WEBVTT - 200 Candles on the Cake with Big Citrus 0:00:00.800 --> 0:00:03.000 Welcome to Good Game with Sarah Spain, where we're putting 0:00:03.000 --> 0:00:06.680 two hundred candles on the cake and celebrating our bi centennial. 0:00:07.320 --> 0:00:09.119 But we don't think we look a day over one 0:00:09.240 --> 0:00:12.440 hundred and ninety nine. It's Monday, April twenty eighth, and 0:00:12.480 --> 0:00:17.759 that's right. Today's show is our two hundredth episode. What 0:00:17.880 --> 0:00:20.520 the actual, y'all? We've been giving you the good stuff 0:00:20.520 --> 0:00:23.880 since July seventeenth of last year, and time has literally 0:00:24.040 --> 0:00:27.560 flown by. We've enjoyed every second that we've spent creating 0:00:27.560 --> 0:00:30.600 the women's sports hangout you always wanted, cultivating the women's 0:00:30.600 --> 0:00:33.760 sports community you've always needed, and bringing you the star 0:00:33.880 --> 0:00:36.760 stake stats and stories of the athletes, teams, and leagues 0:00:36.840 --> 0:00:40.120 you simply must know about. So today, in honor of 0:00:40.159 --> 0:00:42.960 the beautiful community we've all built together, we want to 0:00:43.000 --> 0:00:47.720 celebrate our longtime slices and welcome the new slices, the rookies, 0:00:47.840 --> 0:00:50.320 the seedlings who are just starting to sprout with the 0:00:50.360 --> 0:00:52.879 little show education to catch everyone up on what they 0:00:52.960 --> 0:00:57.440 might have missed. Our big old Celebrication episode is coming 0:00:57.520 --> 0:01:13.039 up right after this. Welcome back Slices. That's you, the 0:01:13.120 --> 0:01:17.160 lovely listener, you're called slices, like the orange slices handed 0:01:17.200 --> 0:01:19.160 out at halftime or at the end of a good game. 0:01:19.760 --> 0:01:22.039 Get it. And here's a little bit more you might 0:01:22.080 --> 0:01:24.759 need to know to follow the show. The Everyday Good 0:01:24.840 --> 0:01:28.480 Game team is Me Mesh and Alex. Mesh is a 0:01:28.520 --> 0:01:31.640 DMV loyalist and a former college hooper who didn't care 0:01:31.760 --> 0:01:34.360 much for defense. When they're not working on this show, 0:01:34.360 --> 0:01:36.800 they're a color commentator for their alum William and Mary, 0:01:36.840 --> 0:01:41.880 among other places. She's also a child, and because she's 0:01:41.880 --> 0:01:45.360 still in her twenties, often doesn't get my references. Sometimes 0:01:45.400 --> 0:01:48.120 I'm too old for producer Alex too. They keep me 0:01:48.120 --> 0:01:50.000 in check and remind me to explain things to our 0:01:50.040 --> 0:01:53.240 younger listeners. You know, old fashioned stuff like rotary phones, 0:01:53.520 --> 0:01:55.800 dial up internet, and how it's possible to have an 0:01:55.800 --> 0:01:59.280 attention span longer than a goldfish. Alex is a research 0:01:59.320 --> 0:02:02.760 fiend who enjoy deep dives into collective bargaining agreements and 0:02:02.800 --> 0:02:05.640 knowing everything there is to know about obscure Olympic rules 0:02:05.640 --> 0:02:08.280 and regulations. If you ever have a burning question about 0:02:08.280 --> 0:02:11.480 the top five closest Olympic lose races, she's your girl. 0:02:12.000 --> 0:02:14.639 Did you know that Louis is the only sliding sport 0:02:14.639 --> 0:02:17.040 in one of the only sports in general that measures 0:02:17.080 --> 0:02:18.960 all the way to the thousandth of a second. 0:02:19.639 --> 0:02:22.280 She's also an artist and enjoys lurking on message boards 0:02:22.320 --> 0:02:25.480 and in chat groups, including one called dorm Room Mama's, 0:02:25.919 --> 0:02:28.360 even though she doesn't have a child in college or 0:02:28.400 --> 0:02:31.440 a child at all. I'm from Chicago and I was 0:02:31.440 --> 0:02:34.160 a heptathlete at Cornell. I'm obsessed with Michael Jordan and 0:02:34.240 --> 0:02:36.760 equally obsessed with my three dogs and husband Brad. I 0:02:36.840 --> 0:02:38.880 was briefly a minority owner of the Chicago Red Stars. 