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Speaker 1: Welcome to Good Game with Sarah Spain, where their Walter

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Speaker 1: Cup champions Marcus shout out to the PWHL for the

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Speaker 1: perfect caption on the shot of mariif Leipoulin passing the

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Speaker 1: Walter Cup to wife Flora Stacey. It's Friday, May twenty second,

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Speaker 1: and on today's show, Washington Mystics forward Kiki Eriefen joins

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Speaker 1: us to discuss how the Mystics young roster makes the

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Speaker 1: pros feel like college, her late start getting into the

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Speaker 1: on her pregame to do list, and what it took

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Speaker 1: for people to finally start pronouncing her name correctly. Plus

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Speaker 1: racing double lax on the lake and getting coached up

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Speaker 1: to outwit, outplay, and outlast. It's all coming up right

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Speaker 1: after this Welcome Backslices, Happy Friday of a holiday weekend.

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Speaker 1: Here's what you need to know today. Let's start with

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Speaker 1: the PWHL where the Montreal Victoire won the Walter Cup

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Speaker 1: on Wednesday night defeat up the Ottawa Charge for nothing

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Speaker 1: in what ended up being a decisive Game four of

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Speaker 1: the best of five series. Unlike the first three games

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Speaker 1: in the series, which were decided by just one goal

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Speaker 1: in either overtime or the final minute of regulation. Game

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Speaker 1: four was a blowout, given the victoire their cup clinching

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Speaker 1: third win. Friend of the Show Abby Rock scored twice

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Speaker 1: in the victory, and another Friend of the Show, Marie

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Speaker 1: Phillippe Pulen, was named the Ilana Class Playoff MVP after

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Speaker 1: tallying four goals and four assists in the playoffs. Shout

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Speaker 1: out to friend Alana Class, by the way, longtime wife

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Speaker 1: had to cheer for Poolin as she skated the cup

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Speaker 1: She's pretty tough to root against and play against. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: she's won it all, Olympics, World Championships, the Walter Cup,

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Speaker 1: and her greatness is a part of why women's hockey

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Speaker 1: so many young players are now dreaming of being the

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Speaker 1: next and winning their own Walter Cup. Very cool to

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Speaker 1: see to the WNBA, where there are eleven games over

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Speaker 1: the course of the long weekend beginning tonight, with Paige

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Speaker 1: Fever fans crossing their fingers. Caitlin Clark will be back

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Speaker 1: night's game against the Portland Fire due to ongoing back issues.

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Speaker 1: Indi went on to win that one anyway, ninety to

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Speaker 1: seventy three. Saturday will be treated to the first ever

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Speaker 1: matchup between this year's two new expansion teams, the Toronto

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Speaker 1: WNBA's weekend schedule in the show notes to the NWSL.

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Speaker 1: On Wednesday night, the second place Portland Thorns inch closer

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Speaker 1: in Patucket, Rhode Island. The club's other home venue, Gilette Stadium,

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Speaker 1: is currently undergoing final preparations for the upcoming FIFA Men's

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Speaker 1: World Cup. On Saturday, the Utah Royals, sitting third in

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Speaker 1: face a big challenge to their home unbeaten streak when

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Speaker 1: they host the Portland Thorns. The current haven't lost a

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Speaker 1: regular season match at CPKC Stadium since July sixth, twenty

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Speaker 1: as always, shout out to the incredible Jen Cooper for

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Speaker 1: NCAA Tournament. Superregionals started Thursday, and games take place today, Saturday,

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Speaker 1: By the way, speaking to women's lacks, my buddy Wayne

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Speaker 1: Wayne's story takes a look at how, after many titles,

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Speaker 1: right when she got to Northwestern, Amante Hiller's team started

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Speaker 1: Pro Volleyball has announced another expansion team joining play in

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty seven, Love Miami, which brings the league to

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Speaker 1: ten teams. Love also announced that they'll introduce an Eastern

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Speaker 1: and Western Conference format beginning next season. Miami will join

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Speaker 1: the Eastern Conference alongside Atlanta, Madison, Minnesota, and Nebraska, while Austin, Houston,

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Speaker 1: the Western Conference. To Motorsports, friend of the show Catherine

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Speaker 1: Legg and host of Throttle Therapy. Right here on Iheartwomen's

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Speaker 1: Sports is set to become the first woman to race

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Speaker 1: Cola six hundred this Sunday. That's one thousand, one hundred

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Speaker 1: just the sixth driver of any gender to attempt the

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Speaker 1: I hope the bill dies permanently. Just dies once and

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Speaker 1: for all, Die, you shitty, evil bill. Of course, even

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Speaker 1: if the score Act goes away, conversations around whether Congress

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Speaker 1: compensation and il deals and the transfer portal will certainly continue. Finally,

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Speaker 1: in movies and gayshit News, shouts to friends of the show,

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Speaker 1: Sidney Colson, Teresa Plaizonce, and Gabby Williams, who are all

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Speaker 1: part of an upcoming film called Courtside that follows an

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Speaker 1: Slice's remember like a couple months ago when Alex and

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Speaker 1: The LPGA is off this weekend, but the tour resumes

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Speaker 1: Oh and don't forget the Script's National Spelling Be hosted

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Speaker 1: by friend of the show Mina Kimes, which airs next

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Speaker 1: week from May twenty sixth through the twenty eighth, and

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Speaker 1: all sorts of NWSL, WNBA, all that other good stuff. Okay,

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Speaker 1: A Kiki with Keiki joining us now she's a forward

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Speaker 1: Last season, she was an All Star and a member

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Speaker 1: up this March. Her name, Okikiola means fame that brings

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Speaker 1: prosperity or wealth. How fitting it's Keiki erie fen hi Keki,

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Speaker 2: Thank you for having me. I love that you said

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Speaker 2: my full name to you, and you said that amazingly.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's really cool. DC has great restaurants. I've been

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Speaker 2: Oh my gosh, it's so crazy how fast my rookie

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Speaker 1: What was the biggest adjustment for you going from the

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Speaker 3: I would say IQ.

