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Speaker 1: Levels to This is an iHeart women's sports production in

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Speaker 1: partnership with Deep Blue Sports and Entertainment. You can find

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Speaker 2: Hey, what's going on? Everybody? It's your girl, Trica Foster

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Speaker 2: Brasby what up, y'all?

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Speaker 1: It's your girl Cheryl Swoops And.

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Speaker 2: This is the levels to this.

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Speaker 3: This is the show where we talk about all the

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Speaker 3: shit that women go through. And today it's going to

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Speaker 3: be a very fun episode. We're keeping it basketball today,

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Speaker 3: which is dope. And so speaking of keeping it basketball,

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Speaker 3: because you know, Sherlyn and I like to get busy,

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Speaker 3: We like to handle business. We like to get shit done. Unfortunately,

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Speaker 3: the PA in the league are not getting shit done

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Speaker 3: because they were up into the wee hours of the morning.

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Speaker 3: Meetings started at five, they didn't leave until three am.

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Speaker 2: Still did not get a deal sign.

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Speaker 1: I ain't know that's where you were jumping right into.

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Speaker 1: But I have one question, Yeah, what are we doing? Okay?

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Speaker 2: I like, I like two questions. The first one was.

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Speaker 1: What are we doing? The second one is weren't we not?

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Speaker 2: We?

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Speaker 1: As in you and I, but you know, the league

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Speaker 1: and the PA, weren't we supposed to have had a

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Speaker 1: discussion or conversation or something that didn't happen, or.

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Speaker 3: So League NBA said, y'all need to figure this out

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Speaker 3: by March tenth.

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Speaker 2: March tenth came and went.

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Speaker 3: Now, first of all, I think it's kind of fucked

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Speaker 3: up that y'all decided that y'all wanted to impose this

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Speaker 3: a response, like what are we doing?

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Speaker 2: So there's that.

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Speaker 3: However, however, I got questions as to one, why it

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Speaker 3: is meeting started at five o'clock on Tuesday and not nine.

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Speaker 2: In the morning, like this should have y'all.

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Speaker 3: Got day y'all got day jobs, Like what y'all got

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Speaker 3: going on at that y'all couldn't start in the morning.

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Speaker 2: So that's number one.

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Speaker 3: Number two, I honestly and genuinely thought that a conversation

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Speaker 3: Tuesday would have happened after the first conversation like three

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Speaker 3: weeks ago, when y'all met on that Monday, and like

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Speaker 3: two days later the league came back with a purpos

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Speaker 3: But like I thought, at that point, more face to

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Speaker 3: face conversations were going to be happening. Number three, I

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Speaker 3: really don't like that it took a leaked letter from

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Speaker 3: Stuwie m Plumb and a comment from Caitlyn Clark in

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Speaker 3: order for y'all to get in this room and have

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Speaker 3: this face to face conversation.

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Speaker 2: That shit should have happened before. Now.

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Speaker 3: That is no shade on Neca, no shade on Terry,

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Speaker 3: that's no shade on nobody. I'm just saying I don't

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Speaker 1: Now. Well to that point, I got another question, But

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Speaker 1: but was it leaked? You know what I mean?

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Speaker 3: I know what you're saying, But I really do believe

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Speaker 3: it was leaked, Like I don't believe Stuwie and Kelsey

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Speaker 2: I really don't. I don't believe that.

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Speaker 1: I don't know what I believe. I just know. I

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Speaker 1: don't know. I just know I don't know what are

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Speaker 1: we doing? Are we? First of all, for me, it's

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Speaker 3: See, I'm the optimistic one. I feel like a season

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Speaker 3: last two years. So I believe there will be a

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Speaker 3: season because the twenty twenty season didn't start our time. Now,

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Speaker 3: Am optimistically pleased at the fact that I do believe

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Speaker 2: I don't care what y'all are. Yeah, I'm busy.

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Speaker 1: How it can We still got an expansion draft, a draft,

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Speaker 2: Three we got three out.

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Speaker 1: Listen, I'm I'm optimistically hopeful. I agree with you. I

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Speaker 3: I got a whole conference that we can all star,

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Speaker 3: and now I don't even know. And let's be honest,

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Speaker 3: if we being real good, y'all know, I ain't gonna

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Speaker 2: So honestly, I'm cool if y'all push.

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Speaker 3: That shit back and I'll be here, But for real,

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Speaker 3: for real, your girlfriend be in Honolulu make six to

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Speaker 2: Gonna be here in no way. Maybe if I'll be

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Speaker 1: Shit on TV, so I really need them to get

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Speaker 2: If we can't get WNBA basketball, that's.

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Speaker 3: Cool because we got a U basketball and we got

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Speaker 3: Shout out to the miss for winning the unrivaled, shout

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Speaker 3: out to our girl Odyssey Sims. We are going to

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Speaker 3: talk out winning AU So let's just go ahead and

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Speaker 3: definitely look forward to chapping it up about all the

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Speaker 3: things as we mentioned in our intro, But before we

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Speaker 3: between AU and Unrivaled, we have got to show some

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Speaker 3: love and pay our respects to Kara Braxton, two time

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Speaker 2: Loved her son and Cheryl.

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Speaker 3: I know that you know you you knew her well

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Speaker 3: way better than I did. I knew her just as

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Speaker 3: couldn't tell me nothing about Kara Braxton. I knew the

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Speaker 3: moment that Cheryl Ford was going on that bench, Caro

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Speaker 2: Don't play well? Okay?

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Speaker 1: And did and did did?

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Speaker 2: But please offer you know.

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Speaker 1: I already got tears of my eyes and I knew

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Speaker 1: one of the toughest parts for me as a mom

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Speaker 1: is knowing that you know, she's leaving her boys behind. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and she was only forty three years old. That's it's

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Speaker 1: And you know, te I never I never questioned God

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Speaker 1: But there are times when I'm like, but but why right,

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Speaker 1: Like why so young? You know? I just I tried

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Speaker 1: and I managed to do it, but I still don't

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Speaker 1: think it was good enough. Kara Braxton was like she

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Speaker 1: was a competitor, right, Like you were going to know

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Speaker 1: that Kara was on the floor, yeap, whether you were

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Speaker 1: Kara was a part of the Win Program, which for

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Speaker 1: just stopped. I was like, there's no way that, Like

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Speaker 1: anytime we lose one of our basketball sisters, yeap, it

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Speaker 1: hits a different way, and without a doubt, Kara Braxton

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Speaker 1: I honestly can't imagine the pain and the grief that

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Speaker 3: Absolutely, that's a great way to sum her up. And

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Speaker 3: and I to share your sentiment and that I will

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Speaker 3: continue to pray for her family, for her children, and.

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Speaker 2: For those who know and who knew and loved her.

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Speaker 3: So hard transition here, but one that we must make.

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Speaker 3: And it's some basketball going on. Yeah, it's some basketball

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Speaker 3: going on. We just finished our unrivaled season, We just

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Speaker 3: finished our athletes unlimited season, and college basketball March Madness

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Speaker 2: But we got but we gotta we gotta back it up.