0:02:38.919 --> 0:02:42.000 I tore my achilles and improblematically competitive. All of these 0:02:42.000 --> 0:02:45.400 things somehow tend to come up regularly. Collectively, we're known 0:02:45.440 --> 0:02:49.080 as Big Citrus. So how did we get that name? Well, 0:02:49.160 --> 0:02:51.520 back in December, we got kinda tired of having to 0:02:51.560 --> 0:02:54.920 say each of our names every time we introduced ourselves. Plus, 0:02:54.960 --> 0:02:57.320 since y'all had such a cute name, we were kind 0:02:57.360 --> 0:03:00.520 of jealous, so we put it to a vote Iago style. 0:03:00.560 --> 0:03:04.480 Of course, vote early vote often you slices narrowed our 0:03:04.480 --> 0:03:09.600 options down to coaches, senior slices, the grove, Orange Blossoms, 0:03:09.680 --> 0:03:13.359 good gamers, good Sports and peels, and in episode one 0:03:13.360 --> 0:03:16.160 O eight, which dropped December sixteenth, the three of us 0:03:16.200 --> 0:03:21.119 did our final deliberation, settling on Big Citrus. In hindsight, 0:03:21.360 --> 0:03:24.200 it's a pretty cool name. Just know that we've got 0:03:24.200 --> 0:03:27.000 better morals than Big Pharma, Big Tech and all those 0:03:27.040 --> 0:03:30.240 other guys. We only use our powers for good. We 0:03:30.360 --> 0:03:33.920 regularly have Big Citrus conversations now dissecting happenings in and 0:03:33.960 --> 0:03:38.279 around women's sports competition. Alex brings for research and Olympic expertise, 0:03:38.680 --> 0:03:42.240 Mech brings their basketball player slash analyst knowledge, and we 0:03:42.520 --> 0:03:46.880 all bring our opinions, lots of opinions. It's truly one 0:03:46.920 --> 0:03:49.120 of my favorite things about our show, and you slices 0:03:49.120 --> 0:03:51.800 who have been around have told us repeatedly how much 0:03:51.840 --> 0:03:54.520 you love those conversations too, so we'll keep bringing them 0:03:54.520 --> 0:03:57.120 to you now. Most shows we start out with the 0:03:57.200 --> 0:03:59.600 need to know the women's sports news of the day 0:03:59.680 --> 0:04:02.280 that you frankly can't get anywhere else. As the only 0:04:02.360 --> 0:04:04.880 daily women's sports show of any kind, we just want 0:04:04.920 --> 0:04:07.640 to make sure you're updated on the trades, scores, business 0:04:07.680 --> 0:04:10.200 deals and more going on every single day in the 0:04:10.200 --> 0:04:13.720 women's sports world. So in a twist on that. Last 0:04:13.760 --> 0:04:16.200 week we asked you longtime slices what you think new 0:04:16.240 --> 0:04:19.480 listeners need to know about our show, and we got 0:04:19.480 --> 0:04:22.320 some awesome responses. So here's what you need to know today, 0:04:22.760 --> 0:04:27.560 Good Game with Sarah Spain Edition. Let's start with the 0:04:27.600 --> 0:04:30.080 glossary of terms things you might hear us say on 0:04:30.120 --> 0:04:32.200 the show or talk about on the show. Mish and 0:04:32.240 --> 0:04:34.920 Alex help me out with this one. One of my favorites. 0:04:35.440 --> 0:04:38.800 Hoops and gay shit and footy in gay shit and 0:04:39.000 --> 0:04:41.560 fucks and gay shit, and you get the point. All 0:04:41.600 --> 0:04:44.320 the great gay moments you can only find in women's sports, 0:04:44.320 --> 0:04:48.320 where teammates and opponents share wedding vows, beds, babies and 0:04:48.360 --> 0:04:53.280 breakup stories. It's not good sportsmanship. They're lesbian stacy google 0:04:53.320 --> 0:04:54.120 it newbies. 0:04:55.120 --> 0:04:59.640 Friend of the show what we call former and repeat guests. 0:04:59.520 --> 0:05:02.040 And we also got are not friends of the show. 0:05:02.200 --> 0:05:06.040 Those are transphobes, people who abused animals, politicians who use 0:05:06.040 --> 0:05:08.400 women's sports as a way to promote fear and misogyny, 0:05:08.640 --> 0:05:09.720 and cheaters. 0:05:10.400 --> 0:05:13.919 We've got unfiable, which is kind of my own personal 0:05:13.960 --> 0:05:16.400 mantra that I've brought to the show. A state of 0:05:16.400 --> 0:05:18.800 mind really like no one gets to live rent free 0:05:18.800 --> 0:05:21.240 in my head, and you can try, but you can't 0:05:21.240 --> 0:05:25.360 fight with me. Too centered to serve myself, too unfiniable. 