1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:02,920 Speaker 1: Welcome to Good Game with Sarah Spain, where we all 2 00:00:02,920 --> 00:00:05,920 Speaker 1: owe Taylor Swift money for that therapy session she gave 3 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:06,720 Speaker 1: on New Heights. 4 00:00:07,480 --> 00:00:10,600 Speaker 2: Think of your energy as if it's expensive, as. 5 00:00:10,480 --> 00:00:15,280 Speaker 1: If it's a luxury item. Not everyone can afford it. Yes, girl, 6 00:00:15,680 --> 00:00:19,680 Speaker 1: that's a bar. It's Friday, August fifteenth, Happy Friday Slices. 7 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:21,400 Speaker 2: On today's show, We're going to be digging. 8 00:00:21,160 --> 00:00:24,680 Speaker 1: Into our inbox to answer your questions, take your suggestions, 9 00:00:25,040 --> 00:00:28,520 Speaker 1: and take a little moment for some slice appreciation. Plus, 10 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:31,319 Speaker 1: the Cincinnati Open rolls on, a trio of players gets 11 00:00:31,360 --> 00:00:34,080 Speaker 1: booted from a WNBA game, and a new dating show 12 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:36,760 Speaker 1: finds out what happens when you start with love Love. 13 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:50,239 Speaker 1: It's all coming up right after this Welcome Back Slices, 14 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:55,520 Speaker 1: Happy Friday. Here's what you need to know today. I'm 15 00:00:55,560 --> 00:00:58,240 Speaker 1: the hard courts Tennis is best continue their quest for 16 00:00:58,320 --> 00:01:01,200 Speaker 1: the Cincinnati Open title today, and the field is getting 17 00:01:01,240 --> 00:01:04,080 Speaker 1: smaller and smaller. At the time we're recording this world 18 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:08,560 Speaker 1: Number one Arena Sablenka, Number two Coco Golf, number three, Egosfontec, 19 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:12,560 Speaker 1: number seven, Jasmine Paulini and number nine Yolena Rebakana have 20 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:16,160 Speaker 1: all punched their tickets to the quarterfinal round. Sablenka won 21 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:18,360 Speaker 1: the Open last year and will face Rebakkana for a 22 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:20,960 Speaker 1: spot in the semis. We'll link to the Cincinnati Open 23 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:22,920 Speaker 1: schedule in our show notes so you can follow along 24 00:01:22,959 --> 00:01:26,280 Speaker 1: as the tournament continues over the weekend to hoops and 25 00:01:26,319 --> 00:01:29,160 Speaker 1: the WNBA. There were some fireworks at a game between 26 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:31,880 Speaker 1: the Chicago Sky and Connecticut Sun on Wednesday night. 27 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:33,559 Speaker 2: About midway through the second quarter. 28 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:37,040 Speaker 1: Sun guard Bria Hartley and skyguard Rebecca Allen were battling 29 00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:40,520 Speaker 1: for a rebound. Hartley extended her arms and pushed Alan 30 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:42,840 Speaker 1: to the ground, and after Alan hit the ground, she 31 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:46,160 Speaker 1: grabbed Hartley's jersey, pulling her towards the floor but not 32 00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 1: taking her down. Skyguard Ariel Atkins sprinted into the action, 33 00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:52,960 Speaker 1: confronting Hartley, who was being held back by a referee 34 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:56,960 Speaker 1: and her son teammates. Atkins pushed Hartley and made contact 35 00:01:56,960 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 1: with the official, who was attempting to rain in the situation. 36 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:05,080 Speaker 1: Players were eventually separated and officials ejected Hartley, Allen, and Atkins. 37 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:08,080 Speaker 1: Everything settled down and the Sun went on to win 38 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:10,600 Speaker 1: the game seventy one sixty two. Now we've seen a 39 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:13,000 Speaker 1: fair share of these type of skirmishes this season, and 40 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 1: though these instances can be surprising maybe a little off 41 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:19,160 Speaker 1: putting when they happen, it's just part of the game, y'all. 42 00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:22,119 Speaker 1: Yet another reminder these players do not have to love 43 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:24,960 Speaker 1: each other or be best friends. The point is to 44 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:27,400 Speaker 1: step onto the court and do your damage. Take the 45 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:32,120 Speaker 1: other team down, maybe just not literally, and listen. When 46 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:34,480 Speaker 1: you're the Sun and the Sky, the two very worst 47 00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:36,640 Speaker 1: teams in the league, can you blame them for getting 48 00:02:36,639 --> 00:02:39,360 Speaker 1: a little frustrated out there? If you can't win the game, 49 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:42,799 Speaker 1: at least win the fight elsewhere. In Wednesday night's action, 50 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:45,320 Speaker 1: the Las Vegas Aces increase their win streak to five 51 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:48,240 Speaker 1: straight with a dub against the defending champion New York Liberty, 52 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:51,079 Speaker 1: taking care of business eighty three seventy seven on their 53 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:54,320 Speaker 1: home court, and y'all, that was the Ace's first regular 54 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:57,560 Speaker 1: season win against the Libs since August of twenty twenty three. 55 00:02:58,160 --> 00:03:01,440 Speaker 1: Sheeesh Jewelloyd the way for the Aces off the bench 56 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:04,720 Speaker 1: with twenty one points, including five threes. It was her 57 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:07,480 Speaker 1: twenty sixth career game with at least five made three 58 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:10,760 Speaker 1: pointers that tied her for third most in WNBA history. 59 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:14,920 Speaker 1: With guess who her head coach, Becky Hammond. Asia Wilson 60 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:17,760 Speaker 1: also did what she does, dropping seventeen points and sixteen 61 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:21,040 Speaker 1: rebounds en route to her fifteenth double double of the season. 