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

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Speaker 1: clips of Gotham FC at the White House yesterday and

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Speaker 1: furiously writing up a script for a new Prestige television

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Speaker 1: show starring President Ali Krieger and Vice President Midge Purse,

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Speaker 1: who says no. On today's show, we'll be chatting with

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Speaker 1: Emily Adams of the Hartford Current about the Connecticut Sun

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Speaker 1: series against the Fever, our favorite WNBA power couple, and

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Speaker 1: whether this is the year the Sun finally win it all.

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Speaker 1: Plus trash talk takebacks, the Internet gets credit for casting

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Speaker 1: our new favorite TV show, Assassin, and we reveal your

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Speaker 1: guilty pleasure Internet rabbit holes. It's all coming up right

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Speaker 1: after this. Welcome back, everybody. Here's what you need to

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Speaker 1: know today. In WNBA Playoff Action, we're on to Game two.

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Speaker 1: Sunday's Game one action wrapped up with the number two

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Speaker 1: Minnesota Links defeating the seventh seed at Phoenix Mercury one

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Speaker 1: Aces beating the fifth seeded Seattle Storm seventy eight sixty seven.

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Speaker 1: In the late game on Sunday, the Aces entered the

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Speaker 1: fourth quarter trailing by one point sixty four to sixty five,

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Speaker 1: but managed to hold Seattle to just two points in

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Speaker 1: the final twelve minutes. That ties the Storm with the

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Speaker 1: now defunct Sacramento Monarchs for fewest points in a quarter

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Speaker 1: in WNBA playoff history. Ouch. Despite a slow start in

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Speaker 1: the first half, newly crowned MVP Asia Wilson finished the

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Speaker 1: night with twenty one points, and after the game, Storm

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Speaker 1: coach Noel Quinn put it simply, quote the MVP mvp'd.

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Speaker 1: She's MVP for a reason. End quote. There were ten,

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Speaker 1: count them, ten Olympians in that game, and Asia still

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Speaker 1: stood tall among them. Uh amazing. Meanwhile, in Minnesota, Dinah

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Speaker 1: Tarassi is one game closer to a potential retirement, something

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Speaker 1: that links forward. Nafisa Collier, who scored thirty eight points

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Speaker 1: and her team's win on Sunday, was quick to point out,

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Speaker 1: saying with a laugh after the game quote, hopefully we

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Speaker 1: can end her career on Wednesday. Ooh boy. Now you

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Speaker 1: got to give Fee credit for the trash talk attempt

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Speaker 1: in the postgame press conference, but real trash talkers know

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Speaker 1: Fee apparently doesn't live by the trash talkers code of

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Speaker 1: conduct because she followed up that press conference on Twitter, writing, Okay,

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Speaker 1: I just meant that I want us to win the

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Speaker 1: game on Wednesday, so we don't go to a game three.

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Speaker 1: Please don't hype this, clarifying your trash talk. DT would

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Speaker 1: never but also we totally get it fee because we

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Speaker 1: would not want to face the wrath of Tarase either.

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Speaker 1: You see what she did to that door. If indeed

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Speaker 1: this is it for Tarasi, she's determined to go out

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Speaker 1: with a bang. She scored twenty one points on five

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Speaker 1: threes in the Mercury's loss on Sunday. Meantime, her teammate

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Speaker 1: Natasha Cloud had a career night, recording thirty three points

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Speaker 1: and ten assists. Cloud is now the first player with

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Speaker 1: thirty points and five assists in consecutive playoff games. She

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Speaker 1: had thirty three and nine in her last game in

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Speaker 1: a Mystics uniform last postseason. Of course, DT and Cloud

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Speaker 1: don't give a shit about any of that. They need

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Speaker 1: to get a win. As a reminder, Round one of

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Speaker 1: the WNBA Playoffs continue with two games tonight. Both the

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Speaker 1: Liberty and the Aces can secure spot in the semi

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Speaker 1: finals with a win, while the Dream and Storm are

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Speaker 1: looking to grab W's and force a Game three. The

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Speaker 1: Fever Sun and the Mercury Link series will continue tomorrow.

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Speaker 1: We'll link to that full WNBA playoff schedule in our

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Speaker 1: show notes for you to soccer. Gotham FC became the

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Speaker 1: first NWSL team in history to visit the White House

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Speaker 1: for a championship celebration on Monday, with members of last

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Speaker 1: year's title winning team meeting President Joe Biden. The biggest

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Speaker 1: cheer of the day came when the President said this.

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Speaker 2: I think it's fair to say everyone everyone watches women's sports.

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Speaker 3: Girl.

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Speaker 1: And if you're wondering if Gotham is or isn't leaning

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Speaker 3: Congratulations of the Bats of Gotham.

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Speaker 1: You like being called the Bats? Goham? I like that?

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Speaker 1: Really wish Biden would have said bad? I just wanted

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Speaker 1: Back in twenty ten, then President Barack Obama invited Gotham's predecessor,

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Speaker 4: Come on, I mean, sy Sarah, want to remind us

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Speaker 4: what year the Chicago Red Stars won the title?

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Speaker 1: Moving on, Remember South Korean Olympic shooter Kim Yagie who

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Speaker 1: looked so cool in Paris that we wanted her to

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Speaker 1: start in all of our made up movies. Well, we

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Speaker 1: What should we manifest next? We got to take a

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Speaker 1: quick break when we come back. We talked to Connecticut's

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Speaker 1: sun Beat reporter Emily Adams about torn labraams and sexy

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Speaker 1: slumber parties. She covers yukon women's basketball and the Connecticut

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Speaker 1: and she too is familiar with college town bagels and

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Speaker 1: What's up, Emily?

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Speaker 3: Yeah? Wow, that's a deep cut. Hit me right in

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Speaker 2: I haven't been back to Itpica in a while, and

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Speaker 2: I missed some college town bagels.