0:05:26.320 --> 0:05:29.560 The Slices our end of the year awards, voted on 0:05:29.680 --> 0:05:30.440 by the slices. 0:05:31.080 --> 0:05:34.040 We've got Tits to the turf, volvet to the velodrome, 0:05:34.200 --> 0:05:37.240 mount to the ground, and lots of other varieties. All 0:05:37.400 --> 0:05:41.200 entries from slices answering our question, what's an equivalent to 0:05:41.480 --> 0:05:44.440 the old idiom balls to the Wall, which we assumed 0:05:44.520 --> 0:05:47.200 was about men, But it's actually about cars, so we're 0:05:47.279 --> 0:05:48.600 still going to use the alternates. 0:05:49.600 --> 0:05:52.320 We've got stars, steak stats, and stories. This is my 0:05:52.440 --> 0:05:54.880 go to approach to teaching folks about a new league. 0:05:55.000 --> 0:05:57.240 We're welcoming new fans to a sport or a team. 0:05:57.480 --> 0:05:59.560 You'll hear it come up often on the show, and 0:05:59.600 --> 0:06:03.200 I Frank should trademarket before someone steals it. Thanks to 0:06:03.240 --> 0:06:05.520 super Slice Amanda Vallo, who chimed in with a few 0:06:05.560 --> 0:06:07.479 more of our go to phrases and reminded us of 0:06:07.520 --> 0:06:10.159 some that we might have forgotten. Here's what she wrote. 0:06:10.480 --> 0:06:13.440 Ceist a slang term producer Meiche might use when she's 0:06:13.560 --> 0:06:16.960 psyched or excited about something. No, niche didn't invent it, 0:06:17.000 --> 0:06:18.320 but she did introduce us to it. 0:06:20.360 --> 0:06:25.719 Vib's younger hip version of volleyball in a sentence, can't 0:06:25.720 --> 0:06:26.320 go to the mall. 0:06:26.480 --> 0:06:27.919 I got Vibes practice tonight. 0:06:28.360 --> 0:06:30.719 And for the record, Sarah tried to hate but now 0:06:30.720 --> 0:06:33.159 she's using it, and now it's in our glossary just saying. 0:06:34.040 --> 0:06:38.159 We've got the n NBA the Men's National Basketball Association, 0:06:38.520 --> 0:06:41.440 a distinction made to point toward league equity for the 0:06:41.480 --> 0:06:47.559 Women's National Basketball Association WNBA. See also Men's World Cup. 0:06:49.520 --> 0:06:53.279 We've got giant rice crispy treat table, a somewhat mythic 0:06:53.360 --> 0:06:56.800 piece of college apartment furniture, a young Dinah Tarassi used 0:06:56.800 --> 0:06:59.679 in the styling and preparation of her iconic hair bunon 0:07:01.880 --> 0:07:05.360 tater pigs think pigs in a blaket. 0:07:05.400 --> 0:07:07.800 A hot dog stuck inside a hole drilled into a 0:07:07.839 --> 0:07:08.440 baked potato. 0:07:09.200 --> 0:07:11.200 Now, if you're wondering how that came up in the show, 0:07:11.440 --> 0:07:14.679 then you clearly missed darch Madness, a very special potato 0:07:14.720 --> 0:07:17.080 based event that we had. All Right, I think that's 0:07:17.160 --> 0:07:18.480 most of them, but let us know if there are 0:07:18.480 --> 0:07:22.560 any glossary terms we've forgot. Now let's talk episodes. We 0:07:22.680 --> 0:07:25.480 often hear from folks about our Christine Brennan episode from 0:07:25.520 --> 0:07:28.560 October third. It's a show that doesn't really fit our 0:07:28.640 --> 0:07:30.800 usual format, but it was definitely a compelling listen and 0:07:30.800 --> 0:07:33.680 an important topic, So definitely check that one out. As 0:07:33.760 --> 0:07:36.320 for which episodes you slices think our little seedling should 0:07:36.320 --> 0:07:39.480 listen to in order to truly catch our vibe, here 0:07:39.520 --> 0:07:42.840 are some of our faves that you suggested. Pamela Mudway said, 0:07:42.960 --> 0:07:46.000 Welcome to the Good Place, the very first episode definitely 0:07:46.040 --> 0:07:49.960 sets the tone, and August thirtieth, Hoops and Gayshit, which 0:07:50.000 --> 0:07:51.800 is not only a great episode but the start of 0:07:51.840 --> 0:07:53.320 a must know good game phrase. 