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Speaker 3: We gotta back it up so before we get deep

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Speaker 3: offense to this au season. Because I cannot tell you

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Speaker 1: Let's go okay, same, same, same.

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Speaker 3: Can I tell you how geeks I am about my

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Speaker 2: But before we get into that time, I just.

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Speaker 3: Want to throw I just want to throw some love

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Speaker 3: to Unrivaled really quick, because I was in Brooklyn for

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Speaker 3: the impromptu tours and shit like that. It's like making

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Speaker 2: And I'm gonna leave it at that. With that being said, Honey,

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Speaker 3: Been showing out four years at Athletes Unlimited, four years.

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Speaker 3: And why does it feel like every year when we

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Speaker 3: get to championship weekend there's that one thing, that one

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Speaker 3: dog came for all the things and refuse to lose.

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Speaker 3: And so I'm so excited about her being crowned the

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Speaker 3: twenty twenty six AU Pro Basketball Champion.

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Speaker 2: It only took five years.

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Speaker 1: Hey listen, Okay, I'm gonna do like you did before

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Speaker 1: I go to AU. I too, want to just shout

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Speaker 1: out just all things unrivaled. You know, the from the

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Speaker 1: very beginning, the vision that Fee and Stewie had along

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Speaker 1: with their teams. Obviously they're they're putting people on notice.

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Speaker 1: And to your point, then PROMPTU, oh well, let's just

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Speaker 1: And it looks good and people are showing up and

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Speaker 1: it's packed, it's a.

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Speaker 2: Sellout, and y'all made a million dollars.

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Speaker 1: Off the I was about to say, and they making money.

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Speaker 3: You mean to tell me women's basketball makes money?

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Speaker 2: No, stop it.

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Speaker 1: You mean to tell me people actually watch, people want

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Speaker 2: That's unheard of, nyeah heard of? Okay?

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Speaker 2: Maybe she dropped fifty one. I think it was fifty one. Yep.

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Speaker 1: I was just so happy for her. I've seen it,

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Speaker 3: Everyone and this year, she won it all, every single one.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, because I know, because even.

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Speaker 1: Listen. I was like, she's gonna find a way.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it was. It was so good to see the

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Speaker 2: Noah, no, no, no.

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Speaker 1: This time from I said, I said, from the time

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Speaker 1: Nacea.

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Speaker 3: What I says, the Beast was the complete. I mean,

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Speaker 3: She got six MVP nobs throughout the season, I mean,

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Speaker 1: She averaged a double double though te Anissa Morrow's grabbing

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Speaker 2: And she said she said that was something that she

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Speaker 1: So but I will say this, yes, Odyssey Sims won

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Speaker 1: Like we're not questioning that. But Anissa Morrow was a

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Speaker 1: I do simply because of the scoring system with AU

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Speaker 1: It's one hundred and eighty points like, but Odyssey said

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Speaker 3: Maybe maybe who knows, I don't know, not but I

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Speaker 1: But I enjoyed watching that young lady.

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Speaker 3: She is She is a she is a she is

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Speaker 1: Well, and you and you mentioned Tina because Tina Charles

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Speaker 2: Yeah, getting on her. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Well, you know, like there are so many young players

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Speaker 1: Based off of what I saw in four weeks, Tina

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Speaker 3: So in Au, she's technically a rookie this year it's

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Speaker 3: And you talk about veteran players, I can't help but

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Speaker 3: also think about Rebecca Gardner, Like you think about her

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Speaker 1: Here, And she came in through us for a minute.

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Speaker 2: The team rhythm back to Glow again like Backup did not.

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Speaker 3: I thought she probably was gonna be end UPB saying

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Speaker 2: No, she was finna be sitting solid at the two

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Speaker 1: Well, since you brought that up, Rebecca Gardner and Anissa Morrow,

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Speaker 1: it was te You you've been around a U, so

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Speaker 2: I would agree with that.

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Speaker 3: the five years. That this that the five seasons sure

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Speaker 2: And you touched on Caitlyn Chin.

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Speaker 3: you know how I feel about UKON players. I feel

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Speaker 3: when they when they I love when they wreck your expectations.

439
00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:26,480
Speaker 3: Like she's such a quiet person, like at least you

440
00:25:26,560 --> 00:25:29,400
Speaker 3: think coming in and she's such like a quiet person

441
00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:33,600
Speaker 3: that you do not expect her to play as aggressively

442
00:25:33,640 --> 00:25:36,560
Speaker 3: as she does. You don't expect her to play like

443
00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:38,960
Speaker 3: with the level of intensity that she does. So she

444
00:25:39,119 --> 00:25:41,520
Speaker 3: just wrecks all your expectations when she gets on the court.

445
00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:45,960
Speaker 3: I love, I adore that about a player, Like shake

446
00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:48,560
Speaker 3: all that shit up when you get out there, Kaitlyn, listen.

447
00:25:48,600 --> 00:25:50,360
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna lie. I'm not gonna lie to you.

448
00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:56,119
Speaker 1: I didn't know what to expect from see right, Like, yeah,

449
00:25:56,440 --> 00:25:59,359
Speaker 1: I knew she played at Yukon, knew she you know,

450
00:25:59,560 --> 00:26:05,680
Speaker 1: was on the and played minutes yep. But what sorry,

451
00:26:05,760 --> 00:26:08,560
Speaker 1: I know she's a young lady. But what this little

452
00:26:08,560 --> 00:26:17,439
Speaker 1: girl did right t week three, I think she she

453
00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:18,960
Speaker 1: had thirty.

454
00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:20,320
Speaker 2: Two out the gate.

455
00:26:21,400 --> 00:26:24,479
Speaker 1: But it wasn't even about her scoring, because she can

456
00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:29,440
Speaker 1: definitely do that. I was I was impressed by her,

457
00:26:29,720 --> 00:26:33,359
Speaker 1: like her leadership, her ability to say, give me the ball,

458
00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:36,960
Speaker 1: let me set this shit up, y'all, I am the

459
00:26:37,080 --> 00:26:39,879
Speaker 1: leader of this team. And to have vets on the

460
00:26:39,880 --> 00:26:42,040
Speaker 1: team that was like, all right, were with you? Yeah?

461
00:26:42,080 --> 00:26:42,920
Speaker 2: Because she was just.

462
00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:50,000
Speaker 1: Yes, like her her leadership ability, her basketball IQ and

463
00:26:50,080 --> 00:26:51,640
Speaker 1: I said this to her because I got a chance

464
00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:55,479
Speaker 1: to interview her. Her game reminds me a lot of

465
00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:58,000
Speaker 1: superb oh, I could see that. I'm not I'm not

466
00:26:58,080 --> 00:27:00,920
Speaker 1: saying she's supererbs so y'all really because they're gonna be

467
00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:05,200
Speaker 1: like hell no, But there's stuff about her, the way

468
00:27:05,320 --> 00:27:11,720
Speaker 1: she plays, the way she sees the game. She's not

469
00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:16,600
Speaker 1: a score first point guard by no means at all,

470
00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:20,560
Speaker 1: which Sue wasn't either, but she has the ability to

471
00:27:20,680 --> 00:27:22,879
Speaker 1: if you need her to get you a bucket, she

472
00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:26,640
Speaker 1: can get you a bucket. And at five I don't

473
00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:29,880
Speaker 1: know what is she five to eight, maybe five nine.