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Speaker 1: And I'm like, because you were in college. You were

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Speaker 2: Matchingdwana Bonner up a lot with Caitlyn Clark. Dewana Bonner

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Speaker 2: good day, is I thought, really smart strategy. You know,

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Speaker 1: A lot of focus on Marina Maybray twenty seven points

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Speaker 2: you've just seen Marina get more and more comfortable as

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Speaker 2: I mean, it's unreal, truly. I mean, I just I

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Speaker 3: What a lot of the league is starting to see

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Speaker 2: It's just it's really really incredible what she's been able

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, part of it is like her style

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Speaker 3: And it works. You know, when it works, it works.

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Speaker 3: Who are you know, the the topic has right.

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Speaker 2: So you know, I think, yeah, they like currently they

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Speaker 1: Wondering about that community center, Do you know what the

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, I think it's a thing.

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Speaker 1: It's such an interesting thing for women's sports. There's this

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Speaker 2: established herself as that, you know, top guard off the

437
00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:06,760
Speaker 2: bench before Marina came in, and so yeah, like losing

438
00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:09,520
Speaker 2: her from a basketball standpoint was was really hard for them.

439
00:21:10,280 --> 00:21:12,359
Speaker 2: And then yeah, I think also just sort of from

440
00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:14,919
Speaker 2: like a leadership standpoint, you know, Tiff is a veteran

441
00:21:15,040 --> 00:21:16,880
Speaker 2: TIF has been around the league for a long time,

442
00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:19,560
Speaker 2: has played for you know a handful of different franchises,

443
00:21:20,240 --> 00:21:21,720
Speaker 2: and was just somebody who I feel like was a

444
00:21:21,760 --> 00:21:26,280
Speaker 2: real sort of rock for them and a stabilizer. And

445
00:21:26,320 --> 00:21:29,399
Speaker 2: so I think it was really impressive the way that

446
00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:31,960
Speaker 2: they kind of were able to adapt without her, And

447
00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:34,400
Speaker 2: I think adding Marina obviously helped with that and gave

448
00:21:34,440 --> 00:21:36,600
Speaker 2: them a little bit more depth off the bench in

449
00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:39,479
Speaker 2: that exact moment when they needed it. But yeah, just

450
00:21:39,560 --> 00:21:43,040
Speaker 2: I mean sending her all of the healing and love

451
00:21:43,160 --> 00:21:45,840
Speaker 2: and yeah, it's I mean it's really amazing that she's

452
00:21:45,920 --> 00:21:48,320
Speaker 2: even back with them right now. And Steph said lastly,

453
00:21:48,440 --> 00:21:50,800
Speaker 2: she's she's working out, she's training with their strength and

454
00:21:50,840 --> 00:21:52,879
Speaker 2: conditioning staff and she's shooting again.

455
00:21:53,040 --> 00:21:55,080
Speaker 3: So yeah, it's it's just amazing.

456
00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:58,320
Speaker 1: That's great. I want to zoom out quickly speaking of

457
00:21:58,359 --> 00:22:00,480
Speaker 1: their focus and their sort of goal of when a title.

458
00:22:00,520 --> 00:22:03,360
Speaker 1: This is their eighth straight season making the playoffs. They've

459
00:22:03,359 --> 00:22:06,840
Speaker 1: had two finals appearances in that stretch. They're still looking

460
00:22:06,880 --> 00:22:10,080
Speaker 1: for that first w NBA championship. What will it take

461
00:22:10,119 --> 00:22:12,240
Speaker 1: for the Connecticut Sun to finally get over the hump?

462
00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:15,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's interesting, and they don't have an easy path

463
00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:19,080
Speaker 2: this year with you know, it'll be Minnesota or Phoenix

464
00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:22,560
Speaker 2: in the second round if they get through Indiana, and

465
00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:24,879
Speaker 2: even that I think is a really tall task. You know,

466
00:22:24,880 --> 00:22:29,680
Speaker 2: obviously they looked good on Sunday, but you know, Indiana's

467
00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:31,240
Speaker 2: not going to shoot that poorly twice in a row.

468
00:22:31,320 --> 00:22:33,840
Speaker 3: I would be very surprised. So I think we're going

469
00:22:33,880 --> 00:22:35,120
Speaker 3: to see a much closer game.

470
00:22:36,320 --> 00:22:39,280
Speaker 2: But yeah, I think for them, a lot of it

471
00:22:39,359 --> 00:22:41,840
Speaker 2: is is a mindset thing. You know, their biggest issue

472
00:22:41,840 --> 00:22:44,439
Speaker 2: this year has been consistency. They kind of just can't

473
00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:47,520
Speaker 2: they can't put four full quarters together. They can't put

474
00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:51,320
Speaker 2: you know, games back to back to back together, and

475
00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:53,880
Speaker 2: a lot you know, they've kind of managed to eke

476
00:22:53,960 --> 00:22:55,879
Speaker 2: out of a lot of these really close games and

477
00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:59,000
Speaker 2: just kind of, you know, by experience and by talent,

478
00:22:59,359 --> 00:23:01,280
Speaker 2: have just an to kind of get over the edge.

479
00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:04,720
Speaker 2: And so I think now it's just sort of can

480
00:23:04,760 --> 00:23:08,199
Speaker 2: they really lock in and put together four quarters and

481
00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:11,720
Speaker 2: put together complete series and not sort of have the

482
00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:13,959
Speaker 2: lapses that you know, cost them games like the one

483
00:23:13,960 --> 00:23:15,639
Speaker 2: they lost to Minnesota down the stretch and cost them

484
00:23:15,680 --> 00:23:17,560
Speaker 2: games like the one they lost to Indiana a.

485
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Speaker 3: Couple of weeks ago. You know, it's so many of.

486
00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:21,760
Speaker 2: Those issues were still there at the end of the season,

487
00:23:22,119 --> 00:23:24,760
Speaker 2: and so many of them looked so much better in

488
00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:28,320
Speaker 2: that Indiana game on Sunday, so that that made me

489
00:23:28,359 --> 00:23:31,840
Speaker 2: really optimistic for them. But I think, yeah, it's it's

490
00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:34,840
Speaker 2: just whether whether this group is capable of sort of

491
00:23:34,880 --> 00:23:35,960
Speaker 2: overcoming themselves.