62 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:24,800 Speaker 1: More WNBA, there are five games come in our way tonight, 63 00:03:24,840 --> 00:03:28,920 Speaker 1: including three at seven thirty pm Eastern, Misha's Washington Mystics 64 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:31,880 Speaker 1: at the Indiana Fever, the La Sparks at the Dallas Wings, 65 00:03:31,919 --> 00:03:35,600 Speaker 1: and the Golden State Valkyries visiting my Chicago Sky. Speaking 66 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:37,920 Speaker 1: of the Valks, the other day, we mentioned their new mascot, 67 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 1: Violet the Raven, who wears glasses, and we asked if 68 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:44,320 Speaker 1: she might be the first bespectacled mascot. Well shout out 69 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:46,920 Speaker 1: to Teal underscore puck on X, who let us know 70 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:50,440 Speaker 1: that the Minor League Baseball Las Vegas Aviators have two 71 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:54,840 Speaker 1: mascots who have glasses adjacent accessories, The Aviator who's got 72 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:57,040 Speaker 1: a helmet with a built in I shield, and the 73 00:03:57,080 --> 00:03:59,400 Speaker 1: Spruce Goose who wears goggles. 74 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:02,520 Speaker 2: Y'all, I'm kind of obsessed with the Spruce Goose. 75 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:05,160 Speaker 1: We'll post a link to that Qtie Patuti in its 76 00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:07,960 Speaker 1: little jumpsuit in our show notes. We've then got two 77 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:10,560 Speaker 1: more WNBA games at ten BM Eastern Tonight. That's the 78 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:13,280 Speaker 1: Seattle Storm at the Atlanta Dream and the Phoenix Mercury 79 00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:16,279 Speaker 1: hosting the Las Vegas Aces. All those games are on 80 00:04:16,440 --> 00:04:19,159 Speaker 1: Ion regionally, and we'll link to the full weekend schedule 81 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:22,640 Speaker 1: in our show notes in Footy News. Two NWSL contests 82 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:24,960 Speaker 1: on the schedule for tonight. It's the Washington Spirit and 83 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:27,880 Speaker 1: Racing Louisville FC on Prime Video at eight pm Eastern 84 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:30,680 Speaker 1: and Angel City FC host in the Utah Royals on 85 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:34,440 Speaker 1: NWSL Plus and Paramount Plus at ten pm Eastern. Then 86 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:37,560 Speaker 1: on Saturday, battle between the league's top teams, the number 87 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:40,799 Speaker 1: one Kansas City Current against the number two Orlando Pride. 88 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:44,200 Speaker 1: If Casey wins, they'll extend their win streak to nine games, 89 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:47,560 Speaker 1: which would match their league record streak from earlier this season. 90 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:50,200 Speaker 1: Shout out to the great Jen Cooper, friend of the show, 91 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:53,080 Speaker 1: for that nugget. We'll link to the full NWSL schedule 92 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:57,520 Speaker 1: in our show notes. All right, Slicea's I wanted to 93 00:04:57,520 --> 00:04:59,599 Speaker 1: remind you that we're eight days away from the Diana 94 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:03,160 Speaker 1: taurass See bench reveal in Door County, Wisconsin. It's all 95 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 1: happening Saturday, August twenty third at twelve pm at the 96 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:11,320 Speaker 1: observation deck at Whitefish Dune State Park, followed by postgame drinks, 97 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:14,800 Speaker 1: cheese curds, and hangs at the hitching Post in nearby 98 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:17,800 Speaker 1: Sturgeon Bay. Come on through, y'all. I'd love to see 99 00:05:17,839 --> 00:05:22,240 Speaker 1: some slices there. I've got some surprises and some prizes 100 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:23,400 Speaker 1: for folks who come. 101 00:05:23,480 --> 00:05:23,680 Speaker 2: Hang. 102 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:26,039 Speaker 1: You could check out my Insta and Blue Sky accounts 103 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:28,440 Speaker 1: for a graphic with all the details. And I'll tell 104 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:30,760 Speaker 1: you the folks at Whitefish Dune State Park are super 105 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:32,960 Speaker 1: excited about this. Ever since we made the announcement of 106 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:35,520 Speaker 1: the bench, they've had folks coming in asking where it 107 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:37,440 Speaker 1: is and if they could come see it. So they've 108 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:38,920 Speaker 1: been waiting for me to give them a date when 109 00:05:38,920 --> 00:05:41,080 Speaker 1: we can actually put the bench out. So hope to 110 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:43,080 Speaker 1: see a lot of you there. We got to take 111 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:45,320 Speaker 1: a quick break when we come back. We dove deep 112 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:48,000 Speaker 1: into the good game inbox and emerged with a whole 113 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:51,640 Speaker 1: lot of wit, wisdom and wackiness from you slices. We'll 114 00:05:51,640 --> 00:05:53,400 Speaker 1: take a look at what you've been sending us. Next 115 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:55,880 Speaker 1: stick around. 116 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:02,440 Speaker 2: Welcome back, y'all. 117 00:06:02,480 --> 00:06:07,920 Speaker 1: It's time for a little big citrus conversation Alex Niche. 118 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:13,280 Speaker 2: How are you doing well? Howdy happy frya. Let's get 119 00:06:13,320 --> 00:06:14,679 Speaker 2: into this inbox, y'all. 120 00:06:14,680 --> 00:06:17,440 Speaker 1: When I tell you I was behind, I literally had 121 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:19,359 Speaker 1: to scroll all the way back to January in my 122 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:22,200 Speaker 1: inbox to get to a spot that wasn't chock full 123 00:06:22,279 --> 00:06:25,280 Speaker 1: of unread messages. So went all the way back there 124 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:28,000 Speaker 1: to go through all of my personal messages and all 125 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:30,320 Speaker 1: of your slice messages, and there was some good stuff 126 00:06:30,320 --> 00:06:33,080 Speaker 1: in there from you loyal slices, Sarah. 127 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:34,520 Speaker 3: I am so impressed. 