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Natalie and Zena Keita react to the WNBA’s announcement that they plan to expand with a new team in the Bay Area and discuss the Golden State Warriors chemistry heading into the new season. They weigh-in on Dearica Hamby filing a gender discrimination complaint against the WNBA, Las Vegas Aces, and Becky Hammon. Lauren Dreher joins the show to preview the WNBA Finals. Natalie and Zena react to the Bears defeating the Commanders on Thursday Night Football and snapping their 14-game losing streak.

00:00                   WNBA announces expansion team in Bay Area

14:23                   Warriors depth heading into 23-24 season: Stephen Curry, Chris Paul, Andrew Wiggins

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26:00                   Dearica Hamby files discrimination complaint against WNBA, Aces, Becky Hammon 

31:47                   WNBA Finals Preview: Liberty vs Aces

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42:53                   Bears crush Commanders on TNF; Dick Butkus’ passing

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49:09                   Zena’s new podcast, The Athletic Women’s Basketball Show

Natalie and Zena Keita host Ladies First Fridays on Brother From Another. They react to Jamal Murray’s fourth quarter surge in Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals to help the Nuggets beat the Lakers and take a 2-0 series lead. Dave DuFour joins the show to discuss LeBron James and Anthony Davis’ performances and whether the Lakers will be able to bounce back from a 2-game deficit playing at home. Nat and Zena celebrate the return of the WNBA season and Brittney Griner’s return to the court. They also discuss the newly formed superteams in the W, Aces head coach Becky Hammon’s suspension and WNBA roster cuts. Siobhan Beslow also joins the show to discuss Jimmy Butler being “underrated” and preview Heat-Celtics Game 2. Nat and Zena react to the breaking news that NFL legend, Jim Brown, passed away at the age of 87.

00:00                  Michael Malone claps back at media; Murray dominates 4th quarter; Jokic and Murray combo

14:52                   LeBron and Anthony Davis struggles; Will the Lakers win for their home crowd in Game 3? 

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22:41                   Brittney Griner returns to the court

26:25                   WNBA superteams 

28:40                   Aces head coach Becky Hammon suspended; Dearica Hamby

34:16                   Should the WNBA be expanded to avoid roster cuts?

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39:54                   Heat are "underrated": Jimmy Butler, Erik Spoelstra; Celtics in trouble?

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52:38                   Jim Brown dies at 87

This week Andrew talks with WNBA champion, philanthropist, & entrepreneur Alana Beard. Alana is a 4x WNBA All-Star, 2x WNBA Defensive Player of the Year, and won the WNBA Championship in 2016 with the Los Angeles Sparks. She is the founder of 318 Foundation, a mentorship program for girls in Alana’s hometown of Shreveport, Louisiana. Alana is also the founder of Transition Play, an organization that helps world-class women athletes launch new careers when their athletic career is over. She is also