WEBVTT - K-Y Jelly and and a Slam Dunk Celly 0:00:00.800 --> 0:00:03.239 Welcome to Good Game with Sarah Spain, where we're still 0:00:03.279 --> 0:00:12.920 screaming like her superfan Lil Luca. We haven't quite accepted 0:00:12.920 --> 0:00:15.720 that she hung up her boots for good yesterday. Wait, 0:00:15.720 --> 0:00:21.080 did somebody tell Luca? No, it's fine, I'm fine, I'm fine. 0:00:22.000 --> 0:00:24.480 On today's show, we'll wrap up a busy weekend in sports, 0:00:24.520 --> 0:00:27.080 say O refar to the Paralympics and get fired up 0:00:27.080 --> 0:00:29.560 about a new rugby league. Plus one half of the 0:00:29.600 --> 0:00:33.000 hotly contested Rookie of the Year race sees her season 0:00:33.200 --> 0:00:36.280 end early. We'll explain it's all coming up right after 0:00:36.320 --> 0:00:50.000 this welcome back. Here's what you need to know today. 0:00:51.960 --> 0:00:55.200 The Paralympics concluded on Sunday, and of course, it was 0:00:55.280 --> 0:00:58.080 the women who led Team USA. Of the one hundred 0:00:58.120 --> 0:01:00.680 and four total medals the US will bring home from Paris, 0:01:00.800 --> 0:01:03.640 fifty six percent were one in women's events and eight 0:01:03.680 --> 0:01:06.800 percent were one in mixed gender events. As for gold medals, 0:01:06.959 --> 0:01:09.560 sixty one percent came from the women. Two of those 0:01:09.640 --> 0:01:12.880 gold medals belonged to swimmer Jessica Long. After winning gold 0:01:12.920 --> 0:01:15.040 in the S eight four hundred meter freestyle last week, 0:01:15.120 --> 0:01:18.160 she won the say one hundred meter butterfly on Saturday. 0:01:18.400 --> 0:01:20.960 She now holds four golds in the event. All time, 0:01:21.280 --> 0:01:25.480 she has earned eighteen total golds in Paralympic competition. She's 0:01:25.520 --> 0:01:28.280 a thirty one time medalist. And you want to know 0:01:28.280 --> 0:01:30.800 the wildest part. She won her first gold medal at 0:01:30.800 --> 0:01:33.880 age twelve in Athens in two thousand and four. She's 0:01:33.959 --> 0:01:37.640 thirty two now. That is a long two decades of 0:01:37.680 --> 0:01:42.040 dominance in sitting volleyball. The three peat is complete. Team 0:01:42.160 --> 0:01:45.680 USA won its third straight Paralympic gold medal, defeating China 0:01:45.680 --> 0:01:47.680 three cets to one in the final, and there was 0:01:47.720 --> 0:01:50.280 a little deja vu given that the US team's previous 0:01:50.320 --> 0:01:53.720 two gold medals also were one against China. The US 0:01:53.760 --> 0:01:57.120 women's wheelchair basketball team came up just short of a 0:01:57.320 --> 0:02:01.320 US four peat in Olympic and Paralympic basketball. They fell 0:02:01.400 --> 0:02:04.120 to the Netherlands sixty three forty nine in the final. 0:02:04.600 --> 0:02:06.760 Rose Hollerman was the top scorer for the US and 0:02:06.800 --> 0:02:09.799 said postgame quote, as a team, I don't really think 0:02:09.840 --> 0:02:11.520 that we peaked and we have a lot left in 0:02:11.560 --> 0:02:13.880 our tank. I never felt we got into that flow 0:02:13.960 --> 0:02:16.040 state as a team, but I'm proud that we finished 0:02:16.080 --> 0:02:18.320 with a silver medal. There's a lot more left for us, 0:02:18.320 --> 0:02:20.160 and that's a great feeling as a team that we 0:02:20.200 --> 0:02:22.640 can get back to work. End quote. That team has 0:02:22.680 --> 0:02:26.040 now won three straight Paralympic medals. We got some dude 0:02:26.080 --> 0:02:29.560 news in the Paralympics. Paris long jump gold medalist Tara 0:02:29.639 --> 0:02:32.920 Davis Woodhall's husband Hunter now has a gold medal of 0:02:33.040 --> 0:02:35.560 his own. Hunter won the men's T sixty two to 0:02:35.560 --> 0:02:38.280 four hundred meter race at Stad de France on Friday, 0:02:38.680 --> 0:02:42.480 and the two were, of course, unbelievably adorable. In the 0:02:42.480 --> 0:02:47.240 post race interview, they made their gold medals kiss Trey Romantique. 