492
00:23:36,040 --> 00:23:37,440
Speaker 3: I think that's their biggest riddle.

493
00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:39,879
Speaker 1: Well, and you know, there's a lot of pressure right

494
00:23:39,880 --> 00:23:42,280
Speaker 1: now because this could be the last opportunity to make

495
00:23:42,320 --> 00:23:45,320
Speaker 1: it happen with this particular core of players. Is there

496
00:23:45,359 --> 00:23:47,439
Speaker 1: any talk about that or is it sort of the

497
00:23:47,560 --> 00:23:50,480
Speaker 1: unspoken reality that everyone knows is hanging over this end

498
00:23:50,480 --> 00:23:50,919
Speaker 1: of season.

499
00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:53,720
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think I think we're all talking about it

500
00:23:53,840 --> 00:23:56,440
Speaker 2: as sort of the media and the fans and even

501
00:23:56,480 --> 00:23:59,600
Speaker 2: like stuff a little bit. But I think they're they're

502
00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:02,199
Speaker 2: trying so hard to sort of be focused in the

503
00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:04,239
Speaker 2: now and you know, focused on the mission and all

504
00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:07,119
Speaker 2: of that. But I think it's it's impossible not to

505
00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:09,359
Speaker 2: think about that. You know, this core has been together,

506
00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:12,359
Speaker 2: you know, a AT, Breezy and and dB have been

507
00:24:12,840 --> 00:24:15,080
Speaker 2: a group eight and eight and Breezy have played together

508
00:24:15,119 --> 00:24:18,439
Speaker 2: for seven years. Yeah, now dB and AT and Breezy

509
00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:19,760
Speaker 2: together for five.

510
00:24:20,080 --> 00:24:22,879
Speaker 1: Melyssa Thomas, Dwana Bonner, Brianna Jones. Just for those who

511
00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:26,400
Speaker 1: are uh sorry stories, we always try to make sure

512
00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:28,800
Speaker 1: we're keeping the newbies up up to date.

513
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Speaker 2: Two Yeah, but I mean those those three have been

514
00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:34,119
Speaker 2: so iconic for for the franchise, for the fan base.

515
00:24:34,200 --> 00:24:38,320
Speaker 2: They're so beloved, you know in Connecticut, and so yeah,

516
00:24:38,320 --> 00:24:40,080
Speaker 2: it's it's the end of an era if if that

517
00:24:40,119 --> 00:24:41,639
Speaker 2: trio ends up getting blown up at the end of

518
00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:45,000
Speaker 2: the year. Yeah, and with the expansion draft and all

519
00:24:45,040 --> 00:24:47,399
Speaker 2: of that too, I mean you just you're not going

520
00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:48,320
Speaker 2: to see this group together.

521
00:24:48,520 --> 00:24:51,639
Speaker 1: Yeah, man, I forgot about that too. Yeah, over the

522
00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:54,000
Speaker 1: next couple of years, we're going to see some real.

523
00:24:54,920 --> 00:24:55,560
Speaker 3: You know movement.

524
00:24:55,720 --> 00:25:00,440
Speaker 1: Yeah, wow, you know you mentioned that trio. But two

525
00:25:00,560 --> 00:25:03,720
Speaker 1: of those players in particular very special, not just because

526
00:25:03,760 --> 00:25:06,040
Speaker 1: of what they've done for the team, but their own relationships.

527
00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:09,880
Speaker 1: So there are some pretty sweet, silly, sometimes messy love

528
00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:12,359
Speaker 1: stories around the w We love talking about them here.

529
00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:14,880
Speaker 1: We call it hoops and gay shit and the two

530
00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:17,879
Speaker 1: engaged superstars with the Sun, Alyssa Thomas and Dowana Bonner.

531
00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:20,160
Speaker 1: You're around the team all the time. I wonder how

532
00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:23,439
Speaker 1: they handle the sort of excitement and also challenge of

533
00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:26,000
Speaker 1: playing together. What do you see from them in practice

534
00:25:26,040 --> 00:25:28,000
Speaker 1: and games off the court.

535
00:25:28,280 --> 00:25:29,199
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's funny.

536
00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:33,840
Speaker 2: They're both like at especially is so reserved, so she's

537
00:25:34,119 --> 00:25:38,560
Speaker 2: very like it's funny to me, she's very effusive with

538
00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:40,760
Speaker 2: Doanna in a way that I feel like she's not

539
00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:44,280
Speaker 2: in any other aspect of you know, talking about basketball,

540
00:25:44,280 --> 00:25:47,679
Speaker 2: talking about anything else, but you know, just on social

541
00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:49,680
Speaker 2: media and things like, the way that she is with

542
00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:52,040
Speaker 2: ev is very very different from the way that she

543
00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:54,000
Speaker 2: is just sort of in the world, which is really

544
00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:57,879
Speaker 2: cool to see. Yeah, I just I love watching them

545
00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:00,840
Speaker 2: interact with each other. It's very funny on the court

546
00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:03,840
Speaker 2: just because they they will bicker at each other on

547
00:26:03,880 --> 00:26:07,200
Speaker 2: the court, like they will argue on the court, and

548
00:26:07,920 --> 00:26:10,920
Speaker 2: but they also have such a chemistry, like you can

549
00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:13,800
Speaker 2: tell there's just sort of an understanding of where each

550
00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:14,399
Speaker 2: other are going to be.

551
00:26:14,520 --> 00:26:19,320
Speaker 3: AT facilitates obviously so well to dB And Yeah, I

552
00:26:19,359 --> 00:26:21,920
Speaker 3: mean it's such a unique situation.

553
00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:25,120
Speaker 2: You know, you've we've had you know, engaged teammates, married

554
00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:28,200
Speaker 2: teammates before in the W. But I don't know, it's

555
00:26:28,280 --> 00:26:31,720
Speaker 2: just there's especially I think because they aren't you know,

556
00:26:31,760 --> 00:26:34,520
Speaker 2: they've always been sort of underrated superstars, both of them.