474
00:27:30,520 --> 00:27:34,639
Speaker 1: Her ability to be so crafty with the basketball and

475
00:27:34,760 --> 00:27:37,760
Speaker 1: break down her defender and then she's splitting one or

476
00:27:37,760 --> 00:27:40,639
Speaker 1: two others, getting to the whole finishing over a Kia

477
00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:46,320
Speaker 1: Stoves and Natasha Mack like when it was so hard

478
00:27:46,359 --> 00:27:48,040
Speaker 1: for me because people are like, who's your newcomer of

479
00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:50,240
Speaker 1: the year, Caitlyn Chin was absolutely on my list.

480
00:27:50,359 --> 00:27:50,560
Speaker 2: YEP.

481
00:27:51,520 --> 00:27:53,760
Speaker 1: I thought Natasha Mack played well. She could have been

482
00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:55,840
Speaker 1: Newcomer of the Year, hell Tina Charles, cause there were.

483
00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:58,160
Speaker 2: So there was a lot of players that could have been.

484
00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:05,119
Speaker 1: But I will tell you based off of me really

485
00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:07,600
Speaker 1: not knowing what to expect from Caitlyn Chin and then

486
00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:11,200
Speaker 1: to witness and see all the things that she did

487
00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:12,639
Speaker 1: in a four week span.

488
00:28:12,880 --> 00:28:17,600
Speaker 2: Yeah, they got it right, they did.

489
00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:21,880
Speaker 3: I would completely agree because you're right. I mean, Anissa

490
00:28:21,920 --> 00:28:25,040
Speaker 3: could have been in that category for a hundred I

491
00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:30,080
Speaker 3: mean yeah, But I like that they went with Caitlyn Chin,

492
00:28:30,320 --> 00:28:35,800
Speaker 3: like it's just just an unbelievable, unbelievable season for her,

493
00:28:35,840 --> 00:28:40,160
Speaker 3: and I hope that she continues to come back to AU.

494
00:28:40,640 --> 00:28:42,520
Speaker 3: When we come back on the other side of the break,

495
00:28:42,520 --> 00:28:44,680
Speaker 3: I want to talk about Natasha Mack a little bit too,

496
00:28:44,760 --> 00:28:47,400
Speaker 3: because she won Defensive Player of the Year, but also

497
00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:51,080
Speaker 3: I want to get your thoughts on the future of AU.

498
00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:53,040
Speaker 2: We'll be right back after this.

499
00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:14,600
Speaker 3: So you know, a couple of other people I want

500
00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:16,360
Speaker 3: to make sure that we highlight. I want to highlight

501
00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:19,520
Speaker 3: Jace Sheldon because she won the Impact Award, which is

502
00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:24,240
Speaker 3: the award that AU gives for those who demonstrate civic

503
00:29:24,320 --> 00:29:28,480
Speaker 3: leadership outside of playing. And if you know anything about

504
00:29:28,520 --> 00:29:30,320
Speaker 3: jac I got a chance to cover her when she

505
00:29:30,320 --> 00:29:32,560
Speaker 3: played in Connecticut. But if you know anything about j C,

506
00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:39,200
Speaker 3: she's always been one to show her love and advocate

507
00:29:39,320 --> 00:29:44,200
Speaker 3: for people with special needs. She has a sister, Emmy,

508
00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:47,840
Speaker 3: who has Down syndrome, and so she has always openly

509
00:29:47,920 --> 00:29:52,840
Speaker 3: talked about her relationship with wanting to advocate her relationship

510
00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:57,400
Speaker 3: with her sister in advocating for those who are special needs.

511
00:29:57,440 --> 00:30:00,240
Speaker 3: And so I love that she received this award. It

512
00:30:00,360 --> 00:30:04,000
Speaker 3: was like right up her alley. And again, jac is,

513
00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:06,160
Speaker 3: she's such a nice player, which is so funny because

514
00:30:06,360 --> 00:30:09,360
Speaker 3: all of the stuff that happened on the court last

515
00:30:09,400 --> 00:30:11,960
Speaker 3: season with certain players, and I was like, if you

516
00:30:12,040 --> 00:30:15,080
Speaker 3: really knew Jayz, you would know she's not the player

517
00:30:15,080 --> 00:30:18,080
Speaker 3: to start the shit. Now she all finish it, but don't,

518
00:30:18,080 --> 00:30:20,440
Speaker 3: but she ain't the one to start to start it.

519
00:30:20,520 --> 00:30:24,000
Speaker 2: So if she had going off, then some something she

520
00:30:24,120 --> 00:30:26,080
Speaker 2: going out for a rea, something took her there, you

521
00:30:26,120 --> 00:30:27,840
Speaker 2: know what I'm saying. Something took her there.

522
00:30:27,960 --> 00:30:30,000
Speaker 3: So I definitely want to make sure that I show

523
00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:34,480
Speaker 3: her some love. But I was super impressed and yet

524
00:30:34,520 --> 00:30:37,560
Speaker 3: not shocked that Natasha mac won Defensive Player of the

525
00:30:37,640 --> 00:30:40,360
Speaker 3: Year because I didn't probably voted Natasha Mack and my

526
00:30:40,520 --> 00:30:44,040
Speaker 3: all defensive teams at least for like the last three

527
00:30:44,120 --> 00:30:46,840
Speaker 3: years in a w So for her being defensive Player

528
00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:47,320
Speaker 3: of the Year.

529
00:30:47,880 --> 00:30:49,240
Speaker 2: Wasn't surprised at all.

530
00:30:49,320 --> 00:30:51,720
Speaker 3: She let the league in blocks, let the league in

531
00:30:51,760 --> 00:30:53,440
Speaker 3: rebounds per game.

532
00:30:54,120 --> 00:30:56,720
Speaker 2: Just Natasha Mack was doing all the things.

533
00:30:56,760 --> 00:31:00,080
Speaker 3: And so you know, when you think about how she

534
00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:03,040
Speaker 3: came in and kind of impacted this season, what are

535
00:31:03,040 --> 00:31:06,239
Speaker 3: some things that you noticed from Natasha covering the lead

536
00:31:06,360 --> 00:31:06,720
Speaker 3: this year?

537
00:31:07,360 --> 00:31:12,920
Speaker 1: Well, I think in a lot of situations, t when

538
00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:18,960
Speaker 1: I look at the their w teams, right, your role

539
00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:21,600
Speaker 1: may be a little different than it is going to

540
00:31:21,640 --> 00:31:27,400
Speaker 1: play in au per se. But in this case, to me,

541
00:31:27,880 --> 00:31:32,760
Speaker 1: Natasha Mack, I think her role was the same, right one.

542
00:31:32,840 --> 00:31:35,800
Speaker 1: But you're going from team to team, different team every week.

