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

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Speaker 1: it out loud, over and over again, it is not

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Speaker 1: normal for a government agency to murder an American citizen

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Speaker 1: and then gaslight people about that murder, one that they

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Speaker 1: saw with their own eyes. It's Friday, January ninth, and

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Speaker 1: on today's show, we are sending all of you love

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Speaker 1: and strength during this increasingly terrifying and enraging time, and

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Speaker 1: we hope this show gives you just a little break

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Speaker 1: from the horrors of the news and reality. Today's episode, thankfully,

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Speaker 1: is a great one. I'm going to be chatting with

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Speaker 1: one of the winningest basketball players of all time, one

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Speaker 1: of my faves, Brianna Stewart, about her role in founding

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Speaker 1: Unrivaled and her goals for season two down in Miami,

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Speaker 1: how the three on three league has played a role

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Speaker 1: in setting a new standard for player experience and pay,

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Speaker 1: and her best prediction for one the WNBACBA negotiations will.

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Speaker 2: Finally be done.

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Speaker 1: Plus a trip to the world's most famous arena, a

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Speaker 1: roster drop of the young and unattached, and we introduce

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Speaker 1: a new segment in the lead up to the On

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Speaker 1: Courtina Games.

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Speaker 2: The Friday.

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Speaker 1: But so Figo, it's all coming up right after this

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Speaker 1: Welcome back slices. Here's what you need to know today.

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Speaker 1: Let's start with hoops. The third deadline for the WNBA

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Speaker 1: and its players Association to reach a new deal on

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Speaker 1: a CBA is today, but all signs point to the

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Speaker 1: sides still being very far apart as of this recording

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Speaker 1: on Thursday afternoon, there's no official announcement as to whether

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Speaker 1: there'll be another deadline extension, if they'll enter a period

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Speaker 2: Or if either side will declare a work stoppage.

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Speaker 1: When I talk to the New York Liberties Brianna Stewart

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Speaker 1: on Thursday, an interview you'll hear in its entirety in

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Speaker 1: just a few minutes, she told us. Quote obviously it's

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Speaker 1: not going to be done tomorrow. She went on, quote,

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Speaker 1: will continue to negotiate in good faith. It doesn't mean

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Speaker 1: on Saturday we're going to have a lockout unless the

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Speaker 2: End.

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Speaker 1: Quote plenty more from Stewie on both the CBA negotiations

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Speaker 1: and the second season unrivaled in just a few minutes. Also,

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Speaker 1: I highly recommend you read the latest take on the

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Speaker 1: negotiations from friend to the show and economist David Barry

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Speaker 1: over at Windsider. In his latest piece, he draws a

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Speaker 1: comparison between the WNBA today and the NBA in nineteen

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Speaker 1: eighty one, explains the different ways the league and the

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Speaker 1: paview revenue sharing in their latest offers, breaks down the

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Speaker 1: approximate amount of future money the players have already conceded

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Speaker 1: during negotiations by backing off their forty percent of total

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Speaker 2: Andy explains why.

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Speaker 1: The rallying cry pay us what you owe us is

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Speaker 1: now looking more like just pay us closer to what

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Speaker 1: you owe us. We'll link to the story in the

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Speaker 1: show notes to Unrivaled. Season two of the three on

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Speaker 1: three league continues tonight with a double header featuring Vinyl

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Speaker 1: BC versus ROSEBC, followed by the first meeting between the

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Speaker 1: two new expansion teams, Breeze BC and Hive BC.

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Speaker 2: Those games get underway at.

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Speaker 1: Seven thirty pm Eastern on TNT and True TV, and

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Speaker 1: there's plenty more Unrivaled action through the weekend and into Monday.

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Speaker 2: This season.

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Speaker 1: To avoid back to backs, the league has fourced there

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Speaker 1: the show notes. Speaking of second seasons, Love Pro Volleyball

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Speaker 1: Season two got underway Wednesday night, with last year's champion

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Speaker 1: weekend slate of Love games in the show Notes. To soccer,

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Speaker 1: the roster for the US national team's upcoming training camp

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Speaker 1: recent months. The January camp doesn't align with a FIFA windows,

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Speaker 1: notes to the PWHL. The New York Sirens announced on

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Speaker 1: Speaking of the Seattle Torrent, by the way, Wednesday night

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Speaker 1: Fleet and Boston earned the win on home ice two

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Speaker 1: Four games on the Slate and the PWHL this weekend

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Speaker 1: Iowa State suffered a second straight loss on Wednesday night,

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Speaker 1: Crooks, who leads the nation in points per game, did

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Speaker 1: this Sunday. Few more big games to keep tabs on

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Speaker 1: when they faced number two UNC on Sunday at one

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Speaker 1: We Backpat initiative, with teams raising money to fight Alzheimer's

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Speaker 1: Three pm Eastern, and Sunday is going to require a

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Speaker 1: now to call it hockey where there are also a

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Speaker 1: afternoon's meeting at four pm Eastern between number one Wisconsin

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Speaker 1: Sticking on ice, but to figure skating. Amber Glenn took

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Speaker 1: Fit of the Year for the Slices, and now Glenn

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Speaker 1: the US at next month's Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. Twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty five World champion Alyssa Lu plays second in the

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Speaker 2: It's the one and only Brienna Stewart.

