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

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Speaker 1: to wonder if the stud Buds live stream is breaking

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Speaker 1: us up more than it's bringing us together. It's Tuesday,

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Speaker 1: July twenty eighth that on today's show, Big Citrus hangs

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Speaker 1: out to recap WNBA All Star weekend, from our Team

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Speaker 1: Coop Versus Team Spoon game takeaways, to which party had

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Speaker 1: the best cookies, from our live show highlights, to Kathy

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Speaker 1: Engelbert's press conference.

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Speaker 2: Such a fun weekend with.

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Speaker 1: Lots of stories to share, plus the talons make it

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Speaker 1: too straight, soccer giveth and soccer taketh away, and a

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Speaker 1: record worthy of an on field shower. It's all coming

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Speaker 1: up right after this. Welcome back Slaces. Here's what you

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Speaker 1: need to know today. Let's start with softball, where the

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Speaker 1: Utah Talents won their second straight AUSL championship over the weekend,

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Speaker 1: sweeping the Chicago Bandits two games to none in the

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Speaker 1: best of three series at Davis Diamond in College Station, Texas.

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Speaker 1: In game one on Saturday, the Talents were led by

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Speaker 1: this time led by twenty twenty six AUSL Pitcher of

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Speaker 1: another heartbreak for my Chicago Bandits, who have come up

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Speaker 2: And first the bad news.

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Speaker 1: Gotham FC and US women's national team defender and friend

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Speaker 1: of the show, Emily's Sonnet was stretchered off the field

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Speaker 1: after she sustained a non contact knee injury during Friday

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Speaker 1: night's game against the Portland Thorns. As of this recording

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Speaker 1: Morgan Weaver, who played her first NWSL minutes in six

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Speaker 1: Happy to see you back, Morgan. We've got even more

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Speaker 2: On Monday, the.

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Speaker 1: Club announced that it had mutually agreed to a contract

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Speaker 1: press release, Gonzales is temporarily stepping away from soccer to

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Speaker 1: quote attend to personal matters in Spain. Gonzalez departs got

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Speaker 1: them as the team's all time leading scorer, having recorded

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Speaker 1: thirty three goals in just three years in New York,

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Speaker 1: Congrats, Laura, Welcome to the century Club. Here's two one

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Speaker 1: through August sixteenth. This tournament, featuring sixteen teams, will award

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Speaker 1: Despite it not being an official fee for break. Twelve

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Speaker 1: Friend of the Show, Nicki Hilts won their fourth consecutive

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Speaker 1: Big Citrus got together in person for the very first time,

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Speaker 2: Hey guys, longtime no see hello again.

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Speaker 1: I can't believe we all actually hung out in person,

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Speaker 1: I think this was the first ever Big Citrus hang

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Speaker 1: And y'all were coming straight from the All Star media

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Speaker 5: No, we immediately felt bad when we saw him walk out.

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Speaker 6: Bianca literally looked at me and was like, we cannot

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Speaker 5: I will say that these press conferences, especially with someone

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Speaker 1: end because it's relevant to what we just discussed. Like

440
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Speaker 1: commissioners are often bowed, I usually do not have such

441
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Speaker 1: a visceral, empathetic response to that. I don't know if

442
00:20:06,960 --> 00:20:09,000
Speaker 1: it's because I was on the court so close to

443
00:20:09,040 --> 00:20:11,800
Speaker 1: her and thinking this is so awkward trying to talk

444
00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:14,480
Speaker 1: through this amount of booze, or if it's because she's

445
00:20:14,520 --> 00:20:17,320
Speaker 1: a woman, but there was something that made me feel

446
00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:20,840
Speaker 1: very empathetic, even though I understand why people are frustrated

447
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Speaker 1: with her.

448
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Speaker 2: It was a lot.

449
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Speaker 5: It was a lot, and I think Holly Rowe I

450
00:20:25,840 --> 00:20:28,320
Speaker 5: couldn't hear exactly what she said, but I think Holly

451
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Speaker 5: Rowe felt similarly to you, Sarah. I think she threw

452
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Speaker 5: in a line there like Kathy Engelbert, who has done

453
00:20:33,840 --> 00:20:35,720
Speaker 5: a lot for the business of this league, or something

454
00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:36,000
Speaker 5: like that.

455
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Speaker 2: Yeah, it was loud. It was loud. Yeah.

456
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Speaker 1: Well, I mentioned that I was on the court with

457
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Speaker 1: her because Jess Smith, my friend and amazing president of

458
00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:51,600
Speaker 1: the Valkyries, just about an hour and a half before

459
00:20:51,640 --> 00:20:53,000
Speaker 1: the game, was like, do you want to sit court

460
00:20:53,080 --> 00:20:54,760
Speaker 1: side with us? We have an extra seat in our

461
00:20:54,760 --> 00:20:56,520
Speaker 1: little Valkyries area and I was like, yes, I do,

462
00:20:57,280 --> 00:21:00,320
Speaker 1: which was pretty incredible. I won't tell you all the

463
00:21:00,359 --> 00:21:02,000
Speaker 1: people near me, but let's just say I was seated

464
00:21:02,040 --> 00:21:04,879
Speaker 1: next to Tina Charles and Cheryl Swoops on the baseline,

465
00:21:05,240 --> 00:21:08,240
Speaker 1: and then you know Tash Cloud and Lauren Betts and

466
00:21:08,320 --> 00:21:11,280
Speaker 1: Gabriella Hawkas and Flage Johnson. Everyone was in that little area,

467
00:21:11,320 --> 00:21:12,919
Speaker 1: so it was very cool to just see the players

468
00:21:12,960 --> 00:21:15,960
Speaker 1: interacting with each other and even see Gabby Williams sit

469
00:21:16,119 --> 00:21:19,280
Speaker 1: down on the court side seats with her look like

470
00:21:19,320 --> 00:21:21,680
Speaker 1: her brother and sister in the middle of the game

471
00:21:22,040 --> 00:21:23,560
Speaker 1: and then wait for the whistle and then run.

472
00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:24,800
Speaker 2: Back on the court to keep playing.

473
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Speaker 1: Just that vantage point allows you to see a lot

474
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Speaker 1: of what's going on with the people when the game

475
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Speaker 1: is not happening, or even during the game when they're

476
00:21:32,600 --> 00:21:35,680
Speaker 1: just chit chatting. I got to chat with our girl

477
00:21:35,760 --> 00:21:38,159
Speaker 1: swin Cash, which we'll get to when we talk parties.

478
00:21:38,240 --> 00:21:41,920
Speaker 2: Pi Yanka, and we need to work on you, Bianca.

