1 00:00:00,640 --> 00:00:03,360 Speaker 1: Welcome to Good Game with Sarah Spain, where we're defrosting 2 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:06,120 Speaker 1: after a big Chicago Stars win over the Kansas City 3 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:08,639 Speaker 1: Current on Sunday, and what can only be described as 4 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:13,840 Speaker 1: antim antim like conditions survived three weeks of the Winter 5 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:16,680 Speaker 1: Olympics only to die of tornado aided pneumonia in a 6 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:21,040 Speaker 1: spring soccer game. Tragic. It's Monday, March twenty third, and 7 00:00:21,079 --> 00:00:23,400 Speaker 1: on today show, we'll be chatting with Women's Soups reporters 8 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:26,600 Speaker 1: Emma Bachelrei and Jordan Robinson about their new book, Court 9 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:29,960 Speaker 1: Queen's which celebrates women's basketball and the players and coaches 10 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:32,560 Speaker 1: who helped build the foundation of it. We actually aired 11 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:36,040 Speaker 1: a portion of this conversation focused on the WNBACBA negotiations 12 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:38,879 Speaker 1: during last Tuesday's episode, but today we're going to bring 13 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:41,000 Speaker 1: you the rest of the interviews, which includes Jordan and 14 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:44,040 Speaker 1: Emma talking about their writing process, how they selected just 15 00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:47,440 Speaker 1: the most important moments from a century plus of basketball history, 16 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:50,960 Speaker 1: and choosing which nostalgic deep dives to share, like a 17 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:55,040 Speaker 1: quirky collection of WNBA adjacent tunes that sadly never got 18 00:00:55,080 --> 00:00:57,960 Speaker 1: re upped for a second edition. Plus the Badger's break 19 00:00:57,960 --> 00:01:01,640 Speaker 1: the Buckey's hearts again, winning wealth down, and March delivers 20 00:01:01,680 --> 00:01:04,560 Speaker 1: on the promise of madness. It's all coming up right 21 00:01:04,600 --> 00:01:12,800 Speaker 1: after this. Welcome back, slaceys. Here's what you need to 22 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:17,479 Speaker 1: know today. Let's start with college hockey, where the Wisconsin 23 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:19,840 Speaker 1: Badgers best at Ohio State three to two in the 24 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:23,120 Speaker 1: National title game on Sunday, winning back to back national 25 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:26,520 Speaker 1: championships with their third defeated the Buckeyes in four years. 26 00:01:26,959 --> 00:01:30,000 Speaker 1: That makes nine total titles for the Badgers and five 27 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:33,400 Speaker 1: in the last seven years. Truly a dynasty on ice. 28 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:37,199 Speaker 1: Wisconsin goaltender Aba McNaughton was named the most Outstanding Player 29 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:40,440 Speaker 1: after stopping thirty four of the thirty six shots she faced. 30 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:42,760 Speaker 1: The game also marked the last college game for the 31 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:47,280 Speaker 1: dynamic defensive duo of Caroline KK Harvey and Layla Edwards, who, 32 00:01:47,319 --> 00:01:49,919 Speaker 1: along with forward Kirsten Simms, go out with the bang 33 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:55,160 Speaker 1: in their senior season gold medalists and NCAA champs. It 34 00:01:55,280 --> 00:01:57,800 Speaker 1: was the always clutch Sims who actually secured the Badger's 35 00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:00,880 Speaker 1: spot in the title game. Wisconsin needed time to defeat 36 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:04,080 Speaker 1: host Penn State in Friday semi final and reminiscent of 37 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:07,000 Speaker 1: her ot heroics in last year's championship game, it was 38 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:09,679 Speaker 1: Simms who found the back of the net. Meantime, the 39 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:12,240 Speaker 1: Buckeyes advanced a Sunday's title game easily with a five 40 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:15,600 Speaker 1: to nothing route of Northeastern on Friday. One final college 41 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:18,040 Speaker 1: hockey note on Saturday, Harvey was named the winner of 42 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:21,280 Speaker 1: the twenty twenty six Patty Casmier Award, given annually to 43 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:24,040 Speaker 1: the best player in women's college hockey. Harvey is just 44 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:26,960 Speaker 1: the third defender in twenty nine years to win the award, 45 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:30,000 Speaker 1: joining Ohio State Sophie Jakes in twenty twenty three and 46 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:33,560 Speaker 1: Harvard's Angelo Rojeiro in two thousand and four. Have a Year, 47 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:38,480 Speaker 1: KK have a year to college hoops. After the first 48 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:40,920 Speaker 1: two days of games, the NCAA tournament field had been 49 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:43,639 Speaker 1: cut down from sixty four to thirty two, and by 50 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:46,240 Speaker 1: the end of today it will be down to just sixteen. 51 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:49,000 Speaker 1: The first day of the first round went chalk. All 52 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:51,240 Speaker 1: the lower seeds took care of business to advance, with 53 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:54,400 Speaker 1: a few top teams leaving no doubt. Number one seed 54 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:57,800 Speaker 1: Texas routed Number sixteen Missouri State eighty seven to forty five. 55 00:02:58,120 --> 00:03:01,600 Speaker 1: Number two seed LSU of Viscera at number sixteen, Jacksonville 56 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:05,000 Speaker 1: won sixteen fifty eight, and number two Michigan defeated number 57 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:09,040 Speaker 1: fifteen Holy Cross handily eighty three forty eight. Worth noting 58 00:03:09,120 --> 00:03:11,840 Speaker 1: that with their loss to number seven NC State on Friday, 59 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:15,240 Speaker 1: ten seeded Tennessee went winless in the postseason for the 60 00:03:15,320 --> 00:03:19,200 Speaker 1: first time in program history. The team's sixteen wins tied 61 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:22,120 Speaker 1: the fewest in program history, and their eight game losing 62 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:25,160 Speaker 1: streak to end the season was the longest in program history. 63 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:27,919 Speaker 1: Needless to say, a lot of work to be done 64 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:31,799 Speaker 1: for Tennessee in the off season. Meantime, Day two of 65 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:34,440 Speaker 1: the first round saw a few upsets, including number ten 66 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:38,400 Speaker 1: Virginia upsetting number seven Georgia eighty two seventy four. Number 67 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:41,720 Speaker 1: nine Syracuse taken out number eight Iowa State seventy two 68 00:03:41,720 --> 00:03:45,320 Speaker 1: to sixty three despite thirty seven points from the Cyclone's 69 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:48,960 Speaker 1: Audie Crooks, and after review upended a game winning shot 70 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:53,200 Speaker 1: for Clemson in regulation. Number nine USC battled in overtime 71 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:56,080 Speaker 1: to take out the number eight seeded Tigers seventy one 72 00:03:56,240 --> 00:04:00,960 Speaker 1: sixty seven. Freshman Jazzy Davidson had thirty one points, six rebounds, 73 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:04,160 Speaker 1: and five assists for usc in that game, her NCAA 74 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:07,920 Speaker 1: tournament debut. Also on Saturday, friend at the Show, MICHAELA. 75 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:10,680 Speaker 1: Blake said thirty points to lead her number two Vanderbilt 76 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:12,480 Speaker 1: team to a one oh two sixty one win over 77 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:15,680 Speaker 1: number fifteen high point moving out of the second round. 