic Committee adopted it earlier this year ahead of the
Speaker 1: twenty twenty eight LA Games. The test looks for the
Speaker 1: presence of the sry gene. If an athlete has the gene,
Speaker 1: these new policies say they should be banned from competing
Speaker 1: in the women's category, even though medical experts, geneticists, and
Speaker 1: human rights advocates have long argued that that's a far
Speaker 1: too simplistic take, with seriously damaging consequences for athletes mentally, physically,
Speaker 1: and financially, not to mention the potential for abuse during testing,
Speaker 1: the manipulation of samples, false positives, or even threats of
Speaker 1: exposure used to extort or violate athletes under the guise of.
Speaker 2: Needing to prove their gender.
Speaker 1: The news was initially reported by Ben Rothenberg at Bounces,
Speaker 1: a tennis publication. Will link to his report in the
Speaker 1: show notes. As of this recording, we haven't seen any
Speaker 1: tennis players speak out about the new rule, but will
Speaker 1: let you know if anyone comments. To soccer where NWSL
Speaker 1: expansion side, The Boston Legacy had been having a great
Speaker 1: run after the FIFA break, winning three games in a
Speaker 1: row this month, but the streak ended on Sunday in
Speaker 1: a game again It's the Washington Spirit, when the Spirit
Speaker 1: scored two goals in a six minute span thanks to
Speaker 1: Tara Rudd in Trinity Rodman Boston. Sammy Smith scored late
Speaker 1: in regulation time to bring the score to two to one,
Speaker 1: but the Legacy failed to find the back of the
Speaker 1: net again. Still with three of their four wins this
Speaker 1: season coming in the last few weeks, We're keeping an
Speaker 1: eye on Boston to see if they can turn their
Speaker 1: freshman season around, and of course we'll continue to keep
Speaker 1: an eye on the Spirit, who took over the top
Speaker 1: of the table with that win. To gymnastics, the best
Speaker 1: American women competed at the US Classic over the weekend,
Speaker 1: a tune up event ahead of next month's US Championships.
Speaker 1: Seventeen year old Reese Espondo won the women's all around,
Speaker 1: the biggest win of her career to date, just behind Esponda.
Speaker 1: Two time Olympian Jade Carey, who's competing this season for
Speaker 1: the first time since winning two medals at the twenty
Speaker 1: twenty four Paris Olympics. Also making her return Caitlin Ohashi.
Speaker 1: Earlier this season, Ohashi ended a thirteen year break from
Speaker 1: elite competition and a seven year break from competition of
Speaker 1: any kind.
Speaker 2: Now twenty nine.
Speaker 1: Ohashi was a top US junior gymnast between twenty eleven
Speaker 1: and twenty thirteen. Before stepping away from elite competition. She
Speaker 1: went on to compete in college gymnastics at UCLA, where
Speaker 1: she became a viral sensation for her amazing floor routines.
Speaker 1: She fell just short of earning enough points to earn
Speaker 1: an automatic qualification to the US Championships, but she still
Speaker 1: dazzled the audience and said afterwards she quote couldn't ask
Speaker 1: for anything more. I feel like I had a really
Speaker 1: solid meat end quote. All right, slice is We're gonna
Speaker 1: take a quick break when we come back Fresh Starts
Speaker 1: with Hillary Knight and Britney Bow. I sat down with
Speaker 1: the two in the MGM High Rollers podcast room. The
Speaker 1: audio isn't quite as good as if we were in
Speaker 1: a studio, but definitely worth your time.
Speaker 3: We had a.
Speaker 2: Blast chatting, so stick around.
Speaker 3: All right.
Speaker 1: I'm skipping my usual long intest so we could take
Speaker 1: advantage of all the time we have on this very
Speaker 1: busy weekend. But just know that I'll be singing your
Speaker 1: praises and reading off pages full of accomplishments when we
Speaker 1: actually run this pottle distick.
Speaker 2: Hey, it's Sarah from the future.