128 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:36,120 Speaker 2: I mish. 129 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:38,880 Speaker 3: I don't know if you're the same way, but I 130 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:41,160 Speaker 3: kind of despise my email inbox. It gives me a 131 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:44,279 Speaker 3: lot of anxiety, and there are a lot of emails 132 00:06:44,279 --> 00:06:48,720 Speaker 3: that I think about needing to reply to, and it 133 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:51,080 Speaker 3: is harder to carry that with me than it is 134 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:54,359 Speaker 3: to just reply to the DM email. And so I 135 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:57,800 Speaker 3: really just respect your tenacity to go back all the 136 00:06:57,800 --> 00:06:59,360 Speaker 3: way through and actually do it. 137 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:02,680 Speaker 1: I mean, I still have like thirty eight thousand on 138 00:07:02,839 --> 00:07:03,599 Speaker 1: red messages. 139 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:06,279 Speaker 2: But don't give me that face me. 140 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:10,000 Speaker 3: You're not one of those people that proudly proclaims how 141 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:11,800 Speaker 3: many emails you get a day, as if it's like 142 00:07:11,840 --> 00:07:12,880 Speaker 3: a status badge. 143 00:07:13,080 --> 00:07:15,600 Speaker 1: No, it's stupid, but I also like go through and 144 00:07:15,640 --> 00:07:16,840 Speaker 1: I'm like, I should cancel that. 145 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:18,880 Speaker 2: I don't need those. And then I get a good 146 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:19,840 Speaker 2: one and I'm like, oh what I. 147 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:21,840 Speaker 1: Like that they just told me about that thing, or 148 00:07:21,920 --> 00:07:23,440 Speaker 1: I just learned about this thing, or I got a 149 00:07:23,480 --> 00:07:24,440 Speaker 1: discount code here. 150 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:28,760 Speaker 2: So yeah, it's a mess in there, but it's better now. 151 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:29,960 Speaker 2: I cleaned it up a bit. 152 00:07:30,520 --> 00:07:33,240 Speaker 1: And over the course of my journey, I happened to 153 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:35,080 Speaker 1: bud a whole bunch of good Slice emails that I 154 00:07:35,120 --> 00:07:37,840 Speaker 1: should have responded to several months ago. But here we are, 155 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:41,160 Speaker 1: and I want to start with our slicest and most 156 00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:44,240 Speaker 1: loyal slices, Super Slice Amanda Vallo, she said, does a 157 00:07:44,280 --> 00:07:45,840 Speaker 1: lot of emails, but one that Cheer wrote that was 158 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:48,280 Speaker 1: great was she wrote, I have a hot topic. I'd 159 00:07:48,320 --> 00:07:50,240 Speaker 1: love to hear Big Citrus take a minute or three. 160 00:07:50,320 --> 00:07:53,200 Speaker 1: On these days, I can't listen to a podcast, turn 161 00:07:53,280 --> 00:07:55,760 Speaker 1: on a sports channel without a scroll of game odds 162 00:07:55,840 --> 00:07:59,840 Speaker 1: or hearing a commercial for FanDuel, sports betting, gambling, fantasyly, 163 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:02,200 Speaker 1: et cetera seem to be the gateway drug for bringing 164 00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:05,560 Speaker 1: in the casual fan and presumably engaging the male audience. 165 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:07,680 Speaker 1: One thing that's always drawn me to women's sports is 166 00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:10,600 Speaker 1: the relative freedom from such influences and the build of 167 00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:14,760 Speaker 1: fans through stars, stats, stakes stories. My question is basically, 168 00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:16,800 Speaker 1: how do you feel about betting gambling on women's sports 169 00:08:16,840 --> 00:08:18,680 Speaker 1: and do you think it's necessary for the continued growth 170 00:08:18,680 --> 00:08:22,400 Speaker 1: and popularity of leagues like the WNBA and NWSL. Good game, 171 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:25,200 Speaker 1: smart women with opinions, good game, women's voices. F you 172 00:08:25,280 --> 00:08:28,880 Speaker 1: anyone messing with the integrity of women's sports baces? All right, 173 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:32,120 Speaker 1: mesh Alex, what you got oof? 174 00:08:32,880 --> 00:08:35,560 Speaker 4: This one is hard. This one is hard generally speaking, 175 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:38,600 Speaker 4: like the influx of sports betting and sports betting culture 176 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:44,400 Speaker 4: has ground my gears to you know, no end. I 177 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:46,160 Speaker 4: hate what it's already done to the men's side, I 178 00:08:46,200 --> 00:08:50,200 Speaker 4: really do. There's this weird sense of entitlement and control 179 00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:52,280 Speaker 4: that it gives to like the worst of the worst 180 00:08:52,360 --> 00:08:54,920 Speaker 4: fans that are like on the margins of fan bases, 181 00:08:55,880 --> 00:08:59,040 Speaker 4: and also as like a basketball peer specifically, I think 182 00:08:59,080 --> 00:09:01,559 Speaker 4: it kind of lootes the culture of the game when 183 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:04,360 Speaker 4: all you're worried about watching a game is your props 184 00:09:04,760 --> 00:09:07,440 Speaker 4: and not the excellence and dominance happening right in front 185 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:10,240 Speaker 4: of your face, so that bothers me and I think 186 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:12,840 Speaker 4: that we should figure out some of those issues first 187 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:14,439 Speaker 4: before we try to make it such a big deal 188 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:16,560 Speaker 4: in the women's side. I do think there could be 189 00:09:16,559 --> 00:09:21,080 Speaker 4: benefit to it, right, and money always talks, but generally speaking, 190 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:23,120 Speaker 4: it's just hard for me to wrap my head around. 191 00:09:23,880 --> 00:09:24,240 Speaker 2: Misha. 192 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:26,160 Speaker 3: I love that you're like, we need to solve toxic 193 00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:29,439 Speaker 3: masculinity before bringing to women's. 194 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:33,160 Speaker 2: Sports lofty hopes lot. I'm an idealist, man, I'm an idealist. 