78 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:19,320 Speaker 1: Sunday's early action was highlighted by number four Minnesota's sixty 79 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:22,440 Speaker 1: five sixty three win over number five Ole miss Amaya 80 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:24,880 Speaker 1: Battles scored the tie breaking basket with just zero point 81 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:27,719 Speaker 1: seven seconds left to give the Gophers the w and 82 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:30,360 Speaker 1: their first Sweet sixteen appearance since two thousand and five. 83 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:32,919 Speaker 1: The other four early games also went the way of 84 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:36,159 Speaker 1: the favorites, including another blowout win for number two LSU, 85 00:04:36,279 --> 00:04:39,880 Speaker 1: who dusted number seven Texas Tech one oh one forty seven. 86 00:04:40,279 --> 00:04:42,760 Speaker 1: The win marked a new Division one NCUBA record for 87 00:04:42,760 --> 00:04:45,039 Speaker 1: one hundred point games in a season that was the 88 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:48,799 Speaker 1: tigers sixteenth, and it was also senior Flage Johnson's final 89 00:04:48,839 --> 00:04:51,839 Speaker 1: game at Pete Marovitch Assembly Center in Baton, Rouge. Coach 90 00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:54,320 Speaker 1: Kim Malky subbed out Johnson early in the fourth quarter 91 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:56,440 Speaker 1: to give her a moment with the crowd, who roared 92 00:04:56,480 --> 00:05:00,440 Speaker 1: in appreciation. Malkey and Johnson shared a long hug before Johnson, 93 00:05:00,440 --> 00:05:02,640 Speaker 1: who had twenty four points in the win, waved to 94 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:05,160 Speaker 1: the crowd and wiped tears from our eyes. Now, we're 95 00:05:05,160 --> 00:05:08,200 Speaker 1: recording this episode ahead of Sunday's evening and late night action, 96 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:12,040 Speaker 1: so we'll have takeaways on those contests in tomorrow's show. Also, 97 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:14,640 Speaker 1: the second round continues today, with games starting at noon 98 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:17,560 Speaker 1: Eastern and the three number one seeds in action in 99 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:20,279 Speaker 1: the evening. Number one Yukon faces number nine c r 100 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:22,920 Speaker 1: q's at six pm Eastern. We've got a fun USC 101 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:25,840 Speaker 1: versus USC rematch at eight pm Eastern as number one 102 00:05:25,880 --> 00:05:29,480 Speaker 1: South Carolina faces number nine Southern California, and then the 103 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:32,920 Speaker 1: nightcap number one UCLA taken on number eight Oklahoma State 104 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:35,680 Speaker 1: at ten pm Eastern. All of those games are on 105 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:40,200 Speaker 1: ESPN t D three Hoops. NYUS ninety one game win 106 00:05:40,279 --> 00:05:42,719 Speaker 1: streak came to an end on Thursday, as the Violet 107 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:45,560 Speaker 1: suffered a sixty to fifty two Final four loss to Scranton, 108 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:49,280 Speaker 1: nyused ninety one straight dubs, still good for the second 109 00:05:49,360 --> 00:05:53,400 Speaker 1: longest win streak in NCAA history, second only to Yukon's 110 00:05:53,400 --> 00:05:55,960 Speaker 1: one hundred and eleven game run from twenty fourteen to 111 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:59,120 Speaker 1: twenty seventeen. Scranton, who boasted a thirty one in O 112 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:02,719 Speaker 1: season record Saturday's championship game, went on to lose to 113 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:05,640 Speaker 1: Dennison in that one, fifty five to forty one. Dennison 114 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:08,839 Speaker 1: sealed that win by outscoring Scranton by fourteen in the 115 00:06:08,839 --> 00:06:13,080 Speaker 1: fourth quarter, clinching that program's first ever national championship to 116 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:16,279 Speaker 1: the WNBA, where the league and union have officially signed 117 00:06:16,279 --> 00:06:19,719 Speaker 1: the term sheet for their newly agreed upon collective bargaining agreement. 118 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:23,000 Speaker 1: The term sheet confirmed plenty of what was previously reported, 119 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:26,000 Speaker 1: including a seven million dollars salary cap for year one 120 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:29,400 Speaker 1: and average player salaries set to exceed five hundred and 121 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:33,680 Speaker 1: eighty three thousand dollars. New highlights include details on increased 122 00:06:33,680 --> 00:06:37,560 Speaker 1: performance and award bonuses, a locked in guarantee on charter flights, 123 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:40,839 Speaker 1: a new rule requiring that teams get consent from pregnant 124 00:06:40,839 --> 00:06:43,880 Speaker 1: players before trading them, and confirmation on the addition of 125 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:48,120 Speaker 1: two new developmental player roster spots on each team. We 126 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:50,880 Speaker 1: also got more info on league provided housing, which will 127 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:53,000 Speaker 1: be given to all players for the next three seasons 128 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:55,480 Speaker 1: and then to players making five hundred thousand dollars or 129 00:06:55,560 --> 00:06:58,479 Speaker 1: less beginning in twenty twenty nine and twenty thirty worth 130 00:06:58,480 --> 00:07:01,080 Speaker 1: remembering that housing is important in part because of the 131 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:04,800 Speaker 1: difficulty players might have finding short term affordable leases, especially 132 00:07:04,839 --> 00:07:08,159 Speaker 1: in big cities. The new CBA also establishes a one 133 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:11,880 Speaker 1: time recognition payment for WNBA veterans and retired players based 134 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:15,000 Speaker 1: on years of service in the league. Active and retired 135 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:17,440 Speaker 1: players with five to seven years will receive a thirty 136 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:20,320 Speaker 1: thousand dollars one time payment. Eight to eleven years of 137 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:23,360 Speaker 1: service earns fifty thousand, and twelve plus years of service 138 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:26,160 Speaker 1: is awarded with one hundred thousand dollars. We're hoping to 139 00:07:26,160 --> 00:07:28,320 Speaker 1: hear more from some of the retired players who benefit 140 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:30,240 Speaker 1: from this, but we're happy to see that the league 141 00:07:30,280 --> 00:07:32,960 Speaker 1: is acknowledging these foundational athletes who help get the w 142 00:07:33,080 --> 00:07:35,520 Speaker 1: to where it is now, and given some funds to 143 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:37,960 Speaker 1: the veterans whose time under the new CBA might be 144 00:07:38,040 --> 00:07:41,480 Speaker 1: limited to the NWSL where the Portland Thorns are to 145 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:43,720 Speaker 1: both our surprise and to friend of the Show, Jeff 146 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:46,080 Speaker 1: Casoof's surprise off to a two and zero start to 147 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:49,280 Speaker 1: the season on Saturday at Providence Park in Portland. The 148 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:53,080 Speaker 1: Thorns defeated Cascadia arrival Seattle to nil, despite playing with 149 00:07:53,200 --> 00:07:55,520 Speaker 1: just nine players for much of the game due to 150 00:07:55,560 --> 00:08:00,080 Speaker 1: two red cards, yes, two red cards. Christine Sinclair and 151 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:02,400 Speaker 1: Meghan Rapino were among those on hand to watch the 152 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:04,880 Speaker 1: madness and help the Thorns set a new home opener 153 00:08:04,880 --> 00:08:07,880 Speaker 1: attendance record with more than twenty one thousand folks in 154 00:08:07,920 --> 00:08:12,000 Speaker 1: the stands. Things first got wild when Cassandra Bolgera was ejected, 155 00:08:12,080 --> 00:08:14,560 Speaker 1: leaving the game in just the ninth minute after receiving 156 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:17,200 Speaker 1: back to back yellow cards fifty six seconds apart, but 157 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:21,080 Speaker 1: that didn't keep Portland from maintaining offensive pressure throughout. Pietra 158 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:22,880 Speaker 1: Torden scored the first goal of the game in the 159 00:08:22,880 --> 00:08:25,960 Speaker 1: twenty eighth minute, a header off an Olivia Moultrie cornerkick, 160 00:08:26,280 --> 00:08:29,280 Speaker 1: Then nine minutes later Raylan Turner made it to nil. 161 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:32,720 Speaker 1: Then in the fifty seventh minute, Thorn's defender Rayner Rees 162 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:36,160 Speaker 1: was ejected due to quote unquote violent conduct after video 163 00:08:36,200 --> 00:08:38,640 Speaker 1: review showed Reyes had pulled the hair of a Rain player. 