479
00:21:43,160 --> 00:21:45,040
Speaker 2: I fist bumped Bam out of Bio and I was like,

480
00:21:45,119 --> 00:21:47,159
Speaker 2: thanks for taking care of our girl. We love Asia.

481
00:21:47,320 --> 00:21:49,200
Speaker 1: Got to talk to Jason Snakis a bunch of times.

482
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Speaker 1: I got to talk to Pagebacker's right before the game started,

483
00:21:51,680 --> 00:21:53,880
Speaker 1: So just having that access of being in the bowels

484
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Speaker 1: of the United Center as everything was getting going was

485
00:21:56,480 --> 00:21:58,960
Speaker 1: a very different point of view. So y'all definitely saw

486
00:21:59,080 --> 00:22:02,200
Speaker 1: the game problem from a better view of like, here's

487
00:22:02,320 --> 00:22:03,600
Speaker 1: who's playing defense.

488
00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:06,200
Speaker 2: Well, and here's what's happening. I was under defense. Well.

489
00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:07,680
Speaker 2: There were a couple of plays.

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Speaker 1: I actually saw someone say, Caitlin Clark's been playing for

491
00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:12,240
Speaker 1: Cheryl Ree for two minutes and she's already playing defense,

492
00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:12,960
Speaker 1: which was great.

493
00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:14,480
Speaker 2: She was going for some steals early on.

494
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Speaker 1: But I did get a different perspective than y'all did.

495
00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:20,200
Speaker 1: But from my vantage point under the basket, Caitlin was

496
00:22:20,280 --> 00:22:24,560
Speaker 1: going for MVP. You could just tell off the top logo, logo, logo.

497
00:22:24,880 --> 00:22:26,800
Speaker 1: And then they put Marina in and she got hot,

498
00:22:26,840 --> 00:22:28,320
Speaker 1: and I think her team was like, let's leave her

499
00:22:28,320 --> 00:22:30,040
Speaker 1: in there and see if she can keep up with Caitlin.

500
00:22:30,280 --> 00:22:32,000
Speaker 2: But it was fun seeing Marina close up.

501
00:22:32,119 --> 00:22:34,280
Speaker 1: Every time she missed, she was still so butt hurt

502
00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:36,760
Speaker 1: because she's such a red ass and she's so competitive

503
00:22:36,840 --> 00:22:38,560
Speaker 1: that she was like, you know, you could tell she

504
00:22:38,680 --> 00:22:40,959
Speaker 1: really wanted to make every single shot while everybody else

505
00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:42,600
Speaker 1: was like, whoops up, whoops up up.

506
00:22:42,680 --> 00:22:44,400
Speaker 2: It's the All Star Game. In Marina was like, I'm

507
00:22:44,400 --> 00:22:45,280
Speaker 2: gonna make every shot.

508
00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:49,200
Speaker 5: You know What's funny because I was telling Alex, like,

509
00:22:49,320 --> 00:22:51,120
Speaker 5: when are the hands gonna go up? Like, I haven't

510
00:22:51,119 --> 00:22:54,440
Speaker 5: seen a single arm up, not a single one, still waiting.

511
00:22:54,520 --> 00:22:57,480
Speaker 1: Until Asia Wilson, who half asked, put her arms up

512
00:22:57,520 --> 00:23:00,359
Speaker 1: and then accidentally blocked Angel And I was like, Angel,

513
00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:02,159
Speaker 1: if you ever need a highlight clip to remind you

514
00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:04,720
Speaker 1: to go up harder, it's that one, because that was

515
00:23:04,760 --> 00:23:07,240
Speaker 1: a floppy fish move and you deserve that haves block.

516
00:23:07,760 --> 00:23:09,880
Speaker 6: And it was so funny because Asia ended up addressing

517
00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:12,080
Speaker 6: that after in the press conference, being like, what am

518
00:23:12,119 --> 00:23:13,920
Speaker 6: I doing blocking shots in the All Star Game?

519
00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:17,359
Speaker 5: Like she was so regretful. But I thought it was

520
00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:19,679
Speaker 5: really fun to see the players having fun. I mean,

521
00:23:19,720 --> 00:23:22,680
Speaker 5: we can talk about how competitive or not competitive the

522
00:23:22,760 --> 00:23:26,800
Speaker 5: game was, but it was just like refreshing, maybe especially

523
00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:29,440
Speaker 5: after a very busy weekend, just to see people like,

524
00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:32,080
Speaker 5: let lose have fun on the court and when you

525
00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:36,159
Speaker 5: take away the defense, look what players can do in.

526
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Speaker 4: Terms of the competitiveness of the game.

527
00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:43,000
Speaker 6: I asked Necho Gumika about it afterwards, because I realized

528
00:23:43,080 --> 00:23:44,920
Speaker 6: midway through the game, Beyinka saw me on my cell

529
00:23:44,960 --> 00:23:47,520
Speaker 6: phone trying to figure this out and downloading all the PDFs.

530
00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:51,680
Speaker 6: But I looked at the WNBACBA and they award the

531
00:23:51,960 --> 00:23:56,439
Speaker 6: exact same amount of prize money to players that participate

532
00:23:56,600 --> 00:23:59,840
Speaker 6: in the All Star Game, whether they win or lose.

533
00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:03,119
Speaker 6: If you participate, you get fifteen thousand dollars. If you

534
00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:04,720
Speaker 6: get MVP, you get.

535
00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:09,400
Speaker 4: Twenty thousand dollars. But that's it, And that stood out

536
00:24:09,480 --> 00:24:09,680
Speaker 4: to me.

537
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Speaker 6: I think that there need to be stakes, and I

538
00:24:12,920 --> 00:24:15,320
Speaker 6: don't necessarily know if it needs to be a huge

539
00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:17,840
Speaker 6: division between it, and so I asked Neka, do you

540
00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:19,720
Speaker 6: think the fact that the winning team and losing team

541
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Speaker 6: get the same results in less competitiveness?

542
00:24:23,520 --> 00:24:25,399
Speaker 4: And also is that something that you bargain for. That's

543
00:24:25,440 --> 00:24:26,320
Speaker 4: why I asked NCA the.

544
00:24:26,359 --> 00:24:29,240
Speaker 6: Question, and she basically said they had to get very

545
00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:31,399
Speaker 6: creative with all of the different prize money that they

546
00:24:31,480 --> 00:24:34,440
Speaker 6: bargained for. My sense is that this was not the

547
00:24:34,520 --> 00:24:37,199
Speaker 6: highest priority given all of the other things that they

548
00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:39,879
Speaker 6: were looking to improve upon on the CBA. But then

549
00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:42,080
Speaker 6: it was interesting because in the middle of her answer,

550
00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:44,040
Speaker 6: she kind of looked back at me and was like,

551
00:24:44,119 --> 00:24:46,119
Speaker 6: are you implying that the game wasn't competitive?