0:07:54.280 --> 0:07:57.560 Amanda chimed in here again with Big Citrus Energy from 0:07:57.600 --> 0:08:01.080 December sixteenth. It's a bit seasonal, gives a great flavor 0:08:01.120 --> 0:08:03.680 and feel for the producer vibes and origin of the name. 0:08:04.160 --> 0:08:06.920 Also biased toward the nature of co ed adult sports 0:08:06.920 --> 0:08:11.120 etiquette code. I thought that was great. Amanda also enjoyed 0:08:11.160 --> 0:08:14.240 the Human Condition with Big Citrus from March fourth, saying, 0:08:14.680 --> 0:08:18.880 more serious but definitely impactful vibe takes listeners' brains out 0:08:18.920 --> 0:08:21.800 and squishes them around for a while in a good way. 0:08:22.120 --> 0:08:23.680 I love a good brain squish. 0:08:24.280 --> 0:08:28.040 Andrea Vie said, Group chat Bag of Joy with Aaron 0:08:28.120 --> 0:08:31.679 Foley and Morgan Murphy from July twenty fifth and Tits 0:08:31.760 --> 0:08:34.160 to the Turf with Big Citrus from March twenty fourth. 0:08:34.800 --> 0:08:39.640 She also added, good game, Big Citrus, Good game, Women's Sports. 0:08:40.240 --> 0:08:43.440 You only allowed to choose two favorite episodes, just two 0:08:43.520 --> 0:08:46.439 out of two hundred. That's a terrible conversion rate. 0:08:47.080 --> 0:08:50.880 That's fair. That's fair, Andrea, Last, but not least, use 0:08:50.960 --> 0:08:54.520 Lights was offered up some great general advice about Slice life, 0:08:54.880 --> 0:08:57.600 so Pamela Mudwey chimed in again. She said, quote the 0:08:57.640 --> 0:08:59.720 best part of the show is it not only highlights 0:08:59.720 --> 0:09:02.800 the power of women's sports, but brings a real human 0:09:02.880 --> 0:09:05.600 touch to the stories, the guests, the players, and the 0:09:05.720 --> 0:09:08.800 chaos still occurring in the world of women's sports equity. 0:09:09.200 --> 0:09:12.959 Sarah Meish and Alex bring knowledge, empathy and laughter each episode. 0:09:13.120 --> 0:09:14.959 There really is nothing like it out. 0:09:14.760 --> 0:09:18.600 There, Amanda Vallo said, to remind everyone of our show 0:09:18.720 --> 0:09:22.560 side the Minnesota Aurora, a community driven women's soccer club 0:09:22.640 --> 0:09:26.200 built for community by community. Here at the show, we 0:09:26.320 --> 0:09:28.920 encouraged anyone interested to get some skin in the game 0:09:29.000 --> 0:09:31.160 and become a team owner with us to help grow 0:09:31.160 --> 0:09:34.360 and build women's sports. We give regular updates on the team, 0:09:34.400 --> 0:09:37.800 which competes in the Heartland Division of the usl W League, 0:09:37.880 --> 0:09:40.720 a pre professional women's soccer league that gives players a 0:09:40.720 --> 0:09:43.640 place to keep competing and helps prep some other players 0:09:43.679 --> 0:09:46.520 to go on to the NWSL or pro leagues abroad. 0:09:47.520 --> 0:09:50.800 Mary Ze says, my basketball wife and I laugh at 0:09:50.800 --> 0:09:52.920 how just when we think we won't be that interested 0:09:52.960 --> 0:09:55.800 in the day's episode, we end up loving it and 0:09:55.880 --> 0:10:00.200 learning something new. I feel like every day your guest says, wow, 0:10:00.280 --> 0:10:04.559 that's a really good question, and your intros are also epic. 0:10:05.160 --> 0:10:08.680 From a producer, some behind the scenes secrets, there are 0:10:08.720 --> 0:10:10.880 a lot of times when guests say that was a 0:10:10.920 --> 0:10:13.200 really good question, and we end up cutting it because 0:10:13.200 --> 0:10:14.640 they've said it four times in a row and it 0:10:14.640 --> 0:10:16.319 gets kind of tired after a while. 0:10:18.240 --> 0:10:22.600 So you know you're doing it right. And Sandra Robinson 0:10:22.600 --> 0:10:26.120 reminded us that fandom is a lifelong adventure. She wrote, 0:10:26.160 --> 0:10:28.640 my wife and I are mystics founding fans and season 0:10:28.720 --> 0:10:31.440 ticket holders since the beginning of the franchise. I want 0:10:31.480 --> 0:10:34.440 to shout out truly older fans of women's sports, like me, 0:10:34.720 --> 0:10:38.600 age seventy five, still physically active in fighting for opportunities 0:10:38.640 --> 0:10:41.400 our generation never had. I love that you never take 0:10:41.440 --> 0:10:44.719 the current gains for granted. We love that, Sandra, you're 0:10:44.720 --> 0:10:47.720 an og and a trailblazer, and we love that you're listening. 