WEBVTT - B-Girls, Hoopers & Pap Sch-mears 0:00:01.040 --> 0:00:03.360 Welcome to Good Game with Sarah Spain, where we heard 0:00:03.360 --> 0:00:06.080 you loud and clear, trend soap and Mal. We're only 0:00:06.160 --> 0:00:09.720 drinking triple espressos from here on out. Our brains are 0:00:09.800 --> 0:00:12.119 vibrating inside our heads and we can't buel our hands, 0:00:12.119 --> 0:00:15.280 but it's so worth it. On today's show, we'll tell 0:00:15.280 --> 0:00:17.279 you what events to pay attention to while you rot 0:00:17.320 --> 0:00:19.760 on your couch this last weekend at the Olympics. Plus 0:00:19.800 --> 0:00:22.919 producer Alex wais in on wrestling, I help you understand 0:00:22.960 --> 0:00:24.800 what the heck's going on in the break in competition, 0:00:25.040 --> 0:00:27.160 and producer Misha and I talk about how we get 0:00:27.160 --> 0:00:31.480 the iconic Dynastic USA basketball team the hype that they deserve. 0:00:31.840 --> 0:00:41.320 It's all coming up right after this welcome back slices. 0:00:41.760 --> 0:00:44.560 Today's show is coming to you directly under the flight 0:00:44.640 --> 0:00:47.640 path of the rehearsals for Chicago's aired Water Show. So 0:00:47.800 --> 0:00:50.520 if you hear a whoosh during the show, it's either 0:00:50.560 --> 0:00:54.400 an F thirty five C or one of Canada's soccer drones. Okay, 0:00:54.440 --> 0:00:58.960 here's what you need to know today. On the map, 0:00:59.000 --> 0:01:01.840 twenty year old US wrestler a meat alre secured her 0:01:01.880 --> 0:01:05.039 first ever Olympic medal, and it was the best kind 0:01:05.120 --> 0:01:09.480 to gold in the women's sixty eight kilo event. Get this, y'all, 0:01:09.480 --> 0:01:12.959 A meat hasn't lost a match in five years, and 0:01:13.000 --> 0:01:16.040 she's got an international record of forty one straight wins 0:01:16.520 --> 0:01:20.120 absolute dominance. With the victory, she becomes the youngest Olympic 0:01:20.120 --> 0:01:22.720 gold medalist in the history of US wrestling and just 0:01:22.760 --> 0:01:25.240 the third American woman to take home the gold. One 0:01:25.280 --> 0:01:28.760 day later, Team USA Sarah Hildebrandt became the fourth winning 0:01:28.800 --> 0:01:31.600 the fifty kilo competition. We'll have more on that event 0:01:31.680 --> 0:01:34.319 later in the show. In boxing, if you've been listening 0:01:34.360 --> 0:01:36.600 to a good game, you know the name Iman Khalif, the 0:01:36.640 --> 0:01:41.360 Algerian welterweight boxer, Well, she's onto the gold medal about today. 0:01:41.640 --> 0:01:44.520 She'll face Yonglu at four to fifty one pm Eastern 0:01:44.560 --> 0:01:48.200 today with a chance to win Algeria's first women's boxing 0:01:48.280 --> 0:01:51.480 gold medal. And you should also know the name lyn 0:01:51.600 --> 0:01:53.840 U Ting. We've talked about her, the boxer for Chinese 0:01:53.880 --> 0:01:56.960 Taipei is onto the featherweight gold medal round on Saturday. 0:01:57.400 --> 0:01:59.520 I mean, if you're just talking from the outside looking in, 0:01:59.600 --> 0:02:02.200 it seems hard enough to reach this stage at all, 0:02:02.520 --> 0:02:04.080 but to do it with all the noise that's been 0:02:04.120 --> 0:02:08.720 surrounding them. Huge kudos to both of them. In indoor volleyball, 0:02:08.800 --> 0:02:11.720 the reigning Olympic champion US team beat Brazil in the 0:02:11.720 --> 0:02:14.959 semifinals in a five set thriller that was a rematch 0:02:15.000 --> 0:02:17.800 of the Tokyo final. US move on to the gold 0:02:17.840 --> 0:02:20.680 medal match on Sunday. In track and field, the four 0:02:20.680 --> 0:02:23.080 by one hundred relay team ran itself into a spot 0:02:23.120 --> 0:02:25.400 in today's final, and if you didn't catch the semi 0:02:25.400 --> 0:02:27.880 Shakarrie Richardson put the team on her back in the 0:02:27.919 --> 0:02:31.000 anchor leg. After a less than ideal baton exchange early 0:02:31.080 --> 0:02:33.880 in