552
00:24:46,920 --> 00:24:50,159
Speaker 4: And I don't think that's that controversial of a take. Like,

553
00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:51,240
Speaker 4: I thought the game was fun.

554
00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:54,320
Speaker 6: I thought it was entertaining. I really enjoyed it. I

555
00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:56,840
Speaker 6: love seeing all of the cool things the players were doing.

556
00:24:57,560 --> 00:24:59,080
Speaker 6: But like, it wasn't competitive.

557
00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:03,119
Speaker 1: No, I mean it was competitive in moments, and then

558
00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:06,000
Speaker 1: it was also Gabby Williams sitting on the sideline in

559
00:25:06,040 --> 00:25:07,640
Speaker 1: the middle of a play and then jumping on the court.

560
00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:11,240
Speaker 1: It was also, you know, Courtney Williams dancing. It was

561
00:25:11,280 --> 00:25:14,440
Speaker 1: also the players joining the swag surf in the middle

562
00:25:14,440 --> 00:25:16,880
Speaker 1: of the game. So clearly it's not quite as competitive

563
00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:18,440
Speaker 1: as a normal game, which is to be expected. But

564
00:25:18,480 --> 00:25:20,399
Speaker 1: I agree with your point that if you add that

565
00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:22,960
Speaker 1: little bit of a nudge you'd rather see them care

566
00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:24,040
Speaker 1: about who wins the game.

567
00:25:24,359 --> 00:25:25,640
Speaker 2: It would just bump it up a little.

568
00:25:25,680 --> 00:25:27,920
Speaker 1: It wouldn't make it a full regular game that nobody

569
00:25:27,920 --> 00:25:30,640
Speaker 1: wants to get hurt, but it would maybe make him.

570
00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:31,520
Speaker 2: Try a little bit harder.

571
00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:35,000
Speaker 6: And the other point that Neka made, which totally makes sense,

572
00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:37,159
Speaker 6: is they call it the all Star break, but if

573
00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:40,000
Speaker 6: you are competing, you are not getting a break. And

574
00:25:40,240 --> 00:25:42,720
Speaker 6: they were playing until midweek last week. They started up

575
00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:45,000
Speaker 6: again midweek this week. I think the way that players

576
00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:47,320
Speaker 6: approached the game was their way of protecting their own

577
00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:49,080
Speaker 6: interest in the longevity of their season.

578
00:25:49,480 --> 00:25:51,960
Speaker 1: Well, and they're coming off the four am stud Buds

579
00:25:52,040 --> 00:25:56,280
Speaker 1: live stream and fighting for their lives, So that's good play.

580
00:25:57,520 --> 00:25:59,600
Speaker 1: I'm just cracking up over here though, because I just

581
00:25:59,680 --> 00:26:01,879
Speaker 1: love how Alex and I are perfectly suited for our jobs.

582
00:26:01,880 --> 00:26:05,840
Speaker 1: Because Alex is looking at PDFs of the CBA and

583
00:26:06,080 --> 00:26:10,360
Speaker 1: I'm yelling at Keki Eriefen from court side, dunk it, Keiky,

584
00:26:11,240 --> 00:26:13,960
Speaker 1: but she looks at me and she goes me for context.

585
00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:16,359
Speaker 1: This is after Dominique Malanga threw it down, which was

586
00:26:16,760 --> 00:26:20,960
Speaker 1: awesome and so cool, and I if you watch the clips,

587
00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:22,879
Speaker 1: I'm on the baseline opposite where she dunked it, like

588
00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:25,280
Speaker 1: losing my mind, standing up, like everybody better.

589
00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:28,399
Speaker 2: Know what they just saw that dunk. She did it

590
00:26:28,480 --> 00:26:31,720
Speaker 2: in the All Star and says we saw Sylvia Fowls

591
00:26:31,760 --> 00:26:33,399
Speaker 2: do it, but like I was just going crazy.

592
00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:36,200
Speaker 1: But so after that, I'm talking to Jess Smith and

593
00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:38,040
Speaker 1: I'm like, Keiki can dunk? I think she's done it

594
00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:40,360
Speaker 1: in practice, like we've seen the clips. So they're coming

595
00:26:40,440 --> 00:26:41,600
Speaker 1: down and they're just waiting for the next.

596
00:26:41,520 --> 00:26:43,280
Speaker 2: Play to start. I'm like, Kiki, dunk it.

597
00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:46,760
Speaker 1: She turns around. She goes me, you mean dom I go, no, you.

598
00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:49,160
Speaker 1: So then after the game, I come to around the court.

599
00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:50,000
Speaker 1: I'm like, excuse me.

600
00:26:50,240 --> 00:26:52,439
Speaker 2: I was saying you with intent, I know you can

601
00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:53,920
Speaker 2: do it. She's like, I don't know. I don't know

602
00:26:53,960 --> 00:26:55,560
Speaker 2: if I tried in that game, though, I'm like, you

603
00:26:55,640 --> 00:26:56,119
Speaker 2: gotta do it.

604
00:26:56,240 --> 00:26:58,560
Speaker 1: So Alex is looking at PDFs and I'm trying to

605
00:26:58,560 --> 00:27:01,320
Speaker 1: talk to the players from the court. After the game,

606
00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:03,960
Speaker 1: I did just walk directly onto the court where I

607
00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:06,159
Speaker 1: wasn't allowed, of course, And then later when they were

608
00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:07,520
Speaker 1: trying to kick everyone off, I was like, I can't

609
00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:08,760
Speaker 1: believe you're trying to kick me out of a space

610
00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:11,520
Speaker 1: I wasn't allowed in the first place. But I had

611
00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:15,400
Speaker 1: a long conversation with Fever coach Steph White. I talked

612
00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:17,920
Speaker 1: to Steph Dolson about what it's been like playing in Seattle.

613
00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:21,040
Speaker 1: Marina Maybrey's sister Michaela, was hanging out and she had

614
00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:24,280
Speaker 1: this cute shirt that had both Marina and her girlfriend

615
00:27:24,320 --> 00:27:26,440
Speaker 1: Callia copper on it like the double shirt where you're

616
00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:29,480
Speaker 1: supporting two different people, which was very cute. I made

617
00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:32,120
Speaker 1: my friends make a pyramid, obviously at the United Center.

618
00:27:32,240 --> 00:27:34,160
Speaker 1: It's been a while since I made a human pyraitimid

619
00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:38,080
Speaker 1: at an important event. It was a really joyful opportunity

620
00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:40,000
Speaker 1: for a league that's been doing a lot of talking

621
00:27:40,040 --> 00:27:44,639
Speaker 1: about very serious things lately, and you just get reminded

622
00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:47,840
Speaker 1: of how much they really like each other and how

623
00:27:47,920 --> 00:27:50,960
Speaker 1: much they really have fun playing basketball.

