Speaker 1: Welcome to Good Game with Sarah Spain, where we're still
Speaker 1: battling the plague. Shouts to everybody out there dealing with
Speaker 1: any one of the several annoying ass illnesses going around
Speaker 1: right now. It's Wednesday, January twenty ninth, and on today's show,
Speaker 1: we're skipping the need to know and getting straight into
Speaker 1: my conversation with Beg and Perry, head of Basketball for
Speaker 1: Athletes Unlimited. We talked about what to expect from the
Speaker 1: league's fourth season, tipping off on February fifth, including new players,
Speaker 1: a new location, and the stars steak stats and stories.
Speaker 1: You should know that Combo's coming up right after this,
Speaker 1: joining us now. She's the head of Basketball for Athletes Unlimited,
Speaker 1: overseeing the strategic planning and execution of all basketball operations
Speaker 1: and player personnel matters. A former college basketball analyst and
Speaker 1: former studio analyst for the Miami Heat. Most importantly, she's
Speaker 1: a former d one hooper for Cordell University. Let's go,
Speaker 1: It's Megan Perry. I think you might be our first
Speaker 1: Cornell grad on the show.
Speaker 2: Really that can't be well. First, thank you, thank you
Speaker 2: for having me, And if I am the first, I'm
Speaker 2: glad to blaze the trail for the many Cornelians to
Speaker 2: come after.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I feel like, what am I doing with my life?
Speaker 1: If I'm not using my power and influence to elevate
Speaker 1: the profile of fellow Cornelians. It's almost like I'm not
Speaker 1: in charge around this bitch. What am I doing? I
Speaker 1: gotta start just force feeding people Cornell grads? All right,
Speaker 1: that's fair.
Speaker 3: It starts today.
Speaker 1: It starts today, It starts with you. Okay. The fourth
Speaker 1: season of Athletes Unlimited gets going February fifth. For those
Speaker 1: who aren't familiar, let's give the league my patented four
Speaker 1: US's treatment, so star stake, stats and stories give them
Speaker 1: all the information that they need to dive in to
Speaker 1: this season of Athletes Unlimited. Let's start with the stars.
Speaker 1: Who are some of the biggest names that are gonna
Speaker 1: be playing this season.
Speaker 2: You can expect some of the names that you already
Speaker 2: know and some new names. I'll say our roster, which
Speaker 2: we're really excited about. Over half of our roster.
Speaker 3: Or new names.
Speaker 2: And we have this healthy amount of players with WNBA
Speaker 2: experience and a number of players that you will find
Speaker 2: currently on a roster, names that you will know already.
Speaker 2: Three time WNBA champion Alisha Clark headlines our roster this season.
Speaker 2: You'll find names like Isabelle Harrison, Sidney Colson, Alissa Hilly,
Speaker 2: Jalen Sharad, I mean, just keya nurse. The list goes
Speaker 2: on and on and on. We have a healthy balance
Speaker 2: of vets, new and young emerging talent. And I will
Speaker 2: say for those that are just women's basketball fans, right
Speaker 2: you've been following the game from sometimes their their high
Speaker 2: school days to their collegiance space and then what they
Speaker 2: are doing professionally, these will be names that you are
Speaker 2: familiar with and you will know and you'll have a
Speaker 2: chance to plug in to this part of their professional journey.
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's a great opportunity for five on five basketball
Speaker 1: in the offseason for w players, for those trying to
Speaker 1: make a W roster. And one of the biggest complaints
Speaker 1: we seem to have every year, particularly right after the
Speaker 1: draft and as the rosters are getting set for W
Speaker 1: is some of our favorite players that we watched in
Speaker 1: college can't find a spot. It is such a tight league.
Speaker 1: I can't remember what the new number is. We've been
Speaker 1: saying one forty four for so long that now I
Speaker 1: got to be like okay plus the Valkyries and then
Speaker 1: eventually there will be this team, but somewhere more than
Speaker 1: one forty four but still not a lot is what
Speaker 1: limits some of these players from finding a professional spot.
Speaker 1: So you're right, there are faces that people will remember
Speaker 1: really enjoying watching in the college game, we had the
Speaker 1: faces of the league. Of course, Sid Colson and Teresa
Speaker 1: plays on sit in TP on this very show. There
Speaker 1: are as much comedians as they are basketball players. They're
Speaker 1: two of the ogs that have really established themselves in
Speaker 1: this league in the past. Are there others that you
Speaker 1: can point out to us that like they're walking back
Speaker 1: in like big woman on campus style, like you know,
Speaker 1: I'm here to show up.