0:02:47.360 --> 0:02:49.359 We'll put the link to that interview in the episode 0:02:49.360 --> 0:02:51.720 notes in case you missed it. Meanwhile, I spent the 0:02:51.720 --> 0:02:53.640 weekend wondering what the hell my husband and I have 0:02:53.680 --> 0:02:56.680 ever done. Certainly not back to back gold medals, that's 0:02:56.720 --> 0:02:59.359 for sure. That's a wrap on the Paralympics, folks. It 0:02:59.360 --> 0:03:03.040 was another spectam tacular display of talent, creativity, and competitive 0:03:03.080 --> 0:03:05.920 fire from a crop of exceptional athletes. We hope you 0:03:06.000 --> 0:03:07.720 enjoyed all the events and you'll be tuned in again 0:03:07.760 --> 0:03:10.760 when the Games hit the US in twenty twenty eight. 0:03:10.840 --> 0:03:13.760 That's right, Los Angeles, twenty twenty eight. In the meantime, 0:03:13.760 --> 0:03:15.320 be sure to follow your faves and keep up with 0:03:15.360 --> 0:03:17.800 their other competitions, because the work don't stop when the 0:03:17.800 --> 0:03:22.920 Paralympic flame is extinguished. To the WNBA and the weekend 0:03:23.440 --> 0:03:26.520 had some bad news for my Chicago Sky and rookie 0:03:26.560 --> 0:03:30.560 phenom Angel Reese. She's done for this season with a 0:03:30.560 --> 0:03:34.680 wrist injury. Angel posted about the news on social writing quote, 0:03:34.720 --> 0:03:37.000 what a year. I never would have imagined the last 0:03:37.000 --> 0:03:39.320 bucket of my rookie season would be a three. But 0:03:39.400 --> 0:03:41.320 maybe that was God saying give them a taste of 0:03:41.320 --> 0:03:43.560 what they'll be seeing more of a year two. Lol. 0:03:43.720 --> 0:03:45.720 Through it all, I've showed that I belong in this league, 0:03:45.840 --> 0:03:48.440 even when no one else believed. All I've ever wanted 0:03:48.520 --> 0:03:50.240 was to come into the w and make an impact. 0:03:50.440 --> 0:03:52.920 I can confidently say I've done that and will strive 0:03:53.000 --> 0:03:55.400 to keep doing so. I'm filled with emotions right now 0:03:55.440 --> 0:03:57.320 that I have a season ending injury, but also filled 0:03:57.360 --> 0:03:59.760 with so much gratitude for what's next. Although this has 0:03:59.760 --> 0:04:02.440 got timing and not mine, I'm finally able to give 0:04:02.480 --> 0:04:05.360 myself a physical and mental break. Quote. God gives his 0:04:05.440 --> 0:04:08.480 hardest battles to his strongest soldiers. You'll still see me 0:04:08.520 --> 0:04:12.000 being the biggest cheerleader on the sideline and unrivaled league, 0:04:12.360 --> 0:04:16.400 see you soon. So interesting to see and hear that 0:04:16.440 --> 0:04:19.120 she hopes to be back for that unrivaled league, but 0:04:19.200 --> 0:04:22.080 a bummer that she'll see her season end earlier, and 0:04:22.200 --> 0:04:24.520 she mentioned it. There were some question marks about how 0:04:24.520 --> 0:04:26.479 she would measure up at the WNBA level before the 0:04:26.520 --> 0:04:29.599 season started, and while there are plenty of conversations to 0:04:29.680 --> 0:04:33.440 have about how her efficiency isn't always the same as 0:04:33.440 --> 0:04:37.520 her efficacy, she has certainly shushed a lot of haters 0:04:37.520 --> 0:04:39.560 with what she's been able to do in her rookie season, 0:04:39.960 --> 0:04:43.799 including setting a WNBA record with fifteen consecutive double doubles, 0:04:44.160 --> 0:04:46.960 notching twenty six double doubles in total, the second most 0:04:46.960 --> 0:04:49.640 in a season in WNBA history, the first player in 0:04:49.720 --> 0:04:52.080 league history to record three consecutive games of twenty or 0:04:52.080 --> 0:04:54.560 more rebounds. In thirty two and a half minutes tonight, 0:04:54.600 --> 0:04:57.839 she averaged thirteen point six points, thirteen point one rebounds, 0:04:57.839 --> 0:04:59.960 one point nine as sis, and one point three steals. 