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Speaker 1: Joining US now one of the winningest basketball players of

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Speaker 1: all time, with a resume longer than a CVS receipt.

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Speaker 1: In high school, a National Gatoraid Player of the Year,

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Speaker 1: A record four times at Yukon first overall pick in

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Speaker 1: co founder of the Unrivaled League, A twenty twenty five

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Speaker 1: SI Innovator of the Year, and Time one hundred donree.

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Speaker 1: She said the league into a tizzy with her free

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Speaker 1: agency emojis, got wine hand delivered tour at the Liberty

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Speaker 1: her into a meme.

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Speaker 2: It's Stewie, Brianna Stewart.

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Speaker 3: Hi, Hi, thanks for having me.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for coming on. Oh my god, We've been so

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Speaker 1: there is so much going on. Let's start with the

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Speaker 1: game winner and you're missed BC season opener.

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Speaker 2: I couldn't have scripted it any better, huh.

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Speaker 4: Honestly, it was like, it's a little bit weird because

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Speaker 4: I was in early at the start of the third

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Speaker 4: and it was like, all right, let that group keep playing.

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Speaker 4: And in the fourth after they got tired and stuff.

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Speaker 4: could do. Everybody knows I like the right shoulder fade,

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Speaker 1: which is nice for you.

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Speaker 2: You get to.

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Speaker 1: after the first full day of Unrivaled Season two action,

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Speaker 1: Why were those elements so important to you and to

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you're creating not just a new league, but an

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Speaker 3: But everybody, everybody caught on pretty quickly.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's not just like playing pick up.

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Speaker 2: A couple of highlights for you, A couple of low lights.

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Speaker 4: I think highlights for me was like just having everything

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Speaker 2: It's nice to be healthy, I'm sure for you too.

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Speaker 1: What did you learn from season one that you knew

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Speaker 4: I think what I learned from season one was that

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Speaker 3: So I was like, this is great, this is perfect.

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Speaker 1: I don't have the number in front of me, but

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Speaker 1: more cost that goes into that, and it's such a

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Speaker 1: short league that to have it involve a lot of

441
00:19:57,000 --> 00:20:00,080
Speaker 1: going to and from doesn't feel as realistic. And also, no, no,

442
00:20:00,480 --> 00:20:02,280
Speaker 1: there seems like there's a lot of value in having

443
00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:03,240
Speaker 1: everyone in one place.

444
00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:05,919
Speaker 4: Yeah. No, we definitely will not be like spreading the

445
00:20:05,960 --> 00:20:09,119
Speaker 4: teams out. We will all be in one market. But

446
00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:12,040
Speaker 4: there might be a point where we have individual ownerships

447
00:20:12,119 --> 00:20:14,480
Speaker 4: kind of come in and make their team, you know,

448
00:20:15,320 --> 00:20:17,479
Speaker 4: will you have an individual owner and then a GM

449
00:20:17,520 --> 00:20:20,680
Speaker 4: and then like everybody kind of handles business, there's themselves

450
00:20:20,760 --> 00:20:21,080
Speaker 4: that way.

451
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Speaker 1: Do you imagine that every year the teams will shake

452
00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:27,679
Speaker 1: up a little like they have with the ability to

453
00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:30,080
Speaker 1: kind of do the same thing with an expansion draft

454
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Speaker 1: or is that specific to the fact that you were

455
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Speaker 1: adding two new teams this year.

456
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Speaker 4: I think that's specific to adding two new teams. You know,

457
00:20:36,840 --> 00:20:39,119
Speaker 4: we have meetings and it's like, do we do like

458
00:20:39,160 --> 00:20:43,000
Speaker 4: a free agency type of situation where you can you

459
00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:46,280
Speaker 4: can keep or you can tag franchise tag a certain

460
00:20:46,320 --> 00:20:50,200
Speaker 4: amount of players. But I think, honestly, I'm not sure

461
00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:52,000
Speaker 4: if we're adding more teams. I don't think we are

462
00:20:52,119 --> 00:20:55,119
Speaker 4: right now, but if we did, we would definitely have

463
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Speaker 4: to do an expansion draft again.

464
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Speaker 2: Yeah, because it's interesting.

465
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Speaker 1: There's excitement around seeing different players play together, but there's

466
00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:04,639
Speaker 1: also like an allegiance like no offense. But I'm ghost

467
00:21:04,640 --> 00:21:07,399
Speaker 1: Gang and I have been ghost Gang for two years running,

468
00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:09,520
Speaker 1: and I do it on a random We do an.

469
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Speaker 2: Unrivaled draft on the show You How You Got.