Speaker 1: Here are those lengthy bios they deserve joining us. Hillary Knight,
Speaker 1: you probably know her as one of the greatest hockey
Speaker 1: players of all time. She's a two time Olympic gold
Speaker 1: medalist and three time Olympic silver medalist, a ten time
Speaker 1: world champion and five time world runner up. After playing
Speaker 1: with the Boston Fleet for the first two years of
Speaker 1: the PWHL, she joined the Seattle Torrent last year for
Speaker 1: their first season, and now she's headed to another expansion team,
Speaker 1: Detroit via Las Vegas. It's complicated, folks, but just know
Speaker 1: she's headed to Detroit. Since she last came on good Games.
Speaker 1: She proposed to her now fiance Brittany Bow in the
Speaker 1: Olympic Village, taking a big risk by pulling out the
Speaker 1: ring while standing over a grate. All is well, the
Speaker 1: ring was delivered. As for Britney, she's a four time Olympian,
Speaker 1: two time Olympic medalist in the sport of speed skating,
Speaker 1: and she had a surprisingly good, healed human reaction about
Speaker 1: finishing fourth and just missing the podium in all three
Speaker 1: of her events at the most recent Milan Cortina Olympics.
Speaker 1: Her final games were up playing basketball and in line skating.
Speaker 1: She's studying the brain and wants to get into mental coaching.
Speaker 1: All right, let's get back to Hillary and Brittany in Vegas.
Speaker 1: It's been a probably busy summer, not only celebrating your
Speaker 1: Olympic achievements and coming down off the Olympics, but also
Speaker 1: finishing a PWHL season and now you're going to be
Speaker 1: on the move. So before we get to the planning
Speaker 1: the logistics the move, let's talk about the fault. What
Speaker 1: fun have we had over the summer so far? Hillary, Oh,
Speaker 1: my gosh, I don't know.
Speaker 4: We've uh, let's see, I've gone to the Grand Prix
Speaker 4: over Monaco.
Speaker 3: How was amazing. I think that kicked off summer.
Speaker 4: We're at a couple time one hundred events sport and
Speaker 4: regular time one hundred SNL, SNL, sb's ballin.
Speaker 3: You've really done a lot. It's been great. It's been
Speaker 3: a lot of fun too. And U Sport Beach. That
Speaker 3: was incredible.
Speaker 4: There's so much going on there, but it's so cool
Speaker 4: because it's like, I don't know, it's like a fun
Speaker 4: way to meet people that I don't think we would
Speaker 4: necessarily meet another industry.
Speaker 2: Yeah, the coolest networking events yeah ever.
Speaker 3: Yeah, and after parties aren't so bad.
Speaker 1: So yeah, well everything you just named is amazing, like
Speaker 1: lifetime moments. For most people, one a year would have
Speaker 1: been a credible but it's been.
Speaker 2: That in just a couple of weeks.
Speaker 1: Do you like that, Brittany or do you feel like
Speaker 1: for you some of your summa would be like gardening
Speaker 1: and like reading on the patio.
Speaker 3: That's funny.
Speaker 5: Well, while I love gardening and sitting on the patio,
Speaker 5: everything has been optional and I sign up for it all.
Speaker 5: I mean, this is so much fun being able to
Speaker 5: celebrate Hillary, and you know, the perks of being the
Speaker 5: plus one aren't too bad.
Speaker 3: So no, it's been It's been so great. What about you?
Speaker 1: Do you have moments where you're like I need to
Speaker 1: shut it down and say no toe something, or because
Speaker 1: right now I feel like with women's sports, for so
Speaker 1: many years, I was.
Speaker 2: Like look over here, look over here, and now I'm
Speaker 2: like not all of that.
Speaker 1: So how do you feel about like balancing the same yes,
Speaker 1: and building your brand and building the PWTWL I'm building
Speaker 1: Team USA versus like, am I gonna burn out?
Speaker 4: Yeah? Yeah, well I think just like the Olympic burnout
Speaker 4: is natura, right, there's just so much you have to
Speaker 4: do before the Olympics and then post Olympics and you're
Speaker 4: getting celebrated everywhere, which is great, but you want to
Speaker 4: share that tangible success with everyone at the same time.
Speaker 3: So that's wild. But I don't know. I think it's this.
Speaker 4: Really like cool opportunity. Anytime you get to get out
Speaker 4: of your skates and go do something, it's fun. But
Speaker 4: I think for me, like, as long as I'm taking
Speaker 4: care of business and keeping the main thing, the main
Speaker 4: thing when it matters most, like I'm good, and then
Speaker 4: just checking in with energy right Like it's like I
Speaker 4: haven't taken a vacation, but like I consider these things
Speaker 4: by vacation, so I treat it that right out.