164 00:08:39,120 --> 00:08:41,439 Speaker 1: So Portland ended up playing nine to eleven for more 165 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:45,520 Speaker 1: than thirty minutes without allowing Seattle to score. In fact, 166 00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:48,120 Speaker 1: the Rain registered just three shots on goal during their 167 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:52,000 Speaker 1: two player advantage, said Rain captain Jess Fishlock after the game, quote, 168 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:54,400 Speaker 1: this game is going to be a really hard, difficult, 169 00:08:54,559 --> 00:08:58,000 Speaker 1: painful lesson for all of us. End quote. Rain coach 170 00:08:58,080 --> 00:08:59,880 Speaker 1: Laura Harvey noted it had been a tough week at 171 00:08:59,880 --> 00:09:02,400 Speaker 1: time travel for the team after they played their opening 172 00:09:02,400 --> 00:09:04,640 Speaker 1: week game in Orlando and had to deal with flight 173 00:09:04,679 --> 00:09:08,280 Speaker 1: delays and cancelations in both directions, and Seattle won't get 174 00:09:08,320 --> 00:09:11,120 Speaker 1: much time to process this loss or rest. They play 175 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:15,240 Speaker 1: Kansas City on Wednesday at home, well, not exactly at home. 176 00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:17,920 Speaker 1: In January, the club announced that as part of ongoing 177 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:20,920 Speaker 1: preparations at Lumen Field for the upcoming Men's World Cup, 178 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:23,160 Speaker 1: the team would be playing a handful of home games 179 00:09:23,160 --> 00:09:27,040 Speaker 1: in Spokane, including Wednesday's game. Spokane is about a four 180 00:09:27,040 --> 00:09:30,480 Speaker 1: hour drive east of Seattle, truly a planes, trains, and 181 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:34,559 Speaker 1: automobile situation for the Rain early this season. More NWSL. 182 00:09:34,760 --> 00:09:37,800 Speaker 1: On Saturday, Gotham FC tied the North Carolina Courage nil 183 00:09:37,880 --> 00:09:40,920 Speaker 1: nil and set a new Gotham home opener attendance record 184 00:09:40,920 --> 00:09:44,440 Speaker 1: for the defending Champs Rings ceremony game. Tierna Davidson was 185 00:09:44,480 --> 00:09:47,720 Speaker 1: back on the field and WNBA star John Qwell Jones, 186 00:09:47,840 --> 00:09:51,040 Speaker 1: famed director Spike Lee, and a handful of p WHL 187 00:09:51,160 --> 00:09:54,160 Speaker 1: Sirens players were in the crowd, But so was New 188 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:57,719 Speaker 1: York Giants quarterback Jameis Winston, who got an interview on 189 00:09:57,880 --> 00:10:01,600 Speaker 1: ion and tons of social love from the Network, Gotham 190 00:10:01,760 --> 00:10:05,040 Speaker 1: and the NWSL. Now, for those who don't know, the 191 00:10:05,160 --> 00:10:08,840 Speaker 1: NFL quarterback is a credibly accused rapist who also groped 192 00:10:08,840 --> 00:10:12,600 Speaker 1: an uber driver, among other crimes. Women's sports. We do 193 00:10:12,679 --> 00:10:15,320 Speaker 1: not have to prop up problematic men just because they're 194 00:10:15,320 --> 00:10:19,240 Speaker 1: famous athletes. Part of changing our completely broken culture is 195 00:10:19,280 --> 00:10:21,839 Speaker 1: to stop being polite to people who are not owed 196 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:25,520 Speaker 1: our kindness. The Epstein files and other atrocities occur in 197 00:10:25,559 --> 00:10:28,320 Speaker 1: part because we're worried about being polite and protecting the 198 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:32,240 Speaker 1: feelings of shitty men. Enough, we do not need the 199 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:35,360 Speaker 1: support of men like Jamis Winston, and we certainly shouldn't 200 00:10:35,360 --> 00:10:37,760 Speaker 1: allow ourselves to be used by them to try to 201 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:42,800 Speaker 1: repair their deservedly shit reputations. Do better, Teams do better. 202 00:10:43,200 --> 00:10:47,560 Speaker 1: NWSL Back to highlights. Other high points from the weekend 203 00:10:47,559 --> 00:10:50,240 Speaker 1: include the Orlando Prides, Barbara Banda getting off the season 204 00:10:50,320 --> 00:10:52,920 Speaker 1: ending injury list, and back on the field, scoring a 205 00:10:52,920 --> 00:10:55,480 Speaker 1: birthday goal in Friday's one to one draw against the 206 00:10:55,559 --> 00:10:58,640 Speaker 1: visiting Denver Summit. Another player we're happy to see back, 207 00:10:58,800 --> 00:11:02,880 Speaker 1: Andy Sullivan, Washington Spirit star, back from maternity leave, made 208 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:06,199 Speaker 1: her first NWSL appearance since October twenty twenty four. On Friday, 209 00:11:06,480 --> 00:11:09,120 Speaker 1: the Spirit drew against Racing Louisville two two in that one, 210 00:11:09,280 --> 00:11:11,880 Speaker 1: managing a comeback after Louisville led two nil after the 211 00:11:11,920 --> 00:11:15,360 Speaker 1: first half. Houston's Kiki van Zanten had a big weekend, 212 00:11:15,360 --> 00:11:18,040 Speaker 1: scoring twice to lead the Dash past the Boston Legacy 213 00:11:18,040 --> 00:11:21,400 Speaker 1: three nil and out. In San Jose, Angel CITYFC bested 214 00:11:21,440 --> 00:11:24,920 Speaker 1: BAFC three to one behind a huge game from spaindest 215 00:11:24,960 --> 00:11:29,120 Speaker 1: Yon's daughter, who had two goals and an assist. On Sunday, 216 00:11:29,280 --> 00:11:32,000 Speaker 1: a shocking result in the Chicago Star's home opener as 217 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:34,880 Speaker 1: they bested defending Shield winners Kansas City two to one 218 00:11:35,200 --> 00:11:38,000 Speaker 1: behind goals from Tessa Deella Rose in the forty second minute, 219 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:41,920 Speaker 1: her first professional tally Anne newly acquired forward Jordan Haidema 220 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:44,280 Speaker 1: in the fiftieth minute, a beauty of a header for 221 00:11:44,360 --> 00:11:47,920 Speaker 1: her first goal with Chicago. A Jordan shining in Chicago. 222 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:53,720 Speaker 1: Perfect not perfect the weather. After a beautiful Saturday in 223 00:11:53,760 --> 00:11:57,360 Speaker 1: the mid seventies, temps dropped and the wind arrived just 224 00:11:57,400 --> 00:11:59,280 Speaker 1: in time to give Sunday's game on the lakefront what 225 00:11:59,360 --> 00:12:02,000 Speaker 1: we like to call here in Chicago. Chicago bears weather. 226 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:06,120 Speaker 1: My weather app said, thirty six degrees feels like sixteen. 227 00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:11,079 Speaker 1: Throw in some tornado winds and some rain. Thank goodness, 228 00:12:11,120 --> 00:12:14,240 Speaker 1: the team got us loyal fans a win. Let's head 229 00:12:14,240 --> 00:12:16,640 Speaker 1: to cross country skiing and the World Cup Finals, where 230 00:12:16,679 --> 00:12:19,080 Speaker 1: Jesse Diggins closed out the final competition of her career 231 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:22,360 Speaker 1: by winning her fourth World Cup overall season title. She 232 00:12:22,440 --> 00:12:25,160 Speaker 1: clinched the Crystal Globe on Friday in Lake Placid, New York, 233 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:28,080 Speaker 1: by finishing fifth in the ten kilometer classic race, and 234 00:12:28,120 --> 00:12:30,880 Speaker 1: then finishing ninth in Saturday sprint and twelfth in the 235 00:12:30,880 --> 00:12:33,880 Speaker 1: twenty k mass start on Sunday. After crossing the finish 236 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:36,560 Speaker 1: line for the final time on Sunday, many of Diggins's 237 00:12:36,559 --> 00:12:40,079 Speaker 1: competitors lined up to hug and congratulate her. Diggins was 238 00:12:40,120 --> 00:12:43,120 Speaker 1: already just one of two North American athletes to ever 239 00:12:43,160 --> 00:12:46,080 Speaker 1: win an overall World Cup title, the other being American 240 00:12:46,120 --> 00:12:49,160 Speaker 1: Bill Coke in nineteen eighty two and now Diggins retires 241 00:12:49,200 --> 00:12:53,120 Speaker 1: with four of them. What a legacy to the pool. 242 00:12:53,440 --> 00:12:56,440 Speaker 1: The University of Virginia won a record setting sixth straight 243 00:12:56,600 --> 00:13:00,400 Speaker 1: NCAA Swimming and Diving title on Saturday. The Cavalier finish 244 00:13:00,440 --> 00:13:03,000 Speaker 1: the competition with five hundred and eighty nine points, two 245 00:13:03,120 --> 00:13:05,199 Speaker 1: hundred and eight point five points ahead of the second 246 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:09,040 Speaker 1: place Stanford Cardinal. In total, Virginia one eight events, including 247 00:13:09,080 --> 00:13:12,160 Speaker 1: a sweep of all five relays. Virginia is now the 248 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:15,800 Speaker 1: only swimming and diving program to earn six straight Natties, 249 00:13:16,200 --> 00:13:19,280 Speaker 1: and the Cavaliers also join elite company. Across the larger 250 00:13:19,320 --> 00:13:23,280 Speaker 1: women's sports landscape. Throughout NCAA history and all D one sports, 251 00:13:23,320 --> 00:13:27,040 Speaker 1: only six women's programs have won at least six consecutive titles. 