470
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Speaker 1: So both seasons we've done an unrivaled draft and we

471
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Speaker 1: do it like a fun quiz form where we have

472
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Speaker 1: multiple categories and you rank the teams one through eight

473
00:21:22,359 --> 00:21:24,959
Speaker 1: based on just that category, and then at the end

474
00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:27,040
Speaker 1: you assigned the number of points based on how many

475
00:21:27,040 --> 00:21:29,240
Speaker 1: times they were first, second, whatever, and the lowest number

476
00:21:29,240 --> 00:21:31,400
Speaker 1: of points. So the team that was most often near

477
00:21:31,440 --> 00:21:33,359
Speaker 1: the top of your ranks ends up being your team.

478
00:21:33,359 --> 00:21:36,679
Speaker 1: And both years have ended up with Phantom. So it

479
00:21:36,760 --> 00:21:40,240
Speaker 1: wasn't a choice that they chose me. Ghost Gang chose me.

480
00:21:41,359 --> 00:21:43,600
Speaker 1: Missed Real High in the crest.

481
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Speaker 2: I love the mountains, Real low in the name. It

482
00:21:46,520 --> 00:21:49,560
Speaker 2: just reminds me of a feminine product. But respect.

483
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Speaker 4: But did you see our new jerseys? Because those yes,

484
00:21:53,040 --> 00:21:54,840
Speaker 4: they come up for that has been so.

485
00:21:54,760 --> 00:21:55,640
Speaker 2: Good, so good.

486
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Speaker 1: Uh yeah, I was very torn because also the hive

487
00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:00,239
Speaker 1: vibes were really good this year.

488
00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:01,560
Speaker 2: They made a fight for.

489
00:22:01,680 --> 00:22:03,400
Speaker 1: But yeah, I've been ghostanging two years in a row.

490
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Speaker 1: So the question is whether you want to keep the

491
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Speaker 1: allegiance of people who are rooting for one team or

492
00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:09,119
Speaker 1: keep you know, switching it up because it is exciting

493
00:22:09,119 --> 00:22:12,280
Speaker 1: to see different players play together. You know, you talked

494
00:22:12,280 --> 00:22:14,960
Speaker 1: about having to evolve every year as you're growing or

495
00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:17,040
Speaker 1: figuring out like what fans are looking for and what

496
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Speaker 1: they want.

497
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Speaker 2: How do you see competition?

498
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Speaker 1: You've got a league like Project B that's supposed to

499
00:22:20,720 --> 00:22:23,359
Speaker 1: start in December of this year. It could potentially and

500
00:22:23,440 --> 00:22:25,479
Speaker 1: has already stolen away a couple of players that are

501
00:22:25,480 --> 00:22:27,560
Speaker 1: not unrivaled anymore. How do you deal with that?

502
00:22:28,320 --> 00:22:30,600
Speaker 4: Honestly, I think the biggest way that we deal with

503
00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:33,200
Speaker 4: it is we continue to make sure that we're we're

504
00:22:33,760 --> 00:22:36,600
Speaker 4: becoming bigger and better, and that means like adding more

505
00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:41,000
Speaker 4: partnership dollars, making sure that our sponsors Turner and T

506
00:22:41,119 --> 00:22:43,240
Speaker 4: and T like they're really important in what we do,

507
00:22:43,320 --> 00:22:46,560
Speaker 4: and signing players long term. I think that we have

508
00:22:46,760 --> 00:22:50,439
Speaker 4: like thirty I don't quote me on this number, but

509
00:22:50,480 --> 00:22:52,760
Speaker 4: like at least half of our players I believe are

510
00:22:52,760 --> 00:22:55,760
Speaker 4: signed through twenty twenty eighth, which is a huge deal

511
00:22:55,800 --> 00:22:58,760
Speaker 4: and showing that they know what we're doing here and

512
00:22:59,119 --> 00:23:01,840
Speaker 4: making sure that we're giving them everything that they need

513
00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:02,679
Speaker 4: to be successful.

514
00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:05,280
Speaker 1: Yeah, and the nil players is great too, because you're

515
00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:08,120
Speaker 1: grabbing that talent before they're even a free agent really

516
00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:09,520
Speaker 1: for the off season market.

517
00:23:09,800 --> 00:23:12,040
Speaker 2: Really smart. You mentioned it.

518
00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:15,119
Speaker 1: Unrivaled made a really powerful statement last year about the

519
00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:18,560
Speaker 1: value of prioritizing player experience, paying players what they're worth,

520
00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:20,720
Speaker 1: showing players, this is where you want to be and

521
00:23:20,720 --> 00:23:22,160
Speaker 1: we're going to treat you right so you could feel

522
00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:25,600
Speaker 1: comfortable signing a multi year deal. It was really useful

523
00:23:25,680 --> 00:23:29,639
Speaker 1: before CBA negotiations really heated up to have that model,

524
00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:32,920
Speaker 1: and it is being rightfully weaponized in interviews right now

525
00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:35,280
Speaker 1: as an example of a league that is both financially

526
00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:37,240
Speaker 1: successful and pays fair wages.

527
00:23:37,560 --> 00:23:38,359
Speaker 2: How is it felt to.