the race worth giving it a watch. Richardson breezed 0:02:33.919 --> 0:02:36.720 past Germany's anchor in the last fifty meters and even 0:02:36.800 --> 0:02:38.960 gave her a glance in the process. It was the 0:02:38.960 --> 0:02:42.840 stuff of legend. In the fifteen hundred, Americans Nikki Hilts 0:02:42.840 --> 0:02:45.480 and El Saint Pierre qualified for the final, with both 0:02:45.520 --> 0:02:48.359 finishing third in their respective semi final heats. You could 0:02:48.360 --> 0:02:51.520 tune in Saturday to watch them run for gold. In 0:02:51.560 --> 0:02:55.480 the four hundred meter hurdle, Sidney McLaughlin Lavroni set another 0:02:55.800 --> 0:02:58.639 world record winning gold in the final with a time 0:02:58.680 --> 0:03:03.560 of fifty point three seconds. Holy flash, this is the 0:03:03.720 --> 0:03:07.359 fifth time she's broken her own record. Her USA teammate 0:03:07.400 --> 0:03:10.080 Anna Cockrel earned the silver in a personal best fifty 0:03:10.080 --> 0:03:13.000 one point eight seven seconds, and Dutch sprinter Femca Bowl 0:03:13.040 --> 0:03:15.880 won bronze. Team USA also picked up two medals in 0:03:15.919 --> 0:03:19.280 the long jump. Woodhull won it all. That's right, Tara 0:03:19.360 --> 0:03:22.800 Davis Woodhall won gold and Jasmine Moore grabbed bronze. This 0:03:22.840 --> 0:03:26.079 is Woodall's first Olympic medal, three years after she finished 0:03:26.120 --> 0:03:29.120 sixth in her Olympic debut. Moore adds another bronze to 0:03:29.200 --> 0:03:31.640 her collection. She won it in the triple jump earlier 0:03:31.680 --> 0:03:35.680 this week. In the pool, you guys were sad today. 0:03:36.520 --> 0:03:39.040 Our girl, Maggie Steffens and the US water polo team 0:03:39.080 --> 0:03:41.760 fell to Australia in the semi final round on a 0:03:41.800 --> 0:03:46.520 penalty shootout. Australia will go on to face Spain in 0:03:46.560 --> 0:03:48.880 the gold medal game on Saturday, while the US and 0:03:48.920 --> 0:03:52.040 the Netherlands will play for bronze. And here's a stat 0:03:52.240 --> 0:03:54.640 to highlight just how dominant Team USA has been in 0:03:54.680 --> 0:03:57.720 this sport in recent years. Paris will mark the first 0:03:57.760 --> 0:04:00.000 time they won't be competing in the gold medal game 0:04:00.120 --> 0:04:03.840 in twenty years. They claimed silver back in two thousand 0:04:03.840 --> 0:04:07.320 and eight, followed by three straight golds. We're still super 0:04:07.320 --> 0:04:09.440 pumped for them, and we're really excited that they're in 0:04:09.480 --> 0:04:12.000 the medal rounds and we're wishing them the best against 0:04:12.000 --> 0:04:14.800 the Netherlands. We're just bombed. We just really wanted Maggie 0:04:14.800 --> 0:04:16.520 and the rest of the team in Flavor Flav and 0:04:16.600 --> 0:04:21.080 everybody involved to get another gold. Some non Olympic news, 0:04:21.400 --> 0:04:23.880 we're gonna mention men's sports real quick, but we've got 0:04:23.920 --> 0:04:27.560 a great reason because the mnba's Los Angeles Lakers officially 0:04:27.560 --> 0:04:30.480 released their coaching staff for the upcoming season, and former 0:04:30.640 --> 0:04:34.360 WNBA hooper Lindsay Harding became the first woman ever announced 0:04:34.520 --> 0:04:36.919 as an assistant coach for the franchise. She was the 0:04:36.960 --> 0:04:38.800 first woman to win g League Coach of the Year 0:04:38.880 --> 0:04:41.560 last year and has been a regular presence on MNBA 0:04:41.640 --> 0:04:45.160 affiliated benches since retiring from the WNBA in twenty sixteen. 0:04:45.560 --> 0:04:47.960 That's a lot of firsts. Hats off to you, Lindsay. 0:04:48.600 --> 0:04:51.640 Speaking of la Jordan, Childs told today's show host Hotacopy 0:04:51.680 --> 0:04:54.080 that she'll be returning to UCLA to finish up her 0:04:54.120 --> 0:04:57.440 last two years competing for Bruins Gymnastics. The nine time 0:04:57.560 --> 0:05:00.360 All American wrapped up her sophomore season in Westwood as 0:05:00.400 --> 0:05:04.000 the twenty twenty three NCAA uneven Bars and floor Exercise champion. 