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Speaker 1: Welcome to Good Game with Sarah Spain, where we're celebrating

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Speaker 1: the passing of the WNBA trade deadline by finally ordering

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Speaker 1: our favorite player's jersey. And to the folks who already

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Speaker 1: bought a Dwana Bonner Fever jersey or Melissa Smith and

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Speaker 1: DJJ Carrington wings gear.

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Speaker 2: Sorry fo ya.

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Speaker 1: It's Thursday, August seventh, and on today show will be

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Speaker 1: skipping the need to know and getting straight to my

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Speaker 1: conversation with Gotham and US National team midfielder Rose Lavelle.

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Speaker 1: I caught up with her last Thursday, just as the

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Speaker 1: NWSL break was coming to a close, and we talked

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Speaker 1: about her return to the pitch following her first ever surgery,

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Speaker 1: busting out Celine Dion on the karaoke mic, and the

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Speaker 1: origin of one of the most consistent traditions on the Internet.

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Speaker 2: That conversation's coming up right after.

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Speaker 1: This, joining US now she's a midfielder forgot the MEPCI

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Speaker 1: of the NWSL and the US women's national team. With

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Speaker 1: over one hundred caps for her country. She won the

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Speaker 1: Bronze Ball as the third best player in the twenty

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Speaker 1: nineteen World Cup, helping the US to victory.

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Speaker 2: Earned Olympic Bronze.

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Speaker 1: Aka Rose Gold in twenty twenty one, and helped the

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Speaker 1: US to Olympic gold in twenty twenty four. She played

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Speaker 1: her college soccer for Wisconsin and was the number one

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Speaker 1: overall pick in the twenty nineteen NWSL draft, going to

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Speaker 1: the now defunct Boston Breakers. Mama or sister to Bulldog

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Speaker 1: Wilma Jean Wrinkles, and the inspiration for USL team mascot

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Speaker 1: Rose cow Bell. She will forever be known as the

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Speaker 1: Queen of Celine Dion karaoke, and she's not afraid to

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Speaker 1: pair a black tie gown with slippers.

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Speaker 2: She's Rose LaVale.

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Speaker 3: Oh my gosh, that was such a great intro.

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Speaker 2: Well, we need to start with the most important thing.

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Speaker 2: So number one.

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Speaker 1: I was in attendance for the Celein Dion performance at

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Speaker 1: the twenty twenty three US Women's National team Players Ball

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Speaker 1: and that definitely was not the first time you've done that, right,

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Speaker 1: I mean.

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Speaker 3: It wasn't the first time I've sang the song, but

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Speaker 3: I that was the first time I karaoke did.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it looked very reversed, It looked very natural, and

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Speaker 4: your adoring crowd were ready and waiting to be literally

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Speaker 2: This it just felt like it had happened before.

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Speaker 3: No, I do have to say, I know it doesn't

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Speaker 3: that wasn't It wasn't planned, and I was reluctant at first.

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Speaker 1: Well, you stepped up in the moment in a really

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Speaker 1: impressive way.

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Speaker 2: Okay.

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Speaker 1: Second most important, a baby cow was named after you.

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Speaker 2: We need to talk about this, Okay.

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Speaker 1: Lionella Bessie of the USL team forward Madison FC, apparently

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Speaker 1: their mascot, a cow.

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Speaker 2: Has a baby. How does she end up being named

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Speaker 2: Rose cow Bell?

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Speaker 3: I think it just was a fan though, But nonetheless,

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Speaker 3: I'm obviously so honored. I haven't gotten to meet her yet,

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Speaker 3: but I do have a little bobblehead of her, which

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Speaker 1: Oh that's surprized possession. Yeah, that's that's incredible. You're one

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Speaker 1: with the animals. As we've established, everybody knows your dog,

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Speaker 1: Wilma Gene wrinkles. So can you clarify the relationship. Wilma

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Speaker 1: is your sister, your child, you're fur baby.

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Speaker 3: Wilma is my sister, so we have the same parents.

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Speaker 3: Her parents are my parents. So she still lives with

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Speaker 3: I would never expect her to not be living with

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Speaker 2: Still fair, Yeah that makes sense.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, she does turn thirteen soon though.

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Speaker 2: Amazing.

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Speaker 1: There are countless posters and signs made in honor of

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Speaker 1: you two. Often your faces are filling in iconic photos

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Speaker 1: where you replace the other faces of all the Wilma

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Speaker 1: gene content and tributes that you've seen, whether in person

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Speaker 2: What are a few of your favorites.