528
00:23:38,359 --> 00:23:40,320
Speaker 1: Be the co founder and kind of a spokesperson for

529
00:23:40,359 --> 00:23:44,639
Speaker 1: something that not only supports and funds so many of

530
00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:48,080
Speaker 1: your fellow players, but also has clearly impacted those negotiations

531
00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:51,480
Speaker 1: in the WNBA, And probably when all shakes out will

532
00:23:51,520 --> 00:23:54,480
Speaker 1: result in even more meaningful change in the financial solutions

533
00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:56,880
Speaker 1: of an entire league like you will be a massive

534
00:23:56,960 --> 00:23:59,959
Speaker 1: push for whatever does get done in your other league.

535
00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:02,399
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, I'm just really proud I think that.

536
00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:06,080
Speaker 4: You know, obviously, it's it's almost like comparing apples and

537
00:24:06,080 --> 00:24:09,080
Speaker 4: oranges between Unrivaled in the WNBA because the league the

538
00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:11,679
Speaker 4: w has been around for twenty eight twenty nine years,

539
00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:14,800
Speaker 4: and like their model, they started with a different model

540
00:24:14,880 --> 00:24:17,480
Speaker 4: than the one that we're starting with Unrivaled.

541
00:24:17,480 --> 00:24:20,439
Speaker 1: But I think that's important too, just because costs are

542
00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:21,000
Speaker 1: so different.

543
00:24:21,240 --> 00:24:21,560
Speaker 3: Exactly.

544
00:24:21,640 --> 00:24:23,800
Speaker 1: I love, I think there's so much value in talking

545
00:24:23,840 --> 00:24:26,400
Speaker 1: about what Unrivaled doing, but I also think it's disingenuous

546
00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:27,840
Speaker 1: not to point out that you don't have to pay

547
00:24:27,840 --> 00:24:30,760
Speaker 1: for flights and you don't have all the other restrictions

548
00:24:30,760 --> 00:24:33,359
Speaker 1: that come with being a thirty year organization that has

549
00:24:33,359 --> 00:24:34,840
Speaker 1: a tide of the NBA and everything.

550
00:24:34,520 --> 00:24:38,360
Speaker 4: Else, but exactly exactly, so like we're very aware of that.

551
00:24:38,480 --> 00:24:41,480
Speaker 4: I'm very aware of that, and like that's that's kind

552
00:24:41,520 --> 00:24:44,480
Speaker 4: of why it's like it's really hard when people are like, oh,

553
00:24:44,640 --> 00:24:45,840
Speaker 4: you compared this to that, and.

554
00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:47,120
Speaker 3: It just doesn't it doesn't work.

555
00:24:48,280 --> 00:24:50,679
Speaker 4: So I will say that, like, you know, what I

556
00:24:50,720 --> 00:24:52,879
Speaker 4: am really proud of it Unrivaled is the fact that

557
00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:56,359
Speaker 4: we are able to have the highest average salary in

558
00:24:56,400 --> 00:24:58,399
Speaker 4: women's sports, that we are able to make sure that

559
00:24:58,840 --> 00:25:02,159
Speaker 4: players don't have to go because that's that's really the

560
00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:05,119
Speaker 4: competition is, like, you know, you would go overseas and

561
00:25:05,680 --> 00:25:07,480
Speaker 4: you would have to be away from home, and it's like,

562
00:25:07,560 --> 00:25:12,840
Speaker 4: now we'll be here and build brands because now the partnerships, endorsements,

563
00:25:12,920 --> 00:25:17,520
Speaker 4: all these people behind me are really invested in this sport.

564
00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:21,200
Speaker 4: And obviously there's been an explosion within the last however

565
00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:25,800
Speaker 4: many years, pretty much after COVID and taking advantage of that.

566
00:25:26,240 --> 00:25:29,239
Speaker 4: You know, I think that ninety eight percent of the

567
00:25:29,240 --> 00:25:31,679
Speaker 4: players here are making more than what they made in

568
00:25:31,720 --> 00:25:32,800
Speaker 4: the WNBA.

569
00:25:32,840 --> 00:25:33,600
Speaker 3: And that's what we want.

570
00:25:33,640 --> 00:25:35,240
Speaker 4: We want to have a place where people can come,

571
00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:36,959
Speaker 4: they can work hard, they can play, they can be

572
00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:38,800
Speaker 4: they get better, and they make money.

573
00:25:39,320 --> 00:25:41,399
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think your point is a really valuable one.

