A Touch More with Sue Bird & Megan Rapinoe

Sue dives into the WNBA preseason with a close look at the rookies’ first WNBA games. What are Raven Johnson, Flau’jae Johnson, Olivia Miles, Lauren Betts and others bringing to their new teams?

WNBA vets Natasha Cloud and Tina Charles are still unsigned. Could they both be victims of the hard salary cap? Or is Tash being black-balled for her outspoken activism?

And Sue talks to Maria Sharapova about her new podcast, Pretty Tough, adapting to a new identity post-retirement, and her newfound friendship with former tennis rival, Serena Wiliams.

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Megan discusses the highlights of the WNBA draft, player movement and the record contracts being signed by A’ja Wilson and Aliyah Boston. She also critiques some of the reactions to a reporter’s question to Azzi Fudd about joining Paige Bueckers on the Dallas Wings, and cautions against treating the WNBA like the NBA. 

Megan dives back into the beautiful game with her former USWNT teammate, Crystal Dunn, who recently announced her retirement. They talk about Dunn’s uniquely versatile career, having a baby in between the Olympics and the World Cup, and why it was the right time for Dunn to move on from soccer.

Plus, Megan shares her way-too-early takes on the state of the NWSL and ranks her top three new league kits.

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Megan and Sue have a personal update.

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WNBA free agency is moving fast, and we catch up with who’s going (or staying) where and what they’re earning. And while the WNBA draft is over and Azzi Fudd was picked #1, we discuss how the NCAA tourney shifted narratives around certain players and what we think about it. 

And we welcome Elana Meyers Taylor, who won the Olympic gold medal in women’s monobob this year. She talks to us about the barriers she overcame to become the most decorated black athlete ever in the Winter Olympics, and how she pushed through the toughest year of her career to win her first gold medal ever, at age 41.

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We’re bringing you our live show from Phoenix, with special guests four-time WNBA champ Chelsea Gray and Naismith Coach of the Year Shea Ralph! 

They talk about the low-scoring, but extremely eventful NCAA semifinals, the wild activity in the transfer portal, and of course the final NCAA match-up.  

Chelsea describes what she expects to see once free agency kicks off and Shea remembers playing with baby Sue at UConn 26 years ago. And Megan and Sue subject them both to a review of their more questionable fashion choices with some photos from the vault.

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