WEBVTT - The Sassinator and Prim Reaper Reunion 0:00:01.240 --> 0:00:03.440 Welcome to Good Game with Sarah Spain, the show where 0:00:03.440 --> 0:00:06.400 We're on the road slang in melon balls with friends. 0:00:06.840 --> 0:00:09.360 On today's show, tennis reporter prim Siripa Pat will tell 0:00:09.360 --> 0:00:10.320 me what I should. 0:00:10.000 --> 0:00:12.760 Expect and eat and drink at the. 0:00:12.800 --> 0:00:15.480 US Open, as well as the one tennis debate she 0:00:15.560 --> 0:00:18.680 refuses to weigh in on plus a grin too big 0:00:18.720 --> 0:00:21.079 for words and are we seeing double or is the 0:00:21.160 --> 0:00:25.479 NWSL just NWS selling? It's all coming up right after this. 0:00:29.680 --> 0:00:31.880 Welcome back, my little slicesys. Here's what you need to 0:00:31.920 --> 0:00:38.160 know today. In the Paralympics. In paratriathlon, the US women 0:00:38.200 --> 0:00:41.800 claimed four medals across three classifications on Monday. In the 0:00:41.840 --> 0:00:46.280 PTS two classification, Wisconsin native Hayley Dan's one gold, reaching 0:00:46.320 --> 0:00:48.720 the top of the Paralympic podium for the first time 0:00:48.920 --> 0:00:52.080 after claiming silver in both Rio and Tokyo. Ahead of 0:00:52.080 --> 0:00:55.080 her race, dance posted on social media, writing quote, my 0:00:55.160 --> 0:00:57.800 belief in myself has ebbed and flowed, but one thing 0:00:57.800 --> 0:01:00.400 that's remained steadfast is all of your belief in me. 0:01:00.760 --> 0:01:03.040 My support staff, my teammates, and those of my close 0:01:03.080 --> 0:01:06.000 circle who see all the small daily battles you all 0:01:06.000 --> 0:01:07.479 have made it clear to me that you believe I'm 0:01:07.480 --> 0:01:11.120 capable of doing something spectacular in Paris tomorrow, and largely 0:01:11.160 --> 0:01:13.119 because of you, and also because of the work I've 0:01:13.160 --> 0:01:15.000 done myself, I believe it too. 0:01:15.400 --> 0:01:16.000 End quote. 0:01:16.440 --> 0:01:19.040 It's also worth noting that it wasn't just Olympians who 0:01:19.120 --> 0:01:23.360 had to deal with shit, literal shit, because the Paralympic 0:01:23.360 --> 0:01:26.600 Triathlons also had to be rescheduled due to water quality 0:01:26.640 --> 0:01:29.119 concerns in the sin And in case you're wondering how 0:01:29.120 --> 0:01:32.720 elite athletes get that type of major news, shout out 0:01:32.720 --> 0:01:35.600 to you as Paralympian Melissa Stockwell, who posted a screenshot 0:01:35.680 --> 0:01:40.000 of the email tour Instagram which read quote, Dear Sir 0:01:40.280 --> 0:01:44.000 or Madam, due to weather condition, we regret to inform 0:01:44.040 --> 0:01:49.280 you that your pt R I one paratriathlon session, initially 0:01:49.320 --> 0:01:52.320 scheduled for nine oh one two O two four at 0:01:52.320 --> 0:01:55.600 eight fifteen am, has been postponed to nine o two 0:01:55.680 --> 0:01:58.200 two O two four at eight fifteen am. 0:01:58.880 --> 0:02:01.760 Wow. I hope Sir Madam got that email in time. 0:02:02.800 --> 0:02:04.960 For the first time in Paralympic or Olympic history, the 0:02:05.040 --> 0:02:07.200 US has won a medal in the sport of badminton, 0:02:07.600 --> 0:02:10.880 competing in the SH six mixed doubles competition, Nineteen year 0:02:10.919 --> 0:02:14.600 olds j C. Simon and Miles Crosskey claimed silver, falling 0:02:14.639 --> 0:02:17.880 to China in the gold medal match. In wheelchair rugby, 0:02:17.919 --> 0:02:19.920 the US felt to Japan in the gold medal match 0:02:19.919 --> 0:02:22.840 on Monday forty eight forty one. Sarah Adam, you know 0:02:22.840 --> 0:02:24.960 that woman we've been talking about, The first American woman 0:02:25.000 --> 0:02:28.400 to compete in wheelchair rugby at the Paralympics, recorded fourteen 0:02:28.560 --> 0:02:31.520 tries in the final. That tizer with teammate Chuck Aoki 0:02:31.560 --> 0:02:34.800 for the team high. In sitting volleyball, the US bounced 0:02:34.800 --> 0:02:37.160 back from a group stage loss against China to beat 0:02:37.200 --> 0:02:40.440 host nation France three sets to none. Team USA's fate 0:02:40.480 --> 0:02:42.680 in the knockout round will be determined today in their 0:02:42.720 --> 0:02:46.359 final group stage match, this one against Italy. As a reminder, 0:02:46.400 --> 0:02:49.080 the US was looking to win its third straight Paralympic 0:02:49.120 --> 0:02:51.280 gold medal in the sport. And before you read too 0:02:51.320 --> 0:02:54.440 much into that loss against China, here's a little historical context. 