Speaker 2: Let me say this to you, Sarah, that overall, like
Speaker 2: we have such a competitive roster in the space, so
Speaker 2: for four weeks our players coming together to compete to
Speaker 2: crown the individual champion. There are there's a little bit
Speaker 2: of new blood in right, and there are some old
Speaker 2: vets and familiar names and spaces that very much so
Speaker 2: recognized the stakes or what's at stake. But I will
Speaker 2: say some names you should pay attention to. Obviously returners
Speaker 2: as in Mattie Segrest, I think is a name that
Speaker 2: often flies under the radar.
Speaker 3: For sure.
Speaker 2: We know what TP can do, what Sid can do,
Speaker 2: what Lexi Brown, and she's kind of been kind of
Speaker 2: managing some health challenges, is really in prime condition. I
Speaker 2: think I have a really great another great AU Pro
Speaker 2: basketball season. I would say some new names that you
Speaker 2: may not be thinking of, and some things that some
Speaker 2: people that should be on the radar. Dejah Fair we
Speaker 2: speak about the college landscape when we talk about ballers
Speaker 2: and straight up hoopers.
Speaker 3: Very excited to welcome Dasha to the family.
Speaker 2: When you think about NCUBA all time leading scores, it
Speaker 2: goes Caitlin Clark, Kelsey Plumb, Dejah Fair, and Kelsey Mitchell, right,
Speaker 2: And so that's a name that I know will keep
Speaker 2: our scores table really busy and stands super engaged.
Speaker 3: And we have a number of others.
Speaker 2: When I think about some of our vets, I'll say
Speaker 2: new to AU this year, but keya.
Speaker 3: Nurse and Ria Hartley.
Speaker 2: Names that women's basketball players know for their amazing collegiate
Speaker 2: careers and professional careers, but new to AU and we'll
Speaker 2: definitely mix.
Speaker 3: Up that leaderboard that you were speaking about.
Speaker 1: I'm pumped already, I'm excited. I'm excited for this. Okay,
Speaker 1: let's talk about stats, because that's really important for us
Speaker 1: to understand how everything works on AU. Can you explain
Speaker 1: how the scoring works for AU basketball, just how it's
Speaker 1: both an individual and a team competition.
Speaker 3: Absolutely, so I want to make clear to everyone overall.
Speaker 2: AU Pro Basketball was founded with the premise that we
Speaker 2: want to create another space for professional women's basketball players,
Speaker 2: whether they are here domestically, or they have extensive experience overseas,
Speaker 2: or if they're fresh out of the college space right
Speaker 2: trying to figure out their professional trajectory.
Speaker 3: We created a space for five on five basketball, the
Speaker 3: game that you know. It is that simple.
Speaker 2: But what's cool about AU is we've layered on top
Speaker 2: of that a scoring system, a scoring system that highlights individuals'
Speaker 2: ability to compete, because at the end of the season,
Speaker 2: we crown one individual champion, but we also fully embrace
Speaker 2: team basketball. So our format is driven by a leaderboard.
Speaker 2: I often tell people, think of the Peloton leaderboard. I
Speaker 2: don't know if we have Peloton all Peloton errs if
Speaker 2: you will out there, sure, but there's a basketball for basketball.
Speaker 3: It's the AU Pro Basketball leader board.
Speaker 2: And for forty players that we have on our roster,
Speaker 2: they are ranked on that leaderboard. And how do they
Speaker 2: get that ranking. It's determined by their own court performance.
Speaker 2: They get points tied to the leaderboard for positive plays.
Speaker 2: You're three pointers, you're a sess, you're an awesome place. There's
Speaker 2: also negative points for turnovers and things that are you know,
Speaker 2: that don't serve the game as well, so they're rewarded
Speaker 2: for that, but they are also rewarded for team points.
Speaker 3: Team wins is what we call them.
Speaker 2: We incentivize every single moment in AU pro basketball matters
Speaker 2: because it's not just about winning the game as the team,
Speaker 2: it's also about.
Speaker 3: Winning each quarter.