Speaker 1: To me sometimes that I'm like, it is work, but
Speaker 1: it's like I would choose to do this. Yeah, a
Speaker 1: lot of these things I would pay to get the
Speaker 1: opportunity to go to these things. So the fact that
Speaker 1: it's work like, and I think that attitude is really
Speaker 1: necessary to have the kind of lives that you have.
Speaker 2: You need to be grateful and happy and not grateful
Speaker 2: in the way that women athletes are.
Speaker 1: Yea grateful, genuine way. You know, we've been having this
Speaker 1: conversation for literally twenty years now, the pressure that you
Speaker 1: might feel as the face of hockey in America, do
Speaker 1: you really step into it and say I'm glad I
Speaker 1: get to be this person or do you ever feel like, man,
Speaker 1: I wish I could just like make a mistake or
Speaker 1: say the wrong thing, or you.
Speaker 2: Know, break a law or something. I feel like it
Speaker 2: was going to be a representation of everything.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't know.
Speaker 4: I think I think I'm getting more comfortable, like as
Speaker 4: as I've gotten older, like with who I am and
Speaker 4: what I believe in and what aligns with me and
Speaker 4: what speaks to me.
Speaker 3: So I think that from that standpoint, it's gotten easier.
Speaker 4: But no, I think back from when I landed in Boston.
Speaker 4: Some guys saw me pull my hockey bag off the
Speaker 4: baggage claim and he was like, oh, girls play hockey.
Speaker 4: And now you can't even get down the street without
Speaker 4: someone being like, oh, hey, like watch that game or
Speaker 4: good luck or saw you at the oscar Like It's
Speaker 4: it's just so cool that those moments of his ability
Speaker 4: have increased so much in such a sure amount of time.
Speaker 2: Yeah, Brittany, were here, You're in Vegas in the high roller.
Speaker 1: And s gambling area at the MGM, the Park MGM
Speaker 1: which by the way, on paid plogg smoke free hotel casino.
Speaker 1: It's like my dream, I know every time I come
Speaker 1: to Vegas and I lay in my hair smells, I'm like, oh,
Speaker 1: we need but this is magical.
Speaker 2: We're here for she Weekend.
Speaker 1: Every aspect of this has been above and beyond, and
Speaker 1: to me, one of the things it says is like,
Speaker 1: who's been standing in the way of things like this
Speaker 1: in the past that it takes Flavor flav using a
Speaker 1: lifetime of influence and agency and his name to step
Speaker 1: up and say this is what they deserve.
Speaker 2: And here come the brands, and here come the events,
Speaker 2: And what do you feel.
Speaker 1: Like when you get here and you're one of all
Speaker 1: of these Olympians and paralympians being celebrated this way.
Speaker 5: It's been incredible. The way that he has championed all
Speaker 5: of us has been something I don't think any of
Speaker 5: us ever expected, but since was at Paris with water
Speaker 5: polo and then jumping on with Bob sled and now
Speaker 5: championing the whole women's Olympic team like it's just been
Speaker 5: incredible and well deserved.
Speaker 3: By us, I guess.
Speaker 5: So the fact that he has you know, seen us
Speaker 5: and celebrated us and gotten to all these brands on
Speaker 5: board has just been a blessing.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 1: I think it's really fun, probably too for all of
Speaker 1: you to get together in a space that there's a
Speaker 1: bit of work. There's some panels, there's some but just
Speaker 1: to hang out and share stories during the panels today,
Speaker 1: it was really fascinating the interactivity of hearing these athletes
Speaker 1: ask questions about finances, about finding agentcy can trust, about
Speaker 1: what to do post career, and that's kind of where
Speaker 1: you're at. I'm not going to stress you about Brittany
Speaker 1: by saying what's next?
Speaker 2: What are you going to do? You've all stressed me out.
Speaker 2: I am not stressed about it.
Speaker 1: So I'll just say more generally, like how are you
Speaker 1: approaching this time? And have you asked other athletes or
Speaker 1: listen to podcasts and heard people talk about, oh, now
Speaker 1: you don't have a schedule and a coach and a
Speaker 1: regiment and nutrition and all that stuff.