0:02:54.720 --> 0:02:56.839 So the US also lost to China in the group 0:02:56.880 --> 0:02:59.680 stage at both the twenty sixteen and twenty twenty one 0:02:59.720 --> 0:03:03.240 Pairs Olympics, and both times went on to defeat China 0:03:03.280 --> 0:03:08.640 in the gold medal match to the NWSL. The Orlando Pride, Yeah, 0:03:08.800 --> 0:03:11.960 you guessed it. They extended their unbeaten streak to nineteen 0:03:12.080 --> 0:03:15.120 games on Sunday. They've won five straight and this one 0:03:15.160 --> 0:03:18.400 they beat Gotham FC two nil, both goals scored by 0:03:18.440 --> 0:03:21.840 Adriana in the first half. The contest was delayed a 0:03:21.840 --> 0:03:23.840 little bit by some heavy duty rain, and the Pride 0:03:23.880 --> 0:03:26.720 social media tape took the chance to poke fun at Gotham, 0:03:27.000 --> 0:03:29.639 writing quote, Listen, we know it rains a bunch here, 0:03:29.880 --> 0:03:31.760 but y'all have had so many weather delays over the 0:03:31.800 --> 0:03:33.800 past two years, so this one is on you. 0:03:33.880 --> 0:03:36.240 Gotham FC. More soccer. 0:03:36.240 --> 0:03:38.160 Over the weekend, the Chicago Red Stars announced that the 0:03:38.160 --> 0:03:41.440 team traded forward Penelope Hawking to BAFC in exchange for 0:03:41.480 --> 0:03:44.320 a three hundred and fifty thousand dollars transfer fee, with 0:03:44.480 --> 0:03:47.160 Chicago receiving two hundred and fifty thousand dollars this season 0:03:47.320 --> 0:03:50.720 and one hundred thousand dollars next season. Per the Red Stars, Hawking, 0:03:50.760 --> 0:03:53.560 who grew up in southern California, requested the trade in 0:03:53.680 --> 0:03:54.160 order to be. 0:03:54.160 --> 0:03:54.960 Closer to home. 0:03:55.440 --> 0:03:57.160 I'm just bummed because I want to see more of 0:03:57.200 --> 0:04:01.200 Penelope Hawking and Mouse wantson speeding up the sidelines and 0:04:01.200 --> 0:04:04.040 playing together. But shouts to the Red Stars were getting 0:04:04.040 --> 0:04:05.760 it done and getting Hawking back home and good luck 0:04:05.760 --> 0:04:09.080 to her in the bay all right. The NWSL is 0:04:09.120 --> 0:04:12.720 called Chaos League for a reason, and the latest confusion 0:04:12.920 --> 0:04:17.880 is thanks to Julia Grosso and also Julia Grasso. It's 0:04:17.960 --> 0:04:20.840 spelled the same but pronounced slightly differently. So at the 0:04:20.920 --> 0:04:23.760 end of last week, the NWSL Players Association updated the 0:04:23.800 --> 0:04:27.240 list of players eligible for free agency, and it included. 0:04:26.839 --> 0:04:28.880 A surprising name, Julia Grosso. 0:04:29.400 --> 0:04:31.920 That's because back in July, the Chicago Red Stars signed 0:04:31.920 --> 0:04:35.200 Olympic gold medalist and Canadian national team player Julia Grosso 0:04:35.279 --> 0:04:37.839 to a three year contract, meaning she won't be eligible 0:04:37.880 --> 0:04:40.440 for free agency for a while. But that's not the 0:04:40.520 --> 0:04:43.400 Grasso Grosso the list was referring to. It was talking 0:04:43.440 --> 0:04:46.760 about American soccer player Julia Grasso, who had been playing 0:04:46.760 --> 0:04:49.440 with the Australian club Melbourne but was in the process 0:04:49.440 --> 0:04:51.799 of signing with a yet to be announced NWSL club, 0:04:52.320 --> 0:04:54.440 And on Sunday that club was confirmed to be the 0:04:54.560 --> 0:04:57.279 Utah Royals, which signed Grasso to a contract through the 0:04:57.360 --> 0:04:59.440 end of the twenty twenty four season. If you kept 0:04:59.520 --> 0:05:02.680 up with that, congratulations, We're going to keep scanning that 0:05:02.720 --> 0:05:05.160 free agency list for names that surprise us and make 0:05:05.200 --> 0:05:08.839 sure there aren't titty doubles out there. Meanwhile, in the WNBA, 0:05:08.880 --> 0:05:11.960 there's only one Asia Wilson, but she's basically scorn for two. 0:05:12.000 --> 0:05:14.240 Asia Wilson's in the ACES ninety seven to seventy nine 0:05:14.279 --> 0:05:16.440 winner with the Murcury on Sunday. The MVP front runner 0:05:16.520 --> 0:05:20.520 dropped forty one points and put up seventeen boards. Candae 0:05:20.560 --> 0:05:23.200 Parker's the only other player ever to put up forty 0:05:23.200 --> 0:05:26.359 and fifteen. Asia's the first to a forty seventeen game. 0:05:26.720 --> 0:05:28.479 And we've talked a lot about the Aces struggles this 0:05:28.520 --> 0:05:30.640 season and their chances of three peating, and if anyone 0:05:30.720 --> 0:05:33.760 had any doubts about how seriously Asia Wilson's taking that challenge, 0:05:33.800 --> 0:05:36.160 while she quelled those over the weekend, fans might have 0:05:36.240 --> 0:05:38.599 noticed that she's shown up to the team's last six 0:05:38.839 --> 0:05:44.040 straight games wearing baggie white T shirts. No tunnel fits 0:05:44.160 --> 0:05:46.840 for Wilson, just the same white T shirt. When she 0:05:46.880 --> 0:05:49.760 was asked about the fashion choice by Las Vegas Review Journals, 0:05:49.800 --> 0:05:53.520 Callie Lawson Freeman. Wilson said quote, I have to want 0:05:53.560 --> 0:05:57.120 to put on clothes right now where I am. I 0:05:57.160 --> 0:06:00.480 don't feel like I deserve to put on clothes right now. 0:06:00.520 --> 0:06:04.600 My main focus is just getting WINSUOT. We'll link to 0:06:04.680 --> 0:06:07.040 Kelly's full story in the show notes a lot of 0:06:07.080 --> 0:06:10.480 people having fun with Asia's white T shirts. If you remember, 0:06:10.520 --> 0:06:13.600 there was a thought that Bam Autobio, who we think 0:06:13.680 --> 0:06:16.719 she's dating but they haven't hard launched, made a comment 0:06:16.760 --> 0:06:19.559 about doesn't anybody have any irons anymore these days? Because 0:06:19.560 --> 0:06:21.760 she was showing up in the wrinkled tea. But now 0:06:21.760 --> 0:06:23.880 it's sort of a thing, and fans are showing up 0:06:23.880 --> 0:06:26.640 to games in all white T shirts in support of her. 0:06:26.920 --> 0:06:29.440 She's getting shout outs from music groups that are known 0:06:29.440 --> 0:06:32.280 for wearing all white teas. It's a thing now, like 0:06:32.320 --> 0:06:34.800 somehow Asia Wilson is so amazing that she's making a 0:06:34.839 --> 0:06:39.560 plane wrinkled white tea a thing. By the way, during 0:06:39.600 --> 0:06:41.760 that Mercury loss to the Aces that we just mentioned, 0:06:41.800 --> 0:06:44.640 both Diana Tarassi and Natasha Cloud each picked up their 0:06:44.720 --> 0:06:47.680 seventh technical foul of the season, and that adds to 0:06:47.680 --> 0:06:51.880 the Mercury's WNBA all time season record for techs. They've 0:06:51.920 --> 0:06:54.880 got thirty three in counting the fowls. Put both players 0:06:54.880 --> 0:06:57.599 in position a miss tonight's game against the Atlanta Dream. 0:06:57.880 --> 0:06:59.839 As reminder, players have to serve a one game un 0:07:00.080 --> 0:07:02.800 paid suspension upon receiving a seventh technical in a season. 0:07:03.320 --> 0:07:05.440 But if you think that Tarassi's about to punch another 0:07:05.480 --> 0:07:08.039 door over this, think again. And if you don't get 0:07:08.040 --> 0:07:10.400 that door reference, stay tuned later in the show. 0:07:10.800 --> 0:07:11.559 But back to Sunday. 0:07:11.600 --> 0:07:14.320 After the game, DT and Sophie Cunningham, we're asked about 0:07:14.320 --> 0:07:15.920 the text at the press conference podium. 