Speaker 2: So let's say regular game, it could be seventy five
Speaker 2: to one hundred and you're like, I'm done, I'm kind
Speaker 2: of tuned out. Not in AU, because the team that
Speaker 2: wins the quarter. There's also compensation tied to these wins, right,
Speaker 2: So where you fall on the leaderboard absolutely matter, and
Speaker 2: so our players are competing like a playoff like environment
Speaker 2: the entire time. So what you can expect is five
Speaker 2: on five basketball with a really cool innovative scoring system
Speaker 2: that engages our fans in a new way.
Speaker 1: Yeah, we're never going to get those late blowouts where
Speaker 1: everybody's dragging ass. You're always incentivized to keep playing and
Speaker 1: getting those stats and getting those good plays. What's a
Speaker 1: great game for a player? Is it similar to a
Speaker 1: WNBA stat line?
Speaker 3: That's really interesting.
Speaker 2: I think when I think about that question, it's a
Speaker 2: great it's I mean, it's going to be different.
Speaker 3: And I'll say why is it different for every player?
Speaker 3: I mean, every player.
Speaker 2: Comes into AU with a different reason. Right, So for
Speaker 2: some players, it might be that this is a space
Speaker 2: that I use to become my best self in preparation
Speaker 2: for the WNBA season. As I'm already have a confirmed
Speaker 2: roster spot on the WNBA, Right, there might be another
Speaker 2: player where they are working to earn that opportunity, or
Speaker 2: there might be a player where they're like, I'm not
Speaker 2: quite sure where I want to go in my career.
Speaker 2: I really enjoyed being a part of this community, right,
Speaker 2: And I've been playing professionally for fifteen five whatever years overseas,
Speaker 2: and this is my opportunity to play with a new group, right,
Speaker 2: a new family. So a good game it varies, but
Speaker 2: I would say our games are high scoring, our games
Speaker 2: are fast paced our games. It is not an anomaly
Speaker 2: to see a forty point performance from a player. Right,
Speaker 2: I would say, you know, a good AU Pro basketball
Speaker 2: game just like any other five on five games, twenty points,
Speaker 2: ten rebounds, six success right, blocks and steals.
Speaker 3: That's filling the stat sheet.
Speaker 2: I think is really what fans continue to love and
Speaker 2: how they engage, and that's what our players do. So
Speaker 2: that's a good game. But it'll vary based on what
Speaker 2: that player is there for.
Speaker 1: We got to take a quick break when we come
Speaker 1: back more with Megan Perry. What are the stakes? How
Speaker 1: big is one good game or bad game? Both in
Speaker 1: terms of team play like making it to the playoffs
Speaker 1: depending on the length of the season and how many
Speaker 1: games they play, and then in terms of individual play
Speaker 1: if you have a really bad game or really good
Speaker 1: game in terms of accumulating points, what are the stakes
Speaker 1: for each game we're watching?
Speaker 2: So the stakes are high, and I'll tell you because
Speaker 2: of our format, our leaguest player driven right down to
Speaker 2: how they play the game. Across our forty players, they
Speaker 2: are split into four teams. Each team has a captain
Speaker 2: and every single week, the captains draft players onto their
Speaker 2: teams and your draft, You're right, so where you are drafted,
Speaker 2: so how you play is determined oftentimes where you fall
Speaker 2: during that draft, and so our players are competing the
Speaker 2: entire time, not only for that position on the leaderboard,
Speaker 2: but also you're thinking about where you might be drafted,
Speaker 2: who you might be playing with, what compliments you, what doesn't.
Speaker 2: And this season, one change that we did make is
Speaker 2: that the way that we go about selecting our captains
Speaker 2: this season, we will create we think a little bit more
Speaker 2: variation at the top of the leaderboard in terms of
Speaker 2: who might be a So.
Speaker 3: The captains will be determined for.
Speaker 2: Week one, We'll have a random pool of returners that
Speaker 2: we will select from to be captains for week one,
Speaker 2: or for weeks two and weeks three. Our captains will
Speaker 2: be selected by that prior week's top performers. So it's
Speaker 2: almost like you got to lock in and you got
Speaker 2: to bring your game every single week. So it's not
Speaker 2: that you could have an amazing performance for one week
Speaker 2: or one game that in that series and then kind
Speaker 2: of lay out no, every single moment matters, and at
Speaker 2: the end of the season, that last and final championship
Speaker 2: week that we call Week four, it's it's accumulative scores
Speaker 2: from that leader board that we take a look at
Speaker 2: to crown that one individual champion. So to put it simply,
Speaker 2: every moment matters.