574
00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:45,119
Speaker 1: Obviously, globally things are more accessible than ever before because

575
00:25:45,119 --> 00:25:47,240
Speaker 1: of streaming and the Internet and whatever. But I remember

576
00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:49,040
Speaker 1: listening to a great episode of A Touch More with

577
00:25:49,119 --> 00:25:51,040
Speaker 1: Sue Bird and Meghan Rapino, and they talked about how

578
00:25:51,119 --> 00:25:54,080
Speaker 1: much value there is in a domestic legacy, not just

579
00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:57,080
Speaker 1: that you get more endorsement deals when you've got brands

580
00:25:57,320 --> 00:25:59,439
Speaker 1: that see you playing, and that some of their deals

581
00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:02,040
Speaker 1: actually required you to be in America playing in order

582
00:26:02,119 --> 00:26:05,800
Speaker 1: for those activations and sponsorships to pay out, but also

583
00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:09,240
Speaker 1: that your legacy is affected by where people watch you

584
00:26:09,320 --> 00:26:12,400
Speaker 1: and against whom and Project B might be great, but like, what,

585
00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:15,280
Speaker 1: how do we decide what value there is to playing

586
00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:17,240
Speaker 1: in that league in those places with the other players

587
00:26:17,280 --> 00:26:19,280
Speaker 1: on it, And that's yet to be seen. But there's

588
00:26:19,359 --> 00:26:22,520
Speaker 1: a great amount of value added in having this incredible

589
00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:25,959
Speaker 1: off season opportunity that you've created with unrivaled, which is fantastic.

590
00:26:26,359 --> 00:26:28,240
Speaker 1: I'm wondering how you do it all because I'm looking

591
00:26:28,280 --> 00:26:30,840
Speaker 1: at your Insta with your little kiddos and your beautiful

592
00:26:30,880 --> 00:26:34,120
Speaker 1: family and your matching pj's and your trips to Disneyland,

593
00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:36,440
Speaker 1: and then at the same time you're planning for season

594
00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:36,879
Speaker 1: two of this.

595
00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:38,320
Speaker 2: You're one of seven.

596
00:26:38,280 --> 00:26:41,040
Speaker 1: WNBA players that's on the union executive committee, so you're

597
00:26:41,080 --> 00:26:44,639
Speaker 1: trying to manage your responsibilities as CBA negotiations have unfolded

598
00:26:45,040 --> 00:26:47,560
Speaker 1: while you're getting ready for Miami, Like, how have you?

599
00:26:48,320 --> 00:26:50,640
Speaker 2: How do you do it? Honestly?

600
00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:54,760
Speaker 4: Sometimes like I don't know. I literally saw this thing yesterday.

601
00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:57,320
Speaker 4: It was like I swear Stuie has like sixty hours

602
00:26:57,320 --> 00:26:58,399
Speaker 4: in her day, Like how does she.

603
00:26:58,440 --> 00:26:59,000
Speaker 3: Make it work?

604
00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:04,359
Speaker 4: But I think like, especially in the months leading up

605
00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:07,679
Speaker 4: to Unrivaled, Martin and I and the fam we were

606
00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:09,840
Speaker 4: in Spain and it was a lot of fun just

607
00:27:09,880 --> 00:27:12,159
Speaker 4: to get to kind of reset like R and R.

608
00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:13,919
Speaker 3: I took some time off from basketball.

609
00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:16,200
Speaker 4: But at the same time, it's like, while I am

610
00:27:16,359 --> 00:27:20,360
Speaker 4: now six hours ahead, that means I do have midnight

611
00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:25,400
Speaker 4: one am calls with the EC or getting updated with Unrivaled.

612
00:27:25,440 --> 00:27:28,400
Speaker 4: So it's really just kind of like being ready for anything.

613
00:27:29,520 --> 00:27:33,800
Speaker 4: Definitely being prepared, Like I had a I went to

614
00:27:33,800 --> 00:27:37,520
Speaker 4: to Vegas on Tuesday there and back Tuesday to accept

615
00:27:38,520 --> 00:27:40,879
Speaker 4: the SI Innovator of the Year Award for fun I,

616
00:27:40,960 --> 00:27:42,840
Speaker 4: which was really cool. It's just like, you know, night,

617
00:27:43,119 --> 00:27:45,040
Speaker 4: my schedule is just like right busy.

618
00:27:45,720 --> 00:27:47,840
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's hard to carve out time to get all

619
00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:50,960
Speaker 2: the awards. I understand relatable.

620
00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:54,120
Speaker 1: Last year we called Unrivaled Tampa Bay even though it's

621
00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:57,359
Speaker 1: in Miami, and even more so this year because nearly

622
00:27:57,440 --> 00:28:00,080
Speaker 1: every vet in the WNBA is a free agent, So

623
00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:02,440
Speaker 1: how much are the players talking about the free agent

624
00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:03,600
Speaker 1: frenzy that could occur?

625
00:28:03,640 --> 00:28:05,280
Speaker 2: Once the CBA actually gets done.

626
00:28:06,040 --> 00:28:09,080
Speaker 4: I think people are definitely aware that free agency has

627
00:28:09,119 --> 00:28:10,159
Speaker 4: the potential to be.

628
00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:11,200
Speaker 3: Very, very wild.

629
00:28:12,560 --> 00:28:15,400
Speaker 4: The only thing that people that we don't know is

630
00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:20,080
Speaker 4: like the expansion draft, because that's gonna happen, Like how

631
00:28:20,080 --> 00:28:22,439
Speaker 4: many players can the team protect? The rumor has it

632
00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:24,719
Speaker 4: that they say five and that type of thing. But

633
00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:26,640
Speaker 4: where do you go from from here?