0:07:16.040 --> 0:07:17.040 Let's roll on that clip. 0:07:17.120 --> 0:07:18.520 It looks like there's been a lot of eyes on 0:07:18.600 --> 0:07:20.120 us this year. I know we have a lot of 0:07:20.120 --> 0:07:23.240 fiery people. I know we've set the record for most techs. 0:07:23.280 --> 0:07:25.200 So we got to look ourselves in the mirror and 0:07:25.240 --> 0:07:30.520 see how we can do better. But you know, moving forward. Shit, 0:07:30.680 --> 0:07:33.360 we're grown women. Stop being so sensitive on both ends. 0:07:33.600 --> 0:07:36.440 Well, mine's definitely getting rescinded, so I'm good. I'll be 0:07:36.440 --> 0:07:38.200 playing the next game. Thanks. 0:07:38.560 --> 0:07:41.480 Okay, So here's the thing, slices we hear a good game. 0:07:41.720 --> 0:07:45.520 Believe in the power of podcast, the efficacy of audio storytelling, 0:07:45.800 --> 0:07:48.760 but there are limitations to the medium, and we're really 0:07:48.800 --> 0:07:50.760 feeling that right now because when I tell you that 0:07:50.840 --> 0:07:53.240 DT had the biggest shit eating grin on her face 0:07:53.280 --> 0:07:56.520 when Cunningham mentioned leading the league in techs, I guarantee 0:07:56.720 --> 0:07:59.120 that right now you are not picturing a big enough grin. 0:07:59.360 --> 0:08:01.040 We'll link to that video in the show notes. You 0:08:01.080 --> 0:08:04.120 can see just how shit eaten it was. Oh and 0:08:04.120 --> 0:08:06.680 by the way, DT was writ in that clip. On Monday, 0:08:06.680 --> 0:08:09.800 the WNBA did announce that had overturned her tech, meaning 0:08:09.880 --> 0:08:13.040 she's back at six on the season. Natasha Cloud's TECH 0:08:13.160 --> 0:08:15.640 was confirmed, though, so she'll be absent from tonight's game 0:08:15.680 --> 0:08:20.200 serve in that suspension. More WNBA more than five hundred 0:08:20.240 --> 0:08:23.160 thousand fans have attended Indiana Fever games so far this season, 0:08:23.200 --> 0:08:26.320 breaking the WNBA full season total attendance record. 0:08:26.720 --> 0:08:27.920 Led by rookie Caitlin Clark. 0:08:27.920 --> 0:08:30.520 The Fever are also on track to break the average 0:08:30.560 --> 0:08:33.480 WNBA attendance record. As it stands right now, an average 0:08:33.480 --> 0:08:35.760 of fifteen thousand, seven hundred fans are showing up to 0:08:35.800 --> 0:08:38.160 every Fever game, both at home and on the road. 0:08:38.320 --> 0:08:40.720 The New York Liberty currently hold that record in nineteen 0:08:40.760 --> 0:08:42.920 ninety eight, an average of thirteen thousand, three hundred ninety 0:08:42.920 --> 0:08:45.480 eight fans showed up for the team's thirty games on 0:08:45.520 --> 0:08:47.760 the court. The Fever also hit an important milestone over 0:08:47.760 --> 0:08:50.320 the weekend, breaking five hundred for the first time in 0:08:50.360 --> 0:08:52.360 five years. Doesn't sound like a lot, but when your 0:08:52.400 --> 0:08:54.360 team has been under five hundred for five years, I'll 0:08:54.400 --> 0:08:57.120 tell you what that is worth celebrating. With a one 0:08:57.240 --> 0:08:59.440 hundred to ninety three win over the Dallas Wings on Saturday, 0:08:59.480 --> 0:09:02.360 the Fever now stand at seventeen wins and sixteen losses 0:09:02.400 --> 0:09:05.839 on the season, an incredibly impressive turnaround after the terrible 0:09:05.840 --> 0:09:09.000 start they got out to also shout out Arike Agumbuale, 0:09:09.080 --> 0:09:11.720 who had a WNBA record tying nine three pointers in 0:09:11.760 --> 0:09:12.920 the Wings loss. 0:09:13.400 --> 0:09:14.400 And it wouldn't be a. 0:09:14.360 --> 0:09:16.880 Game without another Angel rees record as well. She added 0:09:16.920 --> 0:09:19.320 another big one to her resume over the weekend. During 0:09:19.320 --> 0:09:21.440 the Chicago Sky seventy nine to seventy four loss to 0:09:21.440 --> 0:09:24.520 the Minnesota Lynx on Sunday, Angel Reaes broke the WNBA 0:09:24.600 --> 0:09:27.720 record for most rebounds in a single season. The record 0:09:27.760 --> 0:09:30.080 was previously held by the great Sylvia Fowls, who tallied 0:09:30.120 --> 0:09:33.199 four hundred four rebounds during the Lynxes twenty eighteen season. 