252 00:13:27,480 --> 00:13:30,320 Speaker 1: LSU Track and Field leads away with eleven straight titles, 253 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:33,040 Speaker 1: one between eighty six and ninety seven. Next on the 254 00:13:33,080 --> 00:13:36,240 Speaker 1: list UNC soccer, which won nine straight from eighty six 255 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:39,120 Speaker 1: to ninety four, a span that includes the Mia hamm Era. 256 00:13:39,840 --> 00:13:43,000 Speaker 1: Maryland won seven straight lacrosse titles from ninety five to one, 257 00:13:43,440 --> 00:13:46,280 Speaker 1: and now Virginia swimming is tied with Stanford tennis and 258 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:50,760 Speaker 1: Villanova cross country with six straight impressive shouts to Swimming 259 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:53,319 Speaker 1: World Magazine for their story on this history, which we'll 260 00:13:53,320 --> 00:13:57,880 Speaker 1: link to in the show notes slices. We want to 261 00:13:57,920 --> 00:14:00,400 Speaker 1: send big congrats to friend of the show, the best 262 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:03,679 Speaker 1: water polo player on Earth, Maggie Stephans on the birth 263 00:14:03,679 --> 00:14:08,840 Speaker 1: of her first child, Robert Stephen's Connor aka Bow. Also 264 00:14:09,120 --> 00:14:12,760 Speaker 1: good luck, Maggie. My husband and I babysat my nieces 265 00:14:12,760 --> 00:14:15,040 Speaker 1: all weekend and after three nights of playing parent, I 266 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:19,280 Speaker 1: truly do not know how y'all do it like for real, 267 00:14:19,680 --> 00:14:22,400 Speaker 1: I'm seventy percent pizza and sugar and I need a 268 00:14:22,440 --> 00:14:25,680 Speaker 1: week long nap. We're going to take a break when 269 00:14:25,680 --> 00:14:28,480 Speaker 1: we come back. It's Emma bachelarian Jordan Robinson. We caught 270 00:14:28,560 --> 00:14:30,360 Speaker 1: up with them earlier this month, just ahead of the 271 00:14:30,360 --> 00:14:40,560 Speaker 1: release of their new book, Court Queens. Stick here joining 272 00:14:40,640 --> 00:14:42,680 Speaker 1: us now for a repeat visit. She's a staff writer 273 00:14:42,760 --> 00:14:46,000 Speaker 1: who focuses on women's sports and baseball for Sports Illustrated 274 00:14:46,040 --> 00:14:49,240 Speaker 1: and Soda for her substack, The Soda Fountain. A member 275 00:14:49,280 --> 00:14:51,960 Speaker 1: of the Baseball Writers Association of America, she previously wrote 276 00:14:51,960 --> 00:14:56,600 Speaker 1: for Baseball Prospectus and Deadspin. A Duke grad food lover, expert, traveler, 277 00:14:56,680 --> 00:14:59,640 Speaker 1: amtrack evangelist and co author of the book Court Queen's 278 00:14:59,640 --> 00:15:02,000 Speaker 1: Out March seventeenth. It's Emma Bachelari. 279 00:15:02,240 --> 00:15:04,880 Speaker 2: Hi, Emma, Hi, thank you for having us and for 280 00:15:04,960 --> 00:15:06,000 Speaker 2: that incredible intro. 281 00:15:06,440 --> 00:15:09,800 Speaker 1: I'm so glad you're back joining her, making her triumphant 282 00:15:09,960 --> 00:15:13,160 Speaker 1: fourth appearance on the show. She's co host of the 283 00:15:13,160 --> 00:15:16,600 Speaker 1: Women's Soup Show podcast alongside the legendary Cheryl Swoops. She 284 00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:19,520 Speaker 1: does weekly WNBA chats as part of the br Creator program. 285 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:22,840 Speaker 1: She's fresh off doing interviews for Team USA Now and 286 00:15:22,880 --> 00:15:26,120 Speaker 1: covering the West Coast Conference tournament for ESPN. It's the 287 00:15:26,160 --> 00:15:28,880 Speaker 1: other co author of the book Court Queen's Out March seventeenth. 288 00:15:28,920 --> 00:15:33,880 Speaker 1: It's Jordan Robinson. Hi, Jordan, Hi, thank you so much, 289 00:15:34,600 --> 00:15:37,400 Speaker 1: so great to see you. Congrats on the book, ladies, 290 00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:38,280 Speaker 1: so exciting. 291 00:15:38,760 --> 00:15:41,760 Speaker 3: A thank you. I can't believe it's finally here. 292 00:15:41,800 --> 00:15:44,200 Speaker 4: I feel like we've been teasing it for so long, 293 00:15:44,360 --> 00:15:47,040 Speaker 4: but it's yes here, It's happening. 294 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:47,360 Speaker 2: Well. 295 00:15:47,400 --> 00:15:48,920 Speaker 1: Em I want to ask what it felt like to 296 00:15:48,960 --> 00:15:51,000 Speaker 1: actually see it and hold it for the first time, 297 00:15:51,040 --> 00:15:54,160 Speaker 1: a real thing that people will be picking up in bookstores. 298 00:15:54,640 --> 00:15:57,160 Speaker 2: I was surprised at how emotional it meete me because 299 00:15:57,200 --> 00:15:58,800 Speaker 2: you know, by the time you actually get the book 300 00:15:58,840 --> 00:16:01,640 Speaker 2: in your hands, you have no only written it and 301 00:16:01,680 --> 00:16:04,280 Speaker 2: select all the photos and laid it out, You've gone 302 00:16:04,280 --> 00:16:07,640 Speaker 2: through edits, and you've gone through so many different PDFs 303 00:16:07,640 --> 00:16:10,000 Speaker 2: of here's how it looks, you know in the publishers 304 00:16:10,080 --> 00:16:13,280 Speaker 2: lay out, and here are five different variations of a 305 00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:16,280 Speaker 2: cover in slightly different shades of orange that you're supposed 306 00:16:16,280 --> 00:16:18,440 Speaker 2: to pick between. And you just have looked at so 307 00:16:18,520 --> 00:16:21,280 Speaker 2: much material for so long that frankly, you're kind of 308 00:16:21,320 --> 00:16:24,640 Speaker 2: sick of it. And so I didn't actually expect by 309 00:16:24,640 --> 00:16:26,640 Speaker 2: the time you got the package that I would have 310 00:16:26,760 --> 00:16:29,200 Speaker 2: strong feelings about it, but I really did. It really 311 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:31,200 Speaker 2: was nice to open it and see this is an actual, 312 00:16:31,240 --> 00:16:32,880 Speaker 2: real book that we helped make. 313 00:16:33,640 --> 00:16:35,920 Speaker 1: And I'll tell you from experience, going into a bookstore 314 00:16:35,920 --> 00:16:38,080 Speaker 1: that you know it's in is very cool. But going 315 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:40,240 Speaker 1: into a bookstore just to see if it's there and 316 00:16:40,280 --> 00:16:42,960 Speaker 1: then it is like when I was traveling a lot 317 00:16:43,040 --> 00:16:44,520 Speaker 1: right after my book came out, I'd go into the 318 00:16:44,520 --> 00:16:47,000 Speaker 1: bookstores and airports and if there was one in there. 319 00:16:47,040 --> 00:16:49,320 Speaker 1: I learned this from Jamel Hill. I would secretly sign 320 00:16:49,360 --> 00:16:51,200 Speaker 1: it and take a picture and post and tell people like, 321 00:16:51,240 --> 00:16:53,560 Speaker 1: there's a copy in this bookstore in this airport if 322 00:16:53,560 --> 00:16:56,040 Speaker 1: anyone's coming by, and so to be like, I didn't 323 00:16:56,080 --> 00:16:58,480 Speaker 1: even tell this place to stock this book. They just 324 00:16:58,640 --> 00:17:01,280 Speaker 1: chose to. They like elected to put it in their 325 00:17:01,280 --> 00:17:03,680 Speaker 1: store without me having to badger them to do it. 326 00:17:04,480 --> 00:17:07,280 Speaker 1: That's when it really felt like a real book. Jordan. 327 00:17:07,359 --> 00:17:09,600 Speaker 1: I want our listeners to get the elevator pitch. So 328 00:17:09,680 --> 00:17:11,720 Speaker 1: what's the book about and why should they go out 329 00:17:11,720 --> 00:17:13,320 Speaker 1: and get a copy or twelve copies? 330 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:15,120 Speaker 3: Yeah, twelve copies. 