0:05:00.920 --> 0:05:03.440 Oh and those thirteen point one total rebounds plus the 0:05:03.480 --> 0:05:06.599 five point one offensive rebound she averaged per game, both 0:05:06.680 --> 0:05:10.960 the highest averages by any player in WNBA history in 0:05:11.040 --> 0:05:16.080 those categories. Unbelievable. It's just the beginning for Shytown Barbie, 0:05:16.120 --> 0:05:19.560 and I'm sad for the long haul. In the meantime, though, 0:05:20.400 --> 0:05:22.600 she might have a bright future, but her absence will 0:05:22.640 --> 0:05:25.400 be very much felt in the present. The Sky entered 0:05:25.440 --> 0:05:28.520 Sunday barely clinging to the eighth playoff spot, and they're 0:05:28.520 --> 0:05:30.600 trying to fight off teams like The Dream and the Mystics. 0:05:30.720 --> 0:05:33.440 Doing so without Angel Reese will be a tall task. 0:05:34.200 --> 0:05:36.200 More injury dues to keep an eye on, as Las 0:05:36.279 --> 0:05:38.680 Vegas as to star Asia Wilson was ruled out of 0:05:38.720 --> 0:05:40.839 a finals rematch against the New York Liberty on Sunday. 0:05:40.880 --> 0:05:43.880 It's her first missed game since twenty nineteen. She took 0:05:43.920 --> 0:05:45.680 a hard spill and injured her right ankle in the 0:05:45.680 --> 0:05:48.640 final minutes of Friday's game against the Connecticut Sun. Now 0:05:48.680 --> 0:05:51.080 Aces coach Becky Hammond told press that the team's approach 0:05:51.120 --> 0:05:53.880 will be very cautionary, that it's just a tweak no 0:05:54.000 --> 0:05:57.640 long term concerns, but we do not like seeing Asia 0:05:57.720 --> 0:06:00.440 walking around in a boot. Vegas Is next game is 0:06:00.480 --> 0:06:03.200 Wednesday against the Indiana fever, so she'll have a few 0:06:03.240 --> 0:06:05.839 days to rehab and see how things feel. We've spoken 0:06:05.880 --> 0:06:07.320 a lot about the wear and tear on players like 0:06:07.360 --> 0:06:10.160 Wilson played for Temosa and Paris, how banged up their 0:06:10.200 --> 0:06:12.919 bodies must be. So we're really hoping the best for Asia, 0:06:13.000 --> 0:06:17.600 especially with the playoffs looming. In some positive news, another 0:06:17.720 --> 0:06:20.960 one a record broken. That is, on Saturday, Skyler digg 0:06:20.960 --> 0:06:23.160 and Smith top Sue Birds record for most assists in 0:06:23.240 --> 0:06:25.920 a single season in Storm history in Seattle's win over 0:06:25.920 --> 0:06:28.640 the Phoenix Mercury. She's now got two hundred and twenty 0:06:28.680 --> 0:06:31.800 seven and counting. Not bad for her first year in 0:06:31.800 --> 0:06:34.680 a Storm uniform. Digg And Smith currently sits fourth in 0:06:34.720 --> 0:06:37.479 the league and assists per game, behind Caitlin Clark, Alissa Thomas, 0:06:37.480 --> 0:06:40.839 and Natasha Cloud. Speaking of Cloud, with six assists and 0:06:40.880 --> 0:06:43.280 that Mercury loss to the Storm, she moved into the 0:06:43.360 --> 0:06:47.000 league's top ten all time in assists and shout out 0:06:47.040 --> 0:06:49.719 to across the timeline for this Nugget. Attendance in the 0:06:49.800 --> 0:06:53.040 WNBA this regular season is now over two million total, 0:06:53.440 --> 0:06:55.400 just the fifth season to reach that mark in the 0:06:55.440 --> 0:06:58.919 first since two thousand and three. Two tennis on the 0:06:58.920 --> 0:07:03.080 hard courts at Flushing at Osbelarus's Arena. Sablenka defeated American 0:07:03.160 --> 0:07:06.240 Jessica Bagoula in straight sets in the singles final on Saturday. 