0:05:04.240 --> 0:05:06.680 That is big news that she's returning to the Blue 0:05:06.680 --> 0:05:10.080 and Gold. Now onto the kiddos. The Little League Softball 0:05:10.120 --> 0:05:13.560 World Series Championship game in Greenville, North Carolina takes place 0:05:13.600 --> 0:05:18.000 on Sunday, and wake up, bestie. Angel Reese's Rebok collection 0:05:18.200 --> 0:05:21.839 just dropped and the silver shoes are sick. You could 0:05:21.880 --> 0:05:23.360 check out the link in the show notes to see 0:05:23.360 --> 0:05:31.240 what's in stock rebuck stock rhyming. You might notice that 0:05:31.279 --> 0:05:33.320 we did not mention the debut of Breaking in the 0:05:33.360 --> 0:05:36.920 Olympics tomorrow. Don't you worry, my little aspiring be girls 0:05:36.920 --> 0:05:39.760 and bee boys. We got you covered. Breaking is actually 0:05:39.760 --> 0:05:45.520 the subject of the very first installment of No Dumb Question. 0:05:48.240 --> 0:05:49.880 You're thinking it, but you don't want to say it. 0:05:49.880 --> 0:05:52.360 You're wondering it, but you don't want to ask it. Well, 0:05:52.440 --> 0:05:54.039 we're here for you, because you know what, here a 0:05:54.080 --> 0:05:56.839 good game. With Sarah Spain, there are no dumb questions. 0:05:57.240 --> 0:05:58.200 So let's get into it. 0:05:58.800 --> 0:05:59.320 Okay. 0:05:59.560 --> 0:06:03.440 So, if I've seen the nineteen eighty four breakdancing movie 0:06:03.480 --> 0:06:06.280 Break in Am, I all set for the Olympics. 0:06:06.960 --> 0:06:10.000 Not quite. Here's how it's gonna go down. In Paris. 0:06:10.080 --> 0:06:12.800 There are sixteen breakers, we call them B girls, and 0:06:12.839 --> 0:06:15.920 they'll battle in one on one competitive dance matchups. Each 0:06:15.960 --> 0:06:18.160 battle is a best of three rounds, and the rounds 0:06:18.160 --> 0:06:21.680 are called throwdowns. A throwdown starts the moment a breaker 0:06:21.720 --> 0:06:24.440 starts their performance, and the breakers given up to sixty 0:06:24.440 --> 0:06:28.440 seconds to complete their routine, with the opposing breaker responding 0:06:28.880 --> 0:06:31.000 with a throwdown. It's kind of like a walk off 0:06:31.160 --> 0:06:34.599 in Zuelander. So the sixteen breakers are divided into four 0:06:34.600 --> 0:06:37.000 groups of four and they compete in a round robin stage. 0:06:37.200 --> 0:06:39.120 They're matched in one on one battles with each of 0:06:39.160 --> 0:06:41.200 the other breakers in their groups, and then the two 0:06:41.240 --> 0:06:44.120 winners from each group advance. They're seated one to eight, 0:06:44.200 --> 0:06:47.839 and the lower seeds face the higher seeds in knockout rounds. 0:06:47.960 --> 0:06:50.560 So quarter semis, and finals are all knockout rounds. So, 0:06:51.080 --> 0:06:54.839 unlike in figure skating or gymnastics, B girls do not 0:06:55.040 --> 0:06:58.120 know the music ahead of time, so the improv element 0:06:58.360 --> 0:07:00.800 is a huge part of what they're being. They go 0:07:00.839 --> 0:07:03.240 out there and when the music starts, they're reacting and 0:07:03.279 --> 0:07:05.080 doing moves as a response to what they're hearing. 0:07:05.400 --> 0:07:07.799 Are they just doing whatever moves they want? 0:07:08.600 --> 0:07:12.760 No, They've actually got three sets of elements. Top rock 0:07:13.000 --> 0:07:14.960 are the dance moves that are performed while the b 0:07:15.120 --> 0:07:18.080 girl is standing. Down rock is the part of the 0:07:18.120 --> 0:07:22.040 breaker's performance that's composed on the floor. And freeze is 0:07:22.040 --> 0:07:24.400 when the breaker holds a pose in an unusual position 0:07:24.480 --> 0:07:27.040 during the middle of their performance. It also sounds like 0:07:27.120 --> 0:07:29.600 a really bad tribute band to the Beastie