195 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:36,040 Speaker 2: What can I say? Oh? 196 00:09:36,160 --> 00:09:39,760 Speaker 3: Man, I mean, I totally agree. I I'm not somebody 197 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:42,920 Speaker 3: that's ever gotten into sports gambling or even fantasy sports 198 00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:47,480 Speaker 3: without the gambling, but I know that there can be 199 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:51,280 Speaker 3: a way that engages casual So I remember back in 200 00:09:51,320 --> 00:09:54,680 Speaker 3: the day, there was an alpine skier who on the side, 201 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:59,080 Speaker 3: he created a fantasy website for ski racing, and as 202 00:09:59,080 --> 00:10:02,400 Speaker 3: an alpine skiing rep, I remember filling it out and 203 00:10:02,440 --> 00:10:07,480 Speaker 3: like the satisfaction that came with seeing my predictions come true, 204 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:09,880 Speaker 3: and that was in such a niche sport. And I 205 00:10:09,920 --> 00:10:11,640 Speaker 3: think one of the things in women's sports a lot 206 00:10:11,640 --> 00:10:13,800 Speaker 3: of the times that people maybe don't realize is that 207 00:10:14,520 --> 00:10:16,960 Speaker 3: to build up the stuff on the back end that 208 00:10:17,040 --> 00:10:20,040 Speaker 3: takes infrastructure, it takes money, and so even talk about 209 00:10:20,080 --> 00:10:23,319 Speaker 3: it sometimes around these NCAA tournaments where I remember back 210 00:10:23,360 --> 00:10:25,280 Speaker 3: in college, a whole group of us wanted to fill 211 00:10:25,320 --> 00:10:28,160 Speaker 3: out a bracket for the women's tournament. And I'm not 212 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:30,200 Speaker 3: that old, but we literally had to go pen and 213 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:34,640 Speaker 3: paper because no one offered a women's bracket online. And 214 00:10:34,679 --> 00:10:38,120 Speaker 3: we still see that for sports like volleyball in softball, 215 00:10:38,640 --> 00:10:42,280 Speaker 3: and so I see a divide between the engagement that 216 00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:45,480 Speaker 3: the fantasy side brings to it versus the toxicity that 217 00:10:45,559 --> 00:10:48,400 Speaker 3: the betting side brings to it. And I don't know 218 00:10:48,440 --> 00:10:50,320 Speaker 3: what the answer is, but I truly feel for the 219 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:54,679 Speaker 3: athletes that are having to deal with just abuse because 220 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:56,920 Speaker 3: of other people's decisions. 221 00:10:57,720 --> 00:11:00,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, I couldn't agree more with some of the negative outcomes. 222 00:11:00,640 --> 00:11:02,440 Speaker 1: I think it's quite clear that it can be really 223 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:05,840 Speaker 1: bad for athletes. We've seen all the statistics, particularly around 224 00:11:05,840 --> 00:11:09,120 Speaker 1: college sports, where the majority of the athletes getting harassed 225 00:11:09,160 --> 00:11:15,240 Speaker 1: and getting attacked are women. And I personally am a 226 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:19,160 Speaker 1: dabbler March Madness fantasy football. 227 00:11:19,280 --> 00:11:20,200 Speaker 2: This year is my first. 228 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:24,960 Speaker 1: Time doing fantasy WNBA, and I worked with a gambling 229 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:28,280 Speaker 1: company very briefly at one point that puts some money 230 00:11:28,280 --> 00:11:30,839 Speaker 1: in my account to play with and to help teach 231 00:11:30,880 --> 00:11:32,640 Speaker 1: women how to play, And for me, it felt like 232 00:11:32,640 --> 00:11:35,400 Speaker 1: there's a bit of a gate kipping situation where if 233 00:11:35,440 --> 00:11:37,960 Speaker 1: you weren't someone who knew much about gambling and you 234 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:41,400 Speaker 1: tried to get involved, people were condescending and often rude 235 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:43,440 Speaker 1: about how you didn't know enough about it. And it 236 00:11:43,559 --> 00:11:45,480 Speaker 1: was another space that I felt like women were sort 237 00:11:45,520 --> 00:11:47,720 Speaker 1: of being kept out of, as like this this is 238 00:11:47,720 --> 00:11:50,600 Speaker 1: for men, and so it felt sort of empowering to 239 00:11:50,720 --> 00:11:53,120 Speaker 1: learn about it and to try to teach people about it. 240 00:11:53,320 --> 00:11:56,000 Speaker 1: But I also come from the perspective of someone who 241 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:59,160 Speaker 1: doesn't get addicted to things. So I was able to 242 00:11:59,240 --> 00:12:01,439 Speaker 1: make a couple bets, think it was kind of fun, 243 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:04,080 Speaker 1: and then not do it again for four months and 244 00:12:04,120 --> 00:12:06,440 Speaker 1: then be like, oh, I still have some money in there, Okay, 245 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:08,800 Speaker 1: I'm gonna just gonna throw something on there. I literally 246 00:12:09,640 --> 00:12:12,840 Speaker 1: the gambling site that I did that promotion with got 247 00:12:12,920 --> 00:12:15,400 Speaker 1: bought out and moved to another place and had a 248 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:18,520 Speaker 1: different name, and like, by the time I remembered that 249 00:12:18,559 --> 00:12:20,439 Speaker 1: I might have money in there and went into place 250 00:12:20,440 --> 00:12:23,640 Speaker 1: a bet, it did not exist anymore. And then thankfully 251 00:12:23,679 --> 00:12:25,280 Speaker 1: I found out that my money had been moved to 252 00:12:25,280 --> 00:12:26,800 Speaker 1: this other site where I had to set up a 253 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:28,880 Speaker 1: new login to like use the like three hundred dollars 254 00:12:28,960 --> 00:12:30,719 Speaker 1: or whatever I had in there. So that's how much 255 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:35,319 Speaker 1: I'm not thinking about it. That's a luxury. There are 256 00:12:35,400 --> 00:12:38,959 Speaker 1: people who cannot dabble, have a little fun with it 257 00:12:39,160 --> 00:12:41,679 Speaker 1: and not lose their whole fucking house and life. And 258 00:12:41,720 --> 00:12:44,120 Speaker 1: I listened to an entire podcast done by Michael Lewis, 259 00:12:44,120 --> 00:12:46,600 Speaker 1: who you might best know for his books Moneyball, The 260 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:48,920 Speaker 1: Big Short, The Blind Side, things like that that have 261 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:52,199 Speaker 1: been adapted into movies. But he did a whole podcast 262 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:55,920 Speaker 1: on sports gambling, and holy cow, is it illuminating. It's 263 00:12:55,960 --> 00:12:58,160 Speaker 1: called against the Rules. One of the things that stood 264 00:12:58,160 --> 00:13:00,240 Speaker 1: out to me most about listening to it, beyond the 265 00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:03,160 Speaker 1: specific examples of people who got caught up in it 266 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:07,480 Speaker 1: and lost everything, was also that there are rules put 267 00:13:07,480 --> 00:13:09,240 Speaker 1: in place that are supposed to be used to help 268 00:13:09,280 --> 00:13:12,840 Speaker 1: people find problem gamblers, and instead the companies use them 269 00:13:12,880 --> 00:13:15,560 Speaker 1: to find problem gamblers and give them things like VIP 270 00:13:16,160 --> 00:13:20,600 Speaker 1: concert experiences and other things to keep them scambuys and 271 00:13:20,640 --> 00:13:23,640 Speaker 1: not only incentivize the bad ones, but cancel the accounts 272 00:13:23,640 --> 00:13:26,679 Speaker 1: of the good gamblers, which frankly should be illegal. If 273 00:13:26,679 --> 00:13:29,720 Speaker 1: someone is succeeding at gambling and they have a system 274 00:13:29,760 --> 00:13:31,520 Speaker 1: that works for them and they're better able to kind 275 00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:34,800 Speaker 1: of predict sports events, they shouldn't have their accounts canceled. 