0:07:06.440 --> 0:07:08.839 Sablenka finished the job just a year after losing to 0:07:08.839 --> 0:07:11.400 Coco Goff in the final. It's her third career Grand 0:07:11.440 --> 0:07:14.040 Slam title and her first ever at the US Open. 0:07:14.600 --> 0:07:18.320 Also in mixed doubles, friend of the Show Taylor Townsend 0:07:18.360 --> 0:07:21.119 and her partner Donald Young lost in the mix final 0:07:21.200 --> 0:07:24.000 in the last match of Young's career. The two runner 0:07:24.040 --> 0:07:26.560 ups have been good friends since childhood. Both are Chicago 0:07:26.680 --> 0:07:29.880 natives Whoop woop and Townshend even became a left handed 0:07:29.880 --> 0:07:32.480 player due to Young's influence. They were given a wild 0:07:32.480 --> 0:07:34.679 card into the Open, and when asked about the decision 0:07:34.680 --> 0:07:38.400 to play with him, Townshend said him winning Junior Wimbledon, 0:07:38.560 --> 0:07:41.520 Junior Australian Open, going on to the tour, breaking out 0:07:41.560 --> 0:07:43.760 on tour, and then coming home and being able to 0:07:43.760 --> 0:07:46.120 bring that accomplishment to us and being able to see 0:07:46.120 --> 0:07:48.560 that stuff. It was the closest that I ever had 0:07:48.600 --> 0:07:51.119 to being near anyone that was doing this at this level. 0:07:51.360 --> 0:07:53.160 So when he asked me to play. I just felt 0:07:53.160 --> 0:07:54.720 like it was an honor to be able to close 0:07:54.720 --> 0:07:57.200 that book for him because he kind of opened that 0:07:57.360 --> 0:08:00.440 for me. Such a wonderful sentiment. They're up at the 0:08:00.520 --> 0:08:02.360 US Open. Ain't a bad way to go out, So 0:08:02.440 --> 0:08:06.680 congrats to young in college volleyball, y'all, it is a 0:08:06.840 --> 0:08:09.520 scary time to be a top seed. We have seen 0:08:09.560 --> 0:08:12.480 some wild stuff at the beginning of this season, and 0:08:12.520 --> 0:08:14.720 we got another upset this weekend. This time it was 0:08:14.760 --> 0:08:18.120 Miami beating number one Texas in a five set shocker. 0:08:18.400 --> 0:08:20.840 Texas won the first two sets, but then the Hurricanes 0:08:20.880 --> 0:08:23.600 came through in a big way, winning the final three 0:08:23.640 --> 0:08:27.400 sets and defeating last season's national champs. Meantime, we did 0:08:27.480 --> 0:08:29.760 get a step in the right direction for preseason number 0:08:29.760 --> 0:08:33.760 three Wisconsin, who started the season a shocking and three. 0:08:34.640 --> 0:08:36.680 They got in the win column with two big victories 0:08:36.679 --> 0:08:38.960 over the weekend, defeating TCU and Baylor in the Big 0:08:39.000 --> 0:08:43.840 Ten Big Twelve Challenge. To soccer, Alex Morgan's final footy 0:08:43.920 --> 0:08:47.240 match got all the coverage it deserved. The Sunday night 0:08:47.240 --> 0:08:49.560 tilt between her San Diego Wave and the North Carolina 0:08:49.600 --> 0:08:53.880 Courage aired on all of the league's media partners CBS 0:08:53.920 --> 0:08:58.600 Sports Network, Paramount Plus, NWSL Plus Prime Video, ESPN two, 0:08:58.720 --> 0:09:02.480 and Local TV all carried the game, the first time 0:09:02.520 --> 0:09:06.079 a women's sporting event was shown across multiple outlets simultaneously 0:09:06.160 --> 0:09:08.960 in the US. We're going to talk more about Alex 0:09:09.120 --> 0:09:12.920 and the very sudden end to her legendary career a 0:09:13.000 --> 0:09:16.360 little bit more this week. Sunday also saw Gotham FC 0:09:16.559 --> 0:09:21.000 honor Shanad Fairley. Fairley originally retired back in twenty sixteen, 0:09:21.559 --> 0:09:24.199 and in twenty twenty one, she went public with her 0:09:24.240 --> 0:09:27.360 story of alleged sexual coersion by former Portland Thorns coach 0:09:27.400 --> 0:09:31.800 Paul Riley, sparking league wide investigations that led to several suspensions, 0:09:32.000 --> 0:09:35.280 lifetime bands from the league of four coaches including Riley, 0:09:35.679 --> 0:09:39.439 and the forced sale of the Thorns. The reckoning reshaped 0:09:39.480 --> 0:09:42.400 the NWSL and ushered it into a new era of 