WEBVTT - The Story Behind Billie’s Best Bar

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Good Game with Sarah Spain, where we virtually

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<v Speaker 1>attended the funeral Simone Biles held for the Yurchenko double

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<v Speaker 1>pike rip. On today's show, we'll shed light on a

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<v Speaker 1>whole lot of success at the Paralympics. Put you in

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<v Speaker 1>a suite at the US Open and reveal a footy

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<v Speaker 1>name twin submission from one of your slices. It's all

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<v Speaker 1>coming up right after this. Welcome back, my little slices.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's what you need to know today. A lot of

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<v Speaker 1>Paralympic news. In para equestrian American Rebecca Heart, a five

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<v Speaker 1>time Paralympian, won her first individual medal and get this,

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<v Speaker 1>it's the big one. Heart earned a gold in Grade three,

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<v Speaker 1>which is for athletes with severe impairments in both legs

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<v Speaker 1>but minimal or no trunk impairment per the AP. After

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<v Speaker 1>the event ended, Heart took a moment to soak it

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<v Speaker 1>all in. She said, quote, it's been twenty five years

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<v Speaker 1>of trying to get to this point and being close

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<v Speaker 1>many many times to actually get it. I feel like

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to wake up at any moment. It's just surreal.

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<v Speaker 1>It feels like a dream. End quote. Doesn't that just

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<v Speaker 1>pull out your heart strings some more para Equestria for you.

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<v Speaker 1>Twenty five year old American Fiona Howard made the most

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<v Speaker 1>of her Paralympic debut, winning gold with a personal best

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<v Speaker 1>score in the Grade two individual competition. That's for folks

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<v Speaker 1>with severe impairment of the trunk and minimal impairment of

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<v Speaker 1>the upper limbs or moderate impairment of the trunk, upper

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<v Speaker 1>and lower limbs. Howard's not done either. She's got two

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<v Speaker 1>more chances to medal this week. Today, she and her

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<v Speaker 1>USA counterparts compete in the team event, and on Saturday

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<v Speaker 1>she's in the freestyle competition. And three time Paralympian Rock

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<v Speaker 1>Sane Toronto won a silver medal in the Grade one

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<v Speaker 1>equestrian competition for athletes with severe impairments affecting all four

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<v Speaker 1>limbs in trunk. This is her third medal. She previously

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<v Speaker 1>won two golds in Tokyo. So much success for the Americans.

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<v Speaker 1>In at You Love It. On the Track, Susanna Scaroni

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<v Speaker 1>earned bronze in the women's fifteen hundred meter T fifty four.

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<v Speaker 1>It was a thrilling race. A crash in the last

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<v Speaker 1>lap took out the top two finishers in Tokyo and

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<v Speaker 1>Scarni herself hit the inside rail on the last curve,

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<v Speaker 1>but she was able to recover. Switzerland's Catherine de Brunner

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<v Speaker 1>won the gold, her third gold medal of the Games

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<v Speaker 1>in a Paralympic record, and Great Britain Samantha Kinghorn took

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<v Speaker 1>silver to the pool, where Christy Roley Crossley won gold

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<v Speaker 1>in the one hundred meter backstroke S nine final, finishing

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<v Speaker 1>in one oh seven ninety two, setting a Paralympic record

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<v Speaker 1>in the process. Raleig Crossley adds that medal to the

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<v Speaker 1>silver they won in the fifty meter freestyle. Team USA's

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<v Speaker 1>LeAnn Smith also added to the metal hall, winning gold

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<v Speaker 1>in thee hundred meter freestyle S three. Smith had an

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<v Speaker 1>especially tough road to reach Paris. Two years ago. She

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<v Speaker 1>was forced to spend seven months out of the pool

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<v Speaker 1>after she was admitted to the ICU with a collapse lung.

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<v Speaker 1>Congrats to her on quite a comeback. In sitting volleyball,

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<v Speaker 1>the US swept Italy in three sets and now advances

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<v Speaker 1>to the semi final for the sixth straight time. Set

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<v Speaker 1>ones started off, Set two required a late comeback, but

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<v Speaker 1>Set three was all USA. The quest for a third

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<v Speaker 1>straight Paralympic gold medal in the sport continues against Brazil

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<v Speaker 1>on Thursday, and in wheelchair basketball, US is onto the

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<v Speaker 1>knockout round. They faced Great Britain in the quarterfinals today

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<v Speaker 1>at ten a m Eastern. The US duo of Rose

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<v Speaker 1>Hollerman and Courtney Ryan have led the way for Team

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<v Speaker 1>USA so far, both averaging exactly thirteen point seven points

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<v Speaker 1>per game. To Hockey News, PWHL, Minnesota announced that Melissa

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<v Speaker 1>Caruso will take over as general manager. Crusoe, a Saint

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<v Speaker 1>Paul resident, spent fifteen years working in the American Hockey League.