543
00:31:36,280 --> 00:31:40,880
Speaker 1: But what I really saw in her was the confidence

544
00:31:41,480 --> 00:31:45,480
Speaker 1: because she she knows that she's she's a defender. She

545
00:31:45,560 --> 00:31:47,720
Speaker 1: knows she gonna rebound the ball, she knows she gone

546
00:31:47,720 --> 00:31:52,440
Speaker 1: block shots. I loved how aggressive and confidence she was

547
00:31:52,520 --> 00:31:58,200
Speaker 1: on the offensive end as well, but also being a leader, right,

548
00:31:58,280 --> 00:32:01,240
Speaker 1: she was a captain, so she picked her team. But

549
00:32:02,640 --> 00:32:08,360
Speaker 1: Natasha matt is a presence in the paint, do you

550
00:32:08,440 --> 00:32:14,000
Speaker 1: hear me? And to watch her up close and personal,

551
00:32:14,640 --> 00:32:18,000
Speaker 1: just have a knack for the basketball right to know

552
00:32:18,320 --> 00:32:21,920
Speaker 1: where like people were saying stuff like, oh, she's a

553
00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:24,520
Speaker 1: dinnist rob. She rebounds like a dnis rob. Dinnis Robin

554
00:32:24,520 --> 00:32:28,000
Speaker 1: was a hell of a rebounder. I said, she reminds

555
00:32:28,040 --> 00:32:33,240
Speaker 1: me of a Yolanda Griffith. Yes, yes, right, but she

556
00:32:33,480 --> 00:32:36,760
Speaker 1: is just going to go get the ball and she's

557
00:32:36,760 --> 00:32:39,000
Speaker 1: gonna know what to do with it when she gets it.

558
00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:43,160
Speaker 1: I loved her confidence. I loved her aggressiveness, and I

559
00:32:43,240 --> 00:32:50,000
Speaker 1: loved her like this is what I do type attitude.

560
00:32:50,040 --> 00:32:52,880
Speaker 1: Anytime somebody came in a paint, she was leaving her man.

561
00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:55,640
Speaker 1: She was over there like, no, that ain't happening here today.

562
00:32:56,040 --> 00:32:59,320
Speaker 1: I was. So I was just as excited for her

563
00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:01,280
Speaker 1: winning Defense Player of the Year as I was for

564
00:33:01,320 --> 00:33:05,200
Speaker 1: Odyesty winning the whole thing, because she showed from day

565
00:33:05,280 --> 00:33:09,920
Speaker 1: one what she was capable of doing on the defensive end.

566
00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:11,960
Speaker 2: Yeap, very impressed, yep, yeap.

567
00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:15,400
Speaker 3: And to your point about her offensive production, she actually

568
00:33:15,400 --> 00:33:18,120
Speaker 3: finished with over forty seven hundred points since and was

569
00:33:18,120 --> 00:33:19,120
Speaker 3: fifth on the leader board.

570
00:33:19,240 --> 00:33:21,520
Speaker 2: So it was it wasn't just.

571
00:33:21,560 --> 00:33:25,400
Speaker 3: Her defense, and she was she had two MVPs. She

572
00:33:25,560 --> 00:33:28,640
Speaker 3: was the captain of Team Glow like Nasasha matt one

573
00:33:28,880 --> 00:33:30,080
Speaker 3: one near to play with y'all.

574
00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:30,880
Speaker 1: Oh, no, she was.

575
00:33:30,960 --> 00:33:31,400
Speaker 2: She was.

576
00:33:31,680 --> 00:33:35,360
Speaker 1: She was a real She was the real, one hundred person, real,

577
00:33:35,680 --> 00:33:36,480
Speaker 1: real deal.

578
00:33:36,760 --> 00:33:37,440
Speaker 2: Real deal.

579
00:33:37,680 --> 00:33:42,120
Speaker 3: And so when I think about the successful and you season,

580
00:33:43,320 --> 00:33:45,280
Speaker 3: all the players that got a chance to shine.

581
00:33:45,320 --> 00:33:47,360
Speaker 2: I love seeing aerial powers.

582
00:33:47,560 --> 00:33:51,120
Speaker 3: Ario is my Detroit girl, and every time I get

583
00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:53,920
Speaker 3: to see her on the court, I loved it. Ariel

584
00:33:54,040 --> 00:33:56,800
Speaker 3: Atkins was a part of the league this year, seeing

585
00:33:56,840 --> 00:33:59,160
Speaker 3: the new comedy Yep, seeing the new.

586
00:33:59,040 --> 00:34:01,920
Speaker 2: Comedies rus Place, Ladies Russell.

587
00:34:02,120 --> 00:34:05,480
Speaker 3: Of course, you know our girls, Izzy and Dorry. They

588
00:34:05,560 --> 00:34:08,959
Speaker 3: always I call it Izzy the mirror of Nashville because

589
00:34:08,960 --> 00:34:09,880
Speaker 3: I went into Nashville.

590
00:34:09,920 --> 00:34:11,960
Speaker 2: Honey, I went into a I went into a restaurant

591
00:34:11,960 --> 00:34:16,319
Speaker 2: one time. I can tell you the story. Girl. I

592
00:34:16,360 --> 00:34:19,160
Speaker 2: went into the girl went to the restaurant and.

593
00:34:19,080 --> 00:34:22,120
Speaker 3: They told me me and my friends had to wait

594
00:34:22,280 --> 00:34:25,440
Speaker 3: for twenty five minutes because it wasn't no table was available.

595
00:34:25,480 --> 00:34:28,120
Speaker 2: And I was like, are y'all sure it ain't no table?

596
00:34:28,200 --> 00:34:30,359
Speaker 3: And mind you, it was a fight going on at night,

597
00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:34,320
Speaker 3: so nobody was moving from the bar, nobody, everybody was chilling.

598
00:34:34,640 --> 00:34:37,160
Speaker 3: Twenty five minutes then came and gone, we're on thirty

599
00:34:37,200 --> 00:34:42,560
Speaker 3: minutes now, I said, dang, there's still no tables. She's like, no,

600
00:34:42,560 --> 00:34:49,080
Speaker 3: nobody's left. Were like, dang is he walks in is

601
00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:52,359
Speaker 3: he said, hey, y'all. We all said hey girl. She said, tee,

602
00:34:52,360 --> 00:34:53,960
Speaker 3: what you're doing? I said, I'm waiting on the table.

603
00:34:53,960 --> 00:34:56,399
Speaker 3: We've been wait for like thirty minutes. She walks over

604
00:34:56,440 --> 00:34:58,840
Speaker 3: to the hostess whispers, and the hostess Arran says, you

605
00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:01,759
Speaker 3: making my friends wait for a table. They was like, oh,

606
00:35:01,840 --> 00:35:03,680
Speaker 3: give us one second, girl. We had a table in

607
00:35:03,719 --> 00:35:04,280
Speaker 3: five minutes.

608
00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:07,000
Speaker 1: Ah, yes you did.