557
00:26:34,640 --> 00:26:36,399
Speaker 2: You know, dB was was a six Woman of the

558
00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:39,119
Speaker 2: Year for you know, the first several years of her

559
00:26:39,119 --> 00:26:43,000
Speaker 2: career in Phoenix, and At has sort of always been

560
00:26:44,119 --> 00:26:46,480
Speaker 2: under the radar compared to the Brianna Stewarts and the

561
00:26:46,520 --> 00:26:49,840
Speaker 2: Asian Wilson's and and the names. So I think for

562
00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:52,240
Speaker 2: the two of them, to see them this year, you know,

563
00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:55,159
Speaker 2: get so much attention because of that has also been

564
00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:58,560
Speaker 2: really cool just to see the support from even like

565
00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:00,640
Speaker 2: the new w fans just kind of gauging in their

566
00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:03,439
Speaker 2: story and coming to know and love them, you know,

567
00:27:03,520 --> 00:27:04,719
Speaker 2: through knowing them together.

568
00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:07,120
Speaker 3: Yeah, So yeah, it's it's really cool.

569
00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:11,600
Speaker 1: We've got another love story of opposing sides in this series.

570
00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:16,000
Speaker 1: We've got djn A Carrington playing against her love Melyssa

571
00:27:16,119 --> 00:27:19,080
Speaker 1: Smith of the Fever. What have you heard from Djna

572
00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:21,200
Speaker 1: about facing off in this first round series?

573
00:27:21,480 --> 00:27:25,800
Speaker 2: Yeah, Unfortunately I missed Indiana's practice on Saturday, so I

574
00:27:25,800 --> 00:27:28,119
Speaker 2: didn't get a chance to ask Melissa about it. But

575
00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:30,840
Speaker 2: I mean, I think they're just there's so much fun

576
00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:34,359
Speaker 2: the two of them, and they also are so you know,

577
00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:35,920
Speaker 2: one of the things I like about both of them,

578
00:27:36,040 --> 00:27:39,480
Speaker 2: but especially Djna is she's just so sort of unapologetic

579
00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:45,040
Speaker 2: about everything that she does. You know, she says how

580
00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:48,359
Speaker 2: she feels, and she says what she means, and she

581
00:27:48,480 --> 00:27:50,520
Speaker 2: stands on it. And I think that that's one of

582
00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:53,200
Speaker 2: the things as a reporter that I absolutely.

583
00:27:52,840 --> 00:27:53,760
Speaker 3: Love about her.

584
00:27:54,040 --> 00:27:55,240
Speaker 1: Good content, I think.

585
00:27:56,200 --> 00:27:59,320
Speaker 2: Yeah, So it's been really really fun to see them

586
00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:01,720
Speaker 2: kind of I mean, we had you know, they have

587
00:28:01,840 --> 00:28:04,679
Speaker 2: been such you know, the drama of the season, you know,

588
00:28:04,680 --> 00:28:07,240
Speaker 2: because we had that that first game was where sort

589
00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:11,760
Speaker 2: of everything reignited for them. So yeah, it's it's been

590
00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:14,840
Speaker 2: really funny just to kind of watch all of that

591
00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:15,880
Speaker 2: unfold over the.

592
00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:16,520
Speaker 3: Course of the year.

593
00:28:17,280 --> 00:28:19,159
Speaker 2: And yeah, they had they had their little handshake on

594
00:28:19,160 --> 00:28:21,280
Speaker 2: the court before the game, and you know both of

595
00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:24,040
Speaker 2: them were, you know, grinning ear to ear about it,

596
00:28:24,119 --> 00:28:26,800
Speaker 2: and you can tell there's just they're very like they're

597
00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:29,560
Speaker 2: definitely competitive with each other, like you'll see them go

598
00:28:29,640 --> 00:28:32,520
Speaker 2: at each other in games. Neither of them shies away

599
00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:36,879
Speaker 2: from that, especially not DJA. But I think you know

600
00:28:37,880 --> 00:28:40,120
Speaker 2: they also, you know, they were together after the game,

601
00:28:40,320 --> 00:28:43,400
Speaker 2: like they're they're pretty good. I think about compartmentalizing it,

602
00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:44,240
Speaker 2: and I think you have to be.

603
00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:47,400
Speaker 1: Well, that's the question we had because we hear a

604
00:28:47,440 --> 00:28:52,120
Speaker 1: good game, are problematically competitive, and we can't really wrap

605
00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:56,200
Speaker 1: our heads around going home with our opponent either the

606
00:28:56,280 --> 00:28:58,320
Speaker 1: night before a game or after a game when we've

607
00:28:58,360 --> 00:28:59,960
Speaker 1: just been battling it out. So during the regular sea

608
00:29:00,120 --> 00:29:01,400
Speaker 1: and we were trying to figure out and we had

609
00:29:01,400 --> 00:29:04,600
Speaker 1: a listener question about whether we thought that you know,

610
00:29:05,920 --> 00:29:08,120
Speaker 1: DJ would be shocking up at Melyssa's house and Indie

611
00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:11,120
Speaker 1: during the regular season. We saw get Ready with Me

612
00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:14,120
Speaker 1: video that proved that, yes, the two of them were

613
00:29:14,160 --> 00:29:16,440
Speaker 1: staying together at Melyssa's house when they were playing in

614
00:29:16,440 --> 00:29:19,280
Speaker 1: the regular season. Have you asked, and if not, can

615
00:29:19,320 --> 00:29:21,680
Speaker 1: you find out for us whether they've decided that separate

616
00:29:21,720 --> 00:29:24,080
Speaker 1: quarters is the move now that we're in postseason mode.