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<v Speaker 1>She began as an intern right out of college and

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<v Speaker 1>eventually worked her way into a role as the league's

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<v Speaker 1>Vice president of Hockey Operations and Governance. Crusoe fills the

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<v Speaker 1>spot in Minnesota after the dismissal of former GM Natalie

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<v Speaker 1>Darwitz in June. The squad Darwitz put together was successful

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<v Speaker 1>in its first ever season, winning the inaugural Walter Cup,

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<v Speaker 1>but she was let go just days after the win.

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<v Speaker 1>According to the Athletic Minnesota parted ways with Darwit's due

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<v Speaker 1>to a rift between her and head coach Ken Clee.

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<v Speaker 1>We're going to take a quick break. When we come back,

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<v Speaker 1>we'll hear from a couple ogs at the Open. Don't

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<v Speaker 1>move a muscle, Welcome back. If you listen to yesterday's show,

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<v Speaker 1>you know I'm on a very cool field trip to

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<v Speaker 1>the US Open this week and yesterday I got to

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<v Speaker 1>hang in a suite with our friends at ELF Cosmetics.

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<v Speaker 1>ELF has entered a long term partnership with Billy Jean

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<v Speaker 1>King to support the Billy Jean King Cup, which is

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<v Speaker 1>the top international team competition in women's tennis, kind of

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<v Speaker 1>like the Women's World Cup of Tennis. ELF is also

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<v Speaker 1>co hosting the first ever Power of Women's Summit at

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<v Speaker 1>the BJK Cup, bringing together influential change makers to celebrate

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<v Speaker 1>progress and raise awareness for advancing gender equality and sports.

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<v Speaker 1>People like Malala are going to be there, and the

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<v Speaker 1>tournament and the summit are going to be in Spain

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<v Speaker 1>in November. And I'm not saying that I'm angling for

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<v Speaker 1>an invite, but if you're listening ELF, and I know

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<v Speaker 1>you are Spain in Spain sounds like a dream to me.

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<v Speaker 1>But back to Tuesday, some pretty incredible former tennis grades

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<v Speaker 1>were in the ELF suite and if you spoke to

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<v Speaker 1>the room of media and partners before the matches got started.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to take you inside the suite with me

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<v Speaker 1>and play you some of the great stories and memories

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<v Speaker 1>that they shared. And one thing you'll notice, Billy Jean

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<v Speaker 1>King is a common thread in all of these bits,

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<v Speaker 1>and deservedly so. She broke barriers with her performance on

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<v Speaker 1>the court and continues to do so with her advocacy

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<v Speaker 1>and support of women and women athletes off of it.

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<v Speaker 1>I always call Billy Jean King the Forest Gump of

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<v Speaker 1>women's sports because every story you hear she eventually pops up.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like women's hockey. We weren't sure what to do.

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<v Speaker 1>We called Billy Jean King women's soccer. We weren't sure

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<v Speaker 1>how to get what we wanted, so we called Billy

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<v Speaker 1>Jean King. She's absolutely the best, and you'll hear her

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<v Speaker 1>name come up a lot here. First up, we got

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen ninety six American Olympic champ and three time Grand

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<v Speaker 1>Slam winner Lindsay Davenport talking about being a young player

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<v Speaker 1>and some special moments that she had where BJK stepped

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<v Speaker 1>in and helped reframe her approach to the game, make

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<v Speaker 1>sure she was thinking about truly being a winner. And

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<v Speaker 1>putting herself in the mindset of winning first at the

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<v Speaker 1>Olympics and then at the Billy Jean kingcop Here's Lindsay.

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<v Speaker 2>In nineteen ninety six. I was twenty years old.

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<v Speaker 3>We were at the Olympic Games in Atlanta. Billy was

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<v Speaker 3>our captain. So, you know, you get to go to

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<v Speaker 3>the Olympics, you feel like you're like a kid in

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<v Speaker 3>a candy shop.

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<v Speaker 2>We're going to all these events and having fun.

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<v Speaker 3>And long story short, I found myself in the final

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<v Speaker 3>playing for the next day.

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<v Speaker 2>I was gonna be playing for the gold medal.