0:09:33.640 --> 0:09:35.679 Angels sitting at four eighteen and counting. 0:09:38.360 --> 0:09:41.160 All right, y'all, good game is hitting the road New 0:09:41.280 --> 0:09:44.160 York City, my first ever New York Liberty Game at 0:09:44.160 --> 0:09:46.840 Barclays on Thursday, and a trip back to the US 0:09:46.920 --> 0:09:47.840 Open for the first time in. 0:09:47.840 --> 0:09:49.680 A couple of years the next few days. 0:09:49.720 --> 0:09:51.000 So today and tomorrow I'm going to be at the 0:09:51.040 --> 0:09:54.479 Open to a ten events hosted by Elf Cosmetics, espnW 0:09:54.520 --> 0:09:56.880 and the Women's Sports Foundation. And in honor of my 0:09:56.960 --> 0:09:59.600 little jaunt to Queens, I thought we'd do a couple 0:09:59.679 --> 0:10:03.480 quick US Open fun facts. Okay, the first US Open 0:10:03.559 --> 0:10:06.880 ever was in nineteen sixty eight, Virginuate of Great Britain 0:10:07.200 --> 0:10:09.720 upset top seeded Billy jan King for the women's title 0:10:09.920 --> 0:10:14.439 to win six thousand dollars. That's right, six thousand dollars 0:10:14.760 --> 0:10:17.160 went to the women's winner. On the men's side, the 0:10:17.160 --> 0:10:19.839 great Arthur Ashe won the first ever men's singles crowned. 0:10:19.840 --> 0:10:21.719 But he was just an amateur, so he couldn't even 0:10:21.760 --> 0:10:24.280 claim the fourteen thousand dollars men's prize. He just got 0:10:24.280 --> 0:10:26.719 his twenty dollars per diium. He was the first ever 0:10:26.760 --> 0:10:28.640 African American to win a men's singles title at a 0:10:28.640 --> 0:10:31.080 Grand Slam championship, and of course, now is a court 0:10:31.160 --> 0:10:31.880 named after him. 0:10:32.240 --> 0:10:34.280 The US Open is the fourth and final Grand Slam 0:10:34.320 --> 0:10:34.800 of the year. 0:10:34.640 --> 0:10:37.280 And one of two Majors contested on a hard court surface, 0:10:37.280 --> 0:10:40.240 which is faster than clay but slower than grass. 0:10:40.760 --> 0:10:41.800 Since nineteen seventy eight. 0:10:41.760 --> 0:10:43.680 The Open has been played at a stadium complex in 0:10:43.760 --> 0:10:47.240 Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens. It was formerly named 0:10:47.240 --> 0:10:50.600 the USTA National Tennis Center and was rededicated as the 0:10:50.640 --> 0:10:53.600 Billy Jean King National Tennis Center in two thousand and six. 0:10:54.480 --> 0:10:56.880 Why you ask well, in part because of what she 0:10:56.960 --> 0:11:00.400 did for equal pay. Tennis became the first sport and 0:11:00.440 --> 0:11:03.520 the US Open became the first Grand Slam event to 0:11:03.559 --> 0:11:06.360 offer equal prize money to men and women, all thanks 0:11:06.400 --> 0:11:08.480 to Billy Jean King threatening to boycott the. 0:11:08.400 --> 0:11:10.040 Event in nineteen seventy three. 0:11:10.600 --> 0:11:12.440 Every time I hear that, I'm just reminded of how 0:11:12.480 --> 0:11:14.400 ahead of the game Billy Jean was. Like back in 0:11:14.440 --> 0:11:16.600 nineteen seventy three, she was already putting her foot down 0:11:16.600 --> 0:11:18.840 and saying it was unfair to have the men and 0:11:18.880 --> 0:11:22.000 women paid unequally well. This year's Open has a record 0:11:22.000 --> 0:11:25.520 purse of seventy five million dollars total for the men's 0:11:25.520 --> 0:11:28.400 and women's side, including three point six million dollars a 0:11:28.480 --> 0:11:31.240 piece for the men's and women's singles winners. And they 0:11:31.280 --> 0:11:34.760 also get that cool trophy ten pounds eighteen inches. They've 0:11:34.800 --> 0:11:37.480 been made by Tiffany and Company since nineteen eighty seven. 