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Speaker 2: I think people always say speed and physicality, which is

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Speaker 2: And the biggest difference I could see was how smart

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Speaker 1: W Look at Stewiere trying to coach you up when

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Speaker 2: I would say yes, it happened very naturally. It wasn't

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Speaker 2: like having Sony last year was just such a blessing

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Speaker 2: Like I don't I can't even tell you the day

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Speaker 2: we're very very close. We do pretty much everything together.

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Speaker 2: But I think that's the best is when it happens naturally.

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Speaker 2: It's not forced, and everything that you see us put

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Speaker 3: So just truly blessed that we got drafted together.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think so many of us are so excited

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Speaker 1: playing with such a bummer last year when she got

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Speaker 2: Georgia is the life of the party, and I don't

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Speaker 1: I've met every Australian.

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Speaker 2: They know how to have fun, but Georgia is incredible.

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Speaker 2: She knows how to bring the vibes she I think

431
00:20:18,680 --> 00:20:21,840
Speaker 2: as a leader, she knows how to talk to each person.

432
00:20:21,960 --> 00:20:23,040
Speaker 3: So the way that she.

433
00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:24,600
Speaker 2: Talks to me is if and how she talks to Sonya,

434
00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:27,880
Speaker 2: how she talks to Lauren. So I think that's her superpower,

435
00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:30,600
Speaker 2: is just being able to connect with each person on

436
00:20:30,640 --> 00:20:33,520
Speaker 2: an individual level, and that's why everybody respects her.

437
00:20:33,760 --> 00:20:35,200
Speaker 3: But then also she knows how to have fun.

438
00:20:35,040 --> 00:20:36,600
Speaker 2: She knows how to light in the mood. She's just

439
00:20:36,640 --> 00:20:39,679
Speaker 2: an incredible human being. So it's been super exciting to

440
00:20:39,720 --> 00:20:41,920
Speaker 2: have her back on the court her rookie year. Sony

441
00:20:41,920 --> 00:20:44,200
Speaker 2: and I joke that she's our Ricky even though she's

442
00:20:44,240 --> 00:20:44,960
Speaker 2: like twenty five.

443
00:20:45,680 --> 00:20:47,640
Speaker 3: But it's just been very, very fun.

444
00:20:48,600 --> 00:20:51,200
Speaker 1: You are one of the elders on this team at

445
00:20:51,240 --> 00:20:54,200
Speaker 1: twenty two. It is your two for you, but only

446
00:20:54,240 --> 00:20:55,960
Speaker 1: two of your teammates have more than one year of

447
00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:58,880
Speaker 1: experience in the w Shakira Austin and michaela onionway Day,

448
00:20:59,080 --> 00:21:01,200
Speaker 1: So do you feel press sure to step up as

449
00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:03,880
Speaker 1: a leader because you're a year two even though you're

450
00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:06,160
Speaker 1: still a young and no pressure.

451
00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:09,880
Speaker 2: I would say, our coaches just give a great environment,

452
00:21:09,920 --> 00:21:12,199
Speaker 2: like they want myself, they want Sony. They want us

453
00:21:12,200 --> 00:21:14,840
Speaker 2: to step into leadership, but not in a forced way.

454
00:21:15,520 --> 00:21:17,520
Speaker 2: They're allowing us to kind of work it out. You know,

455
00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:20,159
Speaker 2: leadership looks different for each and every person. But I

456
00:21:20,160 --> 00:21:24,240
Speaker 2: would say no pressure. I think also Mikayla and Shakira

457
00:21:24,280 --> 00:21:26,560
Speaker 2: do a great job of bringing different styles as well,

458
00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:28,720
Speaker 2: So then I find my pocket where I can maybe

459
00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:29,800
Speaker 2: speak or say something.

460
00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:30,879
Speaker 3: Same thing with Sonya.

461
00:21:30,960 --> 00:21:33,399
Speaker 2: So I would say we're still figuring out everything, but

462
00:21:33,440 --> 00:21:36,280
Speaker 2: we have such a great balance of different voices and

463
00:21:36,359 --> 00:21:38,960
Speaker 2: leadership styles. And even the rookies they can tell me anything.

464
00:21:38,960 --> 00:21:40,639
Speaker 2: They can say, geeks, you have this in this So

465
00:21:41,040 --> 00:21:43,199
Speaker 2: just a very healthy environment that we have in our

466
00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:43,760
Speaker 2: locker room.

467
00:21:43,840 --> 00:21:45,600
Speaker 3: So I think that's gonna take us very far.

468
00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:48,440
Speaker 1: Does leadership come naturally to you, you think?

469
00:21:49,359 --> 00:21:49,960
Speaker 3: I would say so.

470
00:21:50,119 --> 00:21:54,280
Speaker 2: I'm the oldest child, the oldest grandchild, the oldest cousin everything,

471
00:21:54,560 --> 00:21:57,520
Speaker 2: so I feel like I was kind of always been

472
00:21:57,560 --> 00:21:59,560
Speaker 2: in a leadership position. Even in school. I was on

473
00:21:59,640 --> 00:22:02,520
Speaker 2: like suit and council president of all of that stuff.

474
00:22:02,560 --> 00:22:05,639
Speaker 2: So definitely something I'm not running away from, but definitely

475
00:22:05,640 --> 00:22:06,800
Speaker 2: need to step into a little bit more.

476
00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:09,600
Speaker 1: You mentioned how young this team is. It is full

477
00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:12,680
Speaker 1: of top picks from the last couple of years. Is

478
00:22:12,720 --> 00:22:15,000
Speaker 1: there sort of a college vibe because of how young

479
00:22:15,040 --> 00:22:15,600
Speaker 1: everyone is.