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<v Speaker 3>So the day before Billy goes I'd love to sit

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<v Speaker 3>down and talk to you about tomorrow. So we sit

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<v Speaker 3>down and she's like, okay, tomorrow, I go, Billy, can

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<v Speaker 3>you believe it? I'm going to at least leave here

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<v Speaker 3>with a silver medal. She was like, oh, Lindsay, Oh, Lindsay.

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<v Speaker 3>So that started an over hour conversation of you know,

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<v Speaker 3>really delving into like why are you scared to go

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<v Speaker 3>for the gold? Like why won't you go out there

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<v Speaker 3>tomorrow in a match that could change your life? And

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<v Speaker 3>why are you scared to put it all on the line?

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<v Speaker 3>Obviously really heavy stuff like a day before the final

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<v Speaker 3>was like, oh my goodness. But it got me in

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<v Speaker 3>the headspace of going out there against the player, beaten

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<v Speaker 3>to think like why not, why can't this be my moment?

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<v Speaker 3>So and then the other story I loved it tell

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<v Speaker 3>the I did with the golf y I didacty eight.

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<v Speaker 3>The other story that is really funny with Billy is

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<v Speaker 3>fast forward another few years and we're the Billy at

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<v Speaker 3>Billy Jean King Cup Finals. Renee was there actually with us,

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<v Speaker 3>even though she represented Australia. I'm yeah, We're sitting there

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<v Speaker 3>and again, you know, I was freaking out before a

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<v Speaker 3>match and like, Billy, I can't handle this, Like I

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<v Speaker 3>was playing one.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think Monica was was had a tough match.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm like, what if Monica loses? Like I don't even

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<v Speaker 2>know it was freaking out. She's like, You've got to

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<v Speaker 2>get it together.

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<v Speaker 3>She's like come on, She's like, champions adjust and pressure

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<v Speaker 3>is a privilege. I'm like, okay, okay, I'll take that.

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<v Speaker 3>So little did I know that was the first time

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<v Speaker 3>she said it was to me. So when you ever

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<v Speaker 3>hear that quote pressure is a privilege, that's because I

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<v Speaker 3>was really freaking out out here about Lane and.

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<v Speaker 1>Mad That is some breaking news, y'all. Pressure is a

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<v Speaker 1>privilege is basically Billy's best bar and Lindsay was the

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<v Speaker 1>one who inspired it, which is too cool. And now

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<v Speaker 1>Lindsay's in a position to duel out similar words of

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<v Speaker 1>wisdom as she is the new US captain for the

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<v Speaker 1>upcoming BJK Cup. Next up. Former Australian doubles Dynamos, six

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<v Speaker 1>time Grand Slam winner and host of the Renee Stubs

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<v Speaker 1>tennis podcast right here and I Hurt Women's Sports talked

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<v Speaker 1>to the crowd, and here's Renee sharing her own fond

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<v Speaker 1>memories of playing in the Billy Jean Kingcup.

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<v Speaker 4>Billy Jean Kingcup for me, it was literally my favorite

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<v Speaker 4>weeks of the year. And we as Lindsay knows, tennis

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<v Speaker 4>is an incredibly selfish individual sport. Even though you're amongst

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<v Speaker 4>your peers every single week, they're not your peers, are

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<v Speaker 4>not your friends during a tennis tournament because you literally

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<v Speaker 4>have to walk out and play against them, and so

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<v Speaker 4>we do have a traveling circus. But when it comes

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<v Speaker 4>to playing Billy Jean King Cup, it was the greatest

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<v Speaker 4>week for me because I was surrounded by my fellow Australians.

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<v Speaker 4>I was surrounded my teammates for the first and only

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<v Speaker 4>time that year, and it was usually two or three

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<v Speaker 4>weeks a year, so it was just a week that

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<v Speaker 4>we worked so hard.

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<v Speaker 2>It was so pressurized. It was so stressful.

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<v Speaker 4>But when you were around, like your other teammates were

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<v Speaker 4>obviously coming from your own country and you're there together

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<v Speaker 4>for a whole week, it's just it's my favorite. It

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<v Speaker 4>was my favorite weeks of the year. As I said,

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<v Speaker 4>it was also very stressful when you walk out there

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<v Speaker 4>knowing that your teammates are, you know, looking at you

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<v Speaker 4>to like for me, a lot of the times it

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<v Speaker 4>was also I was the doubles player and so it

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<v Speaker 4>came down to the doubles quite often in Billy Jean

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<v Speaker 4>King cups.

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<v Speaker 2>It was very stressful for me.

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<v Speaker 4>I was a great teammate all week, you know, playing

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<v Speaker 4>singles and all that, and then they were like.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, go win the doubles match, and I was.