0:11:37.520 --> 0:11:38.040 Pretty cool. 0:11:38.480 --> 0:11:41.080 This year a record setting amount of interest in the event. 0:11:41.120 --> 0:11:43.400 Seventy four thousand, six hundred and forty one fans went 0:11:43.400 --> 0:11:45.520 through the gates on opening day. That's the biggest single 0:11:45.559 --> 0:11:48.720 day crowd in US Open history. This year's women's final 0:11:48.760 --> 0:11:51.200 is set for next Monday, September ninth, and we're not 0:11:51.280 --> 0:11:54.079 getting a defending champ. Coco GoF was bounced by fellow 0:11:54.120 --> 0:11:57.640 American and her Paris Olympics room mate Emma Navarro. Last year, 0:11:57.679 --> 0:11:59.520 Golf was the first American team to win the US 0:11:59.559 --> 0:12:03.120 Open cinnas Serena Williams did in nineteen ninety nine. All Right, 0:12:03.160 --> 0:12:04.959 when we come back, I'm gonna prep for the Open 0:12:04.960 --> 0:12:08.319 with my favorite tennis talker and my old ESPN co host, 0:12:08.360 --> 0:12:09.000 prim surrip A. 0:12:09.080 --> 0:12:10.319 Pat that's next. 0:12:15.200 --> 0:12:18.520 Joining us now She's a US Open radio reporter, tennis commentator, 0:12:18.520 --> 0:12:21.640 and former top ten under eighteen tennis player in the country. 0:12:21.880 --> 0:12:24.480 At Duker Tennis team won the indoor national championship for 0:12:24.559 --> 0:12:26.760 senior year. She's a mom of two, owner of two 0:12:26.840 --> 0:12:31.200 master's degrees. Former Puppy Mama hopefully soon to be Puppy 0:12:31.240 --> 0:12:32.000 Mama again. 0:12:32.480 --> 0:12:34.320 We worked together for years at ESPN. 0:12:34.360 --> 0:12:36.480 We used to host the show very creatively named Spain 0:12:36.480 --> 0:12:38.680 and Prim, where we faced off in an epic rap 0:12:38.720 --> 0:12:41.720 battle that likely inspired the versus battles during COVID. 0:12:42.000 --> 0:12:44.439 It's Prim, sirripa bat? What's up? Prim? 0:12:45.240 --> 0:12:47.000 It was I sastrenator. 0:12:48.040 --> 0:12:50.480 I'm not gonna mention that you won the rap battle, 0:12:50.480 --> 0:12:53.160 but that was only because you you you brought in 0:12:53.160 --> 0:12:54.680 a meet to help you. 0:12:55.160 --> 0:12:58.760 Yeah, that was that was unfair, Healy said, like one mind. Yeah, 0:12:58.760 --> 0:13:00.360 but I wasn't told we could have hype people. 0:13:00.480 --> 0:13:02.679 Those rules were not established, and as you know, I'm 0:13:02.720 --> 0:13:04.920 a terrible loser. So I'm just going to use a 0:13:04.960 --> 0:13:07.599 loophole and the rules to explain why I was victorious. 0:13:09.000 --> 0:13:11.120 First of all, awesome to see you, Awesome to talk 0:13:11.160 --> 0:13:12.880 to you. Shout out to all the Spain and Prim 0:13:12.920 --> 0:13:16.000 listeners from back of the Day. Yeah, prim the one 0:13:16.040 --> 0:13:17.559 time I've ever been to the US Open. 0:13:18.080 --> 0:13:20.480 You were there. We had a little reunion. It was wonderful. 0:13:20.520 --> 0:13:23.559 It was very brief, though. I'm returning and I will 0:13:23.600 --> 0:13:24.000 be at the. 0:13:24.000 --> 0:13:28.160 US Open to experience the splendor and joy of I 0:13:28.160 --> 0:13:30.640 don't even know. It's not strawberries and cream. That's Wimbledon. 0:13:30.720 --> 0:13:32.400 That's why you're here because you need to tell me 0:13:32.480 --> 0:13:34.560 what to drink, what to eat, what to see, where 0:13:34.600 --> 0:13:36.559 to go, all the secrets of the Billage and King 0:13:36.600 --> 0:13:38.560 Tennis Center, Like, what are the most important things I 0:13:38.600 --> 0:13:41.120 need to know from my US Open journey? 0:13:41.280 --> 0:13:44.720 Well, fortunately you missed the hottest day of the tournament. 0:13:44.760 --> 0:13:48.080 It was in the nineties. People were retiring, people were fainting. 