624
00:27:52,119 --> 00:27:54,359
Speaker 2: And you saw it really close up. I saw it

625
00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:55,199
Speaker 2: really close up.

626
00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:56,560
Speaker 4: I saw it really close up.

627
00:27:57,000 --> 00:27:58,840
Speaker 6: We saw it from a little further away. We were

628
00:27:58,840 --> 00:28:01,119
Speaker 6: actually seated right near are friends and family.

629
00:28:01,240 --> 00:28:06,000
Speaker 2: Sarah, so my friends and family. Yes, oh I didn't

630
00:28:06,040 --> 00:28:09,840
Speaker 2: hear this me my mother? Actually, Oh yeah, I forgot that.

631
00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:12,720
Speaker 1: I don't think we mentioned this at yesterday's episode. Bianca

632
00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:14,880
Speaker 1: shows up to our live show in the cutest little

633
00:28:14,880 --> 00:28:17,639
Speaker 1: outfit like this, black jeans, top that says hoops and

634
00:28:17,720 --> 00:28:20,320
Speaker 1: gay shit, uh, bandana tied around her neck.

635
00:28:20,560 --> 00:28:22,280
Speaker 2: Long lanky, looks like a model.

636
00:28:22,560 --> 00:28:25,800
Speaker 1: My friend Ali shows up, long lanky, looks like a model,

637
00:28:25,840 --> 00:28:28,440
Speaker 1: wearing black jeans, a black shirt that says footy and

638
00:28:28,520 --> 00:28:30,800
Speaker 1: gay shit and a bandana around her neck. Ye're like,

639
00:28:30,920 --> 00:28:34,040
Speaker 1: oh my god, same height, same body. And my my

640
00:28:34,160 --> 00:28:36,160
Speaker 1: friend was like, well, I'm your mother, and I'm like, well,

641
00:28:36,440 --> 00:28:38,880
Speaker 1: it's uh.

642
00:28:39,160 --> 00:28:41,960
Speaker 2: Bandana was too much. It's crazy. It was crazy.

643
00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:44,040
Speaker 1: It looked like you were coordinated, and we got the

644
00:28:44,080 --> 00:28:46,600
Speaker 1: cutest picture, which we are one thousand percent just using

645
00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:47,480
Speaker 1: to sell merch.

646
00:28:47,520 --> 00:28:50,880
Speaker 2: Because you could both look adorable. So your mom was

647
00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:53,040
Speaker 2: sitting behind you? How nice for you? Yes, so my

648
00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:54,640
Speaker 2: mom was sitting with all my friends behind you.

649
00:28:56,200 --> 00:28:58,040
Speaker 1: What else anything else that stood out to you from

650
00:28:58,160 --> 00:28:59,880
Speaker 1: either the game or how about like the parties?

651
00:29:00,120 --> 00:29:02,960
Speaker 6: So Bianca and I we had such a hard time

652
00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:05,320
Speaker 6: figuring out where we were going in the United Center,

653
00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:07,960
Speaker 6: Like just a few more signs would have been nice,

654
00:29:08,560 --> 00:29:12,719
Speaker 6: But amid us trying to figure out where are seats,

655
00:29:12,720 --> 00:29:15,040
Speaker 6: where where the press conference was, we ended up in

656
00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:17,920
Speaker 6: like one of the little alleys that leads out to

657
00:29:18,080 --> 00:29:21,440
Speaker 6: the arena, And it was right as all of the

658
00:29:21,520 --> 00:29:24,320
Speaker 6: mascots were leaving, and so we just had a huge

659
00:29:24,400 --> 00:29:27,320
Speaker 6: prey of mascots walk by us. And I love that

660
00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:29,920
Speaker 6: they sent out all the mascots to All Star Game.

661
00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:31,520
Speaker 6: It's just really fun to see them all next to

662
00:29:31,640 --> 00:29:34,440
Speaker 6: each other. Wait, but that was before the three point contest,

663
00:29:34,520 --> 00:29:37,040
Speaker 6: not the game. Oh that we got stuck in that tunnel.

664
00:29:37,280 --> 00:29:39,640
Speaker 1: Yeah, but it's actually interesting that that's where you got

665
00:29:39,680 --> 00:29:42,240
Speaker 1: lost because win Trust had some issues, not just in

666
00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:44,480
Speaker 1: you guys finding out where you needed to go, but

667
00:29:45,080 --> 00:29:47,720
Speaker 1: right as the three point and skills competition were starting

668
00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:51,320
Speaker 1: on Friday, their ticketing system went down. Oh so shoot,

669
00:29:51,400 --> 00:29:54,280
Speaker 1: I got in just fine, and I'm looking around and

670
00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:56,480
Speaker 1: so many empty seats and I'm like, I would have

671
00:29:56,520 --> 00:29:58,440
Speaker 1: thought this sold out. And then it turns out, as

672
00:29:58,520 --> 00:30:01,440
Speaker 1: my friend who is meeting me is texting me, that

673
00:30:01,680 --> 00:30:04,800
Speaker 1: every single machine went down as people were trying to

674
00:30:04,880 --> 00:30:07,000
Speaker 1: come in, and if anybody had it in their wallet

675
00:30:07,480 --> 00:30:10,480
Speaker 1: as opposed to in like the official ticketmaster app or whatever,

676
00:30:10,880 --> 00:30:14,360
Speaker 1: it wouldn't scan ohn. So they were all outside and

677
00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:19,920
Speaker 1: hundreds of people missed the entire skills competition and got

678
00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:21,600
Speaker 1: in just in time for part of three points.

679
00:30:21,600 --> 00:30:22,520
Speaker 2: And it's a short event.

680
00:30:22,960 --> 00:30:24,680
Speaker 1: There's not a lot there, and it was expensive to

681
00:30:24,720 --> 00:30:26,760
Speaker 1: get into. So there was a brief mention of that

682
00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:30,080
Speaker 1: the WNBA conference on Saturday, someone like very briefly touched

683
00:30:30,120 --> 00:30:33,000
Speaker 1: down some technology issues at wind Trust, and I was like, Yeah,

684
00:30:33,640 --> 00:30:35,520
Speaker 1: that's one of the only things I'll say did not

685
00:30:35,640 --> 00:30:37,720
Speaker 1: go well this weekend. I thought Chicago and all the

686
00:30:37,760 --> 00:30:40,320
Speaker 1: events and everything was great. But you'll ask people who

687
00:30:40,360 --> 00:30:42,200
Speaker 1: were going to that event, and that was very frustrating

688
00:30:42,280 --> 00:30:42,560
Speaker 1: for them.