480
00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:17,520
Speaker 3: That's the perfect way to describe it.

481
00:22:17,560 --> 00:22:19,640
Speaker 2: Like I feel like I'm in my fifty or something,

482
00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:22,919
Speaker 2: but in a great way. I think some The biggest

483
00:22:22,920 --> 00:22:24,800
Speaker 2: thing is some of the questions that the rookies ask.

484
00:22:25,520 --> 00:22:27,520
Speaker 2: They're like, do we have to bring our own shoes?

485
00:22:27,520 --> 00:22:29,679
Speaker 2: We have to bring our own practice loops. I'm like, guys,

486
00:22:29,760 --> 00:22:32,560
Speaker 2: we don't do that anymore, Like you just show up.

487
00:22:32,720 --> 00:22:34,960
Speaker 2: Or even when we land in a city, it's like

488
00:22:35,160 --> 00:22:37,880
Speaker 2: do we have film? And it's like, no, once we land,

489
00:22:38,200 --> 00:22:39,960
Speaker 2: you're good and just make sure you show up for

490
00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:40,520
Speaker 2: the first thing.

491
00:22:40,480 --> 00:22:41,760
Speaker 1: To what time it's curfew?

492
00:22:42,320 --> 00:22:43,160
Speaker 3: Yeah, no curfew.

493
00:22:43,160 --> 00:22:46,359
Speaker 2: There's no mandatory team dinner. Like truly, you're an adult.

494
00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:47,680
Speaker 2: You get to be on your own. So I would

495
00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:50,320
Speaker 2: say those moments, I'm like, wow, like we are a

496
00:22:50,320 --> 00:22:50,760
Speaker 2: little big.

497
00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:54,600
Speaker 1: How do I do laundry? How do I podcast? Yeah?

498
00:22:54,640 --> 00:22:57,080
Speaker 1: All this stuff. It's wild. I think about that because

499
00:22:57,119 --> 00:22:59,600
Speaker 1: I got to leave college. I moved out to California

500
00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:02,080
Speaker 1: with my friend and we were dumb asses and we

501
00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:04,280
Speaker 1: were doing it together, trying to figure out, like do

502
00:23:04,320 --> 00:23:06,359
Speaker 1: we have to find a dentist, which I didn't do

503
00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:08,280
Speaker 1: for like two years and then definitely had a cavity

504
00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:09,760
Speaker 1: and I was like, oops, I guess they should have belt,

505
00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:12,719
Speaker 1: Like you have to do that while being on TV

506
00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:16,639
Speaker 1: as a professional athlete with everybody watching and posting on

507
00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:18,680
Speaker 1: social and like telling like, you just had to grow

508
00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:21,560
Speaker 1: up real fast when you are put into the position

509
00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:23,480
Speaker 1: you're in, which is both good and bad, but it's

510
00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:26,679
Speaker 1: nice that you all have each other too. Speaking of college,

511
00:23:26,720 --> 00:23:29,160
Speaker 1: two of your new teammates, Angela Dougalic and Lauren Betts,

512
00:23:29,160 --> 00:23:32,080
Speaker 1: are coming off a national championship win. Mikhael Onionwady was

513
00:23:32,080 --> 00:23:35,119
Speaker 1: an assistant coach with UCLA, So how often are you

514
00:23:35,119 --> 00:23:37,840
Speaker 1: having to hear about freaking UCLA at practice?

515
00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:41,680
Speaker 2: Honestly, not so much now, But when they first got here,

516
00:23:41,840 --> 00:23:44,600
Speaker 2: everything was four zub for zu w z up. I'm

517
00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:46,720
Speaker 2: like the USC and me just could not do that.

518
00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:49,719
Speaker 2: But truly, like it's super exciting, like they're coming off

519
00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:52,280
Speaker 2: of a national championship win and I can root for

520
00:23:52,480 --> 00:23:55,120
Speaker 2: la but not the schools, so I'm really happy for them,

521
00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:57,159
Speaker 2: and they just bring so much to our team. And

522
00:23:57,640 --> 00:23:59,359
Speaker 2: I feel like they for the first month they were

523
00:23:59,359 --> 00:24:01,359
Speaker 2: on such a high because they just had everything, like

524
00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:03,080
Speaker 2: their lives were just a movie.

525
00:24:03,520 --> 00:24:04,480
Speaker 3: So just super.

526
00:24:04,240 --> 00:24:07,159
Speaker 2: Happy to have them here. Mikayla we call her coach

527
00:24:07,560 --> 00:24:10,760
Speaker 2: because she's just so ineligible. Yeah, she really is coach,

528
00:24:10,840 --> 00:24:12,600
Speaker 2: so I think she would definitely get into coaching a

529
00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:15,280
Speaker 2: little bit later. And then Lauren and Angela, they bring

530
00:24:15,320 --> 00:24:16,760
Speaker 2: so much to our team as well, So it's been

531
00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:19,399
Speaker 2: a lot of excitement. We joke around about you say

532
00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:20,800
Speaker 2: a USC but all good fun.

533
00:24:21,359 --> 00:24:23,199
Speaker 1: Well, you got into some battles with Lauren when you

534
00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:26,520
Speaker 1: were at USC that you know, Crosstown rivalry. What did

535
00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:28,280
Speaker 1: you think when you learned she was joining the team?