Boys. Top Rock, 0:07:29.640 --> 0:07:31.960 down Rock, and freeze. And this is my favorite part, 0:07:31.960 --> 0:07:34.760 you guys. Breakers can actually be penalized for acts or 0:07:34.800 --> 0:07:38.480 gestures during their performance that the judges consider inappropriate, and 0:07:38.520 --> 0:07:42.920 they have three buttons for that mild, moderate, and severe, 0:07:43.200 --> 0:07:45.000 which I have to assume is just like a full 0:07:45.000 --> 0:07:47.840 crotch grab. But they hit the button and that percentage 0:07:47.840 --> 0:07:50.200 of points based on whether it's mild, moderate, or severe 0:07:50.440 --> 0:07:53.400 gets taken off of their score. And that can be 0:07:53.480 --> 0:07:55.720 something that's sort of unintentional all the way up to 0:07:55.800 --> 0:07:58.400 a fully sexual or disparaging act in the middle of 0:07:58.440 --> 0:08:00.360 their breaking performance, So. 0:08:00.680 --> 0:08:03.200 They're scored based on who looks the coolest, right. 0:08:03.640 --> 0:08:06.800 Sadly no, though they will all look cooler than any 0:08:06.840 --> 0:08:08.560 of us have ever looked or will ever look in 0:08:08.600 --> 0:08:12.160 our entire lives throughout their competition. Instead, there's a panel 0:08:12.200 --> 0:08:15.040 of nine judges and they score them based on five things, 0:08:15.080 --> 0:08:20.600 so technique, vocabulary, execution, musicality, and originality. Each of those 0:08:20.680 --> 0:08:23.360 count for twenty percent of the final score. And then 0:08:23.560 --> 0:08:25.880 this is really cool, So the judges use a digital 0:08:25.960 --> 0:08:29.160 slider to score the battles, and the slider shifts in 0:08:29.200 --> 0:08:33.000 real time toward the breaker who's out performing the opposing 0:08:33.080 --> 0:08:36.000 dancer in a specific category. It feels like it would 0:08:36.000 --> 0:08:38.280 look kind of like your son's panel when you're like 0:08:38.320 --> 0:08:40.400 turning up the music in the living room and down 0:08:40.440 --> 0:08:42.400 in the kitchen, or like when you go to a 0:08:42.440 --> 0:08:44.960 game and they're like cheer louder and you're watching the 0:08:45.040 --> 0:08:47.360 thing like go like in the yellow and then it 0:08:47.360 --> 0:08:50.000 gets orange and then it gets rend Ah. It's like that, 0:08:50.160 --> 0:08:52.760 except for you're seeing it move back and forth between 0:08:52.800 --> 0:08:54.800 the breakers based on who's doing a better job in 0:08:54.840 --> 0:08:55.240 each thing. 0:08:55.760 --> 0:08:58.920 So cool, is there anyone in particular I should be 0:08:59.000 --> 0:09:00.600 on the watch for Yes. 0:09:00.800 --> 0:09:03.160 Of course, we root for all of the breakers, especially 0:09:03.200 --> 0:09:06.640 the Americans because you know, Jingoism, But sunny Choi is 0:09:06.679 --> 0:09:09.240 the one I'm most excited to see you. Remember I 0:09:09.320 --> 0:09:11.440 mentioned sunny Choi because I wanted to see a feature 0:09:11.480 --> 0:09:13.640 film about her in a previous edition of Fight Me 0:09:13.720 --> 0:09:16.000 on the show. She's the one who's the former Wharton 0:09:16.040 --> 0:09:19.160 grad and director of Global Creative Operations for Skincare at 0:09:19.240 --> 0:09:21.640 es Day Lauder, who just in the middle of her 0:09:21.679 --> 0:09:23.560 life in her thirties, was like, I'm out of here, 0:09:23.679 --> 0:09:26.440 Esday Lauder. I'm gonna go break for gold. Uh. Just 0:09:26.520 --> 0:09:32.319 the coolest story ever. So sunny Choi, let's go today 0:09:32.760 --> 0:09:36.000 ten am Eastern, start finals at three twenty eastern. You 0:09:36.000 --> 0:09:39.720 your couch breaking, You're all set. We're gonna take a 0:09:39.760 --> 0:09:41.320 quick break. When we come back, we're going to talk 0:09:41.320 --> 0:09:43.960 about a dynasty that's not getting enough love and a 0:09:43.960 --> 0:09:46.720 wrestling story that's going to blow your mind. Stick around. 