331 00:17:15,160 --> 00:17:19,879 Speaker 4: That part the elevator pitch is, you know, this is 332 00:17:19,960 --> 00:17:24,439 Speaker 4: our love letter to women's basketball, and this is for 333 00:17:24,840 --> 00:17:26,720 Speaker 4: women's basketball fans. 334 00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:30,360 Speaker 3: New old, young, old. 335 00:17:30,640 --> 00:17:34,200 Speaker 4: Everything in between, because we go back to the eighteen 336 00:17:34,280 --> 00:17:38,000 Speaker 4: hundreds all the way to twenty twenty five. And it's 337 00:17:38,040 --> 00:17:40,480 Speaker 4: the perfect coffee table book because you can flip through 338 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:43,639 Speaker 4: one take and look at all of the incredible photos 339 00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:47,600 Speaker 4: from you know, women with dresses all the way down 340 00:17:47,680 --> 00:17:51,440 Speaker 4: to their ankles shooting granny shots at the free throw line, 341 00:17:51,560 --> 00:17:54,520 Speaker 4: all the way to Asia Wilson screaming after an and 342 00:17:54,720 --> 00:17:58,119 Speaker 4: one the seventies. You get to see all these different 343 00:17:58,240 --> 00:18:02,240 Speaker 4: variations of uniforms. But then we also wrote these really 344 00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:05,800 Speaker 4: cool essays that tell the stories of women's basketball players 345 00:18:05,840 --> 00:18:08,600 Speaker 4: that maybe you've heard of and maybe you haven't, but 346 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:12,199 Speaker 4: you can learn something new and you can be the 347 00:18:12,359 --> 00:18:15,480 Speaker 4: coolest and smartest person at the water cooler after you 348 00:18:16,040 --> 00:18:17,520 Speaker 4: look through and read this book. 349 00:18:18,760 --> 00:18:20,399 Speaker 1: I want to know what the workflow was like for 350 00:18:20,480 --> 00:18:23,680 Speaker 1: the two of you, because navigating the co author relationship 351 00:18:23,760 --> 00:18:26,720 Speaker 1: and what's the final edit and which word do we 352 00:18:26,760 --> 00:18:28,359 Speaker 1: want here? Which phat or do we want here? How 353 00:18:28,359 --> 00:18:28,960 Speaker 1: did that work? 354 00:18:29,280 --> 00:18:31,600 Speaker 2: I think we had a pretty good natural division of 355 00:18:31,680 --> 00:18:34,679 Speaker 2: labor here where we just picked our topics for the 356 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:37,399 Speaker 2: whole book, which that was a like fun collaborative process 357 00:18:37,440 --> 00:18:39,680 Speaker 2: of just what are the most important things from the 358 00:18:39,720 --> 00:18:42,679 Speaker 2: nineteen seventies, how do we tell the story from everything 359 00:18:42,720 --> 00:18:45,560 Speaker 2: that happened before in eighteen fifty, going through that, coming 360 00:18:45,640 --> 00:18:47,639 Speaker 2: up with this master list of topics, and then we 361 00:18:47,760 --> 00:18:50,040 Speaker 2: just divvied them up from there, where you know, like 362 00:18:50,080 --> 00:18:53,359 Speaker 2: I'll take this, you take this. You know I already 363 00:18:53,359 --> 00:18:55,120 Speaker 2: know something about this, or I already wrote a story 364 00:18:55,160 --> 00:18:58,800 Speaker 2: about that, so you do this, and we just split 365 00:18:58,840 --> 00:19:01,399 Speaker 2: them all up and then had a pretty nice flow 366 00:19:01,560 --> 00:19:04,400 Speaker 2: between you know, we edited what each other wrote and 367 00:19:05,280 --> 00:19:08,639 Speaker 2: helped put everything together, and Jordan is much more visual 368 00:19:08,640 --> 00:19:12,200 Speaker 2: than I am, so she was a way, way way 369 00:19:12,280 --> 00:19:15,000 Speaker 2: more involved in way better than I was at trying 370 00:19:15,040 --> 00:19:17,560 Speaker 2: to start the layout process and the design of what 371 00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:20,400 Speaker 2: we handed to our incredible designer. So she definitely took 372 00:19:20,440 --> 00:19:22,919 Speaker 2: the lead there and I just like fumbled around on 373 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:27,000 Speaker 2: canva and it was like this picture looks okay, but yeah. 374 00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:29,320 Speaker 2: Other than that, it was just kind of I'll take this, 375 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:31,160 Speaker 2: you take that, and just went from there. 376 00:19:31,680 --> 00:19:33,640 Speaker 1: When you went through the editing afterwards, did you try 377 00:19:33,640 --> 00:19:36,440 Speaker 1: to make a kind of universal voice or it sounds 378 00:19:36,480 --> 00:19:38,520 Speaker 1: sort of similar essay to essay, or is it clear 379 00:19:38,600 --> 00:19:40,760 Speaker 1: throughout that like this is Jordan, this is Emma. 380 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:43,880 Speaker 2: I'm interested to hear, actually how you answer this, Jordan, 381 00:19:43,920 --> 00:19:46,280 Speaker 2: because I thought we had a consistent voice. But what 382 00:19:46,359 --> 00:19:48,640 Speaker 2: surprised me was when I gave it to my parents 383 00:19:48,680 --> 00:19:50,119 Speaker 2: over Christmas and they got to see it for the 384 00:19:50,119 --> 00:19:52,520 Speaker 2: first time. One of the first ones my dad went 385 00:19:52,560 --> 00:19:54,280 Speaker 2: to was like, oh, I bet you wrote this one, 386 00:19:54,320 --> 00:19:55,679 Speaker 2: and I was like, no, that's Jordan. 387 00:19:55,840 --> 00:19:58,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, because I didn't notice. I wasn't reading it trying 388 00:19:58,400 --> 00:19:59,840 Speaker 1: to figure out who was too. But I'm not as 389 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:01,800 Speaker 1: miliar clearly, so I don't know if you can tell 390 00:20:01,880 --> 00:20:04,199 Speaker 1: immediately if there's some giveaways. 391 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:08,280 Speaker 4: I think that was the best compliment that it went seamless. 392 00:20:08,359 --> 00:20:08,560 Speaker 1: You know. 393 00:20:08,880 --> 00:20:13,040 Speaker 4: There was only a few that I had my byline 394 00:20:13,080 --> 00:20:15,840 Speaker 4: on because I had already wrote the story and we're 395 00:20:15,880 --> 00:20:18,399 Speaker 4: kind of republishing it to be in the book, but 396 00:20:19,240 --> 00:20:22,359 Speaker 4: throughout we wanted it to have a singular voice, and 397 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:25,880 Speaker 4: it just happened that going from essay to essay, it's 398 00:20:25,920 --> 00:20:28,359 Speaker 4: the same vibe that we kind of had talked about 399 00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:32,480 Speaker 4: before that we're doing this storytelling, but in a fun way, 400 00:20:33,119 --> 00:20:37,680 Speaker 4: and they're punchy essays, you know, they're not. Our original 401 00:20:37,720 --> 00:20:39,800 Speaker 4: idea was like do we want one chapter to just 402 00:20:39,840 --> 00:20:42,600 Speaker 4: be one long essay or do we want to split 403 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:45,520 Speaker 4: them up per subject, per person. And so once we 404 00:20:45,600 --> 00:20:49,080 Speaker 4: decided to split them up, that's where we got to 405 00:20:49,119 --> 00:20:52,359 Speaker 4: pick and choose. And the passion just shines through no 406 00:20:52,440 --> 00:20:55,280 Speaker 4: matter who's writing it. So yeah, that was my favorite part. 407 00:20:55,400 --> 00:20:57,919 Speaker 4: The same with my mom too, going through it and 408 00:20:57,960 --> 00:20:59,680 Speaker 4: she's like, I love this one, I love this one, 409 00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:02,040 Speaker 4: And it didn't matter who wrote it, she loved them all. 410 00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:05,639 Speaker 1: You know. I found the idea of writing a book 411 00:21:05,680 --> 00:21:08,960 Speaker 1: actually harder than the actual doing. It's just so daunting 412 00:21:09,040 --> 00:21:11,240 Speaker 1: to imagine the final project, but then you just sit 413 00:21:11,280 --> 00:21:13,440 Speaker 1: down and start writing and realize it's just one page 414 00:21:13,480 --> 00:21:15,919 Speaker 1: at a time. So I wonder how the process was 415 00:21:15,960 --> 00:21:19,600 Speaker 1: for you. Was it harder, easier as expected? Yeah? 416 00:21:19,640 --> 00:21:21,840 Speaker 2: It really one of the hardest things here was there 417 00:21:21,920 --> 00:21:24,119 Speaker 2: was so much history that it was hard to narrow 418 00:21:24,160 --> 00:21:26,600 Speaker 2: down that I think, like you were saying, originally it 419 00:21:26,640 --> 00:21:27,840 Speaker 2: was kind of this thing of like, gosh, how do 420 00:21:27,880 --> 00:21:29,600 Speaker 2: we fill a whole book here? And it ended up 421 00:21:29,840 --> 00:21:32,480 Speaker 2: being more the opposite of we have so much we 422 00:21:32,520 --> 00:21:35,720 Speaker 2: want to say, there's so many cool stories and incredible 423 00:21:35,760 --> 00:21:38,720 Speaker 2: women and great photographs, and you only have, you know, 424 00:21:38,720 --> 00:21:40,919 Speaker 2: two hundred fifty to three hundred pages, how do you 425 00:21:40,960 --> 00:21:44,159 Speaker 2: actually cut it down? So yeah, it was a challenge, 426 00:21:44,160 --> 00:21:45,440 Speaker 2: but it was a very fun challenge. 427 00:21:45,920 --> 00:21:46,760 Speaker 1: What about you, Jordan? 428 00:21:47,560 --> 00:21:52,840 Speaker 4: For me, I can stay in the planning phase forever, 429 00:21:53,320 --> 00:21:59,639 Speaker 4: So I okay twenty Yeah, I had like twenty outlines. 430 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:02,840 Speaker 4: I was like, okay, try and let's start writing the words. 431 00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:07,879 Speaker 4: So once I started, then it became fun. And it 432 00:22:07,960 --> 00:22:10,959 Speaker 4: was a mental battle too of like, okay, I'm writing 433 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:13,200 Speaker 4: a book, do I have to change. 