634
00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:27,280
Speaker 2: Are you?

635
00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:29,240
Speaker 3: Are you protected or are you not? Like can you

636
00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:30,919
Speaker 3: get picked up by these two other teams?

637
00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:33,679
Speaker 4: But we're gonna make the most out of it, you know,

638
00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:37,359
Speaker 4: hopefully we'll have a CBA contract done sooner than later,

639
00:28:37,560 --> 00:28:40,040
Speaker 4: just so things aren't going to be extremely late, like

640
00:28:40,080 --> 00:28:42,360
Speaker 4: they're gonna be late already because as you know, like

641
00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:46,000
Speaker 4: free agency would have started. But when that does happen,

642
00:28:46,040 --> 00:28:48,640
Speaker 4: we'll definitely have to check back in and see the vibes,

643
00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:51,280
Speaker 4: you know, see see how the hallways are looking or

644
00:28:51,320 --> 00:28:53,280
Speaker 4: going here, yeah, sending what?

645
00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:56,800
Speaker 1: Yeah, there's gonna be a lot of care packages and

646
00:28:56,880 --> 00:29:00,160
Speaker 1: gifts sent from room to room for I feel bad

647
00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:02,480
Speaker 1: for the expansion teams who can't plan for their first

648
00:29:02,520 --> 00:29:05,320
Speaker 1: home game. I feel bad for new coaches that are

649
00:29:05,320 --> 00:29:07,000
Speaker 1: trying to figure out how to work with players that

650
00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:10,320
Speaker 1: they haven't really met yet. Yeah, all right, last two

651
00:29:10,360 --> 00:29:12,240
Speaker 1: questions were you, what are your goals for season two

652
00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:12,880
Speaker 1: of Unrivaled?

653
00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:13,920
Speaker 2: What does success look like?

654
00:29:15,280 --> 00:29:17,640
Speaker 3: Success for season two of Unrivaled?

655
00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:21,720
Speaker 4: For me, like Missy's making the playoffs, We're we wanna,

656
00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:25,680
Speaker 4: we wanna fight for a championship. And I think that

657
00:29:25,880 --> 00:29:28,160
Speaker 4: with this group, it's a group that I've really never

658
00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:31,600
Speaker 4: played with any of these players individually before, so I'm

659
00:29:31,640 --> 00:29:34,880
Speaker 4: excited to to kind of learn from them, you know,

660
00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:37,360
Speaker 4: share a lot, and help them as as they grow

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Speaker 4: throughout their careers. And then also it's just like making

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Speaker 4: sure that we have a sold out, packed house every

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Speaker 4: single night here in Miami but also in Philly, and

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Speaker 4: making sure the fan experience is top notch.

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Speaker 3: Like that's that's.

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Speaker 4: One of my biggest measures is when you go places

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Speaker 4: and you're not playing games, but you see people having

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Speaker 4: the gear, you know, after we won and when we

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Speaker 4: had the ticker tape parade and it was like, you know,

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Speaker 4: you don't know how it's gonna be when you're driving

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Speaker 4: down fit that, but then we turned the corner and

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Speaker 4: everybody had the gear, you know, So now people are

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Speaker 4: able to get that and support players here. It unrivaled

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Speaker 4: and honestly, whether they're in person or watching from.

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Speaker 1: Before, realistic goal for the CBA to be done.

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Speaker 3: Realistic goal like a timeline.

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Speaker 2: Mm hmm. What do you actually think will happen?

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Speaker 4: I mean, I think like, obviously it's not going to

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Speaker 4: be done tomorrow, which the.

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Speaker 3: Third deadline, exactly.

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Speaker 4: The third deadline, which sucks for sure, it sucks for

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Speaker 4: everyone involved. But at the same time, will we'll continue

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Speaker 4: to negotiating good faith, Like there's it doesn't mean on

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Speaker 4: Saturday we're going to have a lockout, right unless the

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Speaker 4: league does something that we're not prepared for, Like that's

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Speaker 4: not going to happen. But hopefully everything can be done

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Speaker 4: by February one, because it's like, even if we agree,

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Speaker 4: we still have to wait for like contracts to be written.

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Speaker 4: So there's a lot to be thinking about. It's not

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Speaker 4: just like, oh, you're done now, it'll work. If we

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Speaker 4: can get by February one, we'll all be in a

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Speaker 4: good place, all right.

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Speaker 1: The final thing, it's like bench start cut, but you

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Speaker 1: don't have to cut anything. It's good, gooder, gooddest, something's good,

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Speaker 1: something's gooder, and the best one is goodest. So the

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Speaker 1: Stewie one, Quiet Fire, the Stewie two Ruby, and the

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Speaker 1: Stewie four night Vision.

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Speaker 4: Start with good Oh, Okay, good is the Stuie four

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Speaker 4: night Vision.

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Speaker 3: Okay, Gooder is the next one? Right, Yep, this is

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Speaker 3: tough for me.

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Speaker 4: Gooder is the Ruby two, even though I want to

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Speaker 4: make that my number one.