0:09:51.240 --> 0:09:54.000 Welcome back, Orge Slices. Let's talk a little hoops. We 0:09:54.040 --> 0:09:56.360 haven't done a deep dive into the US women's basketball team, 0:09:56.360 --> 0:09:57.960 and I think in part that's because we're sort of 0:09:58.000 --> 0:10:01.560 assuming that they're destined for an eighth straight. But taking 0:10:01.679 --> 0:10:04.840 brilliance like this team has for granted is pretty unfair, 0:10:04.960 --> 0:10:06.600 and it kind of feels like we're not alone in 0:10:06.679 --> 0:10:09.600 doing that. I understand that the sports with other major 0:10:09.640 --> 0:10:12.120 tournaments and competitions take kind of a backseat to the 0:10:12.160 --> 0:10:14.840 sports we see as quote unquote Olympic sports, and we 0:10:14.880 --> 0:10:16.199 get really excited about. 0:10:15.920 --> 0:10:17.000 Only every four years. 0:10:17.200 --> 0:10:19.920 But I do think we risk underappreciating just how great 0:10:20.000 --> 0:10:22.240 this US women's basketball team is. When we do that, 0:10:23.480 --> 0:10:25.199 we'll actually get to that and where they rank in 0:10:25.240 --> 0:10:27.360 the pantheon of dynasties. But first I want to talk 0:10:27.400 --> 0:10:29.559 a little bit about what we've seen from them so far. 0:10:29.600 --> 0:10:31.640 And I'm going to bring in producer Meche for this 0:10:31.720 --> 0:10:37.240 because there are designated hooped Meichhe obviously, like, there's been 0:10:37.280 --> 0:10:39.120 so much other stuff to watch, so I've been trying 0:10:39.120 --> 0:10:41.200 to get a little bit into the basketball, but I 0:10:41.240 --> 0:10:43.360 have to admit I'm kind of waiting till the gold 0:10:43.400 --> 0:10:46.280 medal match, which might be a mistake, it might be 0:10:46.320 --> 0:10:49.079 a jinx. But what have you seen so far? I mean, 0:10:49.120 --> 0:10:51.200 most of what I've seen highlights of and heard about 0:10:51.360 --> 0:10:54.520 is like, you can't beat a team when Asia Wilson 0:10:54.559 --> 0:10:56.240 and Brianna Stewart are on the court together. 0:10:56.720 --> 0:10:59.560 That's pretty much been the conclusion I've come to as well. 0:10:59.640 --> 0:11:02.480 It's such a joy watching those two players who I 0:11:02.559 --> 0:11:05.440 consider one and two in the world, Asia and then Stewie. 0:11:05.600 --> 0:11:08.319 To be real clear for folks out there, they both 0:11:08.360 --> 0:11:11.400 do things that make them unguardable. Like first of all, 0:11:11.400 --> 0:11:13.960 we got to give Asia a happy birthday shout out 0:11:14.120 --> 0:11:18.000 on Thursday was her birthday, twenty eighth for fellow LEAs 0:11:18.720 --> 0:11:19.840 fellow young with. 0:11:19.760 --> 0:11:23.200 Me, you know, no tea, no shade, you know what unnecessary, 0:11:23.720 --> 0:11:24.800 some tons of shade. 0:11:24.920 --> 0:11:27.040 But you know, with her at the true five to 0:11:27.120 --> 0:11:29.679 have the mobility, she has to have the strength. She 0:11:29.760 --> 0:11:32.360 has the jumper in the touch and then just like 0:11:32.440 --> 0:11:35.840 the relentlessness of spirit, you can't do anything with her. 0:11:35.920 --> 0:11:38.960 And it's the same thing with Stewie. She's special because 0:11:38.960 --> 0:11:41.000 she fits anywhere you put her. She's like clay. You 0:11:41.040 --> 0:11:43.400 can literally ask her to do anything and she will 0:11:43.440 --> 0:11:46.360 be excellent at it. In this tournament, you know, both 0:11:46.360 --> 0:11:48.440 of them have had their talents on full display. And 0:11:48.679 --> 0:11:50.640 a lot of people might have heard Sue Bird talking 0:11:50.679 --> 0:11:53.439 about earlier this week the national team being the most 0:11:53.559 --> 0:11:55.520 uncomfortable basketball you ever play. 0:11:55.559 --> 0:11:56.320 If you're not the star. 0:11:56.920 --> 0:11:59.560 Well, these two are stars, and they're looking really really 0:11:59.600 --> 0:12:00.480 comfortable right now. 0:12:00.840 --> 0:12:04.000 They're getting to do their thing. I need I need 0:12:04.000 --> 0:12:06.240 the shirt. If we haven't printed it yet, stousha at 0:12:06.240 --> 0:12:11.640 the Stoojatuja shirts please. Also, what have you made of 0:12:12.240 --> 0:12:15.240 Jackie Young in the starting lineup Danna Tarassi to the bench, Like, 0:12:15.360 --> 0:12:17.760 is this maybe more just save a little of DT's 0:12:17.880 --> 0:12:21.360 energy as the elder stateswoman as a fellow old shout 0:12:21.400 --> 0:12:23.640 out to us for the gold medal match. 