536
00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:31,239
Speaker 2: Oh my gosh, I was so happy. Lauren and I

537
00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:34,320
Speaker 2: were teammates her freshman year my sophomore year at Stanford,

538
00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:35,960
Speaker 2: and I love being teamates because I didn't have to

539
00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:38,720
Speaker 2: guard her. So I'm just super happy that she's on

540
00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:42,040
Speaker 2: our team on the Mystics. She's an incredible player. I

541
00:24:42,080 --> 00:24:43,879
Speaker 2: think she just brings so much to our team, just

542
00:24:43,920 --> 00:24:46,320
Speaker 2: makes us even more of a threat in the front court.

543
00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:48,879
Speaker 2: And I'm excited to see how much she bossoms this season.

544
00:24:49,400 --> 00:24:51,200
Speaker 1: Yeah, it was really cool to see you both find

545
00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:53,680
Speaker 1: your way out of whatever about Stanford. Wasn't a fit

546
00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:56,359
Speaker 1: into spaces that let you shine and then make your

547
00:24:56,359 --> 00:25:00,960
Speaker 1: way to the sticks. I wonder what those practices are like,

548
00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:04,280
Speaker 1: because you guys are loaded in the front court. I mean,

549
00:25:04,440 --> 00:25:07,760
Speaker 1: the bigs are crazy. Are you learning from each other

550
00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:10,679
Speaker 1: Shakira from Lauren from like what do you guys? Are

551
00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:13,000
Speaker 1: you helping each other with different skill sets and things

552
00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:15,080
Speaker 1: that you ways that you work on your craft.

553
00:25:15,320 --> 00:25:17,880
Speaker 3: What I love about the bigs is we have such

554
00:25:17,920 --> 00:25:20,919
Speaker 3: a healthy competition, Like we're going at each other, like

555
00:25:20,960 --> 00:25:22,639
Speaker 3: the same way you see us play other teams.

556
00:25:22,920 --> 00:25:26,760
Speaker 2: That is happening in practice, but we also are super supportive.

557
00:25:26,760 --> 00:25:28,600
Speaker 2: So something might happen in practice. We might be on

558
00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:30,840
Speaker 2: different teams. Let's say Kira and I and then after

559
00:25:30,960 --> 00:25:32,800
Speaker 2: we're like, oh I see this in this, I see

560
00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:35,159
Speaker 2: that and that. But once it's like the whistle has

561
00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:37,520
Speaker 2: blown and the balls up, it's like we're both going

562
00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:39,680
Speaker 2: at each other, but you know, just getting each other better.

563
00:25:39,960 --> 00:25:42,399
Speaker 2: So I think that's the greatest thing is like we

564
00:25:42,440 --> 00:25:45,159
Speaker 2: have a healthy level of competition where it feels like

565
00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:47,360
Speaker 2: we can improve but also support each other.

566
00:25:48,080 --> 00:25:50,320
Speaker 1: Tell me about your coach, Sidney Johnson. What's his vibe

567
00:25:50,400 --> 00:25:51,159
Speaker 1: in practice?

568
00:25:51,440 --> 00:25:53,879
Speaker 2: Coach sid Oh my gosh, he's such a dad coach.

569
00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:56,359
Speaker 2: We hit tell him this all the time, and it's

570
00:25:56,440 --> 00:25:58,520
Speaker 2: kind of fitting because they're the same age as his children.

571
00:25:58,920 --> 00:26:02,600
Speaker 2: But he's just so like, just think about your parent,

572
00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:05,000
Speaker 2: Like he's gonna be the first person to cheer you

573
00:26:05,080 --> 00:26:07,200
Speaker 2: on and support you, but also they're gonna be the

574
00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:09,040
Speaker 2: first one to reprimand you and because they want the

575
00:26:09,040 --> 00:26:09,560
Speaker 2: best for you.

576
00:26:09,960 --> 00:26:11,760
Speaker 3: He's just such like he's a dad.

577
00:26:11,840 --> 00:26:13,560
Speaker 2: Like that's the best way I can describe him, Like

578
00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:15,960
Speaker 2: it feels like we have dad here. Even to like

579
00:26:16,040 --> 00:26:18,720
Speaker 2: him trying to get in on our inside jokes. He's

580
00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:20,040
Speaker 2: like what is this and we're like, no.

581
00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:22,960
Speaker 3: Please stop. But he's just great vibes.

582
00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:24,840
Speaker 2: He truly cares about each and every one of us

583
00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:27,240
Speaker 2: as a person more than a player. And I think

584
00:26:27,280 --> 00:26:30,000
Speaker 2: that's super crucial, as you know, we're a very young

585
00:26:30,040 --> 00:26:31,920
Speaker 2: team and we're all starting our careers here in DC.

586
00:26:32,880 --> 00:26:34,560
Speaker 1: Dad jokes from him.

587
00:26:34,600 --> 00:26:35,879
Speaker 3: All the time. Oh my gosh.

588
00:26:36,160 --> 00:26:38,159
Speaker 2: I think he just tries to be like hip and

589
00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:40,400
Speaker 2: sometimes you're like, coach to sit this one out.

590
00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:43,080
Speaker 1: You know what, it's hard for us old. We like

591
00:26:43,119 --> 00:26:44,960
Speaker 1: don't know whether we just should give up the fight

592
00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:47,840
Speaker 1: entirely and be super lame, or if we should try

593
00:26:47,880 --> 00:26:50,920
Speaker 1: to hang on and talk about, you know, somebody being

594
00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:53,000
Speaker 1: a chopped unk or whatever the hell I'm supposed to

595
00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:56,720
Speaker 1: be saying now. But it's hard. It's hard. You gotta

596
00:26:56,720 --> 00:26:59,560
Speaker 1: have some patience with the olds. We're trying. It's hard

597
00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:01,280
Speaker 1: for us to getting old. You know, we want to

598
00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:04,520
Speaker 1: feel like we're cool. We had Rory Harmon on the

599
00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:08,200
Speaker 1: show just before the NCAA tournament, and she was a delight.