0:10:50.440 --> 0:10:52.199 All right, we got to take a quick break. When 0:10:52.240 --> 0:10:55.240 we come back, we crack open our history books, stick around, 0:11:03.600 --> 0:11:06.400 welcome back slices. Now here a good game. We do 0:11:06.480 --> 0:11:09.320 a handful of recurring segments, many of them aimed at 0:11:09.320 --> 0:11:12.720 helping folks learn the history of women's sports, passed highs 0:11:12.760 --> 0:11:15.000 and lows of their favorite leagues, maybe the stories of 0:11:15.000 --> 0:11:17.320 the athletes who paved the way. What good is knowing 0:11:17.360 --> 0:11:19.160 a record was broken if you don't know who's said 0:11:19.160 --> 0:11:21.480 it the first time. Right, So here are a few 0:11:21.480 --> 0:11:25.080 segments you can expect to hear pretty regularly. First, there's 0:11:25.640 --> 0:11:30.560 yes and now this one's all about giving props on 0:11:30.559 --> 0:11:34.040 a recent accomplishment while simultaneously honoring those who did it 0:11:34.120 --> 0:11:37.360 first and aren't given enough flowers, or paying homage to 0:11:37.400 --> 0:11:39.520 the folks who laid the groundwork for it to be possible. 0:11:40.000 --> 0:11:42.640 Because what's happening today only matters in the context of 0:11:42.679 --> 0:11:45.840 what's come before it. For example, one of our faves 0:11:45.880 --> 0:11:48.839 was from our December twentieth episode, A Yes and about 0:11:48.920 --> 0:11:55.040 USC superstar Juju Watkins take a listen. Last season, in 0:11:55.080 --> 0:11:57.800 the final year of the Pac twelve Conference, Watkins let 0:11:57.840 --> 0:12:00.600 a resurgence in SoCal, helping the Trojan to their first 0:12:00.720 --> 0:12:03.640 number one seed in the NCAA Tournament since nineteen eighty six, 0:12:04.080 --> 0:12:06.560 and she scored nine hundred twenty points. That's good for 0:12:06.559 --> 0:12:08.800 the most points by a freshman in D one history. 0:12:09.120 --> 0:12:11.839 Speaking in nineteen eighty six, though, what was going on 0:12:11.920 --> 0:12:14.480 back then? Who led that team to a number one 0:12:14.480 --> 0:12:17.200 seed in the attorney Well, that would be Cheryl Miller, 0:12:17.559 --> 0:12:19.920 arguably one of the best to ever lace them up. 0:12:20.200 --> 0:12:22.720 The forward was a four time All American and three 0:12:22.720 --> 0:12:25.920 time Naysmith Award recipient, and to this day she still 0:12:25.960 --> 0:12:29.520 holds USC records for career scoring with threeenty eighteen points, 0:12:29.800 --> 0:12:33.679 rebounds fifteen hundred and thirty four, rebound average twelve rebounds 0:12:33.679 --> 0:12:37.040 per game, and free throws mate seven hundred. Miller led 0:12:37.080 --> 0:12:39.920 the Trojans to back to back NCUBA championships in nineteen 0:12:39.920 --> 0:12:42.240 eighty three and eighty four, and she dominated with Team 0:12:42.360 --> 0:12:44.160 USA as well, winning a gold medal at the eighty 0:12:44.160 --> 0:12:46.559 four Olympics. For her impact on the game, she's been 0:12:46.559 --> 0:12:49.320 recognized as both the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer 0:12:49.600 --> 0:12:52.400 and a Women's Basketball Hall of Famer. Now, if you recall, 0:12:52.520 --> 0:12:55.840 we also told you yesterday that another recent college hoops superstar, 0:12:55.920 --> 0:12:58.560 Caitlin Clark, will have her jersey retired at Iowa at 0:12:58.600 --> 0:13:01.040 the beginning of February when the team faces off against 0:13:01.120 --> 0:13:05.120 what a coincidence USC. Of course, that honor is extremely 0:13:05.160 --> 0:13:08.160 well deserved. Clark changed the trajectory of the entire Hawkeyes 0:13:08.240 --> 0:13:11.360 program and of women's basketball at large. Pretty cool, right, 0:13:11.760 --> 0:13:14.880 We'll get this, folks. Miller had her jersey retired too, 0:13:15.160 --> 0:13:18.720 during the eighty six season while she was still playing. 0:13:19.320 --> 0:13:23.840 Miller's was the first basketball jersey USC retired ever, regardless 0:13:23.840 --> 0:13:26.959 of gender. Shout out to the delightful and insightful Jordan 0:13:27.040 --> 0:13:29.079 Robinson for reminding us about this through a post on 0:13:29.120 --> 0:13:31.040 Blue Sky. We'll link to that in the show notes. 