276 00:13:35,160 --> 00:13:37,520 Speaker 1: It should not be that much where the house always wins. 277 00:13:38,120 --> 00:13:41,280 Speaker 1: So taking into account all of that, there's a part 278 00:13:41,280 --> 00:13:44,600 Speaker 1: of me that feels like everything in life is choose 279 00:13:44,640 --> 00:13:47,760 Speaker 1: your own adventure. Should we ban drinking because some people 280 00:13:47,760 --> 00:13:50,880 Speaker 1: can't drink without becoming addicted, you know? Should we ban 281 00:13:52,080 --> 00:13:55,080 Speaker 1: other things that are inherently dangerous but some people can 282 00:13:55,120 --> 00:13:57,480 Speaker 1: do safely? And so I don't want to be sort 283 00:13:57,520 --> 00:13:59,760 Speaker 1: of like paternalistic for lack of a better word, about 284 00:13:59,800 --> 00:14:04,440 Speaker 1: sports gambling, because it does bring in money, attention, interest, 285 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:06,280 Speaker 1: There are a lot of positives. 286 00:14:06,320 --> 00:14:07,600 Speaker 2: And as much as I for. 287 00:14:07,760 --> 00:14:10,440 Speaker 1: Years now have pushed back on bringing in sports gambling, 288 00:14:10,640 --> 00:14:12,560 Speaker 1: people on the other side of the business side of 289 00:14:12,559 --> 00:14:14,280 Speaker 1: it have told me it is one of the only 290 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:21,320 Speaker 1: things spending on content, podcasts, shows. As money is leaving journalism, 291 00:14:21,640 --> 00:14:24,000 Speaker 1: sports gambling is one of the only places that's putting 292 00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:26,880 Speaker 1: money into it. So I wish we could take the 293 00:14:26,880 --> 00:14:28,400 Speaker 1: benefits without the bad. 294 00:14:28,840 --> 00:14:29,240 Speaker 2: Yeah. 295 00:14:29,400 --> 00:14:33,240 Speaker 4: Yeah, And I think that's a great summation. I also 296 00:14:33,360 --> 00:14:36,400 Speaker 4: think that goes back to what I was saying, is that. 297 00:14:36,320 --> 00:14:37,040 Speaker 2: We can do it. 298 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:39,720 Speaker 4: We could, we could do it, but we need more regulation. 299 00:14:39,800 --> 00:14:41,320 Speaker 2: We need to get rid of what you just talked about. 300 00:14:41,320 --> 00:14:44,320 Speaker 4: There's absolutely no reason why we should be enabling people 301 00:14:44,320 --> 00:14:46,320 Speaker 4: who don't need to be enabled and getting rid of 302 00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:48,360 Speaker 4: people who are making it, you know, kind of a 303 00:14:48,400 --> 00:14:50,080 Speaker 4: part of the culture in a way that's fun, in 304 00:14:50,120 --> 00:14:53,080 Speaker 4: a way, that's light, in a way that kind of 305 00:14:53,120 --> 00:14:55,600 Speaker 4: adds to the experience of being a sports fan. This 306 00:14:55,640 --> 00:14:58,800 Speaker 4: is coming from somebody who worked at a radio station 307 00:14:58,880 --> 00:15:01,560 Speaker 4: where it was all about fann to see everything, and 308 00:15:01,760 --> 00:15:03,520 Speaker 4: there is there is a good side to it. Like 309 00:15:03,560 --> 00:15:07,200 Speaker 4: I know people who have whole you know, fantasy leagues 310 00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:09,480 Speaker 4: with their families and stuff like that, So there is, 311 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:11,520 Speaker 4: I will say there is a good side to it. 312 00:15:12,360 --> 00:15:14,120 Speaker 4: I'm just precious about our women's sports. 313 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:15,280 Speaker 2: I'm just precious about it. 314 00:15:15,280 --> 00:15:17,960 Speaker 4: And I really I'm like, please don't give We're already 315 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:20,600 Speaker 4: dealing with enough shit right now, I know, please don't 316 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:21,440 Speaker 4: give us this other shit. 317 00:15:21,680 --> 00:15:25,120 Speaker 3: Well, I think also precious about a place that athletes 318 00:15:25,160 --> 00:15:27,520 Speaker 3: are still so easily exploited. I think one of the 319 00:15:27,560 --> 00:15:29,680 Speaker 3: things I always come back to with this is if 320 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:31,640 Speaker 3: there is all of this money in it, then why 321 00:15:31,680 --> 00:15:34,560 Speaker 3: are WNBA players still making a minimum of sixty six 322 00:15:34,600 --> 00:15:37,560 Speaker 3: thousand dollars a year? Talk about you know, when there's 323 00:15:37,600 --> 00:15:40,920 Speaker 3: big money in spaces that athletes aren't benefiting from it, right, 324 00:15:41,320 --> 00:15:42,920 Speaker 3: That is a problem. 325 00:15:42,760 --> 00:15:47,320 Speaker 2: Right, especially if they're facing the negatives of it. Yes, yeah, yeah, yeah. 326 00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:51,000 Speaker 2: So I guess the answer is it's complicated. It's complicated. 327 00:15:51,440 --> 00:15:53,360 Speaker 2: Give us your money and none of the other stuff. 328 00:15:55,120 --> 00:15:58,800 Speaker 1: Let's talk about another email we got from Slice Ashley Flesher, 329 00:15:59,160 --> 00:16:03,080 Speaker 1: who wrote in about the WNBA dildo incidents. I'm guessing 330 00:16:03,160 --> 00:16:05,760 Speaker 1: she wrote this before it was revealed to be related 331 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:08,400 Speaker 1: to a crypto company, but either way, she thinks the 332 00:16:08,480 --> 00:16:11,320 Speaker 1: WNBA should find a way to benefit from it. She wrote, quote, 333 00:16:11,600 --> 00:16:13,960 Speaker 1: so this mean green dildo business. I think the w 334 00:16:14,080 --> 00:16:16,400 Speaker 1: should lean in. Just like Angel Reese brilliantly ran with 335 00:16:16,440 --> 00:16:19,720 Speaker 1: the me Bounce chatter and launched their own sex toy line, 336 00:16:19,800 --> 00:16:22,800 Speaker 1: Oh Hear Me Out a vibrator named the New York 337 00:16:22,880 --> 00:16:26,880 Speaker 1: Self Liberation. Obviously Ellie carries one in her bag, or 338 00:16:26,920 --> 00:16:31,160 Speaker 1: a dildo named Golden State's GoldenEye, release your battle cry. 339 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:35,240 Speaker 1: The Seattle Storms toy should be waterproof, suitable for all 340 00:16:35,280 --> 00:16:41,440 Speaker 1: wet conditions. The Minnesota Let's links up, the Washington Mystical 341 00:16:41,520 --> 00:16:49,280 Speaker 1: Mover Dallas will give you wings, Indiana beaver Fever obvious 342 00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:51,520 Speaker 1: Jesus no side note. 343 00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:53,880 Speaker 2: Not too obvious to any of us, but obvious to you. 344 00:16:53,960 --> 00:17:00,960 Speaker 1: Ashley Flesher, the Atlanta Wet Dream, Phoenix's X factor, a 345 00:17:01,040 --> 00:17:06,560 Speaker 1: Connecticut blaze for when the sun goes down. Chicagos Sky's 346 00:17:06,600 --> 00:17:10,600 Speaker 1: the Limit guaranteed to lifty to cloud nine. Honestly, some 347 00:17:10,640 --> 00:17:12,879 Speaker 1: of the teams don't even need a creative twist. The 348 00:17:13,040 --> 00:17:16,240 Speaker 1: La Spark and the Las Vegas Ace make decent product 349 00:17:16,320 --> 00:17:19,160 Speaker 1: names as they are now. My product names might need 350 00:17:19,160 --> 00:17:22,919 Speaker 1: some punching up regardless. I think the intimate apparatuses, as 351 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:25,720 Speaker 1: Zeno from The Athletic Is called them, will sell really well, 352 00:17:26,080 --> 00:17:29,080 Speaker 1: especially if a percentage of the proceeds benefit an adjacent cause. 