0:13:48.760 --> 0:13:51.320 It was miserably high. So the good news is that 0:13:51.360 --> 0:13:53.800 you're going to be here when the weather is absolutely perfect, 0:13:53.800 --> 0:13:55.920 and you're coming during the second week, so that means 0:13:56.320 --> 0:13:58.480 that it's actually going to be less and busy. Good 0:13:58.520 --> 0:14:01.880 for you. So, first stop, everyone always talks about the 0:14:01.920 --> 0:14:04.680 lotster rolls. You gotta do the lobster rolls. Okay, they 0:14:04.720 --> 0:14:07.959 also have lobster tacos, They have lobster and panadas. There's 0:14:08.000 --> 0:14:11.320 a lot of lobster. There's also fried chicken. There's also 0:14:11.600 --> 0:14:15.320 some amazing like steak and Flag and Yon sandwiches. But 0:14:15.360 --> 0:14:18.640 the Honey Juicy Yeah, very fancy. I mean, the US 0:14:18.720 --> 0:14:24.800 Open has gotten to be a very fancy, wonderfully experiential 0:14:25.000 --> 0:14:27.440 sporting event. I mean, listen, the whole aim is to 0:14:27.440 --> 0:14:31.040 be accessible and inclusive for all tennis fans, whether you 0:14:31.080 --> 0:14:34.040 play tennis or not. But I think it's I think 0:14:34.080 --> 0:14:36.840 what's made it really special, especially since the pandemic, because 0:14:36.880 --> 0:14:41.080 the USA has done social phenomenal job just like transforming 0:14:41.200 --> 0:14:46.040 the site and creating more activations. It literally is an experience. 0:14:46.160 --> 0:14:48.000 So you got to go for the food. You got 0:14:48.000 --> 0:14:49.840 to go for the drinks, which is the Honey Juice. 0:14:49.840 --> 0:14:52.880 That's their signature cocktail. It's got a little gray goose. 0:14:53.600 --> 0:14:57.920 I think it's got some grapefruit in it, whatever it is. 0:14:58.240 --> 0:15:01.000 There's a little greyhound and spy okay something. 0:15:01.240 --> 0:15:04.520 Yeah, But the cup is free, so that's good. And 0:15:04.640 --> 0:15:06.680 there's three melon balls that look like a tennis ball, 0:15:06.880 --> 0:15:08.640 so they're cute. You're gonna see a lot of people 0:15:09.000 --> 0:15:12.160 walking around, and then there's also they they brought in 0:15:12.360 --> 0:15:16.720 Dobelle tequila, so they have the ace Paloma I A. 0:15:16.840 --> 0:15:20.760 Caine last year made its debut last year, and that's good. 0:15:21.000 --> 0:15:22.960 It's main Sassinator. You're gonna love it. 0:15:23.040 --> 0:15:26.480 Ready, I love it. I'm ready. I'm ready prim Reaper. Okay. 0:15:26.560 --> 0:15:28.920 So what am I supposed to wear? I mean, gonna 0:15:28.920 --> 0:15:31.320 be in some fancy suites? Do I need to wear 0:15:31.680 --> 0:15:33.760 like a cute dress? Do I need to dress like 0:15:33.880 --> 0:15:37.520 Zendaya in Contenders or Competitors or whatever? 0:15:37.560 --> 0:15:38.880 I still haven't watched that movie. 0:15:39.800 --> 0:15:42.080 Do I wear a full tennis outfit like I'm gonna 0:15:42.080 --> 0:15:42.520 be playing? 0:15:42.560 --> 0:15:44.280 Is it all white like Wimbledon? What's the deal? 0:15:44.360 --> 0:15:46.880 I mean, Sassinator, you can wear whatever you want. 0:15:47.040 --> 0:15:48.880 You're the Sassinator. You can call them in. 0:15:48.880 --> 0:15:50.920 You're sweats and you're still gonna be cool. You're you're 0:15:51.080 --> 0:15:54.840 still be the queen Bee. Like, honestly, you could come casual. 0:15:54.960 --> 0:15:56.480 Are you gonna be in a suite? Did you say 0:15:56.520 --> 0:15:57.760 you're gonna be in a sweet yes? 0:15:57.840 --> 0:15:59.040 The Sweet Life of course. 0:15:59.120 --> 0:16:02.120 Yeah, right right, Well you're not at the status yet 0:16:02.120 --> 0:16:04.800 where you can walk in and like total sweats and 0:16:04.880 --> 0:16:08.920 like disheveled and say that would love us. I mean, 0:16:08.960 --> 0:16:11.840 it's funny, like you see a lot of people. You 0:16:11.920 --> 0:16:15.400 have the recreational tennis fan that love to calm and 0:16:15.400 --> 0:16:19.240 they're tennis outfit's as if they're going to play. How 0:16:19.280 --> 0:16:20.880 casual are we on this podcast? 