617
00:29:24,520 --> 00:29:26,640
Speaker 2: Yeah, I have not I have not asked, but I

618
00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:30,040
Speaker 2: can certainly find out that that is a question that

619
00:29:30,080 --> 00:29:32,800
Speaker 2: I have as well. I think it is. It's so

620
00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:35,960
Speaker 2: fascinating to me. I just yeah, I cannot imagine. And

621
00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:39,920
Speaker 2: I've covered, you know, teammates who were together playing each

622
00:29:39,920 --> 00:29:45,040
Speaker 2: other before. When I was covering South Carolina women's basketball, like,

623
00:29:45,760 --> 00:29:48,240
Speaker 2: what was this the twenty three final four? We thought

624
00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:50,040
Speaker 2: that they were maybe going to play Virginia Tech And

625
00:29:50,080 --> 00:29:53,880
Speaker 2: at the time, South Carolina starting point guard was dating

626
00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:55,320
Speaker 2: one of Virginia Tech guards.

627
00:29:55,400 --> 00:29:56,400
Speaker 3: Yeah, and so.

628
00:29:56,360 --> 00:29:58,560
Speaker 2: I talked to them about just kind of the playing

629
00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:00,720
Speaker 2: against each other of it all. And yeah, I think

630
00:30:00,960 --> 00:30:04,880
Speaker 2: it's so different for us as like normal people. I

631
00:30:04,880 --> 00:30:06,560
Speaker 2: think when they get to that level, it is so

632
00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:11,080
Speaker 2: compartmentalized of like, yeah, this is work and this is life.

633
00:30:11,160 --> 00:30:13,160
Speaker 1: I think it happens in general when I watch people

634
00:30:13,240 --> 00:30:16,120
Speaker 1: be like kind after a game and like shake hands

635
00:30:16,120 --> 00:30:18,480
Speaker 1: immediately after a heartbreaking loss, and I would be just

636
00:30:18,520 --> 00:30:20,400
Speaker 1: like throwing shit and acting like an asshole. And I

637
00:30:20,440 --> 00:30:22,680
Speaker 1: feel like, oh, that's part of what being a professional

638
00:30:22,840 --> 00:30:24,720
Speaker 1: is is that you learn how to like.

639
00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:26,840
Speaker 3: Not act like that, be normal about it.

640
00:30:27,080 --> 00:30:29,240
Speaker 1: But Okay, your task, and we're going to hold you

641
00:30:29,280 --> 00:30:33,080
Speaker 1: to this, is to ask about the living situation during

642
00:30:33,080 --> 00:30:35,120
Speaker 1: the postseason for those two. We need to find that out.

643
00:30:36,120 --> 00:30:38,120
Speaker 1: You mentioned that you covered the South Carolina game cock.

644
00:30:38,240 --> 00:30:39,760
Speaker 1: You were a beat reporter for them, so you spend

645
00:30:39,760 --> 00:30:42,360
Speaker 1: a lot of time watching Aleah Boston over the years.

646
00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:44,560
Speaker 1: What have you seen in her development from when you

647
00:30:44,600 --> 00:30:46,200
Speaker 1: covered her back then and what you're seeing from her

648
00:30:46,200 --> 00:30:46,840
Speaker 1: now with the fever.

649
00:30:47,120 --> 00:30:49,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, I covered a Leah's mostly her senior year at

650
00:30:49,920 --> 00:30:53,800
Speaker 2: South Carolina, and obviously that was such a special season

651
00:30:53,840 --> 00:30:56,080
Speaker 2: for them. They went unefeeded up until the final four.

652
00:30:57,360 --> 00:30:59,640
Speaker 2: And yeah, I mean I thought a Leah should have

653
00:30:59,640 --> 00:31:01,160
Speaker 2: been the National Player of the Year that season. I've

654
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Speaker 2: always been a big fan of the way that she plays.

655
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Speaker 2: I just think she's so smart, she knows the game

656
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Speaker 2: so well. She has such a high basketball IQ, and

657
00:31:11,720 --> 00:31:14,920
Speaker 2: you know, she has super super elite footwork for someone

658
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Speaker 2: of her size. Her post moves are really really impressive

659
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Speaker 2: for someone who's been in the league for not even

660
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Speaker 2: two full years. But yeah, it's been really fun this

661
00:31:24,280 --> 00:31:27,160
Speaker 2: year to see the connection with Caitlin develop with her

662
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Speaker 2: because it's the first time really since since she had

663
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Speaker 2: Ty Harris in twenty nineteen and then Destiny Henderson a

664
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Speaker 2: little bit in twenty twenty two had sort of a true, true,

665
00:31:38,600 --> 00:31:41,760
Speaker 2: you know, passing point guard like that, because you know,

666
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Speaker 2: it was a little different that senior year. They were

667
00:31:43,600 --> 00:31:46,160
Speaker 2: kind of rotating between point guards trying to figure that out.

668
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Speaker 2: So yeah, to see the two of them build that

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Speaker 2: connection into Celia sort of getting quality post entry passes

670
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Speaker 2: and things. This year, it's just been I feel like

671
00:31:56,200 --> 00:31:58,960
Speaker 2: it's unlocked her a little bit. It's made her game

672
00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:02,000
Speaker 2: so much more kind of complex and has allowed her

673
00:32:02,000 --> 00:32:05,040
Speaker 2: to impact things in different ways. So yeah, it's it's

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Speaker 2: really exciting to watch her progression, even just over these

675
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Speaker 2: last you know, year and a half since since I

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Speaker 2: was seeing her in college.

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Speaker 1: It's also this very like buddy cop dynamic between her

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Speaker 1: and Caitlin because Aliah is so sweet, like her just

679
00:32:19,880 --> 00:32:23,120
Speaker 1: demeanor and her general vibe is very like I'm just

680
00:32:23,160 --> 00:32:26,400
Speaker 1: gonna play basketball and be real kind and sweet, and

681
00:32:26,480 --> 00:32:29,000
Speaker 1: Caitlyn's like I will murder anyone that gets between me

682
00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:31,960
Speaker 1: and the thing that I want, right, So it's very like, uh,

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Speaker 1: I don't know, I'm like lethal weapons style of like

684
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Speaker 1: one of them is like sweet cracking jokes and the

685
00:32:36,720 --> 00:32:38,280
Speaker 1: other ones like I'm getting too old for this shit.