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, the stakes are high, the math is required,
Speaker 1: but not by us, thankfully, y'all do that for us,
Speaker 1: and then we watch and you tell us what happened
Speaker 1: and how the points added up and all that. That's right, Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, that's one of the most fascinating parts and
Speaker 1: always has been for me, about the AU model for
Speaker 1: the leagues that are combining team and individuals, is this
Speaker 1: idea that like, if you're a big shit talker, if
Speaker 1: you're a little dirty, if you start fights with opponents,
Speaker 1: then you're setting yourself up to potentially be on that
Speaker 1: person's team the next week and have to mend some fences.
Speaker 1: And I'm not speaking from personal experience or anything. I'm
Speaker 1: just saying that would have been hard for me. I'm
Speaker 1: very competitive and whoever's not with me is against me,
Speaker 1: and so to switch that up is a very interesting
Speaker 1: element of all this.
Speaker 2: Well, we respect that, and I'll say that's what's the
Speaker 2: cool part of AU. I Mean, we talk about the game.
Speaker 2: It speaks for itself, but I think there's layers right
Speaker 2: that go on top of the game, from the captain
Speaker 2: selection to like, yeah, you could be a terrible teammate,
Speaker 2: but you might have to see that person next week.
Speaker 2: And we're all all together as a family for that
Speaker 2: time on the ground for the season. So all those
Speaker 2: dynamics do come into play, so you have to watch
Speaker 2: closely and follow along the I'll call them the healthy
Speaker 2: storylines that.
Speaker 1: We call it the tea we at t over here.
Speaker 3: Oh there's t let's.
Speaker 1: Talk about the stories and the storylines. Are there any
Speaker 1: in particular we should follow, maybe someone coming back from injury,
Speaker 1: someone who's looking to get back on a w roster
Speaker 1: that was but has slipped off the tail end, anything
Speaker 1: that we should watch for.
Speaker 3: Yeah. Absolutely.
Speaker 2: When I think about the big storylines this season, I
Speaker 2: think one is going to be about the new pool
Speaker 2: of players.
Speaker 3: And it has to write its own story.
Speaker 2: One of the names that we're most excited about, I
Speaker 2: would say, and I say we because I work in
Speaker 2: collaboration with our Player ex Executive Committee our PEC, which
Speaker 2: is the pool of players that hand selects the talent
Speaker 2: that we bring into the Aupro Basketball family each year.
Speaker 3: But I'll say the name Melissa.
Speaker 2: Peelee rings really loud, right, and Alissa Pilly being the
Speaker 2: high draft pick that she was for the twenty twenty
Speaker 2: four season, coming off of a season in which her
Speaker 2: team was really close to taking that WNVA championship home,
Speaker 2: having that experience, and now for her to be able
Speaker 2: to kind of settle into her own and kind of
Speaker 2: show us what's next for Alissa Peely. I'm really excited
Speaker 2: about following her story in her journey because I really
Speaker 2: do think the best is yet to come for what
Speaker 2: she can do on court, uh and as well evolving
Speaker 2: Alyssa off the court, because we know the presence that
Speaker 2: she has in the indigenous community uh and how she
Speaker 2: inspires and impacts people, you know, across across the landscape.
Speaker 3: So we're excited about Alissa.
Speaker 2: I would also say, when I think about vets, one
Speaker 2: of the top vets that comes to mind, actually there's two,
Speaker 2: Elizabeth Williams.
Speaker 1: Elizabeth Williams is coming off in front of the show.
Speaker 3: Yes, Yes, we love we love E.
Speaker 2: And so she's going to be a new member of
Speaker 2: the AU Pro Basketball family this season, and I think,
Speaker 2: quite frankly, her leadership speaks for itself. Anyone that knows
Speaker 2: her knows I almost call her like president. She has
Speaker 2: that that presence right about her. But I think her
Speaker 2: coming back and how she's going to be able to
Speaker 2: perform from injury.
Speaker 3: And then I will also say we think about the
Speaker 3: free agency storylines.
Speaker 2: I mean that's that's ever present, and so we do
Speaker 2: have a couple of free agents within the AU Pro
Speaker 2: basketball family. Alicia Clark's a free agent, Zndy Colson's a
Speaker 2: free agent. Jalen Sharad is a free agent coming off
Speaker 2: for a championship run with the New York Liberty. And
Speaker 2: then let me also say, when I think about younger
Speaker 2: talent and names that you may not be familiar with
Speaker 2: just yet but need to know, there's a player by
Speaker 2: the name of Mackenzie Forbes who I think has a
Speaker 2: really interesting story.