689
00:30:42,840 --> 00:30:44,920
Speaker 2: But I was there in time for all the mascots.

690
00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:47,120
Speaker 1: And y'all know that my phone is full up of

691
00:30:47,240 --> 00:30:49,800
Speaker 1: videos of mascots and me being like that one can

692
00:30:49,880 --> 00:30:51,800
Speaker 1: get it, that one can get it, that one's weird,

693
00:30:52,240 --> 00:30:53,800
Speaker 1: because yeah, I have a weird mascot thing and I

694
00:30:53,880 --> 00:30:55,200
Speaker 1: love them and they are so fun.

695
00:30:55,920 --> 00:30:57,200
Speaker 5: I hate to be the one to do this, guys.

696
00:30:57,240 --> 00:30:59,440
Speaker 5: But enough about the basketball. Let's talk about the parties.

697
00:31:00,480 --> 00:31:01,680
Speaker 4: I'm so glad you asked.

698
00:31:02,560 --> 00:31:04,640
Speaker 1: Well, you, guys, I know we're at Sue Bird's parties,

699
00:31:04,760 --> 00:31:06,480
Speaker 1: So any big takeaways?

700
00:31:06,560 --> 00:31:08,240
Speaker 2: Was there anyone you were excited to see? Was there

701
00:31:08,240 --> 00:31:09,160
Speaker 2: anything that surprised you?

702
00:31:09,760 --> 00:31:13,520
Speaker 6: Really good cookies? I sure loved the birthday cake cookie.

703
00:31:14,160 --> 00:31:20,840
Speaker 6: Just flavor, density, chewiness, wonderful. I'm sure Supe personally signed

704
00:31:20,880 --> 00:31:22,000
Speaker 6: off and we are.

705
00:31:21,960 --> 00:31:24,320
Speaker 1: The only podcast after All Star Weekend talking about the

706
00:31:24,360 --> 00:31:25,560
Speaker 1: cookies at the parties first.

707
00:31:25,680 --> 00:31:28,000
Speaker 2: But I appreciate that we can stand out for that.

708
00:31:29,080 --> 00:31:30,840
Speaker 5: Yeah, but it was a fun party. It was like

709
00:31:30,880 --> 00:31:34,960
Speaker 5: on a rooftop, great night. And then yeah, I noticed

710
00:31:35,040 --> 00:31:40,240
Speaker 5: that over kind of in a little huddle were Sue Bird,

711
00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:44,520
Speaker 5: Swim Cash, and Tina Charles. And earlier that day I

712
00:31:44,640 --> 00:31:48,880
Speaker 5: had said to Sarah and publicly on the live podcast

713
00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:52,080
Speaker 5: that my dream sports related interview would be swin Cash.

714
00:31:52,840 --> 00:31:56,600
Speaker 5: So you know, if I had Sarah's I guess confidence,

715
00:31:57,120 --> 00:31:59,160
Speaker 5: and I would have walked my butt right up to

716
00:31:59,160 --> 00:32:02,120
Speaker 5: Swim Cash. But guys, she was talking to Supe Bird

717
00:32:02,240 --> 00:32:04,360
Speaker 5: and Tina Charles. What was I supposed to do?

718
00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:06,760
Speaker 1: You go near there, you do the hover, You wait

719
00:32:06,840 --> 00:32:09,040
Speaker 1: for a brief moment in between people she's talking to,

720
00:32:09,120 --> 00:32:11,200
Speaker 1: and that's when you step in. Or like me, you

721
00:32:11,320 --> 00:32:14,160
Speaker 1: walk into the party and instantly hit a murderer's row

722
00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:16,560
Speaker 1: and have zero chill because you walk through all of them.

723
00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:18,720
Speaker 2: So I was like, Sue, thanks for inviting me. Oh,

724
00:32:18,880 --> 00:32:21,400
Speaker 2: she's talking to Jason senakas Jason. Hey, we met at

725
00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:23,520
Speaker 2: the Ted Last Oprior Mirror. I'm friends with Brenda. Nice

726
00:32:23,560 --> 00:32:24,160
Speaker 2: to see you again.

727
00:32:24,360 --> 00:32:26,800
Speaker 1: Oh, Paige Becker's Hi. I just listened to your episode

728
00:32:26,800 --> 00:32:28,800
Speaker 1: with Sue. It was so fantastic. Keep being yourself like

729
00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:30,800
Speaker 1: I just walked in and it was like I walked

730
00:32:30,840 --> 00:32:33,080
Speaker 1: through the most famous row of people and I was like,

731
00:32:33,160 --> 00:32:34,480
Speaker 1: ok it, I'm saying hi to all of them.

732
00:32:35,720 --> 00:32:38,200
Speaker 2: But normally I do the hover, the weight, and then

733
00:32:38,240 --> 00:32:38,720
Speaker 2: the step in.

734
00:32:39,080 --> 00:32:41,680
Speaker 1: But what's funny about it is I was entering the

735
00:32:41,720 --> 00:32:44,000
Speaker 1: party because I went to Candas Parker's party first, which

736
00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:44,680
Speaker 1: was super fun.

737
00:32:45,120 --> 00:32:45,880
Speaker 2: There was a lot of people there.

738
00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:47,320
Speaker 1: I got the chance to meet Eliah Boston for the

739
00:32:47,360 --> 00:32:48,720
Speaker 1: first time and talked to her for a little bit,

740
00:32:48,760 --> 00:32:52,240
Speaker 1: which I was excited to chat with her. And Candace

741
00:32:52,280 --> 00:32:54,080
Speaker 1: Parker's mom was throwing down on the dance floor, which

742
00:32:54,120 --> 00:32:54,600
Speaker 1: was super fun.

743
00:32:54,880 --> 00:32:56,920
Speaker 2: So as I'm walking in, Swin Cash is walking out

744
00:32:57,160 --> 00:32:57,600
Speaker 2: and I'm like.

745
00:32:57,640 --> 00:33:00,720
Speaker 1: Oh my god, you can't be leaving, and she's like, yeah,

746
00:33:00,880 --> 00:33:03,360
Speaker 1: I gotta go, girl, And I'm like, wait, did you

747
00:33:03,440 --> 00:33:04,920
Speaker 1: meet someone in there named Bianca?

748
00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:07,160
Speaker 2: She was like no, I don't think so I'm like,

749
00:33:07,240 --> 00:33:09,200
Speaker 2: damn it, Bianca. I'm like, damn it.