434 00:22:12,880 --> 00:22:13,639 Speaker 3: My whole voice? 435 00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:16,879 Speaker 4: What is my book voice, you know, like, what is 436 00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:19,600 Speaker 4: is it the same writing as I would do for 437 00:22:20,160 --> 00:22:23,240 Speaker 4: an Instagram caption for like, I felt like I needed 438 00:22:23,240 --> 00:22:26,760 Speaker 4: to change something, but no, I had to keep the same. 439 00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:28,600 Speaker 4: I went back and read a lot of things that 440 00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:32,840 Speaker 4: I've written before, just to like remind myself of how 441 00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:35,760 Speaker 4: I sound and some of my favorite work. 442 00:22:35,840 --> 00:22:38,800 Speaker 3: And then once I started doing that, I just hit 443 00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:39,480 Speaker 3: the ground running. 444 00:22:39,880 --> 00:22:43,440 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's it's funny. Like at the beginning, I too 445 00:22:43,640 --> 00:22:45,560 Speaker 1: loved the procrastination part. I loved that I had a 446 00:22:45,600 --> 00:22:47,639 Speaker 1: lot of research to do because that felt much more 447 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:49,840 Speaker 1: like something I could wrap my arms around. But then 448 00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:52,240 Speaker 1: after the ninetieth person I asked for advice said sit 449 00:22:52,280 --> 00:22:54,639 Speaker 1: your ass in the chair and start writing. I was like, okay, 450 00:22:54,760 --> 00:22:57,040 Speaker 1: I guess I thought writing about it's the writing of it. 451 00:22:58,359 --> 00:23:00,440 Speaker 1: I was honored to get to write a blurb for y'all. 452 00:23:00,440 --> 00:23:02,480 Speaker 1: So I got a first look at this fantastic book. 453 00:23:02,520 --> 00:23:05,760 Speaker 1: And I love the photographs. Like you mentioned, the shots 454 00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:07,920 Speaker 1: of the pioneers of the game playing in like floor 455 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:12,040 Speaker 1: length skirts were wild. But so much nostalgia too, and 456 00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:14,439 Speaker 1: nostalgia for stuff that I never even knew existed. But 457 00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:16,040 Speaker 1: it hit me in a way that I was like, 458 00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:18,120 Speaker 1: oh my god, I wish I had been there live 459 00:23:18,200 --> 00:23:21,280 Speaker 1: to see Cheryl Miller dunk on stage during a Donna 460 00:23:21,359 --> 00:23:24,000 Speaker 1: Summer nineteen to eighty four Grammy performance. If she works 461 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:26,080 Speaker 1: hard for the money? Like that sounds like a mad 462 00:23:26,119 --> 00:23:28,080 Speaker 1: lib and that is real. It is a clip that 463 00:23:28,119 --> 00:23:30,760 Speaker 1: I immediately googled after I read that in your book, 464 00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:34,359 Speaker 1: and I watched it and it was amazing. Yes. Also 465 00:23:34,480 --> 00:23:37,000 Speaker 1: the fact that there was a nineteen ninety nine WNBA 466 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:40,800 Speaker 1: soundtrack called Divas of the Court Songs from the WNBA 467 00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:44,000 Speaker 1: Volume One. I mean, y'all, mind for some real gold 468 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:45,879 Speaker 1: in this book, And I'm wondering if either of you 469 00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:48,280 Speaker 1: looked up that soundtrack and can name any of the 470 00:23:48,359 --> 00:23:51,119 Speaker 1: songs from that CD, which is available for purchase on 471 00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:53,199 Speaker 1: Amazon for seven ninety nine. 472 00:23:54,440 --> 00:23:59,080 Speaker 2: Sarah, I bought it on eBay, Yes, and then I 473 00:23:59,200 --> 00:24:01,680 Speaker 2: was so excite. And then it came and I was like, 474 00:24:01,720 --> 00:24:04,439 Speaker 2: wait a second, I don't have a CD player. I 475 00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:07,280 Speaker 2: have nothing that can play a CD. So now I 476 00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:09,080 Speaker 2: have it like propped up on my desk as like 477 00:24:09,119 --> 00:24:12,200 Speaker 2: a cute little background thing, but I have not actually 478 00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:13,159 Speaker 2: listened to the CD. 479 00:24:13,760 --> 00:24:16,800 Speaker 1: Okay, I'm not getting paid by them, but I should. 480 00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:19,600 Speaker 1: One of my nieces is Taylor Swift obsessed, but she 481 00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:22,040 Speaker 1: likes to buy the CDs, and so she had this 482 00:24:22,080 --> 00:24:24,560 Speaker 1: old school CD player that her family found on eBay 483 00:24:24,760 --> 00:24:28,840 Speaker 1: and Crosley the record player, you know, the company that 484 00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:31,960 Speaker 1: sells like amazing records players has a CD player that 485 00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:35,120 Speaker 1: looks like a cool record player, like it looks vintage, 486 00:24:35,359 --> 00:24:37,600 Speaker 1: but it plays CDs instead of records. So you can 487 00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:43,000 Speaker 1: get yourself a cute little lavender colored Crosley for WNBA 488 00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:45,480 Speaker 1: Divas of the Court. Songs from the WNBA Volume one, 489 00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:49,240 Speaker 1: if you are inspired to listen to, for instance, don't 490 00:24:49,280 --> 00:24:51,560 Speaker 1: take it personal, just one of them Days by Monica, 491 00:24:51,600 --> 00:24:54,399 Speaker 1: which is a straight up banger, jump and jump in 492 00:24:54,600 --> 00:24:57,640 Speaker 1: by Destiny's Child. We got the beat from the Go 493 00:24:57,640 --> 00:25:00,320 Speaker 1: Gos Ladies, first from Queen Lativa, and of course the 494 00:25:00,359 --> 00:25:01,719 Speaker 1: song we all think about when we want to get 495 00:25:01,760 --> 00:25:06,400 Speaker 1: pumped up for basketball, Galileo by the Indigo Girls, which 496 00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:08,280 Speaker 1: is actually one of my favorite songs of all time, 497 00:25:08,480 --> 00:25:10,439 Speaker 1: clearly a throw in for the lesbians, but also like, 498 00:25:10,520 --> 00:25:14,920 Speaker 1: what that's not a basketball Songs of the WNBA Divas 499 00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:15,480 Speaker 1: of the Court. 500 00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:18,960 Speaker 4: I love that there, it says, Volume one we don't 501 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:20,920 Speaker 4: know if there was a volume two. I don't think 502 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:24,359 Speaker 4: there was another one, so it was it was just 503 00:25:24,680 --> 00:25:27,439 Speaker 4: one of one. But we pretended that it was going 504 00:25:27,520 --> 00:25:29,880 Speaker 4: to be more of these sound I think they. 505 00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:32,359 Speaker 1: Believed it would be. And then someone was like, I 506 00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:35,000 Speaker 1: don't know if I need Sean Colvin and Queen Latifah 507 00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:37,600 Speaker 1: on the same CD. I think I'm good. 508 00:25:38,560 --> 00:25:41,440 Speaker 4: I wish we could have recorded the day that we 509 00:25:41,480 --> 00:25:42,480 Speaker 4: stumbled across that. 510 00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:46,399 Speaker 3: Let me just say that eBay was a gold mine. 511 00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:50,000 Speaker 3: Emma bought a CD. Did you buy the Barbie too? 512 00:25:50,280 --> 00:25:50,399 Speaker 4: Like? 513 00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:52,800 Speaker 2: I did not buy the Barbie, but I thought about it. 514 00:25:52,840 --> 00:25:55,359 Speaker 2: We looked at it. Yeah, when they made Wnba Barbie, 515 00:25:55,760 --> 00:25:57,760 Speaker 2: would it be cheaper for us to physically buy the 516 00:25:57,800 --> 00:26:00,560 Speaker 2: barbie and photograph it ourselves than he for the photo 517 00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:03,320 Speaker 2: rights of those pictures? 