0:09:42.440 --> 0:09:45.360 player empowerment and a much needed revamp of player safety 0:09:45.440 --> 0:09:49.120 rules and resources. In twenty twenty three, Fairly, after nearly 0:09:49.200 --> 0:09:52.440 seven years away from the game, came back, and she 0:09:52.559 --> 0:09:55.720 came back to a new look NWSL that she'd helped create, 0:09:56.080 --> 0:09:59.080 signing with Gotham and helping them win the NWSL Championship 0:09:59.280 --> 0:10:01.199 plus going to the World Cup as a member of 0:10:01.240 --> 0:10:03.960 the Ireland national team. In June of this year, she 0:10:03.960 --> 0:10:07.120 announced her retirement from soccer due to post concussive syndrome, 0:10:07.520 --> 0:10:10.199 but said she was grateful and at peace that her 0:10:10.200 --> 0:10:14.000 career included a final chapter on her own terms. On Sunday, 0:10:14.040 --> 0:10:15.960 she was celebrated with a fan fest, a meet and 0:10:15.960 --> 0:10:19.440 greet with fans, and a Gotham win. They defeated the 0:10:19.440 --> 0:10:22.920 Houston Dash two to one. Those two players getting honored 0:10:22.920 --> 0:10:25.440 on the same day feels very appropriate as they both 0:10:25.480 --> 0:10:29.640 had such a tremendous impact on helping bring to the 0:10:29.679 --> 0:10:33.400 forefront the issues with the NWSL with toxic coaches and environments, 0:10:33.679 --> 0:10:36.280 and changing the landscape of professional women's soccer in the 0:10:36.360 --> 0:10:39.280 United States. So to Alex Morgan and Shineade Fairley, the 0:10:39.400 --> 0:10:41.720 league and all of its players and fans owe you 0:10:41.800 --> 0:10:45.160 a great debt of gratitude. Finally, in NWSL news, last week, 0:10:45.200 --> 0:10:48.400 the Washington Spirit announced that former Los Angeles Laker and 0:10:48.600 --> 0:10:51.880 Hall of Famer Magic Johnson joined the ownership group headed 0:10:51.880 --> 0:10:54.720 by Michelle King. Now this isn't the first women's franchise 0:10:54.760 --> 0:10:56.679 that Magic is invested and He's also got chairs in 0:10:56.720 --> 0:11:00.600 the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks. In celebration of the new venture, 0:11:00.960 --> 0:11:03.760 Magic attended the Spirit Game against the Portland Thorns at 0:11:03.800 --> 0:11:06.120 Audi Field over the weekend and was off in this 0:11:06.480 --> 0:11:09.640 little side area just off the field, so when Trinity 0:11:09.720 --> 0:11:13.120 Rodman scored a goal in the sixtieth minute, she made 0:11:13.160 --> 0:11:15.680 sure to show him some love. After the equalizer, she 0:11:15.800 --> 0:11:17.680 ran over to a spot on the sideline, hit a 0:11:17.720 --> 0:11:20.360 slam dunk Selly and then high fives and hugs for 0:11:20.440 --> 0:11:22.640 Michelle and Magic. We'll link to that video in our 0:11:22.640 --> 0:11:25.280 episode notes if you didn't see it. And finally, an 0:11:25.360 --> 0:11:29.400 NWSL news congrats to the league on an attendance milestone. 0:11:29.559 --> 0:11:32.720 On Sunday, the league total regular season attendance went past 0:11:32.800 --> 0:11:35.959 one and a half million for the first time in history, 0:11:36.320 --> 0:11:39.840 with seven regular season weeks of games remaining pretty awesome. 0:11:40.280 --> 0:11:42.920 In surfing, eighteen year old American Katie Simmers won the 0:11:42.920 --> 0:11:46.160 World Surf League Championship over the weekend, defeating reigning Olympic 0:11:46.160 --> 0:11:49.000 gold medalists and defending World champ Caroline Marks in the 0:11:49.000 --> 0:11:51.760 best of three finals. With the win, Simmers becomes the 0:11:51.840 --> 0:11:54.880 youngest ever female World champ in the sport by six 0:11:54.960 --> 0:11:57.439 days Chris and Moore was nearly one week older when 0:11:57.480 --> 0:11:59.560 she won her first world title back in twenty eleven. 