750
00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:12,840
Speaker 1: Literally just today said if she could interview anyone, it

751
00:33:12,840 --> 00:33:14,360
Speaker 1: would be you, and that she could listen to you

752
00:33:14,480 --> 00:33:17,800
Speaker 1: talk for hours about anything. And she did not come

753
00:33:17,880 --> 00:33:19,720
Speaker 1: up and introduce herself. And so then when and I

754
00:33:19,840 --> 00:33:22,800
Speaker 1: made a video for Bianca that was like, girl, I

755
00:33:22,960 --> 00:33:24,840
Speaker 1: was looking for you, get your shit together.

756
00:33:25,640 --> 00:33:29,080
Speaker 5: I am still processing that video personally on a personal note,

757
00:33:29,880 --> 00:33:32,360
Speaker 5: and it's just crazy. It was like such a quick turnaround,

758
00:33:32,440 --> 00:33:36,280
Speaker 5: like six hours, speak something into existence, Sarah Spain makes

759
00:33:36,320 --> 00:33:37,320
Speaker 5: it happen type of thing.

760
00:33:37,840 --> 00:33:38,520
Speaker 2: It was crazy.

761
00:33:38,760 --> 00:33:43,240
Speaker 1: But keep manifesting. I'm getting that shit, it happens. Yeah,

762
00:33:43,280 --> 00:33:46,120
Speaker 1: that party was really fun though. Also I was hovering

763
00:33:46,160 --> 00:33:48,320
Speaker 1: outside with Ryan Ruco and we were sharing tips for

764
00:33:48,440 --> 00:33:50,120
Speaker 1: how as soon as we get somewhere we try to

765
00:33:50,160 --> 00:33:52,920
Speaker 1: find an outside so that we can talk. Because I

766
00:33:53,120 --> 00:33:55,560
Speaker 1: always have to worry about my voice. And I literally

767
00:33:56,040 --> 00:33:58,200
Speaker 1: Thursday night didn't even go to a single party because

768
00:33:58,240 --> 00:33:59,920
Speaker 1: I got out of dinner and I was like, together,

769
00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:02,120
Speaker 1: going to be too loud and it's going to mess

770
00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:04,120
Speaker 1: up my voice. I have a whole week of panels

771
00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:06,320
Speaker 1: and things to do. I can't have a messed up voice.

772
00:34:06,520 --> 00:34:09,360
Speaker 1: So Friday Candices is all inside. So I told my

773
00:34:09,400 --> 00:34:11,080
Speaker 1: friends on the way to Sue Birds, I said, when

774
00:34:11,120 --> 00:34:13,600
Speaker 1: we get there, just an FYI, if the party is inside,

775
00:34:13,640 --> 00:34:16,399
Speaker 1: I'm gonna stop talking. I'm having a perfectly fine time.

776
00:34:16,680 --> 00:34:19,319
Speaker 1: I'm just gonna people watch talk amongst yourselves. There's nothing wrong.

777
00:34:19,400 --> 00:34:21,239
Speaker 1: I just won't be I can't talk anymore. My voice

778
00:34:21,320 --> 00:34:23,680
Speaker 1: is already bad. So we get there and we go outside,

779
00:34:23,800 --> 00:34:25,719
Speaker 1: and so Ryan and I were comparing notes on how

780
00:34:25,760 --> 00:34:28,040
Speaker 1: we need to find the grown folks parties where the

781
00:34:28,160 --> 00:34:29,400
Speaker 1: music isn't so loud.

782
00:34:29,320 --> 00:34:30,600
Speaker 2: Because we both have work to do.

783
00:34:31,040 --> 00:34:33,160
Speaker 1: He's gotta literally call the game the next day, which

784
00:34:33,160 --> 00:34:35,280
Speaker 1: is very important. But I also had to interview Malala

785
00:34:35,360 --> 00:34:37,000
Speaker 1: u subside the next morning, and I was like, I

786
00:34:37,080 --> 00:34:40,440
Speaker 1: can't sound like I've been raging partying because I haven't.

787
00:34:40,560 --> 00:34:42,640
Speaker 1: I've just been in loud places and that's what I

788
00:34:42,680 --> 00:34:44,520
Speaker 1: sound like when I try to talk over loud noises.

789
00:34:45,239 --> 00:34:46,879
Speaker 1: All right, anything else on the parties because I want

790
00:34:46,880 --> 00:34:48,560
Speaker 1: to quickly get to Malala before we head out here.

791
00:34:49,239 --> 00:34:50,200
Speaker 2: Very quickly, guys.

792
00:34:50,560 --> 00:34:52,799
Speaker 5: It was great to not feel like the only tall

793
00:34:52,840 --> 00:34:56,560
Speaker 5: person in the room. It was a best I had

794
00:34:56,600 --> 00:34:58,719
Speaker 5: a moment standing at the bar when like Page was there,

795
00:34:58,800 --> 00:35:01,440
Speaker 5: Bridget was there, Fee was there, and I was just.

796
00:35:01,520 --> 00:35:03,719
Speaker 2: Like, yo, this is where I should have been my

797
00:35:03,760 --> 00:35:04,200
Speaker 2: whole life.

798
00:35:04,360 --> 00:35:07,080
Speaker 4: It felt no different to me than any other night.

799
00:35:08,680 --> 00:35:09,480
Speaker 2: Let me give you a tip.

800
00:35:09,600 --> 00:35:11,520
Speaker 1: Take as many pictures as you can in those places

801
00:35:11,600 --> 00:35:15,160
Speaker 1: because you look so cute empethite, and I never get

802
00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:17,120
Speaker 1: to look cute empetite. I make all my friends look

803
00:35:17,160 --> 00:35:18,719
Speaker 1: cute and petite, and then I take a picture with

804
00:35:18,880 --> 00:35:21,680
Speaker 1: like fee and I'm like, oh my god, that's what

805
00:35:21,760 --> 00:35:23,799
Speaker 1: I'm doing for my friends all the time because making

806
00:35:23,840 --> 00:35:24,680
Speaker 1: them look so cute.

807
00:35:25,719 --> 00:35:27,440
Speaker 2: But yeah, so fun and it is.

808
00:35:27,520 --> 00:35:29,120
Speaker 1: I told my friends who are not in the sports world,

809
00:35:29,160 --> 00:35:31,360
Speaker 1: I said, WNBA All Stars coming this weekend, be prepared

810
00:35:31,400 --> 00:35:33,360
Speaker 1: for the streets to be full of like just the

811
00:35:33,440 --> 00:35:35,640
Speaker 1: tallest women you've ever seen. It's gonna be everywhere you look,

812
00:35:35,680 --> 00:35:39,880
Speaker 1: which is great. Okay, So I had a million panels,

813
00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:42,480
Speaker 1: like starting Wednesday night and going through all the way

814
00:35:42,560 --> 00:35:45,640
Speaker 1: up until the game basically, and so kind of trying

815
00:35:45,719 --> 00:35:48,720
Speaker 1: to balance our live shows plus going to the events

816
00:35:48,760 --> 00:35:50,680
Speaker 1: and parties and the things that I wasn't speaking at

817
00:35:50,719 --> 00:35:54,520
Speaker 1: with the ones I was was exhausting. Y'all heard my

818
00:35:54,600 --> 00:35:58,160
Speaker 1: voice in yesterday's show and I had Savannah Bananas on Sunday,

819
00:35:58,280 --> 00:36:00,400
Speaker 1: which I finally won the ticket lottery. So I was like, well,

820
00:36:00,440 --> 00:36:02,680
Speaker 1: I can't say no just because it's the end of

821
00:36:02,719 --> 00:36:04,200
Speaker 1: All Star weekend and I'm gonna want to die.