Speaker 3: Well, I've done a.
Speaker 5: Lot of work on my mind and what my value
Speaker 5: is the last four years.
Speaker 3: So this really, this whole last.
Speaker 5: Quad, I've been able to reflect on my whole career
Speaker 5: and kind of think about what's next and be at
Speaker 5: peace with that decision. And I know a lot of
Speaker 5: people struggle post athletic career, but I've been at such
Speaker 5: peace and I owe that to the countless people that
Speaker 5: have worked with me and help me find my value
Speaker 5: and my life is worth so much more than just
Speaker 5: what goes on in the arena and what's next for me.
Speaker 2: I'm still going to be involved in speed skating.
Speaker 5: They've kind of created a new position for me to
Speaker 5: help with the high performance and development stuff. So I
Speaker 5: am so pumped to be continuing to be involved in
Speaker 5: speed skating. It's what I've done for sixteen years.
Speaker 3: I love it.
Speaker 5: We're such a small organization and the Salt Lake thirty
Speaker 5: four coming back to Salt Lake.
Speaker 3: I'm excited for what's next.
Speaker 2: Yeah, are you going to be mad?
Speaker 3: Hillary?
Speaker 1: When you're getting up and doing crazy workouts getting your
Speaker 1: protein powered? Jompson And she's over there reading a book
Speaker 1: eating a stack of pancakes.
Speaker 3: No, No, I mean she's earned it, So let's be real.
Speaker 3: I'm the one you're getting up. I'm making okay?
Speaker 1: Yeah, built in coach slash nutrition slash.
Speaker 3: I don't know.
Speaker 4: I feel like we just like compliment each other so well,
Speaker 4: and even like Grit continuing her role or within the
Speaker 4: industry and I'm going to be in Detroit, like we
Speaker 4: just make it work.
Speaker 3: Yeah, whatever whatever that looks like.
Speaker 4: And so if she needs extra time to go through
Speaker 4: that transitional period, like we'll just we'll figure it out.
Speaker 3: And I think that's what's super daunting.
Speaker 4: We've done something for so long and then to have
Speaker 4: the absence of that, You're like, what do I do?
Speaker 4: So I think something like she weakened is just so
Speaker 4: monumental for so many athletes in that way to equip
Speaker 4: us with tools to work on our minds to be
Speaker 4: able to take that next out.
Speaker 2: Yeah, let's talk about Detroit. Yeah, I hope I didn't curse.
Speaker 1: You when you came good game and we said, oh look, Buss,
Speaker 1: you wouldn't protect you, and then we were like look
Speaker 1: and then off you went to Seattle and then it
Speaker 1: happens again and I had it to Detroit. How are
Speaker 1: you receiving that happening twice and the idea that you
Speaker 1: will be on your third team?
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, I think the human part of it
Speaker 4: is really hard, like that is really challenging because there's
Speaker 4: just so much that goes into just like the familiarity
Speaker 4: of a new market. And I was in Boston for
Speaker 4: so many years, but just getting back to Boston and
Speaker 4: you're one and all the new intricacies that go with
Speaker 4: that new staff quick hires, like you kind of have
Speaker 4: to figure it out quickly. And so I think from
Speaker 4: the human standpoint, it's like, oh, who's gonna babysit pain?
Speaker 3: You know, where am I going for this? Where am
Speaker 3: I going for that? So that's that's a little daunting.
Speaker 4: But the hockey Maart I'm really excited about because manone
Speaker 4: articulated this amazing Viisi and she wants to establish a
Speaker 4: championship culture. And I feel like where I'm at in
Speaker 4: my career, I don't want to waste any time, you know,
Speaker 4: like the standard set.
Speaker 3: I don't have to explain to you what the standard is.
Speaker 4: She's demanding excellence not only of us, but the support
Speaker 4: staff and the staff there. And I get to show
Speaker 4: up and play and try and be my best and
Speaker 4: try and you know, build a really strong locker up,
Speaker 4: which is something I'm super passionate about.
Speaker 1: I think these days athletes move teams way more often
Speaker 1: than they used to. It used to be professional sports,
Speaker 1: you sort of associated with one sety forever, so it
Speaker 1: doesn't hurt as much to move around.