0:12:23.960 --> 0:12:25.360 Yeah, it could be a little bit of that. 0:12:25.440 --> 0:12:28.200 It could also be the fact that there's also no 0:12:28.280 --> 0:12:30.800 answer for Jackie Young so far in this tournament. I mean, 0:12:31.040 --> 0:12:34.000 she is to me. It wasn't a really shocking move 0:12:34.080 --> 0:12:36.040 by Shio Reeve. I just think it was about time 0:12:36.080 --> 0:12:38.640 to do something like that. It feels like a kind 0:12:38.679 --> 0:12:41.040 of a handing of the baton, so to speak. And 0:12:41.080 --> 0:12:43.199 that's not to say DT is washed, because we all 0:12:43.240 --> 0:12:45.400 know DT is absolutely not washed. But a lot of 0:12:45.440 --> 0:12:47.800 people describe Jackie Young as a Swiss army knife, and 0:12:47.800 --> 0:12:50.000 that's exactly what she is for any team you put 0:12:50.000 --> 0:12:52.360 her up against. So you know, they got off to 0:12:52.440 --> 0:12:55.600 a tougher start against Nigeria because that team is just 0:12:56.160 --> 0:12:58.560 full of heart and full of grit. But you saw 0:12:58.640 --> 0:13:00.800 what she was able to do secondly scorer for Team 0:13:00.880 --> 0:13:03.320 USA in that game, And yeah, I like the move. 0:13:03.360 --> 0:13:04.120 I'm not mad at it. 0:13:04.559 --> 0:13:06.480 Speaking that game, what do you make of the whole 0:13:06.640 --> 0:13:08.800 whether you should play to the whistle if you're ahead 0:13:08.880 --> 0:13:09.679 or if you're behind. 0:13:09.800 --> 0:13:12.680 You have a take on that I do, and my 0:13:12.840 --> 0:13:15.800 take is if you're winning, take the dub. You don't 0:13:15.840 --> 0:13:19.480 have to do all the extra stuff like a losing team, 0:13:19.600 --> 0:13:22.840 especially a team that has never competed against Team USA 0:13:23.440 --> 0:13:26.600 so closely as Nigeria did in the last game. You 0:13:26.679 --> 0:13:28.800 just let them have that, let them have that moment, 0:13:28.880 --> 0:13:30.760 let them play to the whistle. That has nothing and 0:13:30.800 --> 0:13:33.040 no bearing on what happens in the next game. On 0:13:33.440 --> 0:13:35.880 you know the outcome of that game. And so if 0:13:35.920 --> 0:13:38.280 you guys missed it, Khalia Copper kind of threw the 0:13:38.320 --> 0:13:40.760 ball out of player, which is not never a fave. 0:13:40.880 --> 0:13:43.000 Come on, dude, but cool, end of the day, you 0:13:43.520 --> 0:13:45.400 learn your lesson. You keep it pushing because cause an 0:13:45.400 --> 0:13:46.120 excellent player. 0:13:46.360 --> 0:13:48.280 Yeah we love ky here, but yeah, that move, it's 0:13:48.320 --> 0:13:50.320 it's like I want to say I have a definitive 0:13:50.360 --> 0:13:53.400 stance on this, and usually my stances you play whatever 0:13:53.440 --> 0:13:56.200 game you're playing until the whistle blows, not only for 0:13:56.240 --> 0:13:58.920 yourselves but for your opponents, for your fans. Like if 0:13:58.960 --> 0:14:00.880 I'm at a game, I don't want to see a 0:14:00.920 --> 0:14:02.880 team just stop playing. It's fine if you want to 0:14:02.880 --> 0:14:05.360 bring in bench players or subs, or you know, take 0:14:05.360 --> 0:14:06.880 your foot off the gas. I also don't think you 0:14:06.920 --> 0:14:09.480 need to run up the score. But I don't think 0:14:09.520 --> 0:14:12.720 when people freak out in either direction about a team 0:14:12.760 --> 0:14:16.320 playing through the whistle, I really ever get behind that stance. 