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<v Speaker 1>Like, oh god.

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<v Speaker 4>But it was honestly, the joy I got from winning

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<v Speaker 4>those matches and being part of a team as literally

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<v Speaker 4>my favorite memories of playing professional tennis. And so you know,

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<v Speaker 4>I know, Lindsay will instill that with her players. The

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<v Speaker 4>pride of playing for the United States, the pride of

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<v Speaker 4>playing for other people and other teammates is something.

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<v Speaker 2>That you'll never forget. And I think that that's that,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, if I were to.

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<v Speaker 4>Sell to players about getting out there and playing Billy

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<v Speaker 4>Jean King cups.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the memory.

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<v Speaker 4>The memories are the favorite weeks of the end. I'm

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<v Speaker 4>sure Lindsay could attest that Billy Jean King Cup those

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<v Speaker 4>weeks spending up with.

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<v Speaker 2>Your friends and getting to know them a little bit.

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<v Speaker 4>Better and also getting in the trenches together, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>and continually talking to one another when you're playing matches

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<v Speaker 4>and you don't look over often and see, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>five or six of your enemies week in and week out,

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<v Speaker 4>they're pulling for you. You know you've got you know,

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<v Speaker 4>Lindsay's going to have the Emminavarro's and Coco Goths who

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<v Speaker 4>just played each other the other day.

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<v Speaker 2>You know they're going to be pulling for each other.

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<v Speaker 2>And that is a memory that you can never forget

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<v Speaker 2>as a player. So for me, that's my favorite, and.

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<v Speaker 4>That partnerships with ELF is just the synergy, the teamwork,

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<v Speaker 4>and that's what billaging King Come is it's a quality.

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<v Speaker 2>It's working together and so for me, that's great to

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<v Speaker 2>have this partnership.

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<v Speaker 1>Love Renee and it was very cool after that to

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<v Speaker 1>see her down on Arthur Ash Court interviewing players after

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<v Speaker 1>their whin tusslin around there getting the work done. Billy

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<v Speaker 1>Jean King deserves a lot of credit for all the

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<v Speaker 1>stuff she's done in tennis and sports in general, but

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<v Speaker 1>her wife and former South African pro tennis player Alana

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<v Speaker 1>Class is always by her side, always putting in the

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<v Speaker 1>work too, and she was in the suite with us too.

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<v Speaker 1>She shared her thoughts on the first ever Billy Jean

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<v Speaker 1>King Cup, which was then called the Federation Cup.

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<v Speaker 5>It's the woman's World Cup of tennis and the first

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<v Speaker 5>one started in London in nineteen sixty three and had us.

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<v Speaker 5>Billy played on the very first one and sixteen teams

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<v Speaker 5>supposed to be outdoors, it was raining, they went indoors

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<v Speaker 5>and Billy always tries to set goals, so she kept

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<v Speaker 5>telling that her teammates, we have to win because this

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<v Speaker 5>is the first one, Billy, right, and you know, we

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<v Speaker 5>want our name to be on the cup because you're

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<v Speaker 5>always going to look back and see your name and

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<v Speaker 5>so This is really important to her as she believes

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<v Speaker 5>in teamwork, she believes in being the best you can be.

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<v Speaker 5>And we started a joint venture with the International Tennis Federation,

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<v Speaker 5>who actually manages the competition. You'd have to play in

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<v Speaker 5>the Billy Jenkin Cup in order to qualify for the Olympics,

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<v Speaker 5>so it really is connected to the Olympics, which is important.

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<v Speaker 5>But most important is the message it sends to young

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<v Speaker 5>girls and women not only on the court. We want

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<v Speaker 5>more women on boards and the tennis federations. We want

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<v Speaker 5>more women coaches, we want more women in the business.

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<v Speaker 5>More woman the podcast than our story's being told. So honestly,

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<v Speaker 5>we couldn't be more thrilled because at the end of

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<v Speaker 5>the day, I think, as Lindsay was saying, it is

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<v Speaker 5>about the relationships you build in life, and this one

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<v Speaker 5>is very special.

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<v Speaker 1>And last but not least, we got a little bonus

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<v Speaker 1>content from Milana to the l Folks asked her to

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<v Speaker 1>talk a bit about helping Billy start the PWHL earlier

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<v Speaker 1>this year. Here it is we're a.