Speaker 2: And the silver lining for me is Hillary Knight.
Speaker 1: In a new market is always going to be the
Speaker 1: best advertisement and argument for fans to show up and
Speaker 1: check it out. So you having done that in three
Speaker 1: places for the PWHL is awesome. Selfishly, Yeah, the sport
Speaker 1: it's shit for you.
Speaker 3: Hattie's gonna dog sit in. Where do I go to
Speaker 3: the den? Ever? I'm going to Detroit, YACKI tel Hi.
Speaker 4: So it's like, I feel like things are starting to align.
Speaker 4: But no, like I like, I love Boston, I love Seattle.
Speaker 4: Those places made me in their own way, right, and
Speaker 4: so I'm looking forward opportunities to go back and play.
Speaker 3: And but yeah, I'm excited. I'm excited about Detroit. Yeah,
Speaker 3: but you're right.
Speaker 4: I mean, when you're embarking this new journey, you have
Speaker 4: to build something from scratch. It takes a lot and
Speaker 4: it takes the right people to be there to do it.
Speaker 4: So I'm just happy I'm considered one of those people
Speaker 4: to be able to build.
Speaker 1: Yeah, what does it mean for you? Brittany, are you
Speaker 1: packing up and heading to Detroit.
Speaker 5: Well, I'll be there part time, Like I said, I'll
Speaker 5: be doing some work with us speed Skating.
Speaker 3: Really excited about that.
Speaker 5: And then once the schedule comes out, if there's a
Speaker 5: couple home games in a row, I'll definitely be there
Speaker 5: for some extended periods. But you know, the life of
Speaker 5: pro sports, you're gone more than your home.
Speaker 3: So yeah, what is home? Salt Lake?
Speaker 4: Okay, oh yeah, between Salt Lake and Sun Valley. But yeah,
Speaker 4: we have a lovely place in Salt Lake, and we're
Speaker 4: joking around black bardening befull this started, and I mean
Speaker 4: not as like the most like tranquil thing to do
Speaker 4: is get in the backyard and just get to work
Speaker 4: and sort of this mindless.
Speaker 3: You know, are the trees going to survive this summer
Speaker 3: in seven degrees?
Speaker 4: You know? But no, I mean it's it's fun to
Speaker 4: have balance, and I think we found a really good stride.
Speaker 4: But yeah, and then we have a handful of friends
Speaker 4: in Detroit too, like Chrits.
Speaker 5: Yeah, yes, one of my best friends is right outside
Speaker 5: of Detroit.
Speaker 3: One of your best friends is right outside of.
Speaker 1: Detroit, So yeah, close to Chicago, very close to a
Speaker 1: city in the country and it's.
Speaker 3: Like you getting a tea.
Speaker 1: I doell know, Like also like why didn't people show
Speaker 1: up as much as they should have? But also why
Speaker 1: did they put the game like six days before Christmas?
Speaker 3: Tough?
Speaker 2: That was the first I went to both.
Speaker 1: I dropped the puck actually the first takeover to a game,
Speaker 1: which was super fun, but it was like a couple
Speaker 1: of days before Christmas.
Speaker 2: There's so much going on.
Speaker 1: The second one was better, so exciting, But yeah, I mean,
Speaker 1: Chicago's really interesting work and it's a podcast for another time.
Speaker 2: Why women's sports has been there and is a big history.
Speaker 1: There's so many women's teams there but doesn't have the
Speaker 1: same culture that it does in some other places, and
Speaker 1: dissecting why that is, whether it's competing with these established
Speaker 1: hundred plus year old men's brands, or whether it's the
Speaker 1: way the teams that marketed themselves.
Speaker 2: But I was disappointed we didn't get a team, and
Speaker 2: I was like, if we do, we're gonna get Hillary.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 4: Well I thought a team in scar was like a
Speaker 4: sure thing. People are coming up like where's the expansions?
Speaker 3: Like really don't know.
Speaker 4: So I think we had a couple like surprise locations,
Speaker 4: but again, like there's some metric telling the league where
Speaker 4: they're going to go, and.
Speaker 1: Smart than they did that too, because they are clearly
Speaker 1: making decisions based off data.
Speaker 2: I have to figure out where Hamilton is.