0:14:16.360 --> 0:14:19.120 I think, you know, people freaking out about someone doing 0:14:19.120 --> 0:14:21.440 a windmill dunk to give the show to a fan 0:14:21.960 --> 0:14:24.600 when they're winning, as long as it's a fair fight, right. 0:14:24.640 --> 0:14:26.440 But I do think it's not to say that it 0:14:26.520 --> 0:14:28.160 wasn't a fair fight with Nigeria. But I do think 0:14:28.200 --> 0:14:30.600 you got a team that's gone farther than any basketball 0:14:30.600 --> 0:14:32.960 team for that country in the history of the games, 0:14:33.040 --> 0:14:36.120 and they put up a good, you know battle. Maybe 0:14:36.240 --> 0:14:39.360 I wouldn't suggest then getting into the Harlem gold Globe 0:14:39.400 --> 0:14:42.240 Trotterer moves, but I also think that the response to 0:14:42.280 --> 0:14:44.920 them trying to play through the whistle was kind of unnecessary. 0:14:45.000 --> 0:14:48.080 Yeah, and don't be mad at somebody respecting the sanctity 0:14:48.120 --> 0:14:50.240 of the game and the sanctity of you as an opponent. 0:14:50.360 --> 0:14:51.600 Like, that's just what it comes. 0:14:51.520 --> 0:14:54.040 And that's their moment in the Olympics. You know, you 0:14:54.440 --> 0:14:56.000 still want to get your points in your shots and 0:14:56.040 --> 0:14:58.480 have a chance to show off a little. Okay, So 0:14:58.640 --> 0:15:01.120 the US are going to face Australia at next in 0:15:01.120 --> 0:15:04.560 this semi final game. Quick look, quick preview of what 0:15:04.600 --> 0:15:06.520 you expect from this matchup with the opals. 0:15:06.880 --> 0:15:10.600 This is going to be fun, Sarah. I cannot wait 0:15:10.640 --> 0:15:13.280 for this matchup. There are gonna be a lot of 0:15:13.440 --> 0:15:16.920 WNBA names that fans might recognize in this one, but 0:15:17.000 --> 0:15:19.920 the biggest one that we could potentially see it's not 0:15:19.960 --> 0:15:24.160 a definitive as of right now, but Lauren Jackson, the 0:15:24.360 --> 0:15:28.320 five time Olympian who's got into and come out of 0:15:28.360 --> 0:15:32.880 retirement multiple times in her career, but she has not 0:15:33.120 --> 0:15:35.920 featured for Australia in their last two games. 0:15:35.960 --> 0:15:38.040 And Sandy Brondelo has. 0:15:37.880 --> 0:15:39.640 Told our good friend Erica ayala. 0:15:39.760 --> 0:15:42.240 Yes, if you don't know Erica, make sure you check 0:15:42.240 --> 0:15:45.640 out Erica's stuff. Shout out Erica at black Rosie media 0:15:46.000 --> 0:15:50.400 on everything, but she wrote a story in which Sandy 0:15:50.440 --> 0:15:54.320 Brondelo and Lauren Jackson both said there's no limitations, so 0:15:54.400 --> 0:15:55.280 she is available. 0:15:55.360 --> 0:15:57.480 We will see if she steps foot on the court though. 0:15:58.520 --> 0:16:01.480 Yes, one of those, like all greats that we definitely 0:16:01.520 --> 0:16:04.400 know from her time in the WNBA, and I'd be 0:16:04.520 --> 0:16:06.920 very interested to see what you do with a legend 0:16:06.960 --> 0:16:10.400 like that when you've got them available. Do you feel compelled? 0:16:10.960 --> 0:16:12.760 It's kind of like we talked about with the soccer. 0:16:12.840 --> 0:16:14.600 Does Martin have to start? Marte? 0:16:14.800 --> 0:16:16.080 Is it allowed to not play? 0:16:17.240 --> 0:16:17.960 Can you not play? 0:16:18.000 --> 0:16:18.440 With Lauren? 0:16:19.240 --> 0:16:22.000 Also speaking to people, we love Maggie Hendrix at Maggie 0:16:22.000 --> 0:16:24.200 Hendrix on Twitter you can follow or She's fantastic. 