Speaker 3: Mackenzie.
Speaker 2: If you're a super like basketball junkie, you know she
Speaker 2: played basketball. I believe that cow then went to Harvard
Speaker 2: University so rep in the IVY League. Shout out to that,
Speaker 2: and then spent some time at USC and she played
Speaker 2: alongside Juju. But she is a versatile, a versatible like Tweener,
Speaker 2: and that I think she's gonna make some noise and lastly,
Speaker 2: I'll say when we talk about names in storylines, Alicia Clark,
Speaker 2: Alisha Clark, Isabelle Harrison, Jordan Horston, we have some names
Speaker 2: which have i would say, elevated themselves amongst the W
Speaker 2: and B A ranks that are coming. And let me say,
Speaker 2: they're competitors, so it's not that they have something to prove,
Speaker 2: but they always show up and give their best, and
Speaker 2: so I'm excited to see how that manifests for the
Speaker 2: season for AU Pro Basketball.
Speaker 3: So we'll keep our eyes on some of those and
Speaker 3: many more.
Speaker 1: You know, Yeah, I want to shout out. You mentioned
Speaker 1: Elizabeth Williams, you kind of you know, you call her president.
Speaker 1: She just got her Masters in Global health in December,
Speaker 1: so friend of the show, Smarty Pants Leader, she'll be
Speaker 1: fun to watch. And also we'll be watching TP because
Speaker 1: when she was on our show, she did say that
Speaker 1: in her future plans she would love to get back
Speaker 1: into the W if she could. And I know, obviously
Speaker 1: playing AU is part of her story and part of
Speaker 1: her desire to keep getting better, competing and finding way
Speaker 1: back on a roster. So we'll be watching for that
Speaker 1: as well. The seasons in Nashville first time, anything special
Speaker 1: we can look forward to in the music city.
Speaker 3: So much, how much time do I have talk about it?
Speaker 2: I'll say, what we're really excited about when I think
Speaker 2: about out Nashville, and a lot of people ask you,
Speaker 2: is why did you choose Nashville one. If you know
Speaker 2: anything about women's basketball, you know about the rich history
Speaker 2: that exists across the entire state of Tennessee, right, and
Speaker 2: so it makes sense for us to bring professional women's
Speaker 2: basketball back to a space that has been just ripe.
Speaker 2: I think a space for women's basketball fans, for talent
Speaker 2: that exists there, and it only feels right to make
Speaker 2: that space home. I will say that Nashville specifically has
Speaker 2: been an amazing partner and host for a U Pro basketball.
Speaker 2: They they were I would say, very friendly. I won't
Speaker 2: call it aggressive, but wonderful and courting us. Courting us
Speaker 2: we love. Yes, we have been courted. And when I
Speaker 2: think about the evolution of sports, like the history that exists,
Speaker 2: the innovation in which like the newness of a U
Speaker 2: Pro Basketball, and this generation bringing that together and in
Speaker 2: that state, as well as the clash of sports music culture,
Speaker 2: it is a fit. And so we are really excited
Speaker 2: to bring that blend to music city. So you're going
Speaker 2: to see basketball, that's a given. The product on the
Speaker 2: floor unquestionable, right like that, that is solid, And what
Speaker 2: I think fans are going to enjoy the most this
Speaker 2: season is like seeing the blend of how we've integrated
Speaker 2: parts of the Nashville community into our you know, our
Speaker 2: game presentations, and how we are kind of reaching out
Speaker 2: to many members of the community. The HPCU community will
Speaker 2: be around and thriving, and just how we are embracing
Speaker 2: the culture that exists there. I think that's what's most exciting.
Speaker 2: And if SID and TP were on here, they would
Speaker 2: probably be talking about music and karaoke. I think said I'm.
Speaker 3: Coming because you said every game. So yeah, yeah, it's
Speaker 3: a party. It's a party.
Speaker 1: It's a party. Nashville is a good time. If people
Speaker 1: have not made it out to Nashville, getting out on Broadways,
Speaker 1: seeing all the live music, go to Husk, go to
Speaker 1: Loveless Cat, they get all the good food. I mean,
Speaker 1: it's a scene down there. It's a really good time.
Speaker 1: How could people watch?