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Speaker 3: Ooh, somebody gave me a Wilma pillow, like literally like

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Speaker 3: So that was I really liked that. I like keep everything,

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Speaker 3: like I have all my Wilma memorabilia, Like my apartment

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Speaker 1: As someone who grew up with dog siblings and now

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Speaker 3: My gosh, Wilma's like literally like my soul dog. Like,

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Speaker 3: I'm so don't. I don't know. I can't even like

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Speaker 2: And with your schedule, maybe a little bit harder to

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Speaker 3: Oh my gosh, I know, I don't know how people

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Speaker 3: but then like having an actual human child too, I'm like,

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Speaker 3: oh no, I like so much credit to all the mothers.

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Speaker 2: I agree.

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Speaker 1: I really don't know how anyone gets anything done other

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Speaker 2: I really don't know.

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Speaker 3: I know, I'm like, it's hard to feed myself. I

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Speaker 1: Okay, we're gonna get off the dog thing in a minute,

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Speaker 1: but we have one more dog related story because September

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Speaker 1: twentieth is a very important day in your life, and

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Speaker 1: it is one of the best and most consistent yearly

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Speaker 1: traditions for you to post about it. Ever since twenty sixteen,

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Speaker 1: you've commemorated September twentieth on Twitter. Last year you wrote,

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Speaker 1: for instance, twelve years ago today Mary got chased down

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Speaker 1: the street by a vicious neighbor dog, And to this

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Speaker 1: So let's start with the backstory. Tell us about Mary

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Speaker 3: Okay, okay, okay, We like had prior beef with this

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Speaker 2: Okay, and who's Mary?

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Speaker 3: Mary is my sister, my younger sister. Okay, so it

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Speaker 3: like it's we knew it was. It was kind of

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Speaker 3: But as we're in the yard petting the puppies, the

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Speaker 3: took it seriously enough. And sure enough, it books it out,

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Speaker 2: Right, Australian cattle dog. Australian shepherd.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it was like one of those things. So it

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Speaker 3: It was running her off the land and she she

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Speaker 3: So she ended up. It felt like a long time

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Speaker 1: Well, also, a smart dog, you know, didn't pick the

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Speaker 2: It's like the old joke about outrunning.

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Speaker 1: dog after the easier victim. I love that you commemorated.

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Speaker 3: I do have a reminder yearly, but I usually always

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Speaker 1: Well, without knowing anything about the quote unquote vicious neighbor dog,

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Speaker 1: I'm on the dog side. I'm sure there's a reason

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Speaker 1: You just don't remember.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't know. It was a mean dog. And

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Speaker 3: I don't say that about dogs like I'm like, I

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Speaker 1: about soccer, because we're so excited to have you back

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Speaker 2: It took a little while.

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Speaker 1: You've battled some neat and ankle injuries over the last

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Speaker 1: couple of years, a couple of different surgeries. You've missed

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Speaker 1: time for club and country. How do you handle those

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's not so much an on and off switch.

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Speaker 1: Your ties to Cincinnati are well known, and if I

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Speaker 1: didn't already know them, at this year's Players Ball, I

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Speaker 2: How aware of you have the coach.

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Speaker 1: And whether the coaches may be about to call your

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Speaker 3: I feel like when you're like, I don't know, I

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Speaker 1: Yeah, like you got to know what's happened every moment

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Speaker 2: Let's talk about Gotham this season.

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Speaker 1: Obviously a team that's staff with talent, not always seeing

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Speaker 1: Obviously Midge person had some time before coming back. What

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean I feel that's a good question, and

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Speaker 3: I think I feel like we've had some really big

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Speaker 3: I think, you know, how you do one thing is

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and despite some of the struggles, as of this taping,

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Speaker 2: So I imagine there's.

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Speaker 1: A lot of enthusiasm and excitement around getting back out

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Speaker 3: Yeah, definitely. I mean, I think anybody who has played

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Speaker 3: This second half, it's like it doesn't really matter where

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it is a league known for parody, but we

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Speaker 1: and down. Do you think it's bad for the league

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Speaker 1: that there are some teams that are very clearly not

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Speaker 3: No, I mean I think that might like be inevitable

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Speaker 3: as we continue to expand, that there's going to be

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Speaker 3: I think what's fun about this league is you can't

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Speaker 3: you can't afford to take one game off. Like every

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Speaker 3: game is going to be a game. It's going to

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Speaker 1: It's still a chaos league, There's no doubt about that.