609
00:35:08,440 --> 00:35:13,440
Speaker 3: Yes, Ma'amzy we had a table in five minutes. I said, Ezy,

610
00:35:13,520 --> 00:35:16,440
Speaker 3: you are the mayor of Nashville, Honey, you can make

611
00:35:16,440 --> 00:35:19,520
Speaker 3: shit happen because we've been did because we've been waiting

612
00:35:19,560 --> 00:35:20,359
Speaker 3: for half an hour?

613
00:35:21,080 --> 00:35:23,319
Speaker 1: And did, yes, ma'am, Yes, ma'am.

614
00:35:23,760 --> 00:35:26,680
Speaker 3: So that's that's officially my girl. And I say all

615
00:35:26,760 --> 00:35:31,399
Speaker 3: that to say, this is the second time that this

616
00:35:31,719 --> 00:35:35,600
Speaker 3: league has played in Nashville. I asked Megan Perry, who

617
00:35:35,680 --> 00:35:40,279
Speaker 3: is the President of Basketball executive of basketball Operations for

618
00:35:40,360 --> 00:35:44,799
Speaker 3: the league, does is there a future in Nashville for

619
00:35:44,920 --> 00:35:47,640
Speaker 3: this for this league or are they looking to kind

620
00:35:47,640 --> 00:35:50,680
Speaker 3: of just stay in a few places and move And

621
00:35:50,920 --> 00:35:54,000
Speaker 3: it feels like the vibe is always this is a

622
00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:56,080
Speaker 3: city that wants us to be here. This is a

623
00:35:56,120 --> 00:36:00,919
Speaker 3: city that like appreciates us once to give us what

624
00:36:00,960 --> 00:36:03,719
Speaker 3: we ask for in order to accommodate what we need

625
00:36:03,760 --> 00:36:06,319
Speaker 3: to be successful here. And so we are looking to

626
00:36:06,320 --> 00:36:08,000
Speaker 3: make Nashville our home for now.

627
00:36:08,800 --> 00:36:10,360
Speaker 2: And I think that.

628
00:36:10,680 --> 00:36:13,680
Speaker 3: Very similar to when we're talking about Unrivaled, how they've

629
00:36:13,800 --> 00:36:17,239
Speaker 3: kind of made Miami like they've got their own facility there,

630
00:36:17,360 --> 00:36:19,520
Speaker 3: like they've got their own branding there, They've made it

631
00:36:19,560 --> 00:36:20,040
Speaker 3: their home.

632
00:36:21,040 --> 00:36:23,240
Speaker 2: When you look at the future of Athletes.

633
00:36:22,840 --> 00:36:28,720
Speaker 3: Unlimited, do you see it being Nashville being a place

634
00:36:29,200 --> 00:36:32,680
Speaker 3: where they you know that loves women's basketball, that's starving

635
00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:36,400
Speaker 3: for their own women's basketball team. Do you see Nashville

636
00:36:36,440 --> 00:36:40,200
Speaker 3: being a place where Athletes Unlimited can continue to grow

637
00:36:40,239 --> 00:36:43,080
Speaker 3: and thrive. They got team names now, which I love

638
00:36:43,160 --> 00:36:47,000
Speaker 3: this season too. It just it just feels like this

639
00:36:47,080 --> 00:36:48,800
Speaker 3: is a place where this league can grow.

640
00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:53,520
Speaker 1: So I'm going to answer that question first. Nashville, without

641
00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:59,640
Speaker 1: question loves First of all, they love women's basketball, and yes,

642
00:36:59,840 --> 00:37:03,400
Speaker 1: they're hungry for a WNBA team, They're hungry for a

643
00:37:03,440 --> 00:37:08,600
Speaker 1: women's professional team there. So with that being said, I

644
00:37:08,640 --> 00:37:15,480
Speaker 1: think Nashville is a great home for AU. How long

645
00:37:15,680 --> 00:37:20,040
Speaker 1: is that, I don't know, but I think the players

646
00:37:20,200 --> 00:37:24,200
Speaker 1: are really happy there right which It's nice to have

647
00:37:24,239 --> 00:37:27,720
Speaker 1: a home so you're not going from city to city

648
00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:37,680
Speaker 1: year to year. What I do think, depending on what

649
00:37:37,880 --> 00:37:44,160
Speaker 1: happens with this CBA, could determine a lot of things

650
00:37:44,200 --> 00:37:49,240
Speaker 1: for AU, do you know what I mean? And granted

651
00:37:49,360 --> 00:37:51,680
Speaker 1: none of us know what's happening with the CBA, that's

652
00:37:51,719 --> 00:37:57,600
Speaker 1: a whole another show right itself. But I think with

653
00:37:57,719 --> 00:38:01,800
Speaker 1: the success of Unrival, I think with the success of AU,

654
00:38:01,960 --> 00:38:07,360
Speaker 1: because AU's been doing this longer than even Unrival, but

655
00:38:07,480 --> 00:38:11,280
Speaker 1: I think there are people out there who are finally

656
00:38:11,400 --> 00:38:16,520
Speaker 1: paying attention and saying, well, the W isn't just the

657
00:38:16,560 --> 00:38:21,680
Speaker 1: only option that these players have now. But also with

658
00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:26,400
Speaker 1: that being said, I think AU may have to look

659
00:38:26,520 --> 00:38:31,840
Speaker 1: at I don't want to say changing the structure of

660
00:38:31,840 --> 00:38:34,960
Speaker 1: the system because I love I love it being different,

661
00:38:37,160 --> 00:38:40,560
Speaker 1: but I do think there could come a time where

662
00:38:40,640 --> 00:38:42,640
Speaker 1: they may need to look at expanding.

663
00:38:43,600 --> 00:38:47,000
Speaker 2: So are you talking about like expanding teams? Yes, that

664
00:38:47,120 --> 00:38:47,720
Speaker 2: is where I'm.

665
00:38:47,640 --> 00:38:52,880
Speaker 1: Spending teams getting more players. Because the number of WNBA

666
00:38:52,920 --> 00:38:55,640
Speaker 1: players have played in AU this season, I don't know.

667
00:38:55,680 --> 00:39:00,719
Speaker 1: I think it was around twenty something. And when I

668
00:39:00,760 --> 00:39:02,920
Speaker 1: ask a lot of these players, like the Tina Charles,

669
00:39:02,920 --> 00:39:09,640
Speaker 1: the Aerial Atkins, YAU, both of them said, I because

670
00:39:09,640 --> 00:39:11,640
Speaker 1: I want to stay home, right, I didn't want to

671
00:39:11,680 --> 00:39:14,000
Speaker 1: have to go play overseas and to be able to

672
00:39:14,040 --> 00:39:19,760
Speaker 1: stay home make some money, make good money money. Yeah, yeah,

673
00:39:20,520 --> 00:39:23,920
Speaker 1: I could absolutely let me rewind. And then with the

674
00:39:24,040 --> 00:39:26,480
Speaker 1: expansion of the w right, So there's gonna be more teams,

675
00:39:26,560 --> 00:39:31,480
Speaker 1: more players, but in the off season only so many

676
00:39:31,520 --> 00:39:35,680
Speaker 1: players are going to go play an unrival, right, So

677
00:39:38,320 --> 00:39:42,440
Speaker 1: is that something that AU is considering expanding more teams,

678
00:39:42,640 --> 00:39:47,160
Speaker 1: more players, a longer season, and if that happens, I

679
00:39:47,160 --> 00:39:48,040
Speaker 1: think it's a good thing.