686
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Speaker 1: Let's just fucking go. It's been fun to watch, and

687
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Speaker 1: their little pep talks on the on the sideline together

688
00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:46,400
Speaker 1: are are really sweet too. Okay, we gotta let you go,

689
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Speaker 1: but before we do, I know you also covered the

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Speaker 1: Connecticut UH women's basketball team Yukon. So on a scale

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Speaker 1: of one to like a billion, t how excited are

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Speaker 1: you for this upcoming season? You know, as a professional journalist,

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Speaker 1: of course.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, might be pretty close.

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00:33:01,400 --> 00:33:06,000
Speaker 2: Honestly, that's a pretty accurate number. I mean, I I

696
00:33:06,040 --> 00:33:08,680
Speaker 2: came in mid season last year, so I started right

697
00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:10,680
Speaker 2: in the middle of January, and the first game that

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Speaker 2: I was working was the game where Aubrey Griffin tour

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Speaker 2: acl and so that was I think that was the

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Speaker 2: fifth season ending injury at the time, and at sixth

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Speaker 2: by the end of the year.

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Speaker 1: Are you counting the mascot or no, because the mascot

703
00:33:20,720 --> 00:33:24,120
Speaker 1: also suffered a season ending in I really like that

704
00:33:24,320 --> 00:33:25,440
Speaker 1: was like so cursed.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, So, I mean it was actually just just spoke

706
00:33:29,800 --> 00:33:32,280
Speaker 2: to Azy a couple of days ago, which is why

707
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Speaker 2: I missed Indiana's practice on Saturday. But yeah, I mean

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Speaker 2: it just seeing them back in the gym is so cool.

709
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Speaker 2: Just to see them have everybody working out, you know,

710
00:33:43,360 --> 00:33:46,960
Speaker 2: everybody at least somewhat available, everybody putting up shots. It

711
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Speaker 2: just you know, it feels good from the outside looking in,

712
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Speaker 2: and I can't imagine, like in that building, how much

713
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Speaker 2: of a difference it makes to just like Gino has

714
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Speaker 2: talked about that they can run full practices now, you know,

715
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Speaker 2: in the winter, they really like they had seven players

716
00:34:01,680 --> 00:34:03,200
Speaker 2: that they could work with the practs, so they couldn't

717
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Speaker 2: even play five on five with each other. So it's

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Speaker 2: I mean, I just they have so much talent, They're

719
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Speaker 2: so experienced. I think their young players are really really talented.

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Speaker 2: Sarah Strong I think has the potential to be like

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Speaker 2: elite elite. So yeah, I'm super excited to see them

722
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Speaker 2: start and just kind of see how how everything comes together.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. I think also like this offseason, there is so

724
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Speaker 1: much excitement ramping up to this year, which is the

725
00:34:32,880 --> 00:34:36,400
Speaker 1: perfect follow up to losing Caitlin Clark, Angel Ree some

726
00:34:36,480 --> 00:34:39,120
Speaker 1: of these players like there isn't this massive drop off,

727
00:34:39,160 --> 00:34:42,279
Speaker 1: but rather, there's this incredible enthusiasm for the set of

728
00:34:42,360 --> 00:34:45,799
Speaker 1: really young superstars that established themselves last year and then

729
00:34:45,840 --> 00:34:49,000
Speaker 1: during this incredible summer of women's sports growth have become.

730
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Speaker 1: I mean, Paige Beckers is like basically the forest gump

731
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Speaker 1: of like cool events this summer, like the crossovers with

732
00:34:54,840 --> 00:34:58,120
Speaker 1: the women's soccer team and the pro like everything. So

733
00:34:58,239 --> 00:35:00,680
Speaker 1: funny how the Yukon players all had differferent signs on

734
00:35:00,719 --> 00:35:03,240
Speaker 1: their back about getting them to practice and to focus

735
00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:05,080
Speaker 1: on basketball because they were doing all their own things

736
00:35:05,080 --> 00:35:07,799
Speaker 1: over the summer. But yeah, I'm just I'm thrilled for

737
00:35:07,840 --> 00:35:10,759
Speaker 1: that coverage from you and for so many other great

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Speaker 1: storylines for women's college hoops. But first game two of

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Speaker 1: the Connecticut Sun Indiana Fever series that'll be on Wednesday night.

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Speaker 1: We're looking forward to it. Emily, thank you so much

741
00:35:21,400 --> 00:35:22,640
Speaker 1: for the time. Really appreciate it.

742
00:35:23,080 --> 00:35:24,480
Speaker 3: Yeah, thank you so much for having me.

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Speaker 1: Thanks so much to Emily for taking the time to

744
00:35:28,600 --> 00:35:30,840
Speaker 1: come on now. If you were listening there, Emily mentioned

745
00:35:30,840 --> 00:35:33,360
Speaker 1: that tiff Hayes, a former Son player, came out of

746
00:35:33,360 --> 00:35:35,800
Speaker 1: retirement to play for the Aces this year and that

747
00:35:35,920 --> 00:35:38,840
Speaker 1: she suspected the whole have and have nots element of

748
00:35:38,880 --> 00:35:40,919
Speaker 1: the w had something to do with it. It sure

749
00:35:40,960 --> 00:35:43,239
Speaker 1: sounds like Ace's head coach Becky Hammond agreed with her

750
00:35:43,280 --> 00:35:46,480
Speaker 1: because after Sunday's game one, a reporter asked him and

751
00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:49,239
Speaker 1: how she managed to get the former son out of retirement.

752
00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:52,360
Speaker 1: Take a listen, And I thought her wording when she

753
00:35:52,360 --> 00:35:55,279
Speaker 1: said she was going to retirement was very specific and

754
00:35:55,320 --> 00:35:57,279
Speaker 1: it told me a lot of her statement said a lot.

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00:35:57,200 --> 00:35:59,080
Speaker 4: And I'll keep that to myself, but wish she said

756
00:35:59,800 --> 00:36:03,320
Speaker 4: how she was retiring and she said from basketball.