0:12:00.280 --> 0:12:03.479 Two Hockey, the Professional Women's Hockey League, enjoyed a spectacular 0:12:03.520 --> 0:12:07.200 inaugural season last year, breaking multiple attendance records for women's hockey. 0:12:07.480 --> 0:12:09.480 And they did it all without team names and with 0:12:09.640 --> 0:12:13.000 generic jerseys. But that is about to change. The social 0:12:13.040 --> 0:12:17.600 accounts and websites for every PWHL team that's Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, 0:12:17.679 --> 0:12:20.600 New York, Boston and Minnesota have been teasing a big 0:12:20.640 --> 0:12:25.000 announcement that's expected to beat names and logos, so look 0:12:25.040 --> 0:12:28.920 for that on social media today. Rugby, a new women's 0:12:28.920 --> 0:12:32.240 professional rugby league Women's Elite Rugby, will play its inaugural 0:12:32.240 --> 0:12:34.760 season in twenty twenty five, with teams in New York, 0:12:34.840 --> 0:12:38.640 San Francisco, Boston, Chicago, Denver and the Twin Cities. The 0:12:38.760 --> 0:12:41.960 existing women's Premier League was established in two thousand and nine, 0:12:42.160 --> 0:12:45.320 but the players aren't paid. Doctor Jessica Hammond Graff, who's 0:12:45.360 --> 0:12:48.560 the president of the new wer and a former international 0:12:48.640 --> 0:12:51.040 rugby player, set up the decision to launch a pro 0:12:51.120 --> 0:12:53.920 league quote for fifteen years, women's rugby players and the 0:12:53.960 --> 0:12:56.400 Women's Premier League have played in an amateur pay to 0:12:56.440 --> 0:12:59.880 play cross country league, and the consensus is that model 0:13:00.080 --> 0:13:02.800 is no longer sustainable. We are so proud of everything 0:13:02.800 --> 0:13:05.400 the WPL has done since two thousand and nine to 0:13:05.440 --> 0:13:08.120 become such a strong blueprint for us, and we're ready 0:13:08.120 --> 0:13:10.959 to take our bold, exciting and empowering sport to the 0:13:11.000 --> 0:13:14.280 next level. End quote. The WER is driving excitement for 0:13:14.320 --> 0:13:17.800 its first season with the twenty twenty four WER Legacy Cup. 0:13:17.960 --> 0:13:21.400 Now that's featuring the top four WPL teams and they 0:13:21.440 --> 0:13:24.120 say it's to honor quote the founding people who dedicated 0:13:24.120 --> 0:13:26.840 their energy and time to the growth of women's plus rugby. 0:13:27.280 --> 0:13:29.800 So this past Saturday, the number three Colorado Gray Wolves 0:13:29.840 --> 0:13:31.800 beat the number two New York Rugby Club and the 0:13:31.840 --> 0:13:34.240 number one Berkeley All Blues beat the number four Life 0:13:34.320 --> 0:13:36.839 West Rugby. So that sets up a Legacy Cup Vinyl 0:13:36.960 --> 0:13:40.320 next Saturday in Greensboro, North Carolina between the All Blues 0:13:40.320 --> 0:13:42.600 and the Gray Wolves, and you could check that out 0:13:42.600 --> 0:13:45.640 and get super excited for the upcoming Women's Elite Rugby 0:13:45.720 --> 0:13:50.200 League next year. Finally, just a little more dude news, 0:13:50.559 --> 0:13:53.959 as it was a big weekend for NFL habs, husbands 0:13:53.960 --> 0:13:58.040 and boyfriends. Congrats to mister Simone Biles aka Jonathan Owens 0:13:58.080 --> 0:14:01.560 on a touchdown in my Chicago Bears win over the Titans. 0:14:02.000 --> 0:14:05.280 Told you Coach Low and congrats to Sophia Smith's fiance 0:14:05.559 --> 0:14:08.760 aka Michael Wilson on scoring a touchdown in his Cardinals 0:14:08.800 --> 0:14:12.800 loss to the Bills. We're gonna make some money. We'll 0:14:12.800 --> 0:14:15.240 be right back with more good game with Sarah Spain. 