680
00:39:48,400 --> 00:39:50,840
Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, So your.

681
00:39:50,719 --> 00:39:53,080
Speaker 1: Initial question, do I think Nashville is a good place.

682
00:39:53,120 --> 00:39:54,880
Speaker 1: I think Nashville is a great place for AU.

683
00:39:55,120 --> 00:39:55,319
Speaker 2: Yeah.

684
00:39:55,760 --> 00:39:59,440
Speaker 3: Yeah, you actually hit what I was getting ready to hit,

685
00:39:59,480 --> 00:40:04,160
Speaker 3: and that is is expansion. Because I have often said,

686
00:40:04,480 --> 00:40:07,920
Speaker 3: and I stand on this, I've often said that I

687
00:40:07,960 --> 00:40:09,640
Speaker 3: think Athletes Unlimited.

688
00:40:09,560 --> 00:40:10,960
Speaker 2: Will be one of the few.

689
00:40:10,840 --> 00:40:15,400
Speaker 3: Leagues that can find long term sustainable success as a

690
00:40:15,440 --> 00:40:19,680
Speaker 3: secondary league of the WNBA. I truly and honestly believe that,

691
00:40:20,200 --> 00:40:25,000
Speaker 3: and I honestly think that if and that relationship is

692
00:40:25,080 --> 00:40:29,640
Speaker 3: obviously existing because they show AAU games on the WNBA app,

693
00:40:29,880 --> 00:40:33,200
Speaker 3: they show AU games on ESPN Plus. So there is

694
00:40:33,360 --> 00:40:37,160
Speaker 3: a relationship with the WNBA that already exists. And I mean,

695
00:40:37,239 --> 00:40:39,560
Speaker 3: like from a league perspective, now I'm taking out the

696
00:40:39,600 --> 00:40:41,759
Speaker 3: fact that the league got what they got going on

697
00:40:41,800 --> 00:40:43,319
Speaker 3: with the CBA. I'm gonna put that in the back

698
00:40:43,320 --> 00:40:47,400
Speaker 3: of my mind for just one quick second. But I

699
00:40:47,400 --> 00:40:51,920
Speaker 3: have always felt like one way that AU can extend

700
00:40:52,840 --> 00:40:58,400
Speaker 3: their relationship with being a prominent place for women's basketball

701
00:40:58,880 --> 00:41:02,360
Speaker 3: is when this season, like when there a winter off season,

702
00:41:02,440 --> 00:41:07,480
Speaker 3: play is over extending their basketball because basketball there's only

703
00:41:07,520 --> 00:41:11,120
Speaker 3: those four weeks. Then they move on to softball, across volleyball, whatever.

704
00:41:11,560 --> 00:41:15,640
Speaker 3: But how they can extend their basketball to me is

705
00:41:15,680 --> 00:41:20,560
Speaker 3: to become or to offer a developmental system for the

706
00:41:20,640 --> 00:41:24,920
Speaker 3: WNBA so that players have so that those players that

707
00:41:24,960 --> 00:41:28,200
Speaker 3: are drafted or those players that need to have some

708
00:41:28,440 --> 00:41:29,120
Speaker 3: form of.

709
00:41:31,239 --> 00:41:34,840
Speaker 2: Some form of readiness for injuries happened.

710
00:41:34,880 --> 00:41:37,400
Speaker 3: I mean, how many times did we see last season

711
00:41:37,680 --> 00:41:42,680
Speaker 3: teams that were completely depleted because hey, the Indiana, the fever,

712
00:41:43,320 --> 00:41:45,520
Speaker 3: the sky like.

713
00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:47,720
Speaker 2: Didn't have there.

714
00:41:47,800 --> 00:41:53,040
Speaker 1: There absolutely needs to be some type of developmental league,

715
00:41:53,400 --> 00:41:55,440
Speaker 1: a G league, whatever you want to call it. For

716
00:41:55,520 --> 00:42:00,719
Speaker 1: the w A, you could be in that and it's season.

717
00:42:00,640 --> 00:42:03,240
Speaker 3: Like it's it's a proven league. You can still play

718
00:42:03,280 --> 00:42:08,080
Speaker 3: your your season. Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm there with it.

719
00:42:08,719 --> 00:42:10,520
Speaker 3: I mean, I just I just feel like it's there.

720
00:42:10,960 --> 00:42:15,279
Speaker 3: So I'm excited to see what twenty twenty seven is

721
00:42:15,360 --> 00:42:19,320
Speaker 3: going to bring. I'm excited to see what changes they bring.

722
00:42:19,400 --> 00:42:22,400
Speaker 3: I would love to see them expand the season to

723
00:42:22,520 --> 00:42:25,399
Speaker 3: have more teams, so maybe the addition of two more

724
00:42:25,440 --> 00:42:28,680
Speaker 3: teams so that it'll be you know, six teams instead

725
00:42:28,719 --> 00:42:31,240
Speaker 3: of four, so that, like you said, they can add

726
00:42:31,280 --> 00:42:35,400
Speaker 3: more players, they can you know, consider more options. I

727
00:42:35,400 --> 00:42:37,279
Speaker 3: think it's a I would love it. I think it's

728
00:42:37,280 --> 00:42:41,920
Speaker 3: a great opportunity. And so congratulations to Odyssey, Congratulations to

729
00:42:41,960 --> 00:42:44,840
Speaker 3: all the winners.

730
00:42:44,920 --> 00:42:47,120
Speaker 2: And next time I'm on me, I got.

731
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Speaker 1: Two things you will be I got two things I

732
00:42:49,239 --> 00:42:52,879
Speaker 1: want to say. First of all, Sequoya Holmes retired. Yeah

733
00:42:52,880 --> 00:42:58,919
Speaker 1: she did, right, So shout out to Sequoya. Good luck

734
00:42:58,960 --> 00:43:01,600
Speaker 1: to you whatever is next in your chapter. We know

735
00:43:01,640 --> 00:43:05,320
Speaker 1: you're going to be great at that. Really enjoyed watching

736
00:43:05,320 --> 00:43:08,200
Speaker 1: her play in AU for a couple of seasons. And

737
00:43:08,239 --> 00:43:10,919
Speaker 1: the last thing I want to say, I don't want

738
00:43:10,960 --> 00:43:16,279
Speaker 1: to get into it, but Odyssey Sims should have a

739
00:43:16,320 --> 00:43:23,080
Speaker 1: guaranteed contract in the WNBA Mayama with some team. Any

740
00:43:23,120 --> 00:43:30,960
Speaker 1: team could use her like it's it's a travesty. I

741
00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:33,520
Speaker 1: know people are always talking about players getting cut and

742
00:43:33,680 --> 00:43:38,160
Speaker 1: especially going from college to the W listen Odyssey Sim's

743
00:43:38,320 --> 00:43:42,360
Speaker 1: is a bona fide pro. She's a bucket, she's a defender,

744
00:43:42,480 --> 00:43:46,399
Speaker 1: she's a scorer, she's a passer, she's she is her

745
00:43:48,000 --> 00:43:55,319
Speaker 1: And the fact that no team is saying, honestly, we

746
00:43:55,400 --> 00:43:59,799
Speaker 1: want you, like help me under help me make sense

747
00:43:59,840 --> 00:44:00,479
Speaker 1: of team.