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Speaker 2: Named after your daughter. Yeah, Goodest.

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Speaker 4: Goodest is the Stewie one Quiet Fire, first signature shoe

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Speaker 4: in ten years, really kind of starting a domino effect

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Speaker 4: and getting that backed so that people are able to

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Speaker 4: see their shoes in market and you know, share their

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Speaker 4: stories and be relatable so that young girls and young

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Speaker 4: boys can grow up and be like they want to

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Speaker 4: get the Stewies or they want to get the Asians

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Speaker 4: in store.

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Speaker 3: Because we didn't have that.

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Speaker 4: You know, we had the Kadis and the Lebronze and

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Speaker 4: that type of thing, and now you have everything. So

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Speaker 4: I'm really excited to be able to to kind of

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Speaker 4: be a part of that that shared space and know

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Speaker 4: that we're really making a big change.

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Speaker 1: Yeah we didn't have that, but I have the quiet

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Speaker 1: Fires now that I wear to not play basketball in

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Speaker 1: because I'm not allowed to play anyth nickle ball or

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Speaker 1: what well, like literally nothing. My body is trash, but

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Speaker 1: I wear I'm gonna look good and that's.

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Speaker 2: One part of the battle. We love Stewie, thanks so

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Speaker 2: much for coming on. It's always so great to.

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Speaker 3: Talk to you. Absolutely, thank you for having me.

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Speaker 1: Thanks again to Stewway for hanging out with us. We

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Speaker 1: got to take another break when we return. It's the

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Speaker 1: first edition of our new Olympic segment, Friday, Hey fat

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Speaker 1: to Figo, stick around welcome backslices or should I say

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Speaker 1: ben Tornado specy derancia? Okay, my Italian sticks, but that's

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Speaker 1: supposed to be welcome orange slices. Anyway, I always slip

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Speaker 1: into French when I try to speak Italian, or I

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Speaker 1: sound like an over the top stereotypical waiter, so I

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Speaker 1: won't do it too often. But I am going to

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Speaker 1: give it one more go because I want to introduce

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Speaker 1: a new weekly segment we're doing as we ramp up

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Speaker 1: for our trip to the Milan Cortina Games, Friday Fato Figo,

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Speaker 1: which loosely translates by me to Friday fun facts. Now,

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Speaker 1: is this an official Italian term? Absolutely not, but it's

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Speaker 1: alliterative and it sounds good. Jess, be sure if you

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Speaker 1: say it you say Fato figo and not fato figa,

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Speaker 1: because figa is a highly vulgar term for female anatomy. Anyway, Today,

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Speaker 1: with exactly four weeks until the Olympic opening ceremony on

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Speaker 1: February six, We're going to take a big picture look

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Speaker 1: at the twenty twenty six Winter Games, focusing on Italy's

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Speaker 1: history with the Olympics and how the country's unique flame

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Speaker 1: and flavor will be a part of this year's extravaganza. Now,

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Speaker 1: Italy has hosted three previous Olympic Games. Cortino Dampezo hosted

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Speaker 1: in the winter of nineteen fifty six, Rome in the

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Speaker 1: summer of nineteen sixty and Tourin in the winter of

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Speaker 1: two thousand and six.

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Speaker 2: Fato Figo about that first Winter Games at Courtina.

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Speaker 1: It was the last time the figure skating competition was

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Speaker 1: held outdoors at the Olympics. Now, seventy years later, returning

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Speaker 1: to Courtina as one of the Olympic competition sites, Metal

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Speaker 1: events have increased from just twenty four at that nineteen

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Speaker 1: fifty six Games to one hundred and fourteen this year.

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Speaker 1: Now Italy has won one hundred and forty one Winter

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Speaker 1: Olympic medals to date, combining men's, women's and mixed events,

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Speaker 1: taking home forty two golds, forty three silvers and fifty

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Speaker 1: six bronze. The first Italian woman ever to compete in

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Speaker 1: the modern Olympics was equestrian competitor Alvira Guera at the

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Speaker 1: nineteen hundred Summer Olympics in Paris, France. Meantime, it wasn't

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Speaker 1: until nineteen thirty six that Italy set women to the

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Speaker 1: Winter Games. More than ninety percent of the venues that

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Speaker 1: are going to be used this year already existed or

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Speaker 1: will be temporary, and these games are going to make

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Speaker 1: history as the most geographically widespread Olympic Winter Games in history.

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Speaker 1: So hello, long bus trips to and from the mountains

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Speaker 1: for me and Alex and everyone else attending. It's going

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Speaker 1: to be the first Olympic Games to be officially hosted

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Speaker 1: in two cities, Milan and Cortina, two regions Lombardia and Veneto,

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Speaker 1: and two autonomous provinces Trento and Bolzano. Now we're going

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Speaker 1: to have more on the cities and the areas in

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Speaker 1: which events will be competed and our personal plans for

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Speaker 1: travel and event coverage in a future Friday to Figo.

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Speaker 2: That's really fun to say. By the way, you should

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Speaker 2: try it now.