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Speaker 1: It's always been known as chaos league. Does it feel

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Speaker 3: I would only say chaos in the way that like,

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Speaker 3: it's obviously very transitional, very physical. But I also think

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Speaker 3: at this point in the season, it's like you really

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Speaker 1: Yeah, any given day, somebody can win. To your point, Yeah,

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Speaker 2: But also culture.

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Speaker 1: And I think in women's sports, the nascent nature of

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Speaker 2: Do you like that part of it?

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Speaker 1: I know you rack some slippers with your dress at

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Speaker 3: That's not natural for me, And I'm not very good

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Speaker 3: how did you do it? How did you put that together? Like,

442
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Speaker 3: I'm just I'm in awe of her like fashion sense.

443
00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:50,640
Speaker 3: She just puts together amazing outfits, but I'm not good

444
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Speaker 3: at that personally, so I usually I'm not very active

445
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Speaker 3: on the runway during game days.

446
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Speaker 2: Would you let her address you?

447
00:21:00,440 --> 00:21:02,600
Speaker 3: Oh? Yeah, I mean I don't. I still am like,

448
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Speaker 3: I'm not like a super comfortable person in front of

449
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Speaker 3: the camera, So I don't know if i'd be like

450
00:21:06,280 --> 00:21:10,159
Speaker 3: good at posing. But yeah, I would recommend Mandy be

451
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Speaker 3: anybody stylist that's like she has like such a gift.

452
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Speaker 2: I feel like the key is always layers.

453
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Speaker 1: Like I feel like I can pick an okay like

454
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Speaker 1: dress or something, but the key to looking fashionable is

455
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Speaker 1: like a bunch of pieces together that somehow look like

456
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Speaker 1: they wouldn't work and then do and I cannot do.

457
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Speaker 3: That, Like, I know, I know, you need to talk

458
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Speaker 3: to Mandy.

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Speaker 2: Okay, well we'll both go in and have a session. Yeah,

460
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Speaker 2: you'll find out what a rate is by the hour.

461
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Speaker 1: We got to take a quick break more with rose

462
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Speaker 1: leavel right after this. I want to go back a

463
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Speaker 1: couple of years back in twenty seventeen, you got your

464
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Speaker 1: first US women's national team cap. The rest of the

465
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Speaker 1: roster is people like Julie Ertz, Kelly O'Hara, Meghan Rpino,

466
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Speaker 1: Alex Morgan, Sam Muis, Alyssena or Tobin Heath, Becky Ceburne.

467
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Speaker 1: Like that isn't in sane roster to join and beyond

468
00:22:02,560 --> 00:22:04,440
Speaker 1: so many all time greats, and a bunch of them

469
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Speaker 1: retired in the last year. Now, so what does it

470
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Speaker 1: feel like to just keep showing up and find out

471
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Speaker 1: that as time passes you're now among the most capped

472
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Speaker 1: players that are on the team.

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Speaker 3: Oh my gosh. Well that part is really weird because

474
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Speaker 3: I know I am, I know I'm now like one

475
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Speaker 3: of the more veteran players, but it doesn't feel like that.

476
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Speaker 3: It's like it happens so suddenly, But then I guess

477
00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:31,840
Speaker 3: so slowly at the same time, so it's kind of weird,

478
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Speaker 3: But I do feel like so grateful for the time

479
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Speaker 3: that I like first got on the national team, and

480
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Speaker 3: because I think it was like the time that there

481
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Speaker 3: was a little bit of a transition, so I had

482
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Speaker 3: like kind of the comfort of some of my friends.

483
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Speaker 3: But at the same time, I got to like learn

484
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Speaker 3: and play with so many players that I like watched

485
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Speaker 3: and looked up to and idolized, and like then all

486
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Speaker 3: of a sudden, now I'm sharing the field and getting

487
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Speaker 3: to learn from them every single day, and I feel

488
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Speaker 3: so lucky for that, and I think that that's like

489
00:23:03,600 --> 00:23:07,359
Speaker 3: really allowed me to now step into this position on

490
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Speaker 3: the team where now I am a maybe a more

491
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Speaker 3: veteran player, but I feel like I had such great

492
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Speaker 3: people to learn from too set me up to like

493
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Speaker 3: be in this position as well as like all the

494
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Speaker 3: other you know, players in my age cohort, I think

495
00:23:22,359 --> 00:23:25,840
Speaker 3: we we got really like lucky, and I feel really

496
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Speaker 3: blessed that I got so many years with like such

497
00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:33,040
Speaker 3: incredible people and players. MM.