600
00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:11,479
Speaker 1: Our whole show became like obsessed with her. Has she

601
00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:14,919
Speaker 1: been How would she fit in with this team, especially

602
00:27:14,920 --> 00:27:17,320
Speaker 1: because she's definitely not in with the bigs. She's in

603
00:27:17,359 --> 00:27:19,200
Speaker 1: with the treaties when she comes to anywhere near y'all.

604
00:27:19,359 --> 00:27:22,800
Speaker 2: Rory is amazing. She is vibes on vibes on vibes.

605
00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:26,720
Speaker 2: Somebody made a comment that Georgia and Rory are like

606
00:27:26,760 --> 00:27:29,240
Speaker 2: the la boo boos of DC, and we just we

607
00:27:29,359 --> 00:27:31,359
Speaker 2: ran with that, so we're always calling them our la

608
00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:34,399
Speaker 2: boo boos. But she's amazing. I think as a basketball player,

609
00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:37,199
Speaker 2: she is always wanting to learn. She's such a sponge,

610
00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:40,480
Speaker 2: she's always asking questions. And then as a teammate, she's

611
00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:43,520
Speaker 2: just great. She's always encouraging, she knows how to have fun.

612
00:27:44,240 --> 00:27:46,159
Speaker 2: So I'm just really excited to like continue to get

613
00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:48,680
Speaker 2: to know her even more. But she's been an incredible

614
00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:49,879
Speaker 2: addition to our team truly.

615
00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:53,359
Speaker 1: Yeah, I was really impressed Game one. Every minute she

616
00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:55,879
Speaker 1: was out there, she was completely in control of the

617
00:27:55,960 --> 00:27:58,760
Speaker 1: offense and of the team as a rookie, having had

618
00:27:59,200 --> 00:28:01,520
Speaker 1: literally just been playing in Nancy Dobla tournament like a

619
00:28:01,560 --> 00:28:04,920
Speaker 1: month ago. It was I was very impressed. Who would

620
00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:07,280
Speaker 1: you say is the best player you've ever been on

621
00:28:07,359 --> 00:28:09,320
Speaker 1: the court with either a teammate or an opponent?

622
00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:10,520
Speaker 3: Asia Wilson.

623
00:28:11,080 --> 00:28:13,880
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, does she give you tips to or only

624
00:28:13,920 --> 00:28:14,680
Speaker 1: Brianna Stewart.

625
00:28:15,520 --> 00:28:18,320
Speaker 2: Well, when I was in college, Asia had like sent

626
00:28:18,359 --> 00:28:21,439
Speaker 2: me like and she knows, like she's my favorite player,

627
00:28:21,480 --> 00:28:23,080
Speaker 2: but she had like sent me a message after we

628
00:28:23,119 --> 00:28:25,800
Speaker 2: had played a Yukon and like kind of just very encouraging,

629
00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:27,399
Speaker 2: and I was like, wow, like now.

630
00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:28,840
Speaker 3: You're forever my favorite player.

631
00:28:29,520 --> 00:28:31,639
Speaker 2: But the first time we played the Aces my rookie

632
00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:34,959
Speaker 2: year it was in Vegas, and you know before the game,

633
00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:37,320
Speaker 2: you're like high fives, Hello, Hello, Hello, so we like

634
00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:39,360
Speaker 2: high five and then I saw her going like this,

635
00:28:39,520 --> 00:28:41,680
Speaker 2: but she was trying to high five Sonya behind me.

636
00:28:41,960 --> 00:28:43,280
Speaker 3: I thought she's going in for a hug.

637
00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:45,920
Speaker 2: So there's even a picture I'm like wrapped around her

638
00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:48,840
Speaker 2: hugging her and she's like this, like trying to high

639
00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:51,479
Speaker 2: five Sony and I was like wow, Like that was

640
00:28:51,520 --> 00:28:53,920
Speaker 2: definitely the first moment where I was like wow, like

641
00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:56,520
Speaker 2: I'm really playing against this person that I've looked up to,

642
00:28:56,720 --> 00:28:59,480
Speaker 2: who like I want to become, like so definitely a

643
00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:02,280
Speaker 2: fan girl. And then after the battle sawce up. I'm like, okay,

644
00:29:02,360 --> 00:29:03,960
Speaker 2: we're opponents now enemies.

645
00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:07,720
Speaker 1: That's so funny. You went in for the hug. That's great. Okay,

646
00:29:07,720 --> 00:29:09,960
Speaker 1: So I'm ghost Gang. I've been ghost Gang for the

647
00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:14,000
Speaker 1: last two seasons. I've got my Poppy crop or Mommy crop,

648
00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:15,560
Speaker 1: not sure what it is yet because I haven't cut

649
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Speaker 1: the sleeves, but I bought the one where Tosh has

650
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Speaker 1: the lines that are helping you, so shout out Phantom BC.

651
00:29:22,520 --> 00:29:25,680
Speaker 1: How has playing and in unrivaled and like working on

652
00:29:25,760 --> 00:29:28,640
Speaker 1: those three v three actions helped you in your w game.

653
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Speaker 2: First thing I'll say is the best part of Unrivaled

654
00:29:31,720 --> 00:29:35,240
Speaker 2: was meeting my teammates, Like obviously we're competitors all season long,

655
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Speaker 2: but to really get to know you. And I would

656
00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:40,040
Speaker 2: say Leah Boston was someone that I did not have

657
00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:42,760
Speaker 2: the right read on because obviously we're competitors. We're playing

658
00:29:42,760 --> 00:29:45,560
Speaker 2: each other in the post. It's not friendly, it's not fun.

659
00:29:45,880 --> 00:29:48,840
Speaker 2: But then getting to I'm like, you are such a vibe,

660
00:29:48,920 --> 00:29:51,160
Speaker 2: Like I really like you, Like that is big sister

661
00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:55,000
Speaker 2: for sure, She's just a great spirit, great person, great teammate.

