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Women’s sports, fast and fully caffeinated.
Good Game with Sarah Spain tracks women’s sports with urgency, humor, and enough detail to make roster moves feel personal. Recent episodes move from WNBA free agency and draft fits to NWSL leadership, marathon scouting, sponsorship economics, and Top Chef as competitive sport.
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Good Game with Sarah Spain follows women’s sports like the timeline is moving too quickly and someone needs to make it make sense. It is energetic, opinionated, and packed with names, stakes, and side comments. The show’s center of gravity is current women’s sports news, especially the WNBA, NWSL, college basketball, and major events like the Boston Marathon. It does not treat the games as separate from culture. Draft-day fashion, social-media clues, sponsor strategy, coaching identity, locker-room dynamics, and fan access all belong in the same conversation. That gives the show a lived-in feel. A WNBA free agency episode can become a discussion of Seattle’s identity shift, Gabby Williams joining the Valkyries, rookie-scale roster math, and draft implications. A draft recap can flip between UCLA history, first-round context, live party reactions, and the joy of seeing a favorite player land. Soccer episodes bring a similar blend of tactics-adjacent detail and personality, with Lo LaBonta talking Kansas City Current life and Bev Yanez describing how her playing years shaped her coaching. The show also makes room for business questions that matter now. Andrea Brimmer’s conversation about Ally’s 50-50 pledge frames women’s sports investment as a space where belief, risk, and new metrics have to come before tidy proof. That is a useful lane for the show: enthusiastic without being naive. It celebrates growth while asking who benefits, who gets priced out, and who was supporting the space before the boom. The interview range is wider than a standard scores-and-signings show. Kristen Kish brings competitive cooking into the sports frame, from heat challenges to pressure, judging, and physical discomfort on set. Mary Kate Shea brings the logistics and scouting work behind the Boston Marathon. The recurring rhythm is quick: headline, aside, detail, joke, bigger meaning, next sport. It is best for listeners who already care about women’s sports or want a high-context way in. The show’s edge comes from treating women’s sports as serious, messy, funny, commercial, political, and personal all at once.
Made for: For fans who want women’s sports news with real context, quick turns, and a sense of the culture around the games. It especially fits listeners who follow the WNBA, NWSL, college hoops, and the business behind the boom.
What sets it apart: The show combines daily-news pace with interview warmth and a strong read on the social life of women’s sports. It can move from salary logic to draft outfits to sponsor valuation without making any of it feel like a side topic.
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 day. Don’t miss interviews with the people of the moment, whether they be athletes, coaches, reporters, or celebrity fans.
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Sarah Spain makes women's sports news legible by connecting competition, roster movement, leadership, and access to the people living those stories.
Good Game with Sarah Spain moves between women's basketball, the NWSL, and Olympic and Paralympic competition with an alert eye for the decisions behind the results.
Sarah Spain makes women's sports fluency feel like joining the group chat before the jokes get obscure.
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A brisk, smart look at the odd stretch between the Final Four and the WNBA draft.
Sarah Spain and Big Citrus make the case for basketball's taint week as a real offseason lane, moving from WNBA rumor-chasing on players' socials to the college transfer portal, then into the coaches and teams under the most pressure.
A thoughtful coaching conversation about leadership, shared expectations, and how the game has changed.
Sarah Spain's conversation with Racing Louisville coach Bev Yanez tracks a clear arc: what she wants from the team this season, how an inauthentic first year as a head coach pushed her toward a leadership style that felt like her own, and how much perspective has changed since…
A plainspoken NWSL season preview built around the league's 16 teams and a busy offseason.
Sarah Spain and Jeff Kasuf keep the NWSL preview plainspoken. They walk through the league's 16 teams, including Denver Summit and Boston Legacy, then move into the offseason storylines that matter most.
A specific, personality-driven women’s sports conversation centered on sled hockey and disability sport.
Good Game with Sarah Spain brings Monica Quimby on for a focused talk about women’s sled hockey. The segment covers why the sport is still outside the Paralympic program, the USA team’s win at the inaugural Women’s World Championship last year, and why the mixed-gender label for…
A warm Olympic wrap-up that treats planning, timing, and company as part of the payoff.
Good Game ends its Big Citrus Olympic chapter on a warm, reflective note, drawing a clean line through the trip's best moments, the travel lessons, and the planning that held it together.
Fast sports talk, brotherly static included.
Longhorn talk with Austin roots.
Bill Simmons debates NBA tanking, MVP races, and movies with Zach Lowe and friends.
Zach Lowe and ESPN colleagues dissect NBA trades, cap rules, and roster fit.
Big Cat and PFT Commenter cover the NFL, March Madness, and NHL for laughs.
Ryen Russillo runs weekly NFL and MLB recaps with beat reporters like Jeff Passan and Mike Sando.
