Good Game with Sarah Spain

Olympic hockey legend Angela Ruggiero joins Sarah to discuss what hockey has given her on and off the ice, how she thinks the PWHL will impact U.S./Canada dynamics in Milan, and how she’s seen media coverage change since she helped Team USA win the first-ever Olympic hockey gold in 1998. Plus, Trin is IN, a college hoops win streak record could be switching hands, the Americans are going head to head down under, and this week’s Friday Fatto Figo delivers a karate chop to jingoism!
SHOW NOTES:
Check out Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone’s baby announcement here
Check out the video of Marie-Philip Poulin’s most recent OT game-winner here
The Athletic’s survey of PWHL players is here
The NCAA basketball schedule can be found here
The Unrivaled schedule can be found here
The full U.S. Ski & Snowboard Olympic roster is here
Read more about figure skater Deanna Stellato-Dudek here
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Bobsled legend Elana Meyers Taylor joins Sarah to discuss battling through her toughest season yet to qualify for her fifth Olympics and how she's approaching what might be her last chance at winning gold. They discuss why heptathletes make the best push athletes, how she’s recovering from the scariest crash of her career, and her concerns around the long-term sustainability of the sport of bobsled. Plus, cashing in on the charity stripe, an early contender for fit of the year, and a few players we’re thankful to see touch grass again.
Watch Paige Bueckers react to winning $50k here

Check out the Australian Open schedule here

Follow Elana Meyers Taylor on Instagram! @elanameyerstaylor

The Toronto Tempo’s lego collab is here
Check out the Portland Fire’s Portlandia schedule collab here
The Chicago Sky’s collab with Art But Make It Sports is here
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Boise State beach volleyball player Nora Hayd and Australian semi-pro hooper Caitlin Cunningham (a.k.a. Caitlin Dark) have gone viral around the world for being gothletes (goth athletes) and rocking a look not often seen on the court or the sand. Hayd and Cunningham join Sarah to discuss the attention they’ve received for their unique looks, dream makeup collabs, expanding the idea of what an athlete can look like, and why it’s always a good idea to express your true self.
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Support ultra runner Sarah Porter here
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Multi-sport athlete and advocate for transgender rights Chris Mosier joins Sarah a few days after protesting outside the Supreme Court in D.C. He shares his thoughts on the Court hearing oral arguments regarding trans athletes participating in sports, how he approaches having conversations with people who are ignorant or uninformed, what he thinks of some of the proposed “solutions” for trans inclusion in sports, and how he uses joy as a form of resistance. Plus, a different kind of Sunday Scaries, turning beets into borscht, and a cross-border rivalry over crowd size.
Buy tickets to the Women’s Beanpot Championship here

Meet all the Athletes Unlimited basketball players here

And check out the Athletes Unlimited schedule here

Read the Front Office Sports article on the WNBA considering buying back equity here

Watch Jordan Chiles earn a career first perfect 10 on the vault here

Find the Australian Open results here, and the schedule here

Pre-order Fair Game: Trans Athletes and the Future of Sports here

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While folks everywhere are eating up the fictional TV series “Heated Rivalry,” we've got the real thing! Rivals-turned-wives Caroline Ouellette, four-time Olympic medalist with Team Canada hockey, and Julie Chu, four-time Olympic medalist with Team USA hockey, join Sarah to talk about navigating their relationship while captaining their respective national teams. Plus, handling the tension that comes with dating your opponent, how to balance your happiness with your partner’s sadness, and why they kept their relationship on the DL until they were done competing. Finally, with Caroline serving as an assistant coach for Team Canada at the upcoming Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, who is Julie rooting for, her former team or her wife?!
Read the 2022 Sports Illustrated story on the American-Canadian hockey couples here

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