748
00:44:00,560 --> 00:44:01,080
Speaker 2: I can't.

749
00:44:01,280 --> 00:44:03,400
Speaker 3: I've been trying to make sense of it for years.

750
00:44:03,640 --> 00:44:06,520
Speaker 3: I can't, and every year we say the same thing, yes,

751
00:44:06,800 --> 00:44:07,600
Speaker 3: and I have.

752
00:44:07,880 --> 00:44:09,719
Speaker 2: I'm not just saying this because she wanted all.

753
00:44:09,760 --> 00:44:12,279
Speaker 1: I've been saying it from the first season of AU.

754
00:44:12,400 --> 00:44:14,839
Speaker 2: We've been saying it for years.

755
00:44:15,360 --> 00:44:16,560
Speaker 1: It doesn't make sense to me.

756
00:44:17,280 --> 00:44:21,360
Speaker 3: And the proof is in the putting last season alone.

757
00:44:21,840 --> 00:44:23,960
Speaker 3: Did they see what Dallas did when she was on

758
00:44:24,000 --> 00:44:25,960
Speaker 3: the team and how it looked when she left.

759
00:44:27,200 --> 00:44:31,480
Speaker 1: She almost helped Indiana, almost helped Vegas, She almost put

760
00:44:31,520 --> 00:44:33,359
Speaker 1: Indiana in the damn finals.

761
00:44:34,719 --> 00:44:40,960
Speaker 3: She almost shut them finals. Yeah, and you can hear

762
00:44:41,040 --> 00:44:43,799
Speaker 3: the way Steph and he talked about how she came

763
00:44:43,880 --> 00:44:45,440
Speaker 3: in adapted to the system.

764
00:44:45,560 --> 00:44:47,880
Speaker 2: She's a vet. What you mean, she a vet? She

765
00:44:47,920 --> 00:44:51,360
Speaker 2: a baller. Yeah, she gonna adapt. She know what she's doing. Yeah, yeah,

766
00:44:51,520 --> 00:44:55,200
Speaker 2: just yeah, yeah, y'all be better being just saying be better.

767
00:44:55,360 --> 00:45:01,360
Speaker 1: She deserves to be. Not not jumping from team the team.

768
00:45:02,000 --> 00:45:04,960
Speaker 1: Get that girl a guarantee contract from the jump from

769
00:45:05,040 --> 00:45:07,360
Speaker 1: training camps.

770
00:45:07,400 --> 00:45:11,640
Speaker 3: All I'm saying, I agree, me too. And on that note,

771
00:45:11,719 --> 00:45:14,520
Speaker 3: we dropping the mic. Oh, we're not going to drop

772
00:45:14,560 --> 00:45:16,160
Speaker 3: the mic. You know why we can't drop the mic

773
00:45:16,800 --> 00:45:19,719
Speaker 3: because I got to give a shout out to my girl,

774
00:45:19,840 --> 00:45:20,600
Speaker 3: Sid Coason.

775
00:45:20,960 --> 00:45:23,919
Speaker 2: Sid couldn't play this year, and you know what she did.

776
00:45:24,280 --> 00:45:27,040
Speaker 3: She got in a booth and I listened to Sid

777
00:45:27,120 --> 00:45:31,680
Speaker 3: in a booth this season and girl, you did just fine.

778
00:45:31,760 --> 00:45:36,800
Speaker 3: You did just fine. Sid, shout out to you. I

779
00:45:37,320 --> 00:45:40,719
Speaker 3: love Sid Coason. And she made me laugh just as

780
00:45:40,760 --> 00:45:42,080
Speaker 3: much as she always does.

781
00:45:42,120 --> 00:45:42,480
Speaker 2: And so.

782
00:45:44,680 --> 00:45:47,239
Speaker 1: It was different this year because we had two broadcast teams.

783
00:45:47,239 --> 00:45:51,279
Speaker 1: You did you did was one of our broadcast team.

784
00:45:51,360 --> 00:45:54,479
Speaker 3: Yes, yes, yes, and so and I love the way

785
00:45:54,520 --> 00:45:56,719
Speaker 3: that you guys were like, uh, you guys were kind

786
00:45:56,719 --> 00:45:59,120
Speaker 3: of like up in the stands this time versus like

787
00:45:59,480 --> 00:46:02,399
Speaker 3: where you you usually are up there.

788
00:46:02,560 --> 00:46:05,240
Speaker 2: Yeah, y'all were up there. It was a different experience.

789
00:46:05,239 --> 00:46:06,720
Speaker 3: But I just had to give my girl a shout

790
00:46:06,719 --> 00:46:10,600
Speaker 3: out because yeah, she was stressed, but she stress it

791
00:46:10,680 --> 00:46:11,480
Speaker 3: was unnecessary.

792
00:46:11,600 --> 00:46:13,359
Speaker 2: Did our issis on that?

793
00:46:13,520 --> 00:46:16,799
Speaker 3: On that note, we're gonna be back after this to

794
00:46:16,880 --> 00:46:35,120
Speaker 3: level this on out. All right, So, given that we

795
00:46:35,239 --> 00:46:40,719
Speaker 3: have so much basketball that we still got n C

796
00:46:40,840 --> 00:46:49,760
Speaker 3: double all these tournaments have been so good. I'm still

797
00:46:50,640 --> 00:46:52,239
Speaker 3: looking at Dawn like, girl.

798
00:46:52,040 --> 00:46:53,560
Speaker 2: How you let Texas come in here and do this

799
00:46:53,640 --> 00:46:53,880
Speaker 2: to you?

800
00:46:54,000 --> 00:46:57,520
Speaker 3: But anyway, I'm excited about the n C Double A

801
00:46:57,600 --> 00:47:01,960
Speaker 3: tournament selection Sunday. It's coming. So we're not gonna worry

802
00:47:02,000 --> 00:47:04,239
Speaker 3: about the w n B A. We're not gonna worry.

803
00:47:04,239 --> 00:47:06,759
Speaker 3: We're not gonna cry that AU is over. We're not

804
00:47:06,800 --> 00:47:10,160
Speaker 3: gonna cry that unrivaled is over because we still got

805
00:47:10,160 --> 00:47:12,399
Speaker 3: college basketball and the girlies are balling so.