0:13:31.480 --> 0:13:36.760 So yes, ju Ju Watkins, Yes, Caitlin Clark, and Cheryl Miller. 0:13:37.000 --> 0:13:40.880 Because Cheryl Miller was her and frankly still is, she 0:13:40.960 --> 0:13:43.439 got her Flowers at WNBA All Star Weekend this summer 0:13:43.480 --> 0:13:45.800 and was selected to coach Team WNBA. During the All 0:13:45.800 --> 0:13:49.319 Star Game, her squad won one seventeen to one oh nine, 0:13:49.480 --> 0:13:51.640 beating a team of players roster for the US national 0:13:51.640 --> 0:13:54.040 team that went on to win gold in Paris. Now, 0:13:54.080 --> 0:13:57.280 the WNBA didn't exist when Miller graduated from USC, and 0:13:57.360 --> 0:13:59.840 her career was also cut short by severe knee injuries. 0:14:00.120 --> 0:14:02.640 But ask your favorite player's favorite player who their favorite 0:14:02.640 --> 0:14:07.439 player is, and we bet at Cheryl Miller. All right, 0:14:07.480 --> 0:14:09.920 so we've also got our what the Facts presented by 0:14:09.960 --> 0:14:14.520 elf Beauty. We use these segments to illuminate shocking or 0:14:14.559 --> 0:14:17.920 infuriating stats and facts, you know, the things that make 0:14:17.960 --> 0:14:20.800 you say, what the fact. A great example of this 0:14:20.920 --> 0:14:24.760 was our segment from November fifteenth discussing USA Hockey's complete 0:14:24.800 --> 0:14:27.640 and total muck up of their twenty fourteen Olympic jersey 0:14:27.680 --> 0:14:32.320 design and unveiling. This honestly still chaps my ass. Take 0:14:32.360 --> 0:14:36.760 a listen, let's go back to twenty fourteen. USA Hockey 0:14:36.840 --> 0:14:39.360 is hyping the unveiling of the Nike design jerseys that 0:14:39.400 --> 0:14:41.240 the men's and women's hockey teams will wear at the 0:14:41.320 --> 0:14:44.680 upcoming Sochi Olympics and Paralympics, and in a press release 0:14:44.760 --> 0:14:46.960 and in a press conference with men's players, they didn't 0:14:46.960 --> 0:14:50.880 invite anyone from the women's team. USA Hockey excitedly announces 0:14:50.880 --> 0:14:54.040 some of the details on the jersey, including the fact 0:14:54.040 --> 0:14:56.800 that they had paid homage to pass USA gold medal 0:14:56.840 --> 0:14:59.960 winning teams by stitching the years nineteen sixty and nineteen 0:15:00.200 --> 0:15:04.720 eight inside the collar. So cool, right, Only problem they 0:15:04.760 --> 0:15:07.320 didn't include the year nineteen ninety eight, the year the 0:15:07.400 --> 0:15:13.280 women won gold in Nagano, Japan. Incidental, Accidental, doesn't matter. 0:15:13.640 --> 0:15:15.680 What matters is that a whole room of people at 0:15:15.800 --> 0:15:18.920 USA Hockey, a whole other room full of designers at Nike, 0:15:19.200 --> 0:15:21.600 and god knows how many other rooms of pr people 0:15:21.600 --> 0:15:24.440 and marketing and everyone else simply did not consider the 0:15:24.440 --> 0:15:27.560 women's team. These were the jerseys that they would be wearing, 0:15:27.880 --> 0:15:30.400 jerseys that they would put on to represent their country 0:15:30.440 --> 0:15:33.120 and to realize the accomplishment of their life stream, and 0:15:33.160 --> 0:15:36.400 they were forgotten about entirely. And how about the sled 0:15:36.440 --> 0:15:38.400 hockey team that won gold in two thousand and two 0:15:38.400 --> 0:15:40.960 and twenty ten. They would be wearing those jerseys at 0:15:41.000 --> 0:15:44.920 the Paralympics without their accomplishments honored either. This is just 0:15:45.000 --> 0:15:47.920 part of a long pattern from USA Hockey, and this 0:15:48.000 --> 0:15:51.000 slight was one of many that inspired the twenty seventeen 0:15:51.040 --> 0:15:53.920 women's team to threaten a boycott. Just two weeks ahead 0:15:53.920 --> 0:15:56.120 of the World Championships that were set to take place 0:15:56.160 --> 0:15:58.880 on home soil in Michigan, the players announced they were 0:15:58.920 --> 0:16:01.800 boycotting quote unless significant progress has been made on the 0:16:01.880 --> 0:16:05.040 year long negotiations with USA Hockey over fair wages and 0:16:05.080 --> 0:16:08.800 equitable support end quote. USA Hockey tried to get scabs, 0:16:09.080 --> 0:16:12.040 it didn't work, and ultimately the women got a four 0:16:12.080 --> 0:16:14.960 year contract with most of their demands met, and went 0:16:15.000 --> 0:16:17.440 on to win not just those World Championships in Michigan, 0:16:17.720 --> 0:16:20.080 but gold the next year at the twenty eighteen Olympics. 