0:14:19.800 --> 0:14:23.520 Welcome back, slices. We got another really good question from 0:14:23.560 --> 0:14:27.160 one of you. Ria Jankowski wrote, I saw on Instagram 0:14:27.200 --> 0:14:30.080 post on Together about athletes who have competed in both 0:14:30.120 --> 0:14:33.840 the Paralympics and Olympics, which was interesting included the years 0:14:33.840 --> 0:14:36.760 they competed in each. I didn't expect to see multiple 0:14:36.800 --> 0:14:39.440 athletes who competed in the Olympics after having competed in 0:14:39.440 --> 0:14:43.040 the Paralympics. Tell us more about them, sure thing, Ria, 0:14:43.120 --> 0:14:44.080 Alex take it away. 0:14:44.720 --> 0:14:47.520 Yeah, thank you so much for asking the question, Riya. 0:14:47.600 --> 0:14:49.280 So for those who didn't see it, and we'll make 0:14:49.280 --> 0:14:51.440 sure to link to it in our show notes Together 0:14:51.520 --> 0:14:54.600 posted about the fourteen women who have competed at both 0:14:54.640 --> 0:14:58.440 the Olympics and the Paralympics. And to be completely honest, 0:14:58.720 --> 0:15:00.960 I didn't know a bunch of these athletes, So shout 0:15:01.000 --> 0:15:03.760 out to together for raising it to my attention to 0:15:04.160 --> 0:15:05.760 And so I'll back up for a second and say 0:15:05.840 --> 0:15:09.360 these athletes essentially fall into two categories. The first is 0:15:09.400 --> 0:15:13.080 athletes who initially competed at the Olympics as non disabled 0:15:13.080 --> 0:15:16.920 athletes and then sustained a disability and returned to the Games, 0:15:17.000 --> 0:15:21.080 this time as Paralympians. So Canada's Kate O'Brien is a 0:15:21.080 --> 0:15:24.000 great example of this. She competed at the Olympics in 0:15:24.040 --> 0:15:27.080 twenty sixteen in track cycling, and then she had a 0:15:27.200 --> 0:15:30.640 very serious accident while training in twenty seventeen, but went 0:15:30.680 --> 0:15:33.240 on to make her Paralympic debut a few years later. 0:15:33.680 --> 0:15:35.880 She's now a two time medalist and even picked up 0:15:35.920 --> 0:15:38.880 bronze this week in Paris. Then there are a bunch 0:15:38.960 --> 0:15:41.520 of athletes with disabilities who have competed at both the 0:15:41.560 --> 0:15:45.520 Olympics and Paralympics, sometimes even in the same year. For example, 0:15:45.560 --> 0:15:48.960 you have two table tennis players, Melissa Tapper of Australia 0:15:49.000 --> 0:15:52.480 and Bruna Alexandra of Brazil, who competed in Paris just 0:15:52.520 --> 0:15:55.120 a few weeks apart, first competing at the Olympics and 0:15:55.160 --> 0:15:58.400 then competing at the Paralympics. So shout out to Together 0:15:58.520 --> 0:16:01.360 for posting that, and shout out Ria for asking the question. 0:16:01.640 --> 0:16:03.880 Good stuff, al and maybe sometime we'll have a conversation 0:16:03.920 --> 0:16:06.960 about the interesting times when para Olympians have actually been 0:16:07.440 --> 0:16:09.920 denied the ability to compete in the Olympics because their 0:16:09.960 --> 0:16:13.280 process were considered like beneficial. That's an interesting angle there too. 0:16:13.680 --> 0:16:15.800 Yeah, absolutely, thank you slices. 0:16:15.880 --> 0:16:17.920 Keep them coming. We love those questions. We love to 0:16:17.960 --> 0:16:20.120 keep putting al to work. We got to take a 0:16:20.200 --> 0:16:23.120 quick break when we come back. Frick and Frack Newparlan 0:16:23.240 --> 0:16:28.080 Fonse and sponsorships gone very wrong. It's coming up next. 0:16:31.800 --> 0:16:35.040 Welcome back, slices. So last week we asked you for 0:16:35.080 --> 0:16:38.680 your best name twin stories and listener Julia Frick has one. 0:16:38.960 --> 0:16:41.160 She sent us an email that reads, in part, my 0:16:41.280 --> 0:16:43.960 name is Julia Frick. I'm currently playing lacrosse at the 0:16:43.960 --> 0:16:46.800 Division III level at Bridgewater College. When I first got 0:16:46.840 --> 0:16:49.080 here as a freshman, I was the second Julia to 0:16:49.080 --> 0:16:51.440 come on to the team because the other Julia was 0:16:51.440 --> 0:16:53.920 a year older than me. She got to go by Julia, 