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<v Speaker 5>Good team, but he says, she dreams it and then

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<v Speaker 5>we build it. But we don't build it alone, but

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<v Speaker 5>we did this year start a woman's professional ice hockey league,

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<v Speaker 5>and we felt that some of the players. Ken Or Coyne,

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<v Speaker 5>who was the captain and the US Olympic team, came

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<v Speaker 5>to us and said, you know, we're playing. I'm earning

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<v Speaker 5>seven thousand dollars. I'm sleeping on a blow up mattress.

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<v Speaker 5>I'm flying on Southwest Okay to Minnesota. I'm playing to Minnesota.

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<v Speaker 5>You know, CHAPALTI is You know that that's my main meal.

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<v Speaker 5>And we're are the best players in the world, you know,

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<v Speaker 5>and so would you help? And so we very similarly

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<v Speaker 5>used the playbook that we used for women's tennis fifty

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<v Speaker 5>years ago when we started the w and we said, look,

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<v Speaker 5>you have to get all the top players together. You

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<v Speaker 5>need one voice. They formed a player association and they

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<v Speaker 5>actually didn't play in competition for three years, which is

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<v Speaker 5>unbelievable when you think about it, because when you're playing

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<v Speaker 5>a sport that maybe the Olympics of the World Championship

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<v Speaker 5>is your goal and you're giving up an opportunity. But

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<v Speaker 5>they rarely felt that sticking together to create something for

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<v Speaker 5>future generations was more important. So we helped work on

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<v Speaker 5>a business plan, and more importantly, we helped fund an investor,

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<v Speaker 5>so one of our partners, Mark Walter, who owns the

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<v Speaker 5>Dodgers and a few other things. Billy was able to

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<v Speaker 5>get him to understand that investing in women's sports is huge,

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<v Speaker 5>so long term investment, single entity ownership. We started the

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<v Speaker 5>league in January in Montreal. Twenty one thousand people sold

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<v Speaker 5>out a st in ten minutes. Three teams in Canada,

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<v Speaker 5>three in the US. And what's great is you can

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<v Speaker 5>invest and you can build, but you can't make people come.

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<v Speaker 5>And they came, so it's just the beginning. It's at

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<v Speaker 5>the beginning where tennis is a little more mature. But

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<v Speaker 5>ELF has been with us on both junis.

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<v Speaker 1>We're gonna talk plenty of p WHL when that season

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<v Speaker 1>gets closer. But back to tennis. It was a hell

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<v Speaker 1>of a day at the BJK Tennis Center. I got

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<v Speaker 1>to watch a fantastic match between American Taylor Fritz and

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<v Speaker 1>German Alexander Zverev. The serves in person, like the one

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<v Speaker 1>hundred and thirty five mile power serves, are insane in person,

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<v Speaker 1>but even better, I got to watch Emma Navarro, the

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<v Speaker 1>upstart American that we mentioned on a previous show, and

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<v Speaker 1>she continued her fairy tale run. She got a two

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<v Speaker 1>set win over Spain's Paula Badosa and she's now off

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<v Speaker 1>to her first Grand Slam semi final. So cool. I

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<v Speaker 1>want to give a huge shout out to the Elf

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<v Speaker 1>Cosmetics folks for the hospitality. Had an absolute blast in

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<v Speaker 1>the sweet watch and all the action and talking about

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<v Speaker 1>all the ways that Billyjian King had an impact on

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<v Speaker 1>the sports world. We're gonna still be referencing her for

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<v Speaker 1>decades to come. Also us open. I agree with Serena

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<v Speaker 1>Williams the Honey Deuce. We need to rebrand that. We

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<v Speaker 1>need to name that the Honey Ace. But more on

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<v Speaker 1>that coming later when we come back. Another slice gets

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<v Speaker 1>some participation points. It's next welcome back. So yesterday we

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<v Speaker 1>asked you to send us all your sports name twin

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<v Speaker 1>Intel and we already got a submission via email from

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<v Speaker 1>Megan go Forth. Meghan wrote, shocked you all didn't find

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<v Speaker 1>Chelsea sam Kurr, but there's also a Scottish soccer player,

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<v Speaker 1>Munich is your club, right now love the show. Thank

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<v Speaker 1>you Meghan for fixing us getting our shit together. That's

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<v Speaker 1>a good one. I can't believe we missed it. Also, Megan,

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<v Speaker 1>Go Forth is a rad last name. I'm guessing your

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<v Speaker 1>producer Alex thought of one more. Remember earlier in the show,

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<v Speaker 1>I mentioned that Paralympic swimmer Leanne Smith one gold on Tuesday.

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<v Speaker 1>Well she's not the only leand Smith's represent Team USA.

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<v Speaker 1>or is it where Alex lives free or dies? Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>we'd love to hear more of those name twins, so

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