Speaker 4: I've played in the takeover to her game in Hamilton.
Speaker 4: Good times, great fan base. Yeah, but it's like an
Speaker 4: hour hour and a half. I think outside of Toronto
Speaker 4: or something like that.
Speaker 3: I don't know. The bus strives really blurry.
Speaker 2: I'm like Canada.
Speaker 1: I've like I've got Toronto and Vancouver and Montreal down
Speaker 1: another yea, like.
Speaker 6: He's in there, It's right there. But then it's like
Speaker 6: the conversation, right, what's exciting? It's like, okay, like you know,
Speaker 6: are their conferences? What is the playoff formatal of? Like
Speaker 6: now we're at twelve teams like.
Speaker 4: When we did the CBA, we did contemplate expanding this day.
Speaker 2: It's really exciting.
Speaker 1: It also makes it really difficult for the expansion process.
Speaker 1: It makes it difficult for fan bases to attach to
Speaker 1: play rests and stay rooted.
Speaker 2: In some of the traditions. And so I'm hoping maybe
Speaker 2: settle for a little before more.
Speaker 1: We love the expansion, but also it makes it a
Speaker 1: little bit hard to build at times. I want to
Speaker 1: ask you about something you mentioned in the panel earlier today.
Speaker 1: You said something about you want the way we even
Speaker 1: call games to change, and I felt like you were
Speaker 1: about to touch on something that I've been preaching.
Speaker 2: So I want to hear what you meant by that.
Speaker 4: I feel like there's just so much more knowledge like
Speaker 4: we can infuse into click the game call, whether it's
Speaker 4: the play by play or the color commentary. That it's
Speaker 4: just like we are like fierce competitors out there, like
Speaker 4: smashing each other into the glass, through the glass, scoring
Speaker 4: amazing goals, bringing up crazy plays that I feel like
Speaker 4: the sports at this pivotal moment where it's gonna take.
Speaker 3: That next step.
Speaker 4: And so I feel like the language and how we
Speaker 4: speak to that fan that wants to learn more or
Speaker 4: is a die hard fan needs that language to evolve.
Speaker 1: Yes, I completely agree, and for me, it's the next
Speaker 1: big step for women's sports is thank you for knowing
Speaker 1: we exist and wanting to quote unquote support or be
Speaker 1: part of the community or via the merch or show
Speaker 1: that you care. Now, how do we take all those
Speaker 1: people that have just arrived and actually teach them x's
Speaker 1: and o's. Why is Hillary Knight elite? Outside of what
Speaker 1: you can see about a score? Why is this goaltender
Speaker 1: doing so well? What are the angles that they're used?
Speaker 4: Like?
Speaker 2: How do we actually watch the game in a smarter way?
Speaker 4: Yeah, And that was it was interesting like when our
Speaker 4: relationship first like became more serious and you got more
Speaker 4: serious about hockey, like teaching brit the game, And it
Speaker 4: was kind of this weird experience for I'm like, one,
Speaker 4: I'm like, how.
Speaker 3: Do you not know hockey?
Speaker 4: Like you know, like this is a great sport, but
Speaker 4: because it's really complicated, right, So once you get those
Speaker 4: eyes in there, like how do you keep them there?
Speaker 4: You know, how do they get attached to that one player?
Speaker 4: And to your point, like why is she so great?
Speaker 4: Why is this player different than that player? What makes
Speaker 4: them great? So I just think that evolution is I
Speaker 4: think it's knocking on the door.
Speaker 1: Yes, And I love that you talked about teaching her
Speaker 1: because I do think what's interesting too for athletes is
Speaker 1: taking themselves back to day one. Has zem better learn
Speaker 1: how to speak to and engage with an audience? I said,
Speaker 1: my show is Stars, Steak, Stats and Stories, if I
Speaker 1: was taking someone to a PWHL game, which I did.
Speaker 1: I took about twelve people to take over to a game,
Speaker 1: and I was like, most of them had never gonn
Speaker 1: to do a hockey game, not to mention women's hockey
Speaker 1: and the PWHL, And I'm like, here's what you need
Speaker 1: to know, star Stak, stats and stories. You're gonna be
Speaker 1: so much more into the game than if I'm just like, Okay,
Speaker 1: watch you don't know anything about either team or what
Speaker 1: the goals are. And so I want to do that
Speaker 1: more for women's sports. And I wonder Brittany Glennon, Doyle
Speaker 1: and Abbi Wambach have an interesting relationship where Glennon will
Speaker 1: sometimes try to teach people about the sports from her
Speaker 1: perspective as a non athlete, non sports fan.
