Introducing Cookies & Oversight with Alexa Philippou from Good Game with Sarah Spain.

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ESPN women’s basketball reporter Alexa Philippou joins Sarah to discuss which college hoops stars have the edge in the player of the year race, chat about the huge leap the Indiana Fever took in WNBA free agency, and share a tale about Diana Taurasi that didn’t make it into the ESPN story about her retirement. Plus, our government’s checks and balances do some checking and balancing, a Japanese soccer legend announces her retirement, and a couple friends of the show are in competition mode.

• Read the ESPN story Alexa contributed to about Diana Taurasi’s retirement here

• Read Kevin Blackistone's column about Haskell Indian Nations University here

• Listen to our episode with Katherine Legge here

• Find the schedule and race results for the World Bobsled and Skeleton Championships here

• See Sophia Wilson’s pregnancy announcement post on Instagram here

• And watch Sophia’s husband Michael gush about his wife here

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