662
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Speaker 2: But I would say Unrivaled really just it forced me

663
00:29:58,920 --> 00:30:01,520
Speaker 2: to work on my perimeter defence, like there's no help,

664
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Speaker 2: there's no hiding behind someone like you have to be

665
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Speaker 2: able to do multiple actions. So I would say like

666
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Speaker 2: defense is the biggest takeaway that I got from unrival

667
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Speaker 2: There's so many things, but I would definitely say like

668
00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:15,360
Speaker 2: defense is. It's translated a lot even right now with

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Speaker 2: our season in DC.

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Speaker 1: So for your mystics games, what's your morning routine? How

671
00:30:19,120 --> 00:30:20,640
Speaker 1: do you get yourself ready on game day?

672
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Speaker 2: Honestly, I try not to do a routine because I

673
00:30:23,840 --> 00:30:26,239
Speaker 2: am superstitious. So if I do the routine and then

674
00:30:26,280 --> 00:30:27,800
Speaker 2: I mess it up, I'm gonna be like, I'm gonna

675
00:30:27,800 --> 00:30:30,240
Speaker 2: have a terrible game. So I try not to do

676
00:30:30,320 --> 00:30:34,000
Speaker 2: super like a routine. But Macha is the one thing

677
00:30:34,080 --> 00:30:37,360
Speaker 2: I always have to have, Matcha. I'm macha obsessed. Macha mommy,

678
00:30:37,680 --> 00:30:39,840
Speaker 2: so I always have that before the game.

679
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Speaker 1: You're even rocking like Macha color right a little bit?

680
00:30:42,760 --> 00:30:42,920
Speaker 4: Right?

681
00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:46,480
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, Macha mommy. Okay, So does it change much

682
00:30:46,520 --> 00:30:48,120
Speaker 1: on the road if you're always switching it up? Do

683
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Speaker 1: you still have to like identify the macha dealer that

684
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Speaker 1: you can that you can find before the game.

685
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Speaker 2: No, it could be any type of macha. We were

686
00:30:54,440 --> 00:30:56,720
Speaker 2: just in Dallas and they had like a bisc off macha.

687
00:30:56,760 --> 00:30:58,080
Speaker 2: I've never had that before.

688
00:30:58,040 --> 00:31:00,400
Speaker 3: And I was obsessed. So I just as long as

689
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Speaker 3: it's maya, I'll drink it.

690
00:31:01,840 --> 00:31:04,200
Speaker 1: Okay. The place by me has a white chocolate macha.

691
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Speaker 1: It's hot and it is so damn.

692
00:31:06,560 --> 00:31:08,000
Speaker 3: Oh no, no, no, no hot, Matcha.

693
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Speaker 1: It has to be really I'm a hot Macha girl. Okay.

694
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Speaker 1: What's your favorite part of traveling for work, you know,

695
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Speaker 1: playing games in other cities.

696
00:31:17,280 --> 00:31:19,880
Speaker 2: My favorite part is meeting up with my friends on

697
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Speaker 2: the other team. It's like, like, we're about to go

698
00:31:22,520 --> 00:31:27,360
Speaker 2: to Seattle and Stephanie Dolson and Jade Melbourne, like we were.

699
00:31:27,160 --> 00:31:28,040
Speaker 3: Teammates last season.

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Speaker 2: I'm so excited to go over there and to see

701
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Speaker 2: them and maybe get a coffee with them. So I

702
00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:33,480
Speaker 2: feel like that's the best part of traveling, is like

703
00:31:33,520 --> 00:31:36,680
Speaker 2: clinking up with your friends on the other team before

704
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Speaker 2: the game starts.

705
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Speaker 1: What's your least favorite part of all the traveling.

706
00:31:40,800 --> 00:31:42,200
Speaker 3: Being in the plane for hours?

707
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Speaker 2: That's probably my least favorite part is just a nice

708
00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:47,520
Speaker 2: plane though, right it is a nice plane, but I'm

709
00:31:47,560 --> 00:31:50,600
Speaker 2: someone who can't sit for a while, so it's I

710
00:31:50,600 --> 00:31:52,000
Speaker 2: feel like I'm stuck in the plane.

711
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Speaker 1: Yeah, we've seen you messing around dunking and practice for

712
00:31:55,680 --> 00:31:57,520
Speaker 1: years and years. When are we going to see that

713
00:31:57,560 --> 00:31:58,080
Speaker 1: in the game.

714
00:31:58,480 --> 00:32:02,080
Speaker 2: Oh my gosh, soon, I hope, Like.

715
00:32:03,120 --> 00:32:05,400
Speaker 1: Are you just waiting for the opportunity, like you're ready

716
00:32:05,400 --> 00:32:06,520
Speaker 1: to go when you get that moment.

717
00:32:06,800 --> 00:32:08,960
Speaker 2: Honestly, there was a moment I forgot what game this

718
00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:10,960
Speaker 2: season already. I was like, Ooh, I feel like I

719
00:32:10,960 --> 00:32:13,080
Speaker 2: could do it. So it's definitely in my mind more

720
00:32:13,120 --> 00:32:15,120
Speaker 2: so than last season. I was like, I'm a Ricky, like,

721
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Speaker 2: I'm gonna make sure, let me just get the easy

722
00:32:16,720 --> 00:32:20,040
Speaker 2: two points. Yeah, but definitely as long as it's time score,

723
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Speaker 2: the situation is right and I have the opportunity, I'll

724
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Speaker 2: try it for sure.

725
00:32:23,840 --> 00:32:28,000
Speaker 1: All right. My friend Colayne has your face on like

726
00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:30,560
Speaker 1: the side of a building right next to Ricondo, and

727
00:32:30,600 --> 00:32:32,800
Speaker 1: she wanted me to ask what it's like to see

728
00:32:32,840 --> 00:32:35,760
Speaker 1: like giant you on the side of a building in DC.