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Speaker 1: Before Alex and I even begin our travels, the Olympic

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Speaker 1: Torch has already seen many miles, beginning November twenty sixth

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Speaker 1: in Olympia, Greece, arriving in Rome on December fourth, and

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Speaker 1: ever since traveling through every region of Italy.

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Speaker 2: It'll eventually arrive in Milan on.

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Speaker 1: February fifth, in time for the next day's opening ceremony.

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Speaker 1: Oh and speaking of Milan, you may also hear the

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Speaker 1: city referred to as Milano.

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Speaker 2: The Italian name for the city.

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Speaker 1: Most of the rest of the world cuts it short

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Speaker 1: with just Milan, so sometimes you'll hear Milano Cortina and

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Speaker 1: sometimes just Milan Cortina. The official model for the Games,

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Speaker 1: whatever you're calling them, is It's your Vibe Capital. It

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Speaker 1: for Italy, and the official mascots of the Games are

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Speaker 1: two cheerful stoats named Tina for Cortina and Milo for Milano.

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Speaker 2: The lighter colored.

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Speaker 1: Tina is the mascot for the Olympics, and her younger brother, Milo,

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Speaker 1: the darker colored stoat, who was born without one paw,

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Speaker 1: is the representative for the Paralympics.

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Speaker 2: Now, I know what you're thinking. What is a stoat?

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Speaker 2: Great question?

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Speaker 1: My brain said, large rodent, but the internet said no

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Speaker 1: ermine weasel family. But y'all, stoats are really cute, especially

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Speaker 1: the snow white kind.

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Speaker 2: So cute they almost look made up.

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Speaker 1: Promise you google white stoat right now, perfect winter mascot

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Speaker 1: in my opinion, so adorable. And then joining Tina and

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Speaker 1: Milo are allegedly six little anthropomorphized snowdrops called the Flow.

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Speaker 1: What is a snowdrop? Is it a snowflake that's more

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Speaker 1: water based? Is it just a drop of water in snow?

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Speaker 1: I don't know, but the flow is now and I

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Speaker 1: assume not to be confused with ant flow or flow

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Speaker 1: from Progressive. Per the website, these snowdrops are quote six

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Speaker 1: curious and irresistible little flowers, symbol of rebirth. They never

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Speaker 1: leave their friends and love to have fun, even if

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Speaker 1: this sometimes gets them into trouble.

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Speaker 2: End quote. Sounds like me and al trapesing around Italy, right,

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Speaker 2: Alex yeah, no, we need hell yeah, hell yeah.

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Speaker 1: A couple other Italian touches include the introduction of Olympic

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Speaker 1: rings Pasta, also a short film that's supposed to get

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Speaker 1: viewers to fall in love with Italy set to the

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Speaker 1: song Tamo, which means I Love you. There's an official anthem,

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Speaker 1: an official soundtrack, and I guess one would assume official

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Speaker 1: toilet paper energy during condoms everything. I'm excited to see

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Speaker 1: all the ways Italian culture is incorporated into the games,

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Speaker 1: both in person and in the coverage that folks will

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Speaker 1: be watching on television. I've been to Italy a bunch

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Speaker 1: of times and it is a really beautiful, fashionable, remarkable,

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Speaker 1: culturally rich, culinarily delightful place. So I'm excited for nearly

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Speaker 1: three weeks of Buona partita in Italy. That's it for

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Speaker 1: day too, So here's our good game play of the day.

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Speaker 2: Watch a little unrivaled this weekend. Check out our girl Brianna.

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Speaker 2: As a reminder, we've.

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Speaker 1: Linked to the full schedule in the show notes so

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Speaker 1: For a long time, beauty brands didn't see women's sports

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Speaker 1: There is no better ad for a foundation, mascara or

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Speaker 1: The place in women's sports, Tennis soup soccer had a

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Speaker 1: There are just countless smart clabs between beauty brands and

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Speaker 1: damn time. I said it yesterday, but it bears repeating

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Speaker 1: look good, feel good, play good. And speaking of looking good, y'all,

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Speaker 1: I'm doing okay with my eyebrow intention. I have to

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Speaker 1: admit that there was one day that I left not

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Speaker 1: I'm nailing it in twenty twenty six. But you know what,

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Speaker 1: as I said before, I don't know if it's my

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Speaker 1: And I'll tell you what, this year is not nailing

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Speaker 1: gang you ie forever and ever and always. Good game

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Speaker 1: with Sarah Spain 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 1: us on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts.

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Speaker 2: Or wherever you get your podcasts. Production by Wonder Media Network.

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Speaker 2: Our producers are alex.

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Speaker 1: Azie, Grace Lynch, Taylor Williamson and Lucy Jones. Our executive

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Speaker 1: producers are Christina Everett, Jesse Katz, Jenny.

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Speaker 2: Kaplan and Emily Rudder.

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Speaker 1: Our editors are Emily Rutterer, Britney Martinez and Gianna Palmer.

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Speaker 1: Production assistants from Avery Loftus and I'm Your Host Sarah

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Speaker 1: Spain