Good Game with Sarah Spain
Good Game with Sarah Spain
Good Game is your one-stop shop for the biggest stories in women’s sports. Every day, host Sarah Spain gives you the stories, stakes, stars and stats to keep up with your favorite women’s teams, leagues and athletes. Through thoughtful insight, witty banter, and an all around good time, Sarah and friends break down the latest news, talk about the games you can’t miss, and debate the issues of the …Social links:
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'The Dynasty: UConn Huskies' with Erica Sashin & Matthew Hamachek
Award-winning filmmakers Matt Hamachek & Erica Sashin join Sarah to talk about their new docuseries THE DYNASTY: UCONN HUSKIES, out now on Apple TV. They discuss how they decided which eras of UConn history to spend the most time on, Paige Bueckers' honesty discussing her return from injury, Geno A…
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Up The Flamingos with Bex Smith
Bex Smith, founder and CEO of Crux Football, a women-focused multi-club ownership group, joins Sarah to discuss going from soccer player to founder, the differences between women’s footie in the U.S. and in Europe, why former players need to be in the owner’s suite, and the pitch that got Sarah to …
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‘Untouchable’ with Alaina Bamfield
Stand-up comic Alaina Bamfield joins Sarah to share how she turned the unthinkable — being sexually abused by disgraced doctor and serial sex offender Larry Nassar — into “Untouchable,” her new comedy special. They discuss her background in wrestling and cheerleading, how a podcast episode inspired…
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Big Citrus & Chill: ‘A League of Their Own’
Welcome to the 2nd edition of Big Citrus & Chill, aka the Good Game with Sarah Spain Movie Club! In honor of the inaugural season of the Women’s Professional Baseball League, Alex, Bianca and Sarah watched (or re-watched) the 1992 hit “A League of Their Own.” They unpack how the film remembers and …
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Have Boat, Add Sailors with Mary Mazzio and Amy Baltzell
Award-winning documentary filmmaker Mary Mazzio and former sailor and Olympic rower Amy Baltzell join Sarah to discuss the new documentary, Mighty Mary, which covers the first-ever all-women's crew to compete for the America's Cup sailing competition. Mary and Amy share how the film came to be, wha…
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The Question No One Was Asking with Justine Pouravelis & Astrid Sheil
With Simmons University introducing the first-ever master’s degree focused on the business and leadership of women’s sports, Sarah speaks to Dean Astrid Sheil and Professor Justine Pouravelis about how the school’s history makes it uniquely positioned to launch the program, what the curriculum will…
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13 Is Pushing It with Stef Dolson
WNBA veteran and Seattle Storm center Stef Dolson joins Sarah to discuss what she wants to get out of her final years in the league, why it’s so important to have WNBA fans who actually know and love the game, the type of leadership she wants to see from Cathy Engelbert and Adam Silver moving forwa…
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Coaching Serena with Rennae Stubbs
Tennis star-turned-coach-and-podcaster Rennae Stubbs joins Sarah to talk about how she first learned Serena Williams might be considering a comeback, her experience coaching Serena to return to play, and what she’s seen from the GOAT’s first few matches back. Rennae also shares her favorites for t…
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Mad to Be Here with Big Citrus
Big Citrus unpacks Sarah’s trip to Portland for the Epicenter of Women’s Sports Conference. They discuss takeaways from Sarah’s commissioner’s panel, hear details about the new practice facility that the NWSL’s Portland Thorns will share with the WNBA’s Portland Fire, and chat about the birth of a …
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‘Finding Renée Richards’ with Julie Kliegman
Author Julie Kliegman joins Sarah to talk about their new book “Finding Renée Richards: The Groundbreaking Story of Tennis’s Trans Pioneer.” They discuss how a fact-checking question changed a major part of the book, the one topic Julie wishes they had pushed Renée on for more answers, and how much…
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