0:16:24.480 --> 0:16:24.880 She said. 0:16:24.880 --> 0:16:27.440 The game notes for the USA Basketball semi is all 0:16:27.480 --> 0:16:30.560 Taylor swift songs as the subheads, So shout out to 0:16:30.560 --> 0:16:34.080 whoever took the time to make that happen. We love 0:16:34.160 --> 0:16:37.440 Swifties living among us. Okay, So what I really wanted 0:16:37.440 --> 0:16:38.960 to talk to you about before we wrap up here 0:16:39.120 --> 0:16:42.960 is the dominance of this of this team. It's an 0:16:43.080 --> 0:16:48.520 unbelievable stretch. I'm they were winning basketball games well before 0:16:48.560 --> 0:16:52.520 you were born, and the streak is like nothing we've 0:16:52.560 --> 0:16:56.360 ever seen before. It's really unbelievable, and we just don't 0:16:56.400 --> 0:16:59.760 include them when we talk about the greatest teams of 0:16:59.760 --> 0:17:03.600 all time, the greatest dynasties of all time. Fifty nine 0:17:03.680 --> 0:17:06.679 straight games in the Olympics, these are the best teams 0:17:06.720 --> 0:17:09.199 in the world. There's no scrubs that they're getting to 0:17:09.280 --> 0:17:12.280 roll through. So how do we get after we get 0:17:12.320 --> 0:17:15.480 back to the WNBA in the basketball season, how do 0:17:15.560 --> 0:17:18.320 we get this team to be top of mind when 0:17:18.320 --> 0:17:20.640 people are making their all time great lists, when they're 0:17:20.720 --> 0:17:23.200 talking about dominance. How do we get people to stop 0:17:23.240 --> 0:17:24.080 taking them for granted? 0:17:24.600 --> 0:17:26.200 Man, Sarah, it's a big question. 0:17:27.320 --> 0:17:30.159 I think you know, the first half of the WNBA season, 0:17:30.280 --> 0:17:33.320 good steps were taken, right, We're seeing all sorts of 0:17:33.800 --> 0:17:37.959 you know, landmark media deals and all that kind of stuff. 0:17:37.960 --> 0:17:38.480 That's great. 0:17:39.040 --> 0:17:41.960 But what I hope happens from the Olympics to the 0:17:42.080 --> 0:17:45.280 WNBA is folks who are tuned in for that hopefully 0:17:45.320 --> 0:17:48.400 gold medal match or gold medal game, don't forget about 0:17:48.400 --> 0:17:51.400 what you saw here. This dominance that you're seeing from 0:17:51.440 --> 0:17:54.720 the US team against literally the rest of the world. 0:17:55.160 --> 0:17:58.480 Imagine that dominance all bottled up in one tiny little 0:17:58.480 --> 0:18:01.600 bottle and shaken and then you take the top off 0:18:01.600 --> 0:18:04.000 that bad boy. Like that's what the WNBA is. And 0:18:04.040 --> 0:18:09.000 I want people to understand the entertainment value, the educational 0:18:09.080 --> 0:18:11.679 value that still exists in the WNBA as opposed to 0:18:11.680 --> 0:18:14.479 the MNBA in my opinion, for young kids who are 0:18:14.480 --> 0:18:15.919 coming up and watching these games. 0:18:15.920 --> 0:18:19.119 But also, I mean the drama like sports is. 0:18:19.800 --> 0:18:21.639 Wonderful for that reason as well, and I think we 0:18:21.680 --> 0:18:23.720 get plenty of that in the WNBA. And folks who 0:18:23.800 --> 0:18:28.160 just love sports, love athletes being athletes, being competitors, coming 0:18:28.160 --> 0:18:31.640 for each other's throats. Like the more we can amplify 0:18:31.680 --> 0:18:33.040 that and illuminate that, the better. 0:18:33.560 --> 0:18:37.199 Shout out to Team USA basketball and God, please please 0:18:37.320 --> 0:18:39.360 let us not have jinxed them in some way by 0:18:39.400 --> 0:18:42.080 having this conversation and assuming they're gonna make it to 0:18:42.119 --> 0:18:42.360 the game. 0:18:42.400 --> 0:18:43.520 I'm standing right now. 0:18:43.720 --> 0:18:46.640 I'm standing it right Oh now, at me if they don't, 0:18:46.800 --> 0:18:47.960 at me, if they don't. 0:18:47.760 --> 0:18:51.360 Oh no, niche the journalists, no, oh no, you okay, 0:18:51.920 --> 0:18:54.720 sticking with the Olympics and stories, we're not talking about 0:18:54.760 --> 0:18:57.240 this one is much less about us knowing it well 0:18:57.480 --> 0:18:59.479 and taking it for granted. And more so not knowing 0:18:59.560 --> 0:19:01.639 much about it at all. But Alex brought this to 0:19:01.680 --> 0:19:04.320 my attention and I said, go for it. This is 0:19:04.320 --> 0:19:07.360 a really fantastic story, So Alex illuminate us. 0:19:07.880 --> 0:19:09.720