Good Game with Sarah Spain

Today’s show is coming to you from the third stop of Sarah and producer Alex’s Olympic adventure, Cortina d'Ampezzo! Little Citrus brings you highlights from the sliding track and our favorite skeleton wives, to the alpine slopes where we saw a mind-breaking podium in the giant slalom, and highlights of the liveliest, most in-the-Olympic-spirit stop yet! Plus, the point gawd reigns supreme, a Flavor Flav duet and you’ve got leaf blower questions, we’ve got leaf blower answers.

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Bronze medal-winning alpine skier Paula Moltzan joins Sarah to talk about her nerves racing second in a two-person event, the relief she feels having already secured an Olympic medal, and how her boyfriend turned ski tech turned husband keeps her ready to race. Plus, major moves in the NWSL, some of our favorite women celebrate their friends with Galentine’s Day letters, and Sarah and producer Alex hop in a Time Machine to recap a thrilling snowboard halfpipe final. 

• You can read Madison Chock’s fun who, what, wear interview here. 

• You can learn more about the mother-son Alpine skiing duo here.

• You can read The Athletic's article about the music used for figure skating routines and copyright issues here.

• You can find Aerin Frankel’s Caesar salad Instagram here.

• You can read The New York Times article about Abby Wambach leaving the Wasserman agency here.

• You can read The New York Times article about drone camera usage at the Winter Olympics here.

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Freeskier Rell Harwood sits down with Sarah in Livigno to discuss her decision to compete at the Olympics with a torn ACL, her emotions watching fellow ACL-impaired athlete Lindsey Vonn crash, and how it feels knowing she’ll undergo another surgery after the Olympics. Plus, dispatches from Team USA’s 1-2 finish in moguls, biathlon takes the gold in Olympic drama, and what’d they use to attach these medals and ribbons together, scotch tape?

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Jessica Bartley, the Senior Director of Psychological Services for the USOPC, joins Sarah from Milan to discuss working with Team USA’s athletes, the difference between mental health and mental performance, how different sports bring up different stressors, and how impactful it can be when big-name athletes speak up about mental health. Plus, Captain Clutch goes down, get to know the most eligible bachelorette at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, and Sarah’s takeaways from attending the snowboard big air final and ski moguls qualifying. 

• Read Lindsey Vonn’s full post-crash update here
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• Read Jack Maloney’s CBS Sports report on the WNBA/CBA negotiations here
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• Hear Mikaela Shiffrin’s full eyebrow tale here
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Sarah and producer Alex join the show from the Burton House in Livigno after a big day at women’s freeski slopestyle. They discuss their run-in with the two Maddy(ie)s at the media center, talk to slopestyle gold and silver medalists Mathilde Gremaud and Eileen Gu, and try to find a way to relate to a multi-millionaire model-slash-Olympian. Plus, the men are being hysterical about Lindsey Vonn, hammered curlers, and one Giuseppe, Two Giuseppe, Three Giuseppe, Four!

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Sarah and producer Alex check in from stop #2 on their Italian adventure: a hotel near Livigno! On today’s show they’ve got tales to tell from a big weekend in Milan, including takeaways from Team Figure Skating and U.S. and Canada group stage hockey games, as well as their reaction to Lindsey Vonn’s crash and the new safety measures being taken in downhill skiing. Plus, there can be only one, the Games ate my homework, and smiling is my favorite! 

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In this bonus episode, Sarah and producer Alex hop on the show right after attending the Opening Ceremony to share their limited knowledge of Italian composers, their thoughts on Mariah’s potentially piped-in vocals, and who got the loudest cheers and jeers (JD!). Plus, how they're trying to keep the Olympic spirit even though the world is on fire and PENIS GATE!

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Benvenuti in Italia! Sarah and producer Alex join the show from Milan to share behind the scenes of their visit to the athlete’s Olympic Village (highlights: a bin of condoms and the torch relay!) and their first in-person competition, US women’s hockey versus Czechia (lowlights: J.D. Vance and Marco Rubio). Plus, norovirus hits the Finnish hockey team, Lindsey Vonn hits the weights and it only took one day to find our Olympic mantra! 

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• Check out the bin of condoms with the Ted Lasso font here
• Check out a few of the view-ruining Secret Service dudes here
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U.S. nordic combined athlete Annika Malacinski joins Sarah to discuss her fight to make sure women have a future in the sport. Nordic combined is the only Olympic sport – winter or summer – in which women are still not allowed to compete at the Games. Malacinski shares what her battle has looked like, whether she’s seen support from male nordic combined athletes, and what it’s been like watching her brother, Niklas, prepare for his Olympic debut in the same sport in which she’s been denied a chance to qualify. Plus, a coupl'a Good Eggs and finally an athlete we can relate to. 

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Happy National Girls and Women in Sports Day! WNBA legend and the new president of the Women’s Sports Foundation Swin Cash joins Sarah to talk about why it’s more important than ever to recognize this special day, the leadership lessons she’s learned from previous Women’s Sports Foundation presidents, and what’s expected and required of athletes in the current political moment. Plus, tipoff in Music City, a Cinderella story hits a snag, and an injury tear-ing up our hearts ahead of the Olympics. 

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