353 00:17:29,280 --> 00:17:32,280 Speaker 1: Maybe some proceeds go to Planned Parenthood or to organizations 354 00:17:32,280 --> 00:17:34,840 Speaker 1: working to stop sex trafficking or helping women cope with 355 00:17:34,880 --> 00:17:36,879 Speaker 1: sexual assault. I feel like Sarah might be able to 356 00:17:36,920 --> 00:17:39,200 Speaker 1: get this idea off the ground. You miss one hundred 357 00:17:39,200 --> 00:17:41,160 Speaker 1: percent of the shots you don't take. Love you all, 358 00:17:41,240 --> 00:17:45,160 Speaker 1: Ashley Flescher. Okay, First of all, I will never get 359 00:17:45,160 --> 00:17:48,159 Speaker 1: over your last name being Flesher. You were born for 360 00:17:48,240 --> 00:17:53,040 Speaker 1: this job, Ashley. Also, those names are too good to 361 00:17:53,080 --> 00:17:55,040 Speaker 1: go to waste, and yet I believe that they will. 362 00:17:55,320 --> 00:17:57,400 Speaker 1: I do not think it is likely that the w 363 00:17:57,520 --> 00:18:02,000 Speaker 1: will lean in, as you say, and insert themselves into 364 00:18:02,080 --> 00:18:02,879 Speaker 1: this industry. 365 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:04,600 Speaker 2: Pun intended. 366 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:13,800 Speaker 4: Now, Sarah, I honestly like to say something very quickly 367 00:18:13,840 --> 00:18:16,920 Speaker 4: about this. I'm actually not mad at it because what's 368 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:18,800 Speaker 4: one of the grips we've had with the WN with 369 00:18:18,880 --> 00:18:22,520 Speaker 4: other women's leagues. It's tailored for children. Why are we 370 00:18:22,600 --> 00:18:24,040 Speaker 4: tailoring this towards the children? 371 00:18:24,320 --> 00:18:27,480 Speaker 2: This could be a very extreme way of bringing in. 372 00:18:27,359 --> 00:18:32,880 Speaker 4: A demographic intentionally, so who knows. But insert insert is crazy. 373 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:35,720 Speaker 2: Stop with the puns, and Alex, you need to sit 374 00:18:35,760 --> 00:18:37,560 Speaker 2: on it for a lot longer. Do you have any thoughts? 375 00:18:42,440 --> 00:18:43,960 Speaker 2: My mom is gonna listen to this. 376 00:18:48,200 --> 00:18:48,520 Speaker 5: Sorry? 377 00:18:50,280 --> 00:18:55,120 Speaker 3: Oh lord, I mean I this list. It's excellent. It's 378 00:18:55,160 --> 00:18:57,080 Speaker 3: given full vulva to the velo drum. 379 00:18:57,520 --> 00:19:01,680 Speaker 1: Yes, yes, it's been a while since we had a 380 00:19:01,720 --> 00:19:05,800 Speaker 1: good deal. If anybody else has ideas for themed dil 381 00:19:05,840 --> 00:19:08,360 Speaker 1: Do's for the WNBA send him our way. 382 00:19:08,640 --> 00:19:10,280 Speaker 2: I don't know if you can out do Ashley though. 383 00:19:11,080 --> 00:19:14,520 Speaker 1: Speaking at dil Do's, we got a voicemail from Teresa, 384 00:19:14,560 --> 00:19:17,760 Speaker 1: who was at the very first dildo incident the Valkyrie's 385 00:19:17,840 --> 00:19:20,800 Speaker 1: Dream Game, and here's what she had to say. 386 00:19:21,840 --> 00:19:24,520 Speaker 6: Hey, it's Teresa. I've lived in the Atlanta area and 387 00:19:24,600 --> 00:19:27,119 Speaker 6: I was at that infamous game on Tuesday night, and 388 00:19:27,160 --> 00:19:30,040 Speaker 6: I just have to tell you, besides being grateful that 389 00:19:30,440 --> 00:19:32,159 Speaker 6: it did not hit a player or a trip a 390 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:35,919 Speaker 6: player with one minute left in the game, I'm a 391 00:19:36,040 --> 00:19:39,080 Speaker 6: season ticket holder, and I got to tell you the 392 00:19:39,119 --> 00:19:44,600 Speaker 6: bag check practices at Gayway Center suck. And very every 393 00:19:44,960 --> 00:19:48,760 Speaker 6: single game, I've gotten sent back when my little idy 394 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:52,639 Speaker 6: ditty purse see through purse doesn't fit the requirements and 395 00:19:52,680 --> 00:19:54,240 Speaker 6: they say it's too big, so I've had to take 396 00:19:54,240 --> 00:19:56,320 Speaker 6: it back to the car and the person in front 397 00:19:56,320 --> 00:20:00,840 Speaker 6: of me got in a huge black BA pack and 398 00:20:00,880 --> 00:20:04,960 Speaker 6: they didn't even seck it right. So every single game 399 00:20:05,080 --> 00:20:09,479 Speaker 6: there's been something different, and so anybody's questioning why in 400 00:20:09,520 --> 00:20:13,200 Speaker 6: the world that fun little object made it in the 401 00:20:13,720 --> 00:20:16,720 Speaker 6: arena and got thrown onto the court. It's because the 402 00:20:16,840 --> 00:20:21,240 Speaker 6: bagshack practices suck. Anyway, hope you have a great day. 403 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:22,080 Speaker 5: Thanks. 404 00:20:23,040 --> 00:20:25,200 Speaker 1: I mean also because at least one of the dildo 405 00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:29,159 Speaker 1: carriers attached it to his person, per the police, stuff 406 00:20:29,240 --> 00:20:34,359 Speaker 1: didn't even need a bag, had it somewhere inserted himself 407 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:38,040 Speaker 1: into the conversation. I don't know where he taped it 408 00:20:38,080 --> 00:20:41,680 Speaker 1: to or stored it or wedged it, but he didn't 409 00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:44,880 Speaker 1: need a bag, y'all. But Teresa, thank you for your 410 00:20:44,920 --> 00:20:49,560 Speaker 1: first hand eyewitness experience. I am dying over the idea 411 00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:51,800 Speaker 1: of I know it's not funny, but if a player 412 00:20:51,840 --> 00:20:52,800 Speaker 1: tripped over. 413 00:20:52,840 --> 00:20:56,080 Speaker 2: A dildo midplay, I just I'm. 414 00:20:56,040 --> 00:20:59,680 Speaker 1: Just imagining the person on the call and the official 415 00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:01,120 Speaker 1: being like, travel. 416 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:06,520 Speaker 2: Kicked, ball kicked. 417 00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:14,720 Speaker 1: Yeh, yeah, I agree though the bag checks. I mean, 418 00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:20,000 Speaker 1: I think in general they're frustrating. I guess there's a purpose. 419 00:21:20,080 --> 00:21:22,720 Speaker 1: You don't want a bunch of random stuff brought into stadiums. 