0:16:53.960 --> 0:16:56.240 and I was blessed with any and all nicknames that 0:16:56.280 --> 0:17:00.520 revolve around frick. This includes, but is not limited to, frick, 0:17:00.960 --> 0:17:04.920 frick delicious, Frickster, and frickles. That's my favorite, by the way. 0:17:05.359 --> 0:17:08.000 Fast forward to this year. I'm a senior, I've adjusted 0:17:08.000 --> 0:17:10.680 to the name, and boom, we have a freshman come 0:17:10.720 --> 0:17:13.800 in with the last name Fricks. As soon as I 0:17:13.920 --> 0:17:16.320 escape being part of a pair of Julia's, I became 0:17:16.400 --> 0:17:19.520 a pair of fricks. Okay, what the frick? First of all, 0:17:19.560 --> 0:17:24.360 and also Julia's again, that's hilarious. We love this Julia, 0:17:24.400 --> 0:17:26.359 and it does feel like a perfect opportunity for a 0:17:26.359 --> 0:17:29.159 frick and frack duo name. I mean, you're a senior, 0:17:29.160 --> 0:17:31.960 your teammates a freshmen. You could pretty much cause everyone 0:17:32.000 --> 0:17:34.480 to call her whatever you want. So I think you're 0:17:34.560 --> 0:17:37.200 frick and she's freck. That's it. Take her under your wing, 0:17:37.400 --> 0:17:39.720 show her the ropes. What it's like to go by 0:17:39.880 --> 0:17:42.000 a name that isn't your first name. I say, no, 0:17:42.119 --> 0:17:44.600 Julia's never again to a Julia on that team. It 0:17:44.600 --> 0:17:47.040 should always be a different name. Thanks for sending that. 0:17:47.119 --> 0:17:49.239 In last week. I also told you all about how 0:17:49.280 --> 0:17:51.920 soccer's top honor. The Ballon d'Or award for the Player 0:17:51.960 --> 0:17:54.240 of the Year often trips people up because of its 0:17:54.280 --> 0:17:57.320 French name. Well, right on schedule, Friend of the Show 0:17:57.400 --> 0:18:00.159 Sidney LaRue had to call out her boyfriend Dave for 0:18:00.200 --> 0:18:03.240 his absolute butchering of the name, and she posted it 0:18:03.280 --> 0:18:05.800 on her insta take a listen. I need to know 0:18:05.840 --> 0:18:07.840 what you just said to me. Why are so many 0:18:08.080 --> 0:18:12.199 people not nominated for what I said? I was the 0:18:12.200 --> 0:18:13.000 f on Instagram. 0:18:15.080 --> 0:18:16.680 I keep saying, all these people are a big name 0:18:16.840 --> 0:18:19.840 nominated for the Balloon d'Or, and I wanted to know 0:18:19.920 --> 0:18:20.359 what it is. 0:18:20.960 --> 0:18:27.080 Ah, Yes, the balloon door perfect Dave. Finally, last week 0:18:27.080 --> 0:18:28.679 I told you about my fun filled trip to New 0:18:28.760 --> 0:18:30.800 York for the US Open and the New York Liberty Game, 0:18:31.119 --> 0:18:32.879 And my week included getting to spend a lot of 0:18:32.920 --> 0:18:35.640 time with my girl, Jess Smith, formerly of Angel City. 0:18:35.720 --> 0:18:38.040 Now she's the president of the WNBA expansion team, the 0:18:38.080 --> 0:18:41.040 Golden State Valkyries. Well, we went to dinner on Tuesday 0:18:41.119 --> 0:18:42.639 and she was talking about how the next morning she 0:18:42.680 --> 0:18:44.720 was going to go on TV and announce the team's 0:18:44.760 --> 0:18:48.400 partnership and jersey sponsor. Now she wouldn't leak the news 0:18:48.480 --> 0:18:50.920 of the deal at dinner, so I started guessing progressively 0:18:51.000 --> 0:18:55.520 more ridiculous sponsors, k y Jelly only fans, you get 0:18:55.520 --> 0:18:57.800 the picture. The whole table got in on the game 0:18:57.840 --> 0:19:01.080 and it had me thinking, what are the worst or 0:19:01.200 --> 0:19:05.320 most flat out wrong sponsors for a women's pro sports team? 0:19:05.800 --> 0:19:08.639 Which is where you come in slices because you know 0:19:08.680 --> 0:19:10.119 that we love that you're listening, but we want you 0:19:10.160 --> 0:19:12.320 to get in the game every day too. 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