518 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:05,639 Speaker 1: I mean, I love That's one of the reasons that 519 00:26:05,760 --> 00:26:08,600 Speaker 1: sometimes like I have stuff in my house and I'm like, 520 00:26:08,880 --> 00:26:10,600 Speaker 1: I don't really want to give this away or throw 521 00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:12,879 Speaker 1: it out. I feel like even twenty years from now, 522 00:26:13,040 --> 00:26:16,160 Speaker 1: it'll be like, whoa, this was what the first season 523 00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:19,040 Speaker 1: of Love Pro Volleyball look like, or this is you know, 524 00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:21,639 Speaker 1: year two of the PWHL, like we are in the 525 00:26:21,640 --> 00:26:23,960 Speaker 1: midst of being able to archive the beginnings of so 526 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:26,359 Speaker 1: many things in women's sports that it's hard not to 527 00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:28,800 Speaker 1: feel attached, but also like, I don't want to be 528 00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:31,119 Speaker 1: a hoarder, so I got to find a good spot 529 00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:33,320 Speaker 1: to start, just keep some of the stuff that I 530 00:26:33,359 --> 00:26:36,400 Speaker 1: think will will last. Jordan, what's one of your favorite 531 00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:38,000 Speaker 1: like sections or topics in the book? 532 00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:43,280 Speaker 4: Oh, goodness, so many. I think one that always sticks 533 00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:48,000 Speaker 4: out to me is the WBL section. So the first 534 00:26:48,119 --> 00:26:53,040 Speaker 4: professional women's basketball league. Getting to talk to those players 535 00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:56,240 Speaker 4: they are a part of Legends of the Ball, which 536 00:26:56,280 --> 00:26:59,600 Speaker 4: is what they call themselves now, and Molly Bolin and 537 00:26:59,760 --> 00:27:04,080 Speaker 4: Liz Galoway and them just really putting me in that 538 00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:09,280 Speaker 4: time and describing what it was like to be accidental trailblazers, 539 00:27:09,320 --> 00:27:11,800 Speaker 4: Like they didn't set out to be these pioneers of 540 00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:15,159 Speaker 4: the game. They were just like, Hey, you know college 541 00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:17,200 Speaker 4: is inding, do you want to play pro in America? 542 00:27:17,240 --> 00:27:19,960 Speaker 4: And they're like, yeah, Like that sounds great. 543 00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:20,760 Speaker 3: That sounds like the dream. 544 00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:24,600 Speaker 4: Even though it was so short lived, it really set 545 00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:28,400 Speaker 4: the precedent for what we have now and the WNBA 546 00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:32,439 Speaker 4: and Unrivaled and all these things started as ideas of 547 00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:36,040 Speaker 4: women's pro basketball leagues, so to not only be able 548 00:27:36,080 --> 00:27:39,640 Speaker 4: to talk to them about their experiences, the rivals them 549 00:27:39,760 --> 00:27:42,600 Speaker 4: brag about how good they were. That was probably one 550 00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:46,320 Speaker 4: of my favorite parts. They were hoopers and they say it, 551 00:27:46,520 --> 00:27:52,160 Speaker 4: and they tell you rats man crazy before the three 552 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:52,960 Speaker 4: point line too. 553 00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:56,120 Speaker 3: Most of them like she was a hooper. 554 00:27:56,280 --> 00:27:59,000 Speaker 4: So I love that they got a chance to brag 555 00:27:59,040 --> 00:28:03,000 Speaker 4: on themselves and share the stories and also the stories 556 00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:06,760 Speaker 4: of their teammates who made such a lasting impression on 557 00:28:06,840 --> 00:28:10,320 Speaker 4: the league and women's basketball altogether. So that was definitely 558 00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:13,640 Speaker 4: one of my favorites. And the team names, the jerseys, 559 00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:18,399 Speaker 4: the flyers that we have in here of like, I mean, 560 00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:20,199 Speaker 4: there was a team called the Minks and they were 561 00:28:20,240 --> 00:28:23,199 Speaker 4: sponsored by Mink Coats and like that was their roster. 562 00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:24,520 Speaker 1: But tech are you kidding? 563 00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:28,560 Speaker 4: The Dallas Diamonds were sponsored by a jewelry company like Maze. 564 00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:31,800 Speaker 3: Yes, I love all of it. So that was really fun. 565 00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:34,640 Speaker 1: Deserved luxury. 566 00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:38,760 Speaker 2: What about you, Emma, I'm about the same era for mine. 567 00:28:38,840 --> 00:28:42,280 Speaker 2: I loved talking to the women of Immaculada College, which 568 00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:44,560 Speaker 2: was the early nineteen seventies and kind of the first 569 00:28:45,040 --> 00:28:49,440 Speaker 2: college dynasty of organized women's college basketball, and just the 570 00:28:49,520 --> 00:28:53,480 Speaker 2: stories they had of what it took to play it 571 00:28:53,520 --> 00:28:56,600 Speaker 2: all to literally get to the NCAA tournament where this 572 00:28:56,760 --> 00:29:00,600 Speaker 2: was before you had big athletics departments that were seriously 573 00:29:00,640 --> 00:29:03,920 Speaker 2: sponsoring women's sports. And so they did like a bake 574 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:06,520 Speaker 2: sale at school to try to raise some money, and 575 00:29:06,560 --> 00:29:09,280 Speaker 2: they got enough to fly stand by to the tournament, 576 00:29:09,640 --> 00:29:12,040 Speaker 2: and so the coach had like a list of like, Okay, 577 00:29:12,080 --> 00:29:13,560 Speaker 2: you know, we need a big we need some guards. 578 00:29:13,640 --> 00:29:15,640 Speaker 2: This is the order for which you can take tickets. 579 00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:19,400 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, that maybe not everyone gets to fly stand by, 580 00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:22,080 Speaker 2: So let's let's just see what happens and literally who 581 00:29:22,120 --> 00:29:25,320 Speaker 2: can get on this plane? Just crazy stuff like that. 582 00:29:25,840 --> 00:29:27,880 Speaker 2: Then in contrast with what they were doing on the 583 00:29:27,920 --> 00:29:30,920 Speaker 2: court and how good they were that you know, this 584 00:29:31,720 --> 00:29:34,880 Speaker 2: college in Pennsylvania, that so many of these girls had 585 00:29:34,920 --> 00:29:38,640 Speaker 2: come through the Philadelphia Catholic League, which had really great, 586 00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:42,160 Speaker 2: really competitive girls basketball in high school, and so they 587 00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:44,280 Speaker 2: were really great players. A lot of them went on 588 00:29:44,320 --> 00:29:46,720 Speaker 2: to do some pretty cool things afterward. But just the 589 00:29:46,720 --> 00:29:50,000 Speaker 2: contrast between what they were doing on the court in 590 00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:52,680 Speaker 2: the seventies and really like the legacy they left of 591 00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:56,040 Speaker 2: having that kind of first true college dynasty and the 592 00:29:56,080 --> 00:29:58,000 Speaker 2: conditions they were playing in and what they had to do 593 00:29:58,120 --> 00:30:01,720 Speaker 2: to literally show up. It was just really cool. 594 00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:04,800 Speaker 1: I think about and this never happened to me, but 595 00:30:04,920 --> 00:30:07,440 Speaker 1: you hear about people who were like I was last 596 00:30:07,440 --> 00:30:10,760 Speaker 1: picked for a team, and it's like a lifelong memory 597 00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:14,320 Speaker 1: that haunts me. Again, never happened to me, but I 598 00:30:14,440 --> 00:30:17,440 Speaker 1: feel like last picked and I didn't get on the plane. 599 00:30:17,920 --> 00:30:21,160 Speaker 1: I just was would be even worse than last picked 600 00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:24,120 Speaker 1: in class, but like, oh, I am absolutely last on 601 00:30:24,160 --> 00:30:27,000 Speaker 1: my team. I did not make the plane. It also 602 00:30:27,040 --> 00:30:29,560 Speaker 1: reminds me of Pat Summit, like washing all the uniforms 603 00:30:29,600 --> 00:30:32,080 Speaker 1: and basically having to do every job while being this 604 00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:35,400 Speaker 1: incredible exis and O's mind. And it also reminds me like, 605 00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:38,680 Speaker 1: you know, we talk about folks that are early at 606 00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:41,120 Speaker 1: least from my generation, you know, like the Dina Trossian 607 00:30:41,160 --> 00:30:44,400 Speaker 1: super that we're still playing until very recently, but they 608 00:30:44,440 --> 00:30:46,600 Speaker 1: can still look and say, like, man if I was 609 00:30:46,640 --> 00:30:50,520 Speaker 1: starting right now with nil with the WNBA, where it 610 00:30:50,560 --> 00:30:52,800 Speaker 1: is with unrivaled with Project Be with all these things. 