0:16:21.120 --> 0:16:24.280 We're very casual. You could say, what do you want? Oh? Nice? Nice? 0:16:24.360 --> 0:16:27.840 Okay, I would advise not to do that. And then 0:16:27.880 --> 0:16:30.280 you have the people. There's a lot of social media 0:16:30.360 --> 0:16:34.000 inflor influencers dot com. So you they are dressed to 0:16:34.080 --> 0:16:38.480 the nine, full makeup, hair done, all dressed in white. 0:16:38.800 --> 0:16:41.800 You could do that. That doesn't seem like you. 0:16:41.800 --> 0:16:41.960 No. 0:16:42.040 --> 0:16:43.720 I think the only time I've ever been full hair 0:16:43.760 --> 0:16:45.560 and makeup and in white was on my wedding day. 0:16:45.640 --> 0:16:48.120 That's about the hardest I've ever drived. Or the garing 0:16:48.200 --> 0:16:49.760 degrees of success or you to the. 0:16:49.760 --> 0:16:52.560 Gala, the red carpet, gallon, I dot yellow nails that 0:16:52.600 --> 0:16:54.480 look like I saw that tennis balls. 0:16:54.600 --> 0:16:56.840 So that's a start, okay, So let's get to some 0:16:56.840 --> 0:17:00.160 more important stuff. You have been covering tennis forever, and 0:17:00.200 --> 0:17:02.960 you've been specifically covering the US Open a bunch. What 0:17:03.000 --> 0:17:05.720 can you tell us about the specifics around this venue. 0:17:05.760 --> 0:17:08.040 It's like the most attended that makes the most money, 0:17:08.040 --> 0:17:10.199 it's like so special, But what is it about the 0:17:10.240 --> 0:17:12.600 space and maybe covering it? Do you are there any 0:17:12.680 --> 0:17:15.480 like tricks to getting around or to getting to the 0:17:15.520 --> 0:17:17.399 athletes or anything like that that we wouldn't know as 0:17:17.480 --> 0:17:18.440 just regular pleaps. 0:17:18.720 --> 0:17:21.040 Well, by the time you get here, I always tell 0:17:21.080 --> 0:17:24.840 people like, don't be starry eyed by the Arthur Ashe Stadium, 0:17:25.000 --> 0:17:27.920 the Louis Armstrong, like the big stadiums. There's four big stadiums, 0:17:28.080 --> 0:17:33.280 Arthur ash, Louis Armstrong, Grandstan, and Stadium seventeen. Like go 0:17:33.359 --> 0:17:35.360 to the outer course. But because by the time you 0:17:35.400 --> 0:17:37.879 get here, there's going to be the juniors that are 0:17:37.920 --> 0:17:40.120 starting to play, and the juniors are kind of your 0:17:40.160 --> 0:17:44.160 glimpse to the future generation. But if you come back 0:17:44.359 --> 0:17:48.000 next year, the fan week is like it is becoming 0:17:48.040 --> 0:17:51.040 like the new Hottis thing. They started the fan Week 0:17:51.080 --> 0:17:54.159 two days earlier and it's just a great way you 0:17:54.200 --> 0:17:56.560 can watch qualifying. You get a lot of most of 0:17:56.600 --> 0:17:59.920 the top tier players are just out here roaming around 0:18:00.200 --> 0:18:02.879 practicing and it's such a phenomenal experience. 0:18:03.080 --> 0:18:05.000 Yeah, we talked to Taylor Townsend who got to play 0:18:05.000 --> 0:18:07.000 in the fan week with Boris Kojo, So there's some 0:18:07.040 --> 0:18:09.880 celebs playing, and also there's a lot of the US 0:18:10.000 --> 0:18:14.720 open activations around different communities and supporting the concept of 0:18:14.760 --> 0:18:18.320 being open and that, like you said, during COVID, when 0:18:18.320 --> 0:18:21.440 they really committed themselves to making tennis not just about 0:18:21.440 --> 0:18:23.879 their traditions and the things that have potentially held it 0:18:23.920 --> 0:18:26.560 back from certain communities, but expanding beyond that too. 0:18:26.480 --> 0:18:27.800 Which we really love. 0:18:28.720 --> 0:18:31.880 Yes, Producer Alex has some important tennis questions. Number one, 0:18:32.359 --> 0:18:34.720 she wants to know what color is the tennis ball? 0:18:35.160 --> 0:18:37.680 I want to go with a grease yellow, yellowish green. 0:18:38.320 --> 0:18:39.040 That's the problem. 0:18:39.280 --> 0:18:41.359 That's not an answer. That is two colors. What color 0:18:41.440 --> 0:18:42.760 is the tennis ball? 0:18:43.119 --> 0:18:45.560