498
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Speaker 1: You've been described in the past plenty of articles written

499
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Speaker 1: about you as a reluctant star. You know, emerging despite

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Speaker 1: maybe not wanting to be in the spotlight. Do you

501
00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:47,040
Speaker 1: still feel that way or to feel a necessity to

502
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Speaker 1: be more vocal as you gain veteran status.

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Speaker 3: Oh, man, I mean I think like on a like, yeah,

504
00:23:56,760 --> 00:24:01,159
Speaker 3: I'm not really like super someone who likes to be

505
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Speaker 3: in the front of the camera. But I do also think,

506
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Speaker 3: like again going off of like having such great people

507
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Speaker 3: to learn from, I think of the way that like

508
00:24:08,760 --> 00:24:13,600
Speaker 3: in the major tournaments, they kind of like protected us

509
00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:17,320
Speaker 3: as younger players from the medium, from the outside and

510
00:24:17,359 --> 00:24:20,600
Speaker 3: all like the external pressure. So I definitely think now

511
00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:22,919
Speaker 3: coming into this role, like that's where I see I

512
00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:26,479
Speaker 3: have to step up in those ways, is just being

513
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Speaker 3: more of a voice for the team in that sense,

514
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Speaker 3: maybe taking more pressure from the media and also like

515
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Speaker 3: being able to kind of shield the younger players from

516
00:24:37,280 --> 00:24:39,720
Speaker 3: it or you know, like teach them how to handle it.

517
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Speaker 3: So I definitely think like in that sense, that's where

518
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Speaker 3: I can like lean more into, I guess being in

519
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Speaker 3: the media. But I think like from like a personal

520
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Speaker 3: standpoint of it just being like I'm not super want

521
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Speaker 3: to be on the camera, I feel.

522
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Speaker 1: Like, yeah, you find your own ways to kind of lead,

523
00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:02,960
Speaker 1: and it feels like this inevitability that you've ended up

524
00:25:02,960 --> 00:25:05,760
Speaker 1: where you are. You wrote a paper as a little

525
00:25:05,840 --> 00:25:08,919
Speaker 1: kid about Mia Ham. In high school the person you

526
00:25:08,960 --> 00:25:11,199
Speaker 1: most wanted to meet was Mega Rapeto, and then you

527
00:25:11,280 --> 00:25:13,240
Speaker 1: end up on a field with her in these major

528
00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:17,240
Speaker 1: moments like are you able to really feel like, holy shit,

529
00:25:18,119 --> 00:25:20,840
Speaker 1: I'm the person now that the little people are writing

530
00:25:20,840 --> 00:25:23,280
Speaker 1: papers about that the high schoolers most want to meet,

531
00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:25,760
Speaker 1: Like can you sit in the greatness of the career

532
00:25:25,800 --> 00:25:28,040
Speaker 1: that you've had so far with still more to come?

533
00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:29,640
Speaker 2: Or is that hard for you right now?

534
00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:33,359
Speaker 3: Oh? I mean, I feel like it's like it hasn't

535
00:25:33,359 --> 00:25:35,239
Speaker 3: really hit me yet. I always say, I think it

536
00:25:35,320 --> 00:25:38,520
Speaker 3: is really cool that I now am able to give

537
00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:40,200
Speaker 3: back to the sport in the same way that it's

538
00:25:40,240 --> 00:25:42,280
Speaker 3: given to me, because I know how much it meant

539
00:25:42,320 --> 00:25:45,400
Speaker 3: to me to have Mia Ham in the ninety nine

540
00:25:45,520 --> 00:25:48,159
Speaker 3: ers and have a Pino and like Heather mits is

541
00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:50,879
Speaker 3: from Cincinnati and so to have those players to like

542
00:25:51,320 --> 00:25:53,639
Speaker 3: look up to and for me to see that and

543
00:25:53,680 --> 00:25:55,200
Speaker 3: be like I want to be in their shoes one day,

544
00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:59,760
Speaker 3: it is really cool to now, I guess recognize that

545
00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:02,760
Speaker 3: now I'm kind of like able to be that for

546
00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:06,280
Speaker 3: some people. I don't know if it's like fully hit me,

547
00:26:06,359 --> 00:26:08,240
Speaker 3: and I don't know if it ever will, but it's

548
00:26:08,280 --> 00:26:11,560
Speaker 3: definitely something that I feel like is pretty special in

549
00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:12,320
Speaker 3: what we get to do.