420 00:21:23,080 --> 00:21:25,760 Speaker 1: But also they seem so discriminatory against women and the 421 00:21:25,760 --> 00:21:29,000 Speaker 1: things that women need, particularly mothers and buying a big 422 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:32,440 Speaker 1: old clear bag. I mean, it's at this point we're 423 00:21:32,480 --> 00:21:34,080 Speaker 1: so used to it. I think we all have them 424 00:21:34,080 --> 00:21:35,960 Speaker 1: and we bring them, but every once in a while 425 00:21:35,960 --> 00:21:37,920 Speaker 1: when I want to have a normal ass, cute little 426 00:21:37,920 --> 00:21:39,960 Speaker 1: clutch because I'm doing something before or after the game, 427 00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:42,240 Speaker 1: and I don't want to carry a damn clear bag 428 00:21:42,280 --> 00:21:45,440 Speaker 1: for the whole day. It is completely inconsistent whether or 429 00:21:45,480 --> 00:21:47,000 Speaker 1: not they let it in, and it'll be the same 430 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:48,360 Speaker 1: bag every time. It'll be like, this is the same 431 00:21:48,359 --> 00:21:50,040 Speaker 1: bag I bring every time to be like sorry, man, 432 00:21:50,240 --> 00:21:52,000 Speaker 1: just and I'm like, it says size of a hand, 433 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:55,159 Speaker 1: well not you're so I feel you, Teresa. 434 00:21:55,560 --> 00:21:55,879 Speaker 4: All right. 435 00:21:55,880 --> 00:21:58,639 Speaker 1: We got another email from super slice and bar owner 436 00:21:58,680 --> 00:22:01,639 Speaker 1: Moe O'Donnell, who wrote us with some juicy footy and 437 00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:02,639 Speaker 1: gay shit news. 438 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:06,560 Speaker 2: Moe writes, quote some hot gossip from the Utah Royals. 439 00:22:06,760 --> 00:22:09,040 Speaker 1: We were all a little bummed when Mandy McGlenn dropped 440 00:22:09,040 --> 00:22:11,800 Speaker 1: her married name. Hot is a pretty awesome name to 441 00:22:11,840 --> 00:22:15,160 Speaker 1: make cheers for feeling hot. Hot Hot was a frequent 442 00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:17,960 Speaker 1: chant after she made one of her amazing saves, but 443 00:22:18,040 --> 00:22:19,919 Speaker 1: our little gay hearts have warm to it now that 444 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:23,000 Speaker 1: appears she's dating teammate Ana te Hatta. In one of 445 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:27,240 Speaker 1: Mandy's June Insta posts, there's a lot of sportsmanship picks 446 00:22:27,280 --> 00:22:29,359 Speaker 1: of the two of them, and there's a lot of 447 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:33,120 Speaker 1: vacation photos and things. Since yay for footy and gay shit. 448 00:22:33,640 --> 00:22:36,280 Speaker 1: Also please consider that for your next good game merch run, 449 00:22:36,520 --> 00:22:38,560 Speaker 1: I'd get footy and gay shit shirts for our whole 450 00:22:38,600 --> 00:22:42,960 Speaker 1: season ticket group. Keep crushing it, MO number one. It's 451 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:46,359 Speaker 1: already been considered. Next merch run is the gay shit shirts, 452 00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:48,520 Speaker 1: so we'll let you know when those roll out. Also 453 00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:53,040 Speaker 1: two excellent reporting on need to know gay shit kissing 454 00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:55,040 Speaker 1: and as grabs are two of our favorite ways to 455 00:22:55,080 --> 00:22:58,359 Speaker 1: show good sportsmanship. We officially name you the senior Footy 456 00:22:58,400 --> 00:23:00,920 Speaker 1: and Gay Shit correspondent for our euro. 457 00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:03,879 Speaker 3: I think we're going to need to do an application process, Sarah, 458 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:05,600 Speaker 3: I think we have a lot of people interested in 459 00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:06,000 Speaker 3: that role. 460 00:23:06,280 --> 00:23:07,960 Speaker 1: We do, we do, but for now we'll give it 461 00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:11,640 Speaker 1: to MO. If a more deserving candidate steps up, we'll 462 00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:13,880 Speaker 1: have to have a footy and gaysh it off. 463 00:23:14,119 --> 00:23:16,240 Speaker 2: To see who gets the official title. 464 00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:18,439 Speaker 1: We got to take a break, y'all when we come 465 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:20,919 Speaker 1: back a new dating show we didn't see coming. 466 00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:30,720 Speaker 2: Welcome back, Slices. 467 00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:32,399 Speaker 1: We love that you're listening, but we want you to 468 00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:34,320 Speaker 1: get in the game every day too, So here's our 469 00:23:34,359 --> 00:23:36,840 Speaker 1: good game play of the day. This one is inspired 470 00:23:36,840 --> 00:23:41,040 Speaker 1: by super slice Amanda Vallo, who's back with another killer email. 471 00:23:41,480 --> 00:23:44,480 Speaker 1: She writes us suggesting a worst job in women's sports. 472 00:23:44,560 --> 00:23:47,800 Speaker 1: Draft Here are her top five. Number one the World 473 00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:50,880 Speaker 1: Cup stadium security person who spends the entire time standing 474 00:23:51,119 --> 00:23:53,960 Speaker 1: with their back to the game, watching the crowd. Number 475 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:56,880 Speaker 1: two the arena worker assigned to sweep up confetti after 476 00:23:56,920 --> 00:23:59,720 Speaker 1: a championship final. Number three the beat reporter for the 477 00:23:59,760 --> 00:24:02,840 Speaker 1: gun Get Sun hard to come up with positive, encouraging 478 00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:07,160 Speaker 1: new content. Number four Kim Moulke's fashion consultant. Someone has 479 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:09,320 Speaker 1: to be telling her no and she's just saying it. 480 00:24:09,640 --> 00:24:12,919 Speaker 1: I'm doing it anyway. Number five the women pacers for 481 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:16,160 Speaker 1: Faith Kip Yegan's four minute mile attempt, lots of very 482 00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:18,840 Speaker 1: hard training only to get stuck in the back and dropped. 483 00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:23,440 Speaker 1: Those are pretty good, Amanda. So our question is, can 484 00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:27,359 Speaker 1: you beat Amanda's worst jobs in women's sports? Send us 485 00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:29,680 Speaker 1: yours and just in general, just keep sending all the 486 00:24:29,720 --> 00:24:33,000 Speaker 1: stuff in things slices. We have a blast addressing your questions, 487 00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:35,040 Speaker 1: hot takes, and just general. 