Speaker 2: Can we expect some content.
Speaker 1: From you, maybe for next season, now that you're retired
Speaker 1: taking us through the PWHL, Maybe cut breaking down some
Speaker 1: film of Hillary.
Speaker 5: I think I know a little bit more about hockey
Speaker 5: than Glennon does suck or maybe she's just putting up
Speaker 5: a front. She has to know a little bit more,
Speaker 5: but she is a riot. They are so funny, But
Speaker 5: I guess I could but the hockey.
Speaker 1: Yes, let us get salt and pep around them, keeping
Speaker 1: off side in the blue line, and we would love it.
Speaker 2: Okay, last question for you, wedding planning, happening or not?
Speaker 2: Great question, not planning, planning, not planning.
Speaker 3: Yeah, we ran into it.
Speaker 4: I won't put them on blast, but we ran some
Speaker 4: other tm USA athletes.
Speaker 3: Yeah, same boat. They haven't planned. We haven't planned. I
Speaker 3: don't know. Is it an athlete thing? Like, I don't know.
Speaker 2: Take your time so you enjoy banging on.
Speaker 5: Okay, you are kind of in white, yeah, helim white.
Speaker 2: I mean no pressure. But I have officiated a wedding before.
Speaker 2: So if you don't want to use elvis or who's
Speaker 2: they provided, somebody knows you better. If you're happy, this
Speaker 2: might actually get you here.
Speaker 3: Of all the pressures. Okay.
Speaker 4: Well, in all seriousness, like my brother's getting married this
Speaker 4: fall and we didn't want to like that.
Speaker 3: This is his year. So we're like, hey, we at
Speaker 3: least buy this. This is another year.
Speaker 4: But we don't know what we want to do, where
Speaker 4: we want to go, where we want to celebrate with people?
Speaker 3: Like how many people? Yeah?
Speaker 4: I joke around that people are gonna get a postcard
Speaker 4: the mail and be like, hey, show where the party
Speaker 4: is you want to come?
Speaker 3: Great if not cool, like do your fami.
Speaker 1: My husband and I both made a checklist one to
Speaker 1: five of priorities to see what order we put things in,
Speaker 1: like because like, let's say you want a certain number
Speaker 1: of people, you might not want to do destination if
Speaker 1: you don't think they'll all be able to make it.
Speaker 1: Do you really want people to be dancing all night
Speaker 1: or do you care more about like the food.
Speaker 2: Do you want the flowers to be most beautiful everyone's
Speaker 2: ever seen? Or is it more about like the fun.
Speaker 2: We were really into logistics, like people shouldn't be in
Speaker 2: long lines for beer.
Speaker 3: We really wanted music.
Speaker 1: So we got this awesome band on this festival band
Speaker 1: that did all eighties and nineties hip hop covers and
Speaker 1: came out with the flavor Flave clock and like, well
Speaker 1: you know it was a rager. Yeah, and that's what
Speaker 1: we put for the wedding platter. When people believe they
Speaker 1: you want them to say the wedding was, and we.
Speaker 2: Said a ranger.
Speaker 1: Yeah. So like identifying that early just helps you start
Speaker 1: a lit emanating things.
Speaker 2: Just do it like that to start and.
Speaker 1: That'll make the whole like million choices be a little
Speaker 1: less overwhelming.
Speaker 3: Breath that's help, that's very healthful, or.
Speaker 2: Just do it here.
Speaker 1: Yeah, in fact, let's go do it right.
Speaker 2: Thank you guys so much for taking the time.
Speaker 1: Thanks thanks again to Hillary and Britney for taking the time,
Speaker 1: especially during an extremely busy, super.
Speaker 2: Fun weekend in Vegas. Don't forget.
Speaker 1: You can now watch full length good game interviews on
Speaker 1: the iHeart Women's Sports YouTube channel. And this is a
Speaker 1: fun one because again we were in the high rollers
Speaker 1: room in a casino, not your usual podcast spot.