550
00:26:13,040 --> 00:26:16,439
Speaker 1: Yeah, you, as a result of your great play have

551
00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:20,240
Speaker 1: become pretty in demand, from skincare to dog products to

552
00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:23,359
Speaker 1: other things. You've got lots of endorsements. Is there any

553
00:26:23,400 --> 00:26:25,639
Speaker 1: sort of like weird collab that you've been offered? You

554
00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:27,080
Speaker 1: don't have to say the name of the brand, but

555
00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:28,920
Speaker 1: is there something that you're like, Yeah, I don't know

556
00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:31,679
Speaker 1: about that one.

557
00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:34,359
Speaker 3: I don't think so, I'm sure there is that. I

558
00:26:34,359 --> 00:26:35,359
Speaker 3: can't think of one.

559
00:26:35,960 --> 00:26:38,879
Speaker 1: So you're getting mostly good offers and lots of dog offers.

560
00:26:38,920 --> 00:26:41,320
Speaker 1: You're getting a lot of partnerships with Wilma. Can you

561
00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:42,080
Speaker 1: tell me about those?

562
00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:46,880
Speaker 3: Wilma is such a star, She's so cute, she has

563
00:26:46,920 --> 00:26:50,399
Speaker 3: so much funk and personality, so it's like, of course

564
00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:53,760
Speaker 3: she should be highlighted. Yeah. I feel like any chance

565
00:26:53,800 --> 00:26:57,120
Speaker 3: I can show off Wilma, is I love it?

566
00:26:57,800 --> 00:26:58,960
Speaker 2: Do you have to split the check?

567
00:26:59,520 --> 00:27:00,680
Speaker 3: Yeah? I will.

568
00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:07,840
Speaker 1: Extra treats extra exactly. Okay, So what's the goal for

569
00:27:07,880 --> 00:27:08,639
Speaker 1: the rest of the season.

570
00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:09,560
Speaker 2: What are you focused on?

571
00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:12,840
Speaker 1: Both personally and with Gotham as you push toward the playoffs,

572
00:27:13,280 --> 00:27:13,800
Speaker 1: I think.

573
00:27:13,640 --> 00:27:16,320
Speaker 3: From a personal standpoint, like you said at the beginning,

574
00:27:16,359 --> 00:27:18,679
Speaker 3: like I'm still kind of on this rehab journey, so

575
00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:22,720
Speaker 3: getting back to a place where I feel one hundred percent,

576
00:27:22,920 --> 00:27:26,240
Speaker 3: I don't know when that will be, but I think

577
00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:30,280
Speaker 3: working towards that, I think from like as a collective

578
00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:33,000
Speaker 3: from our team, obviously, we want to keep pushing to

579
00:27:33,040 --> 00:27:35,520
Speaker 3: be in playoff position and keep pushing to beat towards

580
00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:38,280
Speaker 3: the top of the table. We also have these Conka

581
00:27:38,320 --> 00:27:41,600
Speaker 3: GAF games coming up, so having a good showing with that.

582
00:27:41,720 --> 00:27:44,960
Speaker 3: We're going to have obviously a really really tight schedule

583
00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:48,640
Speaker 3: with all those games, so I think it might get

584
00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:51,120
Speaker 3: a little crazy down the stretch, but yeah, I think

585
00:27:51,280 --> 00:27:55,920
Speaker 3: performing in both those competitions is our goal obviously.

586
00:27:56,359 --> 00:27:57,560
Speaker 2: Okay, last question for you.

587
00:27:57,840 --> 00:28:01,960
Speaker 1: We play our own version of bench Start Cut, except

588
00:28:02,040 --> 00:28:03,760
Speaker 1: our versions easier because you.

589
00:28:03,720 --> 00:28:04,840
Speaker 2: Don't have to cut anything.

590
00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:10,159
Speaker 1: Okay, Okay, it's just good, gooder, and goodest, So I

591
00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:12,600
Speaker 1: want them in that order, from least to best, good

592
00:28:12,640 --> 00:28:17,440
Speaker 1: good or goodest. Midge Purse doing a cameo in Chicago

593
00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:21,840
Speaker 1: on Broadway. Oh my gosh, Midge Purse on the off

594
00:28:21,880 --> 00:28:25,720
Speaker 1: season or Midge Purse in the SI Swimsuit runway.