488 00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:36,640 Speaker 2: Notes about the show. So please don't be shy. 489 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:39,400 Speaker 1: Hit us up on email, good game at wondermtaetwork dot com, 490 00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:41,280 Speaker 1: or leave us a voicemail at eight seven. 491 00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:42,960 Speaker 2: Two two four fifty seventy. 492 00:24:43,720 --> 00:24:47,439 Speaker 1: But make sure when you call you actually mean to 493 00:24:47,560 --> 00:24:51,880 Speaker 1: call us, unlike Monica, who loved us this message on Tuesday. 494 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:55,960 Speaker 5: Hi, my name is Anica. I'm calling from Simply Groomed. 495 00:24:56,080 --> 00:25:01,760 Speaker 5: In regards to your appointment, have an appointment on the 496 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:06,159 Speaker 5: twenty third of September for Cooper with Colleen, but unfortunately 497 00:25:06,160 --> 00:25:09,040 Speaker 5: she won't be in that day. We do have other 498 00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:12,439 Speaker 5: available appointments, but Colleen will also be in on the 499 00:25:12,520 --> 00:25:15,399 Speaker 5: seventh of October. Please just give us a callback. And 500 00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:20,320 Speaker 5: in regards to rescheduling an appointment for Cooper again, Cooper's 501 00:25:20,320 --> 00:25:23,240 Speaker 5: groomer won't be in on the twenty third at ten am, 502 00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:27,399 Speaker 5: so we are looking to reschedule. Have a great day. 503 00:25:28,359 --> 00:25:32,080 Speaker 1: So Monica called us back again on Thursday and left 504 00:25:32,119 --> 00:25:35,720 Speaker 1: another message. Seems Cooper's mom never got the first one, 505 00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:40,040 Speaker 1: you know, because she called us instead. So Alex took 506 00:25:40,119 --> 00:25:43,160 Speaker 1: matters into her own hands and gave them a call back. 507 00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:44,840 Speaker 2: Here's that voicemail. 508 00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:48,160 Speaker 5: Thank you for calling Simply Groomed. 509 00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:51,119 Speaker 6: We are either with a customer in the front or 510 00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:52,000 Speaker 6: a dog in the back. 511 00:25:52,960 --> 00:25:54,960 Speaker 3: Please leave the message and we will get back to 512 00:25:55,000 --> 00:26:00,160 Speaker 3: you as soon as possible. Hi, my name's Alex. I'm 513 00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:03,080 Speaker 3: a producer actually for a podcast, and I just wanted 514 00:26:03,119 --> 00:26:04,399 Speaker 3: to let you know that I think you have the 515 00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:07,399 Speaker 3: wrong number. Trying to get in touch with Cooper's mom 516 00:26:08,240 --> 00:26:12,400 Speaker 3: for an appointment on the twenty third that got rescheduled because. 517 00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:12,920 Speaker 2: Colleen is out. 518 00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:16,280 Speaker 3: We've just gotten a voicemail from you twice, so I 519 00:26:16,359 --> 00:26:18,320 Speaker 3: just wanted to let you know so that you can 520 00:26:18,320 --> 00:26:20,600 Speaker 3: get in touch with Cooper's mom. I'm sorry that we're 521 00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:31,000 Speaker 3: not the right number. All right, hope you find your human. Bye. 522 00:26:32,040 --> 00:26:34,640 Speaker 1: Here's hoping that Monica, Cooper and company can get things 523 00:26:34,640 --> 00:26:35,600 Speaker 1: sorted out. 524 00:26:35,960 --> 00:26:37,960 Speaker 2: Don't forget to subscribe, Rate and review, y'all. 525 00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:42,840 Speaker 1: It's easy watch game set Matchmaker rating seven out of 526 00:26:42,880 --> 00:26:47,720 Speaker 1: seven Hopeful bachelor's review. There's a new tennis themed reality 527 00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:51,240 Speaker 1: show coming soon. During the upcoming US Open Fan Week, 528 00:26:51,280 --> 00:26:55,120 Speaker 1: a tennis savvy bachelorette named Alana Sudaka, who's a former 529 00:26:55,160 --> 00:26:58,359 Speaker 1: figure skater and pilates teacher, will go on dates with 530 00:26:58,480 --> 00:27:03,080 Speaker 1: seven men. The men are unquote influencers and tennis super fans, 531 00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:05,720 Speaker 1: and all the dates and content will be filmed on 532 00:27:05,800 --> 00:27:08,520 Speaker 1: site at the USDA Billy Jean King National Tennis Center 533 00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:10,760 Speaker 1: episodes are set to be released on the us Opens 534 00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:13,840 Speaker 1: YouTube channel during the main draw starting August twenty fourth. 535 00:27:14,280 --> 00:27:15,320 Speaker 2: Oh, this isn't a bad idea. 536 00:27:15,359 --> 00:27:18,679 Speaker 1: Folks will watch pretty much any reality dating show and 537 00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:20,840 Speaker 1: you can sell the fund activations and all the cool 538 00:27:20,920 --> 00:27:21,840 Speaker 1: vibes around the Open. 539 00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:24,879 Speaker 2: It really is an awesome space out at the event. 540 00:27:25,280 --> 00:27:26,040 Speaker 2: Plus you can get the. 541 00:27:26,040 --> 00:27:28,719 Speaker 1: Daters to loosen up with two or three or twenty 542 00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:29,600 Speaker 1: honey deuces. 543 00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:30,640 Speaker 3: Yum. 544 00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:33,040 Speaker 1: They are going to need to establish a hook pretty 545 00:27:33,040 --> 00:27:36,120 Speaker 1: early on, though, because I feel like likes tennis can't 546 00:27:36,119 --> 00:27:39,280 Speaker 1: really compete with married at first site, date my Mom 547 00:27:39,440 --> 00:27:43,120 Speaker 1: or boy Island. Now it's your turn, y'all rate and review. 548 00:27:43,359 --> 00:27:46,640 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening, See you next week. Good game, Slices. 549 00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:48,520 Speaker 1: I don't know if we say this enough, but we 550 00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:49,520 Speaker 1: really appreciate you. 551 00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:51,800 Speaker 2: Good game, Indiana, Beaver. 552 00:27:51,680 --> 00:27:55,880 Speaker 1: Fevers you, Colleen, you get to take a day off 553 00:27:55,920 --> 00:28:01,280 Speaker 1: when Cooper needs to get groomed. Good Game with Sarah 554 00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:04,399 Speaker 1: Spain is an iHeart women's sports production in partnership with 555 00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:06,960 Speaker 1: Deep Blue Sports and Entertainment. You can find us on 556 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:10,880 Speaker 1: the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever You Get your Podcasts. 557 00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:14,919 Speaker 1: Production by Wonder Media Network. 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