806
00:47:12,680 --> 00:47:15,680
Speaker 1: And we can be okay football. So let me say this, No,

807
00:47:15,800 --> 00:47:18,240
Speaker 1: don't ask don I need you to ask the players

808
00:47:18,280 --> 00:47:20,680
Speaker 1: how they let it come in and happened? Dog, I'm

809
00:47:20,680 --> 00:47:25,720
Speaker 1: gonna answer for Don. Don was not playing. But girl, okay,

810
00:47:25,800 --> 00:47:28,600
Speaker 1: that's another conversation. But I do want to say, in

811
00:47:28,640 --> 00:47:36,879
Speaker 1: fairness to Texas. Listen, Texas was balling. They looks. Before

812
00:47:36,960 --> 00:47:38,239
Speaker 1: we get out of here, I do want to ask you.

813
00:47:38,280 --> 00:47:39,680
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna ask you who you think is gonna

814
00:47:39,719 --> 00:47:42,440
Speaker 1: win it all? But do you have a dark horse?

815
00:47:43,640 --> 00:47:43,839
Speaker 2: Yeah?

816
00:47:43,920 --> 00:47:52,200
Speaker 3: Vanderbilt, Me too. That's my two girls, Vanderbilt, funk around

817
00:47:52,200 --> 00:47:52,600
Speaker 3: and sleep on.

818
00:47:52,680 --> 00:47:54,200
Speaker 1: Baby. If you want to do it, don't do it,

819
00:47:54,239 --> 00:47:54,600
Speaker 1: but do it.

820
00:47:55,640 --> 00:47:56,440
Speaker 2: Facts, but do it.

821
00:47:56,560 --> 00:48:00,839
Speaker 1: But I agree with you. I totally agree with you.

822
00:48:00,920 --> 00:48:05,320
Speaker 1: But yeah, congrats, Oh about damn time you got that chip.

823
00:48:05,400 --> 00:48:07,560
Speaker 1: So happy for her. I'm proud of her, but I'm

824
00:48:07,600 --> 00:48:09,279
Speaker 1: so happy for her. We got a lot of good

825
00:48:09,320 --> 00:48:13,280
Speaker 1: basketball still to watch. We sure do, all right, Cheryl?

826
00:48:13,400 --> 00:48:17,279
Speaker 1: So what you blessing us with today? Yeah, I'm amost

827
00:48:17,280 --> 00:48:19,200
Speaker 1: say it's a blessing. But more than that, this is

828
00:48:19,239 --> 00:48:23,600
Speaker 1: a word a word, And I think I said this

829
00:48:23,680 --> 00:48:27,120
Speaker 1: last Week's almost said this week too. Sis. Just I

830
00:48:27,120 --> 00:48:29,600
Speaker 1: think this is good for you today. I know it's

831
00:48:29,640 --> 00:48:31,640
Speaker 1: good for me, and I know it's gonna be good

832
00:48:31,680 --> 00:48:40,880
Speaker 1: for the people. Remember this. Everybody ain't proud of you?

833
00:48:42,120 --> 00:48:46,080
Speaker 1: They're just surprised you keep making things happen.

834
00:48:48,600 --> 00:48:49,719
Speaker 2: I'm getting a fuck up out of.

835
00:48:50,880 --> 00:48:55,839
Speaker 3: Ma'am girl, I'm so proud of you.

836
00:48:55,880 --> 00:49:00,239
Speaker 2: No, you ain't for real though, that's true, that is

837
00:49:00,320 --> 00:49:00,799
Speaker 2: so real.

838
00:49:01,440 --> 00:49:04,600
Speaker 1: But are you are? You just surprised that I keep

839
00:49:04,640 --> 00:49:08,680
Speaker 1: making ship happen? You're surprised that you just you are

840
00:49:08,800 --> 00:49:09,000
Speaker 1: you are?

841
00:49:09,080 --> 00:49:12,800
Speaker 3: You're actually impressed that I exceeded your expectations.

842
00:49:12,840 --> 00:49:22,600
Speaker 2: That's facts. So that is so good. I'm about the

843
00:49:22,640 --> 00:49:24,080
Speaker 2: post that facts.

844
00:49:24,280 --> 00:49:28,279
Speaker 3: Yeah, about the post that Yea, everybody ain't proud of you,

845
00:49:28,360 --> 00:49:30,360
Speaker 3: They just surprised you keep making shit happen.

846
00:49:32,480 --> 00:49:35,280
Speaker 2: Wow. Yeah, I felt.

847
00:49:35,440 --> 00:49:37,680
Speaker 1: I felt that to my core when I read it too.

848
00:49:39,360 --> 00:49:42,560
Speaker 2: I love that. I love that well, y'all. I'm proud

849
00:49:42,600 --> 00:49:44,120
Speaker 2: of y'all, I really am.

850
00:49:44,560 --> 00:49:47,240
Speaker 3: I'm proud of y'all because y'all keep y'all keep letting

851
00:49:47,280 --> 00:49:48,960
Speaker 3: me and Cheryl have me to keep.

852
00:49:48,800 --> 00:49:49,439
Speaker 1: Listening me too.

853
00:49:49,960 --> 00:49:54,040
Speaker 3: I'm proud, Thank you, thank you, appreciative, grateful and proud.

854
00:49:54,080 --> 00:49:57,080
Speaker 3: I love it, y'all. Keep keep keep hanging in with us,

855
00:49:57,160 --> 00:50:00,800
Speaker 3: keep tapping in with us. We have some really great

856
00:50:01,080 --> 00:50:04,840
Speaker 3: fun upcoming things for levels to this and I can't

857
00:50:04,880 --> 00:50:08,880
Speaker 3: share it just yet, but just know, in a couple

858
00:50:08,880 --> 00:50:12,680
Speaker 3: of weeks we've got a really fun episode that you

859
00:50:12,960 --> 00:50:15,360
Speaker 3: may have an opportunity to be more involved in than.

860
00:50:15,239 --> 00:50:16,239
Speaker 2: You may realize.

861
00:50:16,400 --> 00:50:20,160
Speaker 3: So just continue to follow us on Instagram, continue to

862
00:50:20,200 --> 00:50:23,680
Speaker 3: send us emails at lttpod at gmail dot com, and

863
00:50:23,800 --> 00:50:26,359
Speaker 3: just keep listening for more information on how you can

864
00:50:26,400 --> 00:50:29,799
Speaker 3: be involved in this really super dope upcoming project that

865
00:50:29,840 --> 00:50:32,879
Speaker 3: we're doing. And I'm gonna keep pyping it up because

866
00:50:32,920 --> 00:50:34,680
Speaker 3: I want you to be so excited and so intense

867
00:50:34,719 --> 00:50:35,880
Speaker 3: about it.

868
00:50:35,520 --> 00:50:36,239
Speaker 1: What is it?

869
00:50:37,719 --> 00:50:39,279
Speaker 2: Yes, we will tell you too.

870
00:50:40,040 --> 00:50:42,520
Speaker 3: On that note, we appreciate you, We love you for

871
00:50:42,560 --> 00:50:43,440
Speaker 3: tapping in with us.

872
00:50:43,640 --> 00:50:47,000
Speaker 2: Keep your mentals ground level, and we'll be back with

873
00:50:47,160 --> 00:50:48,480
Speaker 2: more next week.

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Speaker 1: Please listen to Levels to This on America's number one

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Speaker 1: Levels to This with Cheryl Swoops and Tarika Foster Brasby

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