595
00:28:26,560 --> 00:28:30,560
Speaker 3: Oh my gosh, Okay, I'm gonna say good is her

596
00:28:30,560 --> 00:28:33,120
Speaker 3: off season, but only just because I haven't seen it.

597
00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:37,480
Speaker 3: What I know, I've got to watch it. I know,

598
00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:39,600
Speaker 3: I don't really watch a lot of TV. It's kind

599
00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:41,240
Speaker 3: of my downfall, or is it.

600
00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:43,920
Speaker 2: I think it's probably positive, But yeah, you should watch it.

601
00:28:43,920 --> 00:28:44,320
Speaker 2: It's fun.

602
00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:48,240
Speaker 3: So I'm going to say good for that. I'm going

603
00:28:48,320 --> 00:28:52,360
Speaker 3: to say gooder for Broadway even though that was like

604
00:28:52,440 --> 00:28:54,960
Speaker 3: so sick of her, And I'm going to say what

605
00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:56,040
Speaker 3: was the word goodest?

606
00:28:56,640 --> 00:28:57,120
Speaker 2: Goodest?

607
00:28:57,240 --> 00:29:00,560
Speaker 3: Yeah, goodest. I'm going to say SI Swimsuit because she

608
00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:03,600
Speaker 3: like worked that runway. She did so good on that.

609
00:29:03,880 --> 00:29:06,160
Speaker 3: She did so good on the Broadway too, but like.

610
00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:07,000
Speaker 2: No, she really did.

611
00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:10,480
Speaker 3: She looked like a natural she yeah, she like I

612
00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:14,760
Speaker 3: thought she did. It was like perfect cowboy, like the

613
00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:17,400
Speaker 3: perfect amount. Yeah, she worked that.

614
00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:21,000
Speaker 1: The like lifeguard photo shoot. I was like, girl, stop it,

615
00:29:21,040 --> 00:29:28,000
Speaker 1: save job for someone else. Well, we love talking to you,

616
00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:31,800
Speaker 1: we love watching you, whether it's performing Celine Dion or

617
00:29:31,800 --> 00:29:32,479
Speaker 1: playing soccer.

618
00:29:32,560 --> 00:29:33,959
Speaker 2: So thank you so much for the time and good

619
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Speaker 2: luck in the second half.

620
00:29:35,160 --> 00:29:36,720
Speaker 3: Thank you so much. Thanks for having me.

621
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Speaker 1: We got to take another break. When we come back.

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Speaker 1: If we figure out that this company didn't actually do

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Speaker 1: this cool thing, will we doubt the next activation or

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Speaker 1: the next marketing campaign we see and the next one

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Speaker 1: after that. These fakes, cheapen the real thing, and I

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Speaker 1: know they're just using like internet slang like they.

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Speaker 2: Really did that. But don't say you really did something

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Speaker 2: if you really didn't.

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Speaker 1: Don't say you honored an all time player, if you

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Speaker 1: really didn't.

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Speaker 2: Bottom line, if you're not.

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Speaker 1: Driving all the way out to Door County, Wisconsin to

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Speaker 1: sit your very real ass on a very real bench

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Speaker 1: honoring a very real motherfucking goat, then don't say you

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Speaker 1: really did that.

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Speaker 4: Shit.

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Speaker 2: Now it's your turn to rate and review, and don't

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Speaker 2: be like.

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Speaker 1: I really rated and reviewed Good Game with Sarah Spain

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Speaker 1: without really doing it, So do it, really do it?

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Speaker 2: Thanks for listening, See you tomorrow.

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Speaker 1: Good game, rows, Good game Willma Jeane you to that

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Speaker 1: vicious neighbor dog.

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Speaker 2: Actually, Hi, buddy, I bet you're innocent. I bet you

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Speaker 2: just need a little more love.

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Speaker 1: Good Game with Sarah Spain is an iHeart women's sports

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Speaker 1: production in partnership with Deep Blue Sports and Entertainment. You

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Speaker 1: can find us on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or

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Speaker 1: wherever you get your podcasts. Production by Wonder Media Network,

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Speaker 1: our producers are Alex Azzie and Misha Jones. Our executive

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Speaker 1: producers are Christina Jesse Katz, Jenny Kaplan and Emily Rudder.

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Speaker 1: Our editors are Emily Rutter, Britney Martinez, Grace Lynch and

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Speaker 1: Gianna Palmer.

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Speaker 2: Our associate producer is Lucy Jones.

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Speaker 1: Production assistance from Avery LOFTUS and I'm Your Host Sarah

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Speaker 1: Spain