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00:36:03,640 --> 00:36:05,840
Speaker 1: So I was like, you know what, she's still probably

758
00:36:05,840 --> 00:36:08,719
Speaker 1: a great shams. She's over and playing, so I was like,

759
00:36:09,840 --> 00:36:13,600
Speaker 1: let's go. Very interesting by the way, tiff Hayes went

760
00:36:13,640 --> 00:36:15,279
Speaker 1: off in that game. She went eight of twelve from

761
00:36:15,280 --> 00:36:17,319
Speaker 1: the field, including two of three from beyond the arc,

762
00:36:17,400 --> 00:36:20,759
Speaker 1: to contribute twenty points off the bench. Asia Wilson talked

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00:36:20,800 --> 00:36:22,400
Speaker 1: about how much it meant to Hayes to have her

764
00:36:22,400 --> 00:36:24,399
Speaker 1: mom at the game, saying, quote, I remember her saying

765
00:36:24,440 --> 00:36:26,719
Speaker 1: that her mom's never flown and she was just trying

766
00:36:26,719 --> 00:36:28,120
Speaker 1: to figure out when she could be able to come

767
00:36:28,160 --> 00:36:29,920
Speaker 1: out here. I'm so glad that she was able to

768
00:36:29,920 --> 00:36:31,719
Speaker 1: come out here. To see her daughter really shined bright

769
00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:34,520
Speaker 1: under these bright lights, because that's what it's truly all about.

770
00:36:35,320 --> 00:36:38,080
Speaker 1: And now Asia's got demands for Mom and Hayes after

771
00:36:38,120 --> 00:36:40,600
Speaker 1: the Aces one game one saying quote, I mean she

772
00:36:40,640 --> 00:36:42,160
Speaker 1: needs to come and sit in our locker room every

773
00:36:42,160 --> 00:36:44,719
Speaker 1: single day. We got to pay the bills. When we

774
00:36:44,760 --> 00:36:47,120
Speaker 1: come back, we reveal your favorite pages to creep on,

775
00:36:47,320 --> 00:36:54,879
Speaker 1: Come on back, Welcome back slices. Last week we told

776
00:36:54,920 --> 00:36:58,520
Speaker 1: you about producer Alex's new favorite hobby, although I don't

777
00:36:58,560 --> 00:37:00,480
Speaker 1: know should we really call creeping out a face group

778
00:37:00,520 --> 00:37:04,000
Speaker 1: called dorm room Mama's a hobby more like a guilty pleasure.

779
00:37:04,520 --> 00:37:08,080
Speaker 1: Speaking of you, Gottaus Hook. So any juicy updates? Al?

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00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:12,440
Speaker 4: Oh, yeah, we are entering the roommate drama phase of

781
00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:15,239
Speaker 4: the college experience, and so there are a lot of

782
00:37:15,280 --> 00:37:18,600
Speaker 4: posts about roommates just not getting along together having drama

783
00:37:18,800 --> 00:37:21,760
Speaker 4: and this one, honestly heart goes out to the kiddo.

784
00:37:22,560 --> 00:37:26,640
Speaker 4: Someone writes, My daughter shares a bathroom with her sweet mates.

785
00:37:27,520 --> 00:37:30,520
Speaker 4: The one sweet mate takes our long showers and then

786
00:37:30,600 --> 00:37:33,120
Speaker 4: blow dries her hair for another thirty minutes in the

787
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Speaker 4: bathroom while keeping my daughter's side of the door locked.

788
00:37:36,600 --> 00:37:39,160
Speaker 4: She leaves the door locked and then leaves the dorm,

789
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Speaker 4: leaving my daughter without access to the bathroom for hours

790
00:37:42,440 --> 00:37:44,759
Speaker 4: at a time. My daughter tried to go to the

791
00:37:44,960 --> 00:37:47,520
Speaker 4: RA and she has done nothing. We are at a

792
00:37:47,520 --> 00:37:50,359
Speaker 4: point where my daughter is walking across campus to use

793
00:37:50,400 --> 00:37:53,000
Speaker 4: the bathroom at the dining hall, but that doesn't help

794
00:37:53,040 --> 00:37:56,040
Speaker 4: when she needs a shower before work. She has asked

795
00:37:56,040 --> 00:37:59,440
Speaker 4: politely numerous times for this to stop. This time she

796
00:37:59,560 --> 00:38:03,160
Speaker 4: left a dicky note. It was locked for six hours before.

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00:38:02,920 --> 00:38:04,120
Speaker 1: She had access to time Wow.

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00:38:04,800 --> 00:38:07,640
Speaker 4: Wondering what the next step should be. I mean, oh,

799
00:38:07,680 --> 00:38:09,359
Speaker 4: I don't even know what the answer there is.

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00:38:09,560 --> 00:38:11,560
Speaker 1: I don't even either, other than you got to go

801
00:38:11,680 --> 00:38:14,640
Speaker 1: higher than the RA. If the RA isn't doing shit,

802
00:38:14,680 --> 00:38:16,920
Speaker 1: you got to take it to the top. There's got

803
00:38:16,960 --> 00:38:18,880
Speaker 1: to be you could probably, I mean, the way that

804
00:38:18,920 --> 00:38:21,879
Speaker 1: people are litigious these days, you could probably find some

805
00:38:21,920 --> 00:38:24,360
Speaker 1: sort of legal loophole that allows you to sue the

806
00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:27,160
Speaker 1: shit out of that girl for preventing you from access

807
00:38:27,200 --> 00:38:30,240
Speaker 1: to like the release of bodily fluids and functions.

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Speaker 4: It also just makes me so mad. Who designs a

809
00:38:33,120 --> 00:38:34,120
Speaker 4: bathroom like that?

810
00:38:34,640 --> 00:38:35,880
Speaker 1: Have a single I mean, I get it.

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Speaker 4: Every point make it impossible to lock your roommate out.