611 00:30:53,080 --> 00:30:55,640 Speaker 1: And so you go back dozens and dozens of years 612 00:30:55,640 --> 00:30:58,959 Speaker 1: and you really think about how many great players nobody 613 00:30:58,960 --> 00:31:02,640 Speaker 1: ever really knew and ever will remember how great they were. 614 00:31:02,680 --> 00:31:05,239 Speaker 1: There's not video, there's not stats the same way, and 615 00:31:05,800 --> 00:31:09,520 Speaker 1: that's hard, but you're telling their stories, which is really cool. 616 00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:12,640 Speaker 1: Any big picture takeaways or kind of themes that you 617 00:31:12,680 --> 00:31:16,720 Speaker 1: were left with after telling over one hundred years of history, Jordan. 618 00:31:20,440 --> 00:31:24,040 Speaker 4: I think the biggest takeaway is, you know, what we 619 00:31:24,120 --> 00:31:27,280 Speaker 4: hope the readers are taking away from it is that 620 00:31:27,360 --> 00:31:30,760 Speaker 4: women's basketball didn't start two years ago, like it didn't 621 00:31:30,800 --> 00:31:31,560 Speaker 4: start yesterday. 622 00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:35,280 Speaker 1: Kaylen Clark invented it, guys, you know, you know, actually 623 00:31:35,360 --> 00:31:36,480 Speaker 1: she did not. 624 00:31:37,720 --> 00:31:41,880 Speaker 4: And that is my biggest takeaway that this game that 625 00:31:41,920 --> 00:31:44,320 Speaker 4: we love so much, that you know, I came in 626 00:31:45,160 --> 00:31:48,200 Speaker 4: you know, in the early two thousands loving it. It 627 00:31:48,240 --> 00:31:51,440 Speaker 4: was happening, and women were laying that foundation for years 628 00:31:51,480 --> 00:31:55,240 Speaker 4: and decades before. So that was my biggest takeaway that 629 00:31:55,440 --> 00:31:57,920 Speaker 4: the game that I love was loved by so many 630 00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:01,680 Speaker 4: women before, and it was such a joy and a 631 00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:05,080 Speaker 4: treat to be able to spotlight their stories. We wish 632 00:32:05,160 --> 00:32:08,040 Speaker 4: we could tell every single player's story like that was 633 00:32:08,440 --> 00:32:11,840 Speaker 4: another hard part about this. As we were writing it, 634 00:32:11,880 --> 00:32:15,440 Speaker 4: as we were going through edits history was continuing to happen, 635 00:32:15,640 --> 00:32:18,080 Speaker 4: like That's how much women's. 636 00:32:17,680 --> 00:32:19,080 Speaker 3: Basketball history there is. 637 00:32:19,360 --> 00:32:21,720 Speaker 4: We had to finally hear from our editor like, okay, 638 00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:25,600 Speaker 4: we can't add anything after this day, because yeah, Asian 639 00:32:25,640 --> 00:32:29,000 Speaker 4: Wilson was gonna get another MVP and another championship, and 640 00:32:29,040 --> 00:32:32,000 Speaker 4: we would have had to keep updating it because that's 641 00:32:32,040 --> 00:32:36,560 Speaker 4: how great women's basketball is now, but also from decades before. 642 00:32:36,680 --> 00:32:39,840 Speaker 1: So well, unlike the Divas soundtrack, we'll just have to 643 00:32:39,880 --> 00:32:42,680 Speaker 1: have a Court Queen's Volume two. So yeah, you've set 644 00:32:42,720 --> 00:32:46,160 Speaker 1: yourself up for a sequel. Congrats on the book. So 645 00:32:46,240 --> 00:32:48,320 Speaker 1: excited for everyone to get the chance to read it 646 00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:50,120 Speaker 1: and look at the pictures and then go out and 647 00:32:50,120 --> 00:32:52,920 Speaker 1: buy that CD and a CD player to play it. 648 00:32:52,960 --> 00:32:56,400 Speaker 1: Only thanks to both of you. Thank you, thank you, 649 00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:01,560 Speaker 1: Thanks again to Jordan and for taking the time. We 650 00:33:01,640 --> 00:33:03,960 Speaker 1: have to take another break when we return a bar 651 00:33:04,040 --> 00:33:16,200 Speaker 1: in Boston where everyone actually does know your name. Welcome back, Slices. 652 00:33:16,240 --> 00:33:17,760 Speaker 1: We love that you're listening, but we want you to 653 00:33:17,760 --> 00:33:19,840 Speaker 1: get in the game every day too. So here's our 654 00:33:19,880 --> 00:33:22,240 Speaker 1: good game play of the day. Pick up a copy 655 00:33:22,240 --> 00:33:25,280 Speaker 1: of Jordan and Emma's book Court Queen's we'll link to 656 00:33:25,320 --> 00:33:27,680 Speaker 1: it in the show notes. Also, remember to keep an 657 00:33:27,720 --> 00:33:29,760 Speaker 1: eye on how your brackets are doing in our March 658 00:33:29,840 --> 00:33:33,760 Speaker 1: Sliceness Bracket competition and also in the Welcome to the 659 00:33:33,760 --> 00:33:36,800 Speaker 1: March Madness Party bracket that's run by the Welcome to 660 00:33:36,840 --> 00:33:40,240 Speaker 1: the Party folks, Abby Wombach, Julia Faudi and Billy Jean King, which, 661 00:33:40,280 --> 00:33:43,680 Speaker 1: by the way, as of midday on Sunday, we were 662 00:33:43,720 --> 00:33:46,560 Speaker 1: tied for the lead with Coach Jackie, so we'll be 663 00:33:46,600 --> 00:33:48,440 Speaker 1: keeping an eye out for our bracket in that one 664 00:33:48,720 --> 00:33:52,120 Speaker 1: and talking so much shit at least while we're still 665 00:33:52,160 --> 00:33:54,200 Speaker 1: in the lead. You know, we always love to hear 666 00:33:54,200 --> 00:33:55,800 Speaker 1: from you, so hit us up on email good game 667 00:33:55,800 --> 00:33:58,440 Speaker 1: at wondermedianetwork dot com or leave us a voicemail at 668 00:33:58,480 --> 00:34:02,360 Speaker 1: eight seven two two four, and don't forget to subscribe, 669 00:34:02,400 --> 00:34:06,440 Speaker 1: rate and review just like producer Bianca. Take it away, Bianca. 670 00:34:07,120 --> 00:34:11,760 Speaker 5: Everyone watches women's sports in Boston, rating one hundred percent 671 00:34:11,760 --> 00:34:15,239 Speaker 5: of TVs at the bar playing women's hoops review. The 672 00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:19,319 Speaker 5: Sports Bra, the world's first sports bar dedicated to exclusively 673 00:34:19,400 --> 00:34:22,480 Speaker 5: showing women's sports, is coming to Boston, and while the 674 00:34:22,520 --> 00:34:25,640 Speaker 5: brick and mortar bar isn't up and running just yet, 675 00:34:25,840 --> 00:34:28,800 Speaker 5: the folks in charge have been taking over other bars 676 00:34:28,880 --> 00:34:31,640 Speaker 5: for pop up sports bra events, and I went to 677 00:34:31,719 --> 00:34:34,279 Speaker 5: one this weekend to watch the Yukon game and it 678 00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:37,080 Speaker 5: was so fun. There were a bunch of dvs playing 679 00:34:37,280 --> 00:34:40,680 Speaker 5: different March Madness games, and during game breaks there was 680 00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:44,279 Speaker 5: women's sports trivia. Not to brag, but I won a 681 00:34:44,400 --> 00:34:47,720 Speaker 5: shirt for knowing the first woman to run the Boston 682 00:34:47,800 --> 00:34:50,719 Speaker 5: Marathon as an officially registered competitor. 683 00:34:50,840 --> 00:34:53,920 Speaker 1: That's Catherine Switzer. And there were also folks there. 684 00:34:53,760 --> 00:34:57,279 Speaker 5: From Simmons University because later this year the school is 685 00:34:57,320 --> 00:35:01,560 Speaker 5: launching the first women's focused sports man management graduate program 686 00:35:01,600 --> 00:35:05,040 Speaker 5: in the country, plus an undergraduate minor. So cool, you 687 00:35:05,320 --> 00:35:09,000 Speaker 5: might recall we mentioned that super Slice Aaron raw just 688 00:35:09,040 --> 00:35:12,960 Speaker 5: got accepted into that program. And speaking of Slices, I 689 00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:16,000 Speaker 5: met another Slice at the bar. Slice Jen let me 690 00:35:16,160 --> 00:35:19,000 Speaker 5: and my friends join her table, and she overheard us 691 00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:21,520 Speaker 5: talking about some of our recent episodes here a good 692 00:35:21,560 --> 00:35:25,480 Speaker 5: game with college basketball players, so she chimed into the conversation. 693 00:35:25,760 --> 00:35:28,879 Speaker 5: As an avid fan, she said she listens every day 694 00:35:28,960 --> 00:35:32,120 Speaker 5: and she loved the Olympic coverage and she loves a 695 00:35:32,120 --> 00:35:34,960 Speaker 5: good game, good game, few moment at the end. So 696 00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:37,239 Speaker 5: nice to meet you, Jen, if you're listening, and so 697 00:35:37,360 --> 00:35:40,760 Speaker 5: fun to meet the Sports Bra Boston team highly recommend 698 00:35:40,840 --> 00:35:42,880 Speaker 5: checking out their pop ups if you're in the area, 699 00:35:43,280 --> 00:35:46,960 Speaker 5: and hopefully we hear some news soon about a permanent space. 700 00:35:47,480 --> 00:35:51,480 Speaker 1: Oh my god, so fun. I'm so jealous. I was 701 00:35:51,520 --> 00:35:53,640 Speaker 1: hanging out with children trying to watch as many games 702 00:35:53,640 --> 00:35:55,919 Speaker 1: as possible while pretending to be paying attention to them. 703 00:35:56,400 --> 00:35:59,400 Speaker 1: Now it's your turn, y'all, rate and review. Thanks for listening, 704 00:35:59,560 --> 00:36:04,600 Speaker 1: see them. Good game, Jordan and Emma. 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