Sarah Spain interviews Kansas City Current captain Lola Bonta about her soccer career, the NWSL's challenges, and issues like player pay and viral fame.
This episode features a conversation with Ally CMO Andrea Brimmer about the future of women's sports, including updates on Ally's 50-50 pledge, strategies to keep fans from being priced out, and ensuring sustainable growth for sponsors and partners.
Sarah Spain interviews Top Chef host Kristen Kish about how competitive cooking parallels sports, discussing the physical and mental challenges, kitchen drama, and her recent projects.
Sarah Spain provides instant reactions and analysis of the WNBA draft from a live event in Manhattan, including commentary on players and media discourse.
This episode features USA Today reporter Megan L.
Good Game with Sarah Spain covers the stretch between the Final Four and the WNBA draft — called 'taint week' — with producers Alex and Bianca joining to discuss the NCAA women's basketball transfer portal, which saw over 1,300 players enter within days of March Madness ending.
Sarah Spain interviews Racing Louisville head coach and 2024 NWSL Coach of the Year Bev Yanez about her coaching philosophy, inauthentic first season, and path from player to coach.
Host Sarah Spain interviews the COO of the Boston Athletic Association about the upcoming Boston Marathon, covering recruitment, preparation, and fan spots.
Host Sarah Spain discusses women's sports news, interviews UCLA basketball star Charlize Ledger Walker, and covers Chicago Sky drama.
Host Sarah Spain discusses the UCLA women's basketball national championship win, Gino Auriemma's drama, and interviews with Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi.
Sarah Spain previews the Final Four with predictions and discusses women's sports news.
Host Sarah Spain discusses the PWHL's Boston Fleet, expansion challenges, and Olympic impact, plus NCAA women's basketball roster changes.
Host Sarah Spain previews March Madness coverage with ESPN announcer Ryan Rucco, discussing top teams and breakout players.
Host Sarah Spain discusses the IOC's reinstatement of genetic testing for female competitors with guests Rio Eveleth and Sydney Bauer, covering gender testing history and its impact on trans athletes.
Host Sarah Spain recaps NCAA tournament action, previews Final Four weekend, and interviews former Phoenix Mercury president Jay Perry about the WNBA and hosting the Final Four.
Host Sarah Spain discusses the new WNBA CBA and previews the women's college hockey Frozen Four with reporter Nicole Haase.
Host Sarah Spain previews the NCAA tournament with UConn basketball stars KK Arnold and Sarah Strong, covering pressure, advice for freshmen, and lighter topics like TikTok dances.
Host Sarah Spain previews NWSL opening weekend and interviews Paralympic medalist Oksana Masters about her experience in Italy.
This episode features an interview with Paralympic Nordic skier Dani Aravich discussing her Paralympic journey, experiences as a three-time competitor, and tips for wearing cowboy boots.
March 11 means NWSL season preview mode.
March 9 starts sideways.
Big Citrus goes gloriously long.
This episode features interviews with Olympic athletes Madison Chock and Erin Jackson discussing their training, pressure, and experiences in ice dancing and speed skating, plus updates on women's hockey and Paralympic news.
An interview with Olympic bronze medalist Corinne Stoddard about her 1,500-meter short track speed skating experience, mental resilience after falls, and dealing with competition pressures.
Host Sarah Spain interviews two-time Olympic hockey gold medalist Kelly Panik about her experiences during the gold medal game and representing Team USA.
Host Sarah Spain recaps the final weekend of the Olympics in Milan, including speed skater Brittany Bowe's last race and the figure skating gala.
Host Sarah Spain recaps the USA women's hockey gold medal win and celebrates Alyssa Liu's figure skating gold, with on-location reactions from the arena.
Host Sarah Spain covers women's sports news, including a hockey player engagement and an interview with skier Mikaela Shiffrin.
This episode of Good Game with Sarah Spain features curling coverage including an introduction to the Peterson sisters and takeaways from a live curling experience, along with investigations into listener missions.
Host Sarah Spain previews an episode featuring an interview with U.S.
Host Sarah Spain previews an episode from the Cortina Olympics stop, covering sliding track highlights, alpine skiing, and Olympic spirit, with a Zepbound ad.
Host Sarah Spain celebrates Galentine's Day with women's sports news, an interview with Olympic bronze medalist Paula Moultson, and a segment on female friendships in sports.
This episode features an interview with free skier Rell Harwood about competing in the Olympics with a torn ACL, along with updates on Team USA's moguls success and other Winter Games highlights.
Host Sarah Spain interviews Jessica Bartley about mental health services for Team USA athletes and discusses women's sports news including flag football's NCAA status.
Host Sarah Spain previews a women's freestyle skiing competition and discusses reactions to Lindsey Vonn, with a focus on women's sports.