Speaker 2: Oh I love that question and so I cannot wait
Speaker 2: to be able to share dropping shortly what the distribution
Speaker 2: will look like for this season. But I will say
Speaker 2: you can find AU pro basketball. You're going to be
Speaker 2: able to find it in familiar places that you found
Speaker 2: it in seasons before, in some new places this season.
Speaker 2: So I will not get myself in trouble by sharing
Speaker 2: anything that's not been publicly announced just yet, but I
Speaker 2: will say all the details for the AU Pro basketball
Speaker 2: season can be found at auprobasketball dot com.
Speaker 3: Follow our social handles.
Speaker 2: We put all the deats there, and stay tuned because
Speaker 2: we will be announcing that very shortly.
Speaker 1: Love it. Last question for you, we know Unrivaled is
Speaker 1: getting a lot of enthusiasm and excitement this new three
Speaker 1: on three league happening. Does that affect the viability of
Speaker 1: AU basketball. It's a different format, but it's trying to
Speaker 1: pull some of the same players that probably were playing
Speaker 1: AU before.
Speaker 2: I would say no, and I'll say no because for
Speaker 2: a couple of different reasons. So one, I'll let me
Speaker 2: step back and say I've been working in women's basketball
Speaker 2: for nearly twenty years. I won't date myself too much,
Speaker 2: but professionals basketball a long time, and so what is
Speaker 2: exciting is to see the growth. There is room for
Speaker 2: everyone and the game demands more opportunities for women's basketball
Speaker 2: players at a professional level, So that one that's reason
Speaker 2: one I think definitely, Like we are both working to
Speaker 2: build this community together. And when we think about AU
Speaker 2: Pro Basketball, as you mentioned, what's different about us, we
Speaker 2: are five on five versus a three on three format,
Speaker 2: But that also means our offering is different to our players,
Speaker 2: and so it's not that we are competing for the
Speaker 2: same pool of players are We are distinctly different because
Speaker 2: we offer a model that fits certain players' needs right
Speaker 2: and may not fit others, like just like any other league.
Speaker 2: So AU Pro Basketball, I think we will continue as
Speaker 2: we are in our fourth season and continue to grow
Speaker 2: beyond that to welcoming a flourishing, healthy pool of players
Speaker 2: and talent that continues to increase. You know, we've had
Speaker 2: past champions a part of our league, as in you know,
Speaker 2: Alicia Gray and names that you're gonna know like Melissa Smith,
Speaker 2: right like, we have some names that are part of
Speaker 2: our community and we want to continue to foster that.
Speaker 2: And I think in our upcoming announcements you'll see the evidence.
Speaker 3: Of the pool of talent that we've been able to
Speaker 3: put together.
Speaker 2: Really, I think will communicate the our trajectory and where
Speaker 2: we're headed, which I really think is up.
Speaker 3: Sarah, It's up.
Speaker 1: I love it more hoops the better. Thank you so
Speaker 1: much for coming on. I'm going to try to find
Speaker 1: some ways to shoehorn a lot more. Uh, just you know,
Speaker 1: any Cornell appearances, but just you coming on will reminisce
Speaker 1: about the bars that no longer exist and the fun
Speaker 1: times at the place we used to love that has
Speaker 1: changed completely. USLS is still there, okay, so long as
Speaker 1: that we can congregate there. Thanks again for coming on, Megan.
Speaker 3: Thank Sarah, appreciate you having me.
Speaker 1: Thanks so much to Megan for joining us. Want to
Speaker 1: point out that AU did announce their broadcast partners after
Speaker 1: we recorded this interview, so you can catch this season's
Speaker 1: games on the WNBA app, ESPN Plus or the fan
Speaker 1: Duel Sports Network starting February fifth. Also shout out to
Speaker 1: the folks who are going to be working the season's broadcasts,
Speaker 1: including friends of the show Cindy Brunson, Cheryl Swoops, and
Speaker 1: Ri Chambers, the person behind the ubiquitous and oh so
Speaker 1: accurate phrase the WNBA is so important, Damn straight, Ari,
Speaker 1: we got to take another break be right back. Welcome
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Speaker 1: potentially dangerous. Plus, my dogs hate the salt in their
Speaker 1: paws when we go on walks. Anyway, time to go
Speaker 1: hit up the car wash and loob up some dog paws.
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Speaker 1: See you tomorrow. Good Game, Megan, Good Game, Athletes, Unlimited
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