729
00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:41,320
Speaker 2: Insane. They just had a mural up by Ben's Chili

730
00:32:41,360 --> 00:32:45,240
Speaker 2: bowl of a Shakira Sonya and myself and our new

731
00:32:45,280 --> 00:32:48,120
Speaker 2: Rebel jerseys, and even that was surreal. They sent us

732
00:32:48,120 --> 00:32:50,640
Speaker 2: a picture before it got revealed, and I one was

733
00:32:50,680 --> 00:32:53,920
Speaker 2: not expecting that too, just like wow, there's a whole

734
00:32:53,920 --> 00:32:56,560
Speaker 2: city behind our team and just supporting us. Like I

735
00:32:56,600 --> 00:32:59,160
Speaker 2: truly believe DC has the best fans, like they love

736
00:32:59,240 --> 00:33:01,600
Speaker 2: us do everything high as well as winning losing, And

737
00:33:01,680 --> 00:33:02,080
Speaker 2: I think.

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Speaker 3: That's super special. But it's just surreal.

739
00:33:04,040 --> 00:33:07,080
Speaker 2: I feel like sometimes I don't I don't understand the

740
00:33:07,080 --> 00:33:09,360
Speaker 2: gravity that I can have. So I think it's just

741
00:33:09,360 --> 00:33:11,760
Speaker 2: a reminder of like, you know, just keep going day

742
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Speaker 2: by day.

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00:33:12,160 --> 00:33:15,480
Speaker 1: Yeah, and that like Ben's chili bowls kind of like iconic, right,

744
00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:15,880
Speaker 1: it's like.

745
00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:18,680
Speaker 3: Yes, yes, so super special.

746
00:33:18,760 --> 00:33:21,440
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean just your mural like at twenty two

747
00:33:21,480 --> 00:33:23,360
Speaker 1: on the side of a building this big city that's

748
00:33:23,360 --> 00:33:26,760
Speaker 1: full of like dignitaries and government officials and celebrities, like

749
00:33:26,760 --> 00:33:29,560
Speaker 1: it's just really cool. Okay, I'm gonna do a mystic

750
00:33:29,680 --> 00:33:32,520
Speaker 1: speed round with you stick speed round. So use full

751
00:33:32,600 --> 00:33:34,720
Speaker 1: names for this, just in case people don't know nicknames

752
00:33:35,040 --> 00:33:38,240
Speaker 1: or whatever. So who controls the music in the locker room?

753
00:33:38,880 --> 00:33:43,200
Speaker 2: Georgia Georgia aymore Wow, Yeah, it's all you let.

754
00:33:43,120 --> 00:33:45,080
Speaker 1: The Aussie take the reins. Does she play a bunch

755
00:33:45,080 --> 00:33:45,600
Speaker 1: of aute.

756
00:33:45,520 --> 00:33:49,120
Speaker 3: Music over the place? She plays everything, everything.

757
00:33:48,880 --> 00:33:51,280
Speaker 1: That's good at least, so you know, everybody might get

758
00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:53,960
Speaker 1: something they like. Who's got the best dance moves?

759
00:33:54,360 --> 00:33:54,760
Speaker 3: Hmmmm?

760
00:33:56,240 --> 00:33:59,080
Speaker 2: Sonia sits on when she when she's not shy, when

761
00:33:59,080 --> 00:34:00,360
Speaker 2: she's not pretending to be shy.

762
00:34:00,840 --> 00:34:04,000
Speaker 1: Sonya said, pretending to be shy, she does that sometimes.

763
00:34:03,640 --> 00:34:06,960
Speaker 3: He's a faker. She's not shy, she's not fine. Yeah.

764
00:34:07,040 --> 00:34:09,000
Speaker 1: Who would you trust to do your hair for game

765
00:34:09,080 --> 00:34:11,480
Speaker 1: day if one of your teammates had to do it?

766
00:34:11,560 --> 00:34:15,680
Speaker 3: Shakira kiastic. Yeah, her hair is always amazing.

767
00:34:16,360 --> 00:34:18,200
Speaker 1: Who has the best tunnel fits.

768
00:34:19,640 --> 00:34:20,759
Speaker 3: Kiki me.

769
00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:24,560
Speaker 1: I love the confidence. Who else? Who else is in

770
00:34:24,600 --> 00:34:25,040
Speaker 1: the running?

771
00:34:25,160 --> 00:34:27,920
Speaker 2: Honestly, I think our whole team is best dressed. Everybody

772
00:34:27,960 --> 00:34:32,440
Speaker 2: has their own style and fashion and aesthetic, and we're

773
00:34:32,480 --> 00:34:33,960
Speaker 2: all the best at our own aesthetics.

774
00:34:33,960 --> 00:34:35,560
Speaker 3: So the local team is best dressed.

775
00:34:36,120 --> 00:34:37,719
Speaker 1: I never would have fought you on this before, but

776
00:34:37,760 --> 00:34:40,560
Speaker 1: my Chicago Sky team is full of batties now, and

777
00:34:40,640 --> 00:34:42,799
Speaker 1: so I know we're bringing it.

778
00:34:42,719 --> 00:34:46,560
Speaker 2: To no they Hey, I'm all pro women, So everybody

779
00:34:46,560 --> 00:34:47,000
Speaker 2: looks good.

780
00:34:47,120 --> 00:34:50,200
Speaker 1: Everybody looks good. I love that. Who on the team

781
00:34:50,239 --> 00:34:53,400
Speaker 1: is most likely to make Coach Johnson mad during practice?

782
00:34:53,680 --> 00:34:59,160
Speaker 3: Oh, I'm gonna say sonya or myself? Yeah?