822
00:36:04,960 --> 00:36:07,520
Speaker 2: So I weekend at Bernie's my way to Wriglely to

823
00:36:07,719 --> 00:36:10,600
Speaker 2: enjoy that. But yeah, I'll just give you a couple

824
00:36:10,640 --> 00:36:12,080
Speaker 2: of little highlights from the panels.

825
00:36:12,960 --> 00:36:15,640
Speaker 1: One was after Women's Sports Foundation, a friend that was

826
00:36:15,680 --> 00:36:18,279
Speaker 1: in town organized a dinner at Alinea because of All

827
00:36:18,320 --> 00:36:20,760
Speaker 1: Star Weekend, which is one of the most famous restaurants

828
00:36:20,800 --> 00:36:23,160
Speaker 1: in the world. Was a three star Michelin, but it

829
00:36:23,239 --> 00:36:25,400
Speaker 1: went down to two stars this year. They've got to

830
00:36:25,440 --> 00:36:27,279
Speaker 1: work their way back up. But yeah, truly one of

831
00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:30,120
Speaker 1: the top restaurants in the world. And they based a

832
00:36:30,160 --> 00:36:32,440
Speaker 1: lot of The Bear on it, and so if you

833
00:36:32,520 --> 00:36:34,840
Speaker 1: watch The Bear, they're like, this person's never had pizza.

834
00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:36,759
Speaker 1: So they show up and they like take deep dish

835
00:36:36,800 --> 00:36:38,600
Speaker 1: pizza and they put it into one of the courses

836
00:36:38,719 --> 00:36:41,719
Speaker 1: or they made fake snow at the fake restaurant there, right,

837
00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:43,960
Speaker 1: So in my case, it was they were bringing out

838
00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:46,399
Speaker 1: this crazy Jackson Pollock inspired dessert course.

839
00:36:46,440 --> 00:36:47,719
Speaker 2: There's music and the lights.

840
00:36:47,560 --> 00:36:49,800
Speaker 1: Dimmed down, and I was like, oh, I'm expecting to

841
00:36:49,880 --> 00:36:52,200
Speaker 1: hear the nineties bulls music like dun dund dud dun

842
00:36:52,320 --> 00:36:55,200
Speaker 1: dun dun dun dun, And someone overheard me and within

843
00:36:55,280 --> 00:36:58,880
Speaker 1: two minutes our private room is blasting the Alan Parsons

844
00:36:58,960 --> 00:37:01,239
Speaker 1: Project nineties Bowls music, and I was like, we are

845
00:37:01,320 --> 00:37:03,560
Speaker 1: in an episode of the Bear, Like they're literally like

846
00:37:03,680 --> 00:37:05,040
Speaker 1: your wish is a linea's command.

847
00:37:05,239 --> 00:37:05,959
Speaker 2: So that was cool.

848
00:37:06,280 --> 00:37:08,520
Speaker 6: I know, you really should have gotten creative Sarah like,

849
00:37:08,600 --> 00:37:09,840
Speaker 6: what else do you want to happen?

850
00:37:10,040 --> 00:37:11,839
Speaker 4: Like, let's get Ajia Wilson on the pod.

851
00:37:12,320 --> 00:37:15,160
Speaker 1: Well, so I invited al Duncan and she goes, oh,

852
00:37:15,200 --> 00:37:16,279
Speaker 1: that's how it works, you know what.

853
00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:21,040
Speaker 2: I like diamonds up. A pile of diamonds would end

854
00:37:21,120 --> 00:37:21,640
Speaker 2: up on her plate.

855
00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:24,360
Speaker 1: The big takeaway from my Thursday panel at the Obama

856
00:37:24,440 --> 00:37:27,480
Speaker 1: Center with Candace Parker and folks from Gatorade and.

857
00:37:27,600 --> 00:37:30,239
Speaker 4: The Sky, other than Obama not being there, other than.

858
00:37:30,160 --> 00:37:32,399
Speaker 1: Obama not being there, was First of all, we wore

859
00:37:32,480 --> 00:37:34,840
Speaker 1: matching shirts that said, you know, only six percent of

860
00:37:35,200 --> 00:37:38,040
Speaker 1: sports research is dedicated to women, and Candace had said

861
00:37:38,040 --> 00:37:39,560
Speaker 1: she wouldn't wear it unless they blined it out a

862
00:37:39,600 --> 00:37:41,799
Speaker 1: little and she just wanted the six percent blinged out,

863
00:37:41,840 --> 00:37:42,800
Speaker 1: but instead.

864
00:37:42,640 --> 00:37:45,880
Speaker 2: All the letters, the sleeves, the collar. So we basically

865
00:37:46,080 --> 00:37:48,200
Speaker 2: were joking that we were girls five EVA. We were like,

866
00:37:48,280 --> 00:37:48,920
Speaker 2: we're a girl group.

867
00:37:48,960 --> 00:37:50,919
Speaker 1: We're like, wait, we're too old, We're girls five EVA.

868
00:37:51,360 --> 00:37:53,799
Speaker 1: So the panel before, Cheryl Swoops and Asia Wilson were

869
00:37:53,920 --> 00:37:55,960
Speaker 1: sitting down to talk, which was incredible to listen to.

870
00:37:56,040 --> 00:37:58,000
Speaker 1: But then Cheryl said she was trying to set up

871
00:37:58,040 --> 00:38:00,560
Speaker 1: Asia Wilson with her son Jordan before she met Bam

872
00:38:01,040 --> 00:38:03,040
Speaker 1: and I'm like, that checks out, like you're trying to

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Speaker 1: get some grand babies that can hoop, and I respect

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Speaker 1: that and appreciate it. Then right after that, the next

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Speaker 1: event I had was with Cheryl again, but with Cheryl

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Speaker 1: and Tisha Pennachero and Dona Orner, who we've had on

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Speaker 1: the show, former w president for the V Foundation. And

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Speaker 1: I can't wait for y'all to listen to that conversation

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Speaker 1: because it got.