Speaker 3: We got to take another break.
Speaker 1: When we come back, we talk history on the other
Speaker 1: side of Manhattan.
Speaker 2: Welcome back, Slices.
Speaker 1: It's time for the latest edition.
Speaker 3: Of Yes and.
Speaker 2: Yes Yes, and it's.
Speaker 1: The segment where we celebrate the best of women's sports
Speaker 1: today while making sure to remember the history that got
Speaker 1: us to this point. In yesterday's show, we told you
Speaker 1: have forty two thousand, one hundred and seventy five fans
Speaker 1: watch Gotham FC defeat the Washington Spirit one nil last
Speaker 1: week at City Field, home of MLB's New York Mets.
Speaker 1: It marked the largest attendance ever at a women's sporting
Speaker 1: event in New York City, pera Gotham Press release. The
Speaker 1: previous record was set during the twenty twenty three US Open,
Speaker 1: when twenty eight, one hundred and forty three fans crowded
Speaker 1: into Arthur Ashe Stadium to watch Coco Goff's victory. So,
Speaker 1: as we were thinking about Gotham's new New York record,
Speaker 1: we started thinking about the stadiums that host New York
Speaker 1: named teams, but just happened to be across the Hudson
Speaker 1: in New Jersey.
Speaker 4: Well.
Speaker 1: During the nineteen ninety nine Women's World Cup, seventy eight thousand,
Speaker 1: nine hundred and seventy two fans were in attendance when
Speaker 1: the US opened the tournament by defeating Denmark three nil
Speaker 1: in a game played at Giant Stadium in East Rutherford,
Speaker 1: New Jersey. You know, I've told the story before about
Speaker 1: how the US team started wondering why they were stuck
Speaker 1: in crazy traffic en route to their game, Like where
Speaker 1: are all these cars going? They were asking each other,
Speaker 1: only to realize all the people in those cars were
Speaker 1: going to watch them play now. Giants Stadium was demolished
Speaker 1: in twenty ten and was replaced by MetLife Stadium aka
Speaker 1: the same venue that hosted the Men's World Cup Final
Speaker 1: on Sunday afternoon. But we'll always have the memory of
Speaker 1: those seventy eighty nine hundred.
Speaker 3: And seventy two.
Speaker 1: So yes to the more than forty two thousand fans
Speaker 1: who turned out to last week's Goot Them game that
Speaker 1: still counts as the NYC record, and to the more
Speaker 1: than seventy eight thousand fans who showed up just across
Speaker 1: the river twenty seven years ago. We love that you're listening,
Speaker 1: but we want you to get in the game every
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Speaker 1: three new lumberjack records for the Books Review. Wisconsin hosted
Speaker 1: the Lumberjack World Championships over the weekend, because of course
Speaker 1: it did, and this year, two of the women competing
Speaker 1: at the event set three new world records. Carolina Urbanova
Speaker 1: from the Czech Republic set two of them. She earned
Speaker 1: first place in the women's underhand chop cutting through eleven
Speaker 1: inches of white pine and twenty one point two eight
Speaker 1: seconds eleven inches of white pine sounds like my college,
Speaker 1: never mind. She also came in first in the women's
Speaker 1: standing chop, cutting through nine inches of white pine in
Speaker 1: nineteen point three eight seconds. Meantime, Meredith Ingratson, a Wisconsin local,
Speaker 1: set a world record in the women's boom run, which
Speaker 1: involves sprinting across eight red cedar logs, over the water
Speaker 1: and back. She accomplished the feat in thirteen point seven
Speaker 1: eight seconds. Now, is this a sport? Is it a
Speaker 1: cultural tradition?
Speaker 3: Neither?
Speaker 2: Both doesn't really matter. I like it.
Speaker 1: These women are badass and they could definitely kick my ass.
Speaker 1: Respect Also respect to me for sharing just one naughty
Speaker 1: thought during a segment about wood, Longwood, Redwood.
Speaker 3: Time to end the show.
Speaker 1: Now it's your turn, rate and review. Thanks for listening,
Speaker 1: See you tomorrow. Good game, Hillary, Good game, Brittany Few
Speaker 1: maturity of growth preventing me from rolling out all ten
Speaker 1: naughty thoughts I had while talking about wood. Good Game
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