0:16:20.440 --> 0:16:22.920 They shouldn't have needed to fight so hard for basic 0:16:23.000 --> 0:16:28.360 respect and acknowledgment. Truly, what the fact? Next up a 0:16:28.400 --> 0:16:32.920 segment we call the Good Game Hall of Fame, where 0:16:32.920 --> 0:16:35.400 we shine a light on great women's sports stories that 0:16:35.440 --> 0:16:39.400 should be known, spread widely, and chatted about regularly over 0:16:39.440 --> 0:16:42.520 beers at the local bar. There are endless examples of 0:16:42.600 --> 0:16:46.040 men's sports lore becoming common knowledge for sports fans from 0:16:46.080 --> 0:16:48.960 Michael Jordan's flu game, to Wilt Chamberlain claiming to have 0:16:49.040 --> 0:16:51.680 slept with two thousand women, to MLB Hall of Famer 0:16:51.720 --> 0:16:53.600 George Brett poop and his pants, and the lobby of 0:16:53.600 --> 0:16:56.880 the Blagio. It's about time we start sharing women's sports 0:16:56.920 --> 0:16:58.960 Lord too. So in the ten months that we've been 0:16:58.960 --> 0:17:01.440 doing shows, we've put up eight plaques in the Good 0:17:01.440 --> 0:17:04.760 Game Hall of Fame. Sylvia Fowls dunking in her final 0:17:04.800 --> 0:17:07.280 All Star Game at the age of thirty six, her 0:17:07.320 --> 0:17:11.120 first in game dunk in thirteen years, the first US 0:17:11.200 --> 0:17:13.680 women's national team in nineteen eighty five who set the 0:17:13.720 --> 0:17:17.639 stage for years of US soccer dominance. Cheryl Swoops and 0:17:17.720 --> 0:17:22.160 Candace Parker returning to the court after pregnancy. Superfan Prince 0:17:22.280 --> 0:17:25.240 throwing the Minnesota Links a postgame party at Paisley Park 0:17:25.440 --> 0:17:29.840 after their twenty fifteen WNBA title win. Former NWSL star 0:17:29.920 --> 0:17:33.800 Merit Matthias's legendary tweets about her acl being torn by 0:17:33.840 --> 0:17:38.320 another player. Legendary Tennessee women's basketball coach Pat Summit racing 0:17:38.400 --> 0:17:40.600 back to Knoxville to give birth to her son, Tyler 0:17:40.920 --> 0:17:44.800 so she wouldn't give birth an enemy territory, Carolyn Peck 0:17:44.840 --> 0:17:47.240 gifting South Carolina coach John Staley with a piece of 0:17:47.280 --> 0:17:50.679 the NCAA Championship net after leading Purdue to the title, 0:17:50.920 --> 0:17:54.200 and Staley continuing and extending that tradition with other black 0:17:54.200 --> 0:17:58.639 head coaches in basketball, Anne Wisconsin's Kirsten Simms calling her shot, 0:17:58.840 --> 0:18:01.840 asking for the penalty show in the NCAA Hockey Championship 0:18:02.200 --> 0:18:05.720 and burying it. Now, there's one story in particular that 0:18:05.840 --> 0:18:08.360 inspired the Good Game Hall of Fame, and it's who 0:18:08.400 --> 0:18:11.360 else but the ninety nine Ers. Take a listen from 0:18:11.359 --> 0:18:16.920 our very first episode, the traffic Jam and the ninety 0:18:17.000 --> 0:18:19.680 nine Ers women's soccer team. The players were stuck on 0:18:19.720 --> 0:18:21.719 their bus complaining about all the traffic that they were 0:18:21.760 --> 0:18:23.160 in as they were trying to get to their World 0:18:23.200 --> 0:18:26.200 Cup opening game at Giant Stadium, only to find out 0:18:26.240 --> 0:18:30.240 that the traffic was for them seventy eighty nine hundred 0:18:30.280 --> 0:18:32.920 and seventy two fans en route to watch their game. 0:18:33.840 --> 0:18:37.040 That's such a cool story, Faudy talks about it. Julie 0:18:37.040 --> 0:18:39.240 Foudy of the ninety nine Ers team, sitting on the bus, 0:18:39.480 --> 0:18:41.200 what is all this traffic? We're going to be laid 0:18:41.240 --> 0:18:43.400 to the game. Oh, my God, it's for us. 0:18:44.119 --> 0:18:44.280 Now. 0:18:44.280 --> 0:18:46.920 