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00:38:38,719 --> 00:38:40,680
Speaker 1: I agree with that. At the same time, I think

813
00:38:40,680 --> 00:38:42,920
Speaker 1: they have those they call them Jack and Jill bathrooms

814
00:38:42,960 --> 00:38:45,040
Speaker 1: because then you don't have to go through someone else's

815
00:38:45,120 --> 00:38:47,759
Speaker 1: room to get to the bathroom. So I get that right,

816
00:38:47,760 --> 00:38:49,239
Speaker 1: because you don't want to walk through You don't want

817
00:38:49,239 --> 00:38:50,880
Speaker 1: your roommate walking through your room every time they have

818
00:38:50,920 --> 00:38:52,680
Speaker 1: to take a shower, take a dump. At the same time,

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00:38:52,800 --> 00:38:55,239
Speaker 1: that also requires then for that other roommate to not

820
00:38:55,239 --> 00:38:58,279
Speaker 1: be a raging bitch. Anyway, I think she should sue,

821
00:38:58,280 --> 00:39:01,799
Speaker 1: because why not. Everyone's soon college these days. Anyway, we

822
00:39:01,840 --> 00:39:04,440
Speaker 1: asked you, if you have any go to creep pages

823
00:39:04,480 --> 00:39:06,919
Speaker 1: like Alex does, the ones that you stalk and read

824
00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:09,120
Speaker 1: and maybe even share content from, but you would never

825
00:39:09,280 --> 00:39:12,640
Speaker 1: ever ever like or comment on. And here's what you

826
00:39:12,680 --> 00:39:15,360
Speaker 1: told us. One of our favor slices, Chicago based reporter

827
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Speaker 1: Maggie Hendrix said, reddits am I the asshole? Maggie wrote quote,

828
00:39:19,360 --> 00:39:21,960
Speaker 1: I don't want to be involved in messy situations, but

829
00:39:22,040 --> 00:39:25,360
Speaker 1: I love reading other people's That's a pretty common sentiment.

830
00:39:25,840 --> 00:39:29,440
Speaker 1: Twitter user Ladarius Brown said anything with pimple popping videos

831
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Speaker 1: and I want you all to know that these two

832
00:39:31,200 --> 00:39:34,000
Speaker 1: sickos that work with me said ooh ooh yeah, me too,

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Speaker 1: me too. Disgusting all of you. Pamela Mudway our go

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Speaker 1: to Slice. She's more my speed, she wrote. I'm obsessed

835
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Speaker 1: with this Instagram page that follows a three legged raccoon

836
00:39:45,360 --> 00:39:48,680
Speaker 1: named Dan who actually is a girl. Dan comes to

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00:39:48,680 --> 00:39:51,200
Speaker 1: the porch every night and has intricate feeding system, including

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Speaker 1: a camera with audio so you can hear the crunchies

839
00:39:53,480 --> 00:39:57,279
Speaker 1: when she eats. Yes, Pamela, Yes, this is the way.

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00:39:57,320 --> 00:40:01,080
Speaker 1: I'm obsessed with raccoons. Also, Dan allegedly had babies, so

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Speaker 1: now there's baby raccoons in the mix. Here for it.

842
00:40:04,719 --> 00:40:08,360
Speaker 1: Twitter user solo Flow seven eighty six wrote, does anyone

843
00:40:08,400 --> 00:40:12,480
Speaker 1: remember John Tighter, the alleged time traveler from the future,

844
00:40:12,760 --> 00:40:14,400
Speaker 1: even though there's no way he could be real? I

845
00:40:14,440 --> 00:40:16,839
Speaker 1: always thought the lowres pictures of his time machine were

846
00:40:16,840 --> 00:40:20,680
Speaker 1: weird as hell. No, I did not remember, solo Flow,

847
00:40:20,719 --> 00:40:23,040
Speaker 1: but you just sent me down a Wikipedia rabbit hole,

848
00:40:23,320 --> 00:40:25,200
Speaker 1: and for that I thank you, because my favorite part

849
00:40:25,200 --> 00:40:28,120
Speaker 1: of this alleged time traveler's time machine was quote. According

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00:40:28,160 --> 00:40:30,680
Speaker 1: to posts, the device was installed in the rear of

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00:40:30,719 --> 00:40:35,240
Speaker 1: a nineteen sixty six Chevrolet Corvette convertible. Later post mentioned

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Speaker 1: a nineteen eighty seven truck with four wheel drive. Also,

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00:40:39,600 --> 00:40:44,600
Speaker 1: the guy behind this hoaks Florida man. Obviously. Finally, Twitter

854
00:40:44,680 --> 00:40:48,439
Speaker 1: user badger Maniac told us they quote used to periodically

855
00:40:48,520 --> 00:40:52,520
Speaker 1: check Aubrey Huff's Twitter page simply because he's so batshit

856
00:40:52,560 --> 00:40:54,239
Speaker 1: crazy that it was always worth a laugh to see

857
00:40:54,239 --> 00:40:56,600
Speaker 1: people making fun of him and him shooting back with

858
00:40:56,719 --> 00:40:59,960
Speaker 1: uber machismo nonsense. So for those of you who aren't

859
00:41:00,320 --> 00:41:02,640
Speaker 1: looking at you, Alex, I don't watch men's sports. Asi.

860
00:41:03,360 --> 00:41:06,000
Speaker 1: Huff was a former MLB player. He retired about a

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Speaker 1: decade ago, and Twitter actually suspended him back in twenty

862
00:41:09,239 --> 00:41:13,080
Speaker 1: twenty one for spreading disinformation about COVID nineteen, which honestly

863
00:41:13,160 --> 00:41:15,280
Speaker 1: was a real disappointment for those of us who enjoyed

864
00:41:15,320 --> 00:41:18,440
Speaker 1: his well reasoned thoughts on things like divorce, like this

865
00:41:18,560 --> 00:41:22,160
Speaker 1: gem from twenty nineteen quote, Divorce rates amongst athletes will

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00:41:22,200 --> 00:41:25,400
Speaker 1: continue to rise until the justice system is rightfully fixed.

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Speaker 1: No way, women who have never threw a touchdown pass,

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