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Speaker 2: Real spicy and I know you guys haven't even heard

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Speaker 2: it yet.

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Speaker 1: Oh yeah, they really get into it and they have

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Speaker 1: so much perspective from thirty years in the league talking

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Speaker 1: about how things used to be and how they are now.

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Speaker 1: And Hannahidalgo was there and earned this inaugural Tichha Pennachero

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Speaker 1: Prize that she passed along, and it was very cool

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Speaker 1: to hear her give praise and give flowers to Tisha

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Speaker 1: and the people that came before and the league that

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Speaker 1: she's going to be entering soon, so that was fun

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Speaker 1: to see. I went to a dinner at this fancy

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Speaker 1: restaurant after for Octagon the Agency, and the only reason

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Speaker 1: I bring this up is because I wanted to show

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Speaker 1: my friend Haley that was in town the view from

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Speaker 1: this restaurant because it's high in the Saint Regis and

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Speaker 1: we walk in just to look, and this couple is

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Speaker 1: at a table and they're like, are you guys in

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Speaker 1: the DUBBA because Haley's also like six feet tall. She

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Speaker 1: used to be a goalie in the NWSL And we

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Speaker 1: were like, oh no, we're here for the weekend though,

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Speaker 1: and there are some WNBA players in the room that

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Speaker 1: we're in for dinner and they were like, is Kaitlyn

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Speaker 1: Clark here?

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Speaker 2: And we were like no, And I'm thinking, oh, everyone

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Speaker 2: knows Katelyn Clark. And they're like, is Sophie Cunningham here?

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Speaker 2: And I was like no, we gotta go. It's like

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Speaker 2: those are your two record sports.

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Speaker 1: I think this conversation's good, okay, And then finally I

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Speaker 1: make it through all these different like panels and conversations

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Speaker 1: and the final boss is Malala Yusufsi Saturday morning of

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Speaker 1: All Star Weekend, so I have to.

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Speaker 2: Be my most professional and smart for that one.

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Speaker 1: And I think I'll save some takeaways on that conversation

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Speaker 1: for later because she talks about Ted Lasso in a

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Speaker 1: way that I've never heard of before. And I was

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Speaker 1: also incredibly impressed with the research that she's done to

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Speaker 1: enter the women's sports space. She started Recess Capital to

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Speaker 1: fund women's sports initiatives and invest in teams in leagues stuff,

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Speaker 1: and I think I want to give that a little

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Speaker 1: more time, So on another episode, I'll tell you all

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Speaker 1: the things I chatted about with Chill. Nobel Prize winner

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Speaker 1: on Saturday morning, but.

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Speaker 4: A real Nobel Prize winner.

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Speaker 6: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I don't think she's even won the FIFA Piece Prize though,

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Speaker 1: which is a shame something.

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Speaker 2: For her to aspire to.

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Speaker 1: I just want to say thanks to everyone that we

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Speaker 1: came across all of All Star Weekend, from the team

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Speaker 1: at iHeart for making our live show at level sporting

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Speaker 1: clubs so great, to the slices who showed up and

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Speaker 1: the slices who were cheering me on from their seats

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Speaker 1: at the game when I was trying to pose for

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Speaker 1: a fit pick.

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Speaker 2: It was a nice little boost as trying to look

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Speaker 2: cute that they were yelling that it was cute. Thank you.

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Speaker 1: Thanks to Round twenty one for just sending me stuff

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Speaker 1: and then I wear it because I know they have

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Speaker 1: better taste than I do, so I trust them. All

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Speaker 1: the players that put a show on for us on

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Speaker 1: the court and the live stream, thank you for that.

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Speaker 1: I really do love the WNBA, as Ari Chamber says,

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Speaker 1: the WNBA is so important and I think we saw

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Speaker 1: that in so many different ways this weekend.

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Speaker 2: Okay, we got to take a break. Let me come back.

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Speaker 2: We love you admins.

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Speaker 1: Welcome back, slices. We love that you're listening, but we

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Speaker 1: want you to get in the game every day too.

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

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Speaker 1: want to know if you're keeping tabs on all the

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Speaker 1: WNBAT because we feel like we need to take like

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Speaker 1: a whole week off to catch up on all the

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Speaker 1: drama post All Star weekend. So are you the slices

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Speaker 1: the kind of fans who dig in on Reddit and

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Speaker 1: other sites to find out who cheated on whom and

955
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Speaker 1: who's rumored to be with whom. Are y'all mostly just interested?

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Speaker 1: In the games and all the public facing interviews and stuff.

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00:41:37,440 --> 00:41:40,520
Speaker 1: No judgment either way. We're just always gauging whether you

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Speaker 1: want us to dip a toe into the tee every

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Speaker 1: once in a while, or you know, leave that to

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Speaker 1: voicemail at eight seven two two oh four fifty seventy

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Speaker 1: and don't forget to subscribe, rate and review slices. It

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Speaker 1: really helps the show and it's easy watch. WNBA social

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Speaker 1: admins killin' the Q and A's rating ten out of

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Speaker 1: ten for creatively teeing up our favorite players. Review shouts

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Speaker 1: to all the social media admins and content creators coming

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Speaker 1: up with fun new ways for the fans to get

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Speaker 1: to know their favorite athletes. From the New York Liberty

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Speaker 1: admin who asked players to describe their love life in

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Speaker 1: basketball terms, which John Qwell Jones said, quote, we had

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Speaker 1: a lot of great players on the team, but none

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Speaker 1: of them were signed to long term contracts and OSSI

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Speaker 1: Onilly Maylee said quote, I got traded. Now I'm playing

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Speaker 1: for both teams try and figure that one out end quote.

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Speaker 1: And then there was the YAHU Sports admin asking w

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Speaker 1: players on the Orange Carpet what topic they're an expert

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Speaker 1: in other than basketball. Flage Johnson is an expert on

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Speaker 1: blue Crabs quote. I can tell you how to open them,

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Speaker 1: crack them, cook them, and everything. And Lauren Betts can

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Speaker 1: break down sex in the city and explain why Samantha

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Speaker 1: is her favorite and it's not what you think anyway.

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Speaker 1: We're seated for this content lately, and we're grateful to

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Speaker 1: the admins for being creative with it. We'll link to

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Speaker 1: both videos and the show notes in case you now

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Speaker 1: it's your turn. Y'all rate and review, Thanks for listening,

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Speaker 1: See you tomorrow. Good Game, Utah Talons, Good Game, Laura.

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Speaker 2: Harvey Gus for yapp and so much. We didn't even

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Speaker 2: get to talk about the stud Buds live stream.

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Speaker 1: It's all good, though, feels like the fallout from it

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Speaker 1: will be making new news for a few more days.

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