If we need to know about I don't know Derek 0:18:47.000 --> 0:18:50.560 Jeter's infamous gift bags and a Rod's alleged centaur painting, 0:18:50.880 --> 0:18:52.320 then I think we should know about the ninety nine 0:18:52.400 --> 0:18:58.119 Ers traffic jam. And finally, we don't just love to 0:18:58.240 --> 0:19:00.720 dish on women's sports, lower we loved to read about 0:19:00.760 --> 0:19:03.359 it too. So we've got the Good Game Book Club. 0:19:03.520 --> 0:19:05.679 It's a chance to plug and catalog books that we 0:19:05.760 --> 0:19:08.880 love and books written or suggested by our guests. That 0:19:08.920 --> 0:19:11.720 list has included Locker Room Talk, A Woman Struggle to 0:19:11.720 --> 0:19:14.760 Get Inside by Melissa Ludkey, Hail Mary, The Rise and 0:19:14.800 --> 0:19:17.159 Fall of the National Women's Football League by Frankie de 0:19:17.200 --> 0:19:20.879 la Creta and Lindsay Darkangelo, Slaying the Trolls by David 0:19:20.920 --> 0:19:23.920 Berry and Nefertid Walker, and The Fast Track Inside the 0:19:23.960 --> 0:19:27.320 Surging Business of Women's Sports by Jane McManus, and so 0:19:27.520 --> 0:19:29.400 many more. And if you want to see the full 0:19:29.400 --> 0:19:31.360 list of book wrecks in the Good Game Book Club, 0:19:31.480 --> 0:19:33.760 you're in luck. All because of the hard work of 0:19:33.880 --> 0:19:38.200 one particular super slice, Aaron raw who has compiled not 0:19:38.280 --> 0:19:41.200 only all the books we've recommended so far, but also 0:19:41.440 --> 0:19:45.800 all the podcasts, documentaries, essays, shows and stories that we've 0:19:45.840 --> 0:19:49.200 shouted out, and all the merch we've highlighted, from Moolah 0:19:49.280 --> 0:19:51.760 Kicks to Play a Society to our very own Good 0:19:51.760 --> 0:19:54.720 Game with Sarah Spain merch. This spreadsheet that she sent 0:19:54.800 --> 0:19:57.639 us might have made Alex cry full tears, and it 0:19:57.680 --> 0:19:59.680 definitely made the entire team get a little misty eyed. 0:20:00.200 --> 0:20:02.879 You rule the most Erin. We'll link to the spreadsheet 0:20:02.880 --> 0:20:04.480 again in our show notes so you can catch up 0:20:04.600 --> 0:20:08.480 and keep up with everything we've recommended. By the way 0:20:08.840 --> 0:20:10.399 Erin for all your hard work, I'm going to be 0:20:10.440 --> 0:20:13.480 sending you a little surprise as the unofficial show historian. 0:20:13.760 --> 0:20:16.040 You more than deserve it. Now we've got a couple 0:20:16.040 --> 0:20:18.359 more repeating segments that you'll come to know when you listen. 0:20:18.680 --> 0:20:21.480 When we shout out positive facts, good game, good Game 0:20:21.520 --> 0:20:24.560 fact you, and where else where we spotlight things that 0:20:24.640 --> 0:20:26.919 only happen in the good place that is women's sports. 0:20:27.200 --> 0:20:30.560 But for now you get the picture. Basically, we relish 0:20:30.640 --> 0:20:33.600 the opportunity to teach and learn more about women's sports, 0:20:33.880 --> 0:20:36.080 how we got here, who the major players are, and 0:20:36.080 --> 0:20:38.919 what obstacles still stand in our way. It's great to 0:20:38.920 --> 0:20:41.120 know where we are and get excited about where we're going. 0:20:41.359 --> 0:20:43.680 But we can be so much more tactical and intentional 0:20:43.680 --> 0:20:46.440 about growing and expanding when we know our history too. 0:20:47.160 --> 0:20:49.000 We got to take another break when we come back 0:20:49.119 --> 0:20:51.800 the good place, the correct number of stars, and a 0:20:51.840 --> 0:21:06.280 call to action welcome back slices. As we reflect on 0:21:06.320 --> 0:21:09.760 two hundred episodes, I thought about the very first brainstorming 0:21:09.800 --> 0:21:12.119 sessions that we had about the show, and I actually 0:21:12.160 --> 0:21:14.959 went back and found some old notes and emails, and 0:21:15.080 --> 0:21:16.639 as we thought about what the show would look like, 0:21:16.680 --> 0:21:18.440 there were a bunch of words that we wrote down 0:21:18.840 --> 0:21:21.320 like what we wanted it to feel like. Some of 0:21:21.359 --> 0:21:27.119