783
00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:03,080
Speaker 1: Okay, yeah, a lot of pressure. Yeah, he's just staring

784
00:35:03,160 --> 00:35:05,680
Speaker 1: the team. Yeah. Who's Coach Johnson's favorite?

785
00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:14,719
Speaker 3: Ooh favorite Georgia? Everybody loves Georgia. Like, yeah, everybody loves Georgia.

786
00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:16,920
Speaker 1: Okay, finally, who on your team would you trust to

787
00:35:16,920 --> 00:35:18,000
Speaker 1: throw your birthday party?

788
00:35:19,680 --> 00:35:21,799
Speaker 3: Ooh, throw my part? Lauren Bett's for sure?

789
00:35:22,520 --> 00:35:25,080
Speaker 1: Okay, yeah, why so one?

790
00:35:25,160 --> 00:35:27,560
Speaker 2: She she knows how to celebrate people, Like one of

791
00:35:27,560 --> 00:35:29,680
Speaker 2: my teammates just had a birthday and she was bringing

792
00:35:29,680 --> 00:35:32,480
Speaker 2: all the vibes and then two. I think she knows

793
00:35:32,480 --> 00:35:34,120
Speaker 2: me pretty well to know what I would like, so

794
00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:35,400
Speaker 2: I love that.

795
00:35:35,760 --> 00:35:37,879
Speaker 1: Okay, last question for you. We sometimes play a game,

796
00:35:37,880 --> 00:35:39,960
Speaker 1: although often we forget to play it, but we remembered

797
00:35:40,040 --> 00:35:43,879
Speaker 1: this time. It's called good, Gooder, goodest. So something is good,

798
00:35:43,920 --> 00:35:46,080
Speaker 1: something's good, or and something is the best, it's goodest.

799
00:35:46,440 --> 00:35:51,680
Speaker 1: So playing at Stanford, playing at USC, playing for the Mystics,

800
00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:53,600
Speaker 1: let's start with good.

801
00:35:54,360 --> 00:35:58,600
Speaker 3: Stanford, good USC, gooder, and the Mystics goodest.

802
00:35:58,920 --> 00:36:01,319
Speaker 1: All right, I love that. That means you're in your

803
00:36:01,320 --> 00:36:04,480
Speaker 1: goodest era, which we love. Kiki, thanks so much for

804
00:36:04,520 --> 00:36:05,600
Speaker 1: the time. It was so great to talk to you

805
00:36:05,680 --> 00:36:07,200
Speaker 1: and get to know you, and congrats on a great

806
00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:07,960
Speaker 1: start to the season.

807
00:36:08,280 --> 00:36:09,560
Speaker 3: Thank you so much for having me.

808
00:36:12,200 --> 00:36:14,880
Speaker 1: Thanks again to Keiki for taking the time, and don't forget.

809
00:36:14,880 --> 00:36:17,319
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Speaker 4: Seeing one of your high school field hockey coaches win Survivor,

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Speaker 4: rating every bit of two million dollars review. On Wednesday Night,

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Speaker 4: Survivor legend Aubrey Broco finally broke through to win the

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Speaker 4: title of sole Survivor for the first time in four attempts,

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Speaker 4: defeating twenty three veteran players to earn the first two

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Speaker 4: million dollar prize in the show's twenty five year history.

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Speaker 4: And while most Survivor superfans know Aubrey as the robbed

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Speaker 4: runner up from Survivor Cow Wrong, or even as the

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Speaker 4: quote unquote psycho who ate live grubs on Survivor fifty.

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Speaker 4: I first got to know Aubrey or Aubs when she

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Speaker 4: worked as an assistant field hockey coach for my high

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Speaker 4: school team, affectionately known as Moxie. I was actually injured

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Speaker 4: most of my junior year, which meant that when the

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Speaker 4: rest of the team ran out to the field from

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Speaker 4: our gathering spot at Mister Tree every day, I got

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Speaker 4: a ride from Aubrey and her big blue pickup truck

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Speaker 4: referred to as Mister Truck. Field hockey was a sport

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Speaker 4: I loved deeply, but it wasn't always a sport I

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Speaker 4: was good at, and I struggled with my confidence on

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Speaker 4: the field and as a leader. But Obbs always made

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Speaker 4: me feel seen and heard, and I am so grateful

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Speaker 4: to her for that. Obbs and I didn't stay very

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Speaker 4: close after I left for Wellesley, but when she was

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Speaker 4: first announced as a contestant for Survivor caw Wrong back

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Speaker 4: in twenty sixteen, I knew I had to watch. I

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Speaker 4: had never seen Survivor before, but I was immediately hooked

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Speaker 4: and I've been rooting for her ever since. And I

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Speaker 4: just have to say she played Season fifty so well,

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Speaker 4: from her smart social game to even ordering her own

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Speaker 4: smotion machine off of Etsy before taking off for Fiji

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Speaker 4: in order to practice the challenge that she ultimately won

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Speaker 4: in order to get into the final three. Just absolutely

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Speaker 4: incredible stuff. So congratulations, Obbs.

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Speaker 1: I love that story, Alex. I don't watch Survivor, I

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Speaker 1: got it. Maybe I should watch just to see your

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Speaker 1: coach win. I do have one question, though, mister Tree

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Speaker 1: and mister Tree, how patriarchal of you listen?

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Speaker 4: We even had mister little Man was the referee.

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Speaker 1: Oh mister little Man. Oh hi to my ex boyfriends.

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

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Speaker 1: See you next week. Good game, Kiki, Good game, Stephen

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Speaker 1: Colbert on your final show, my all time fave. But

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Speaker 1: the good news is Stephen, you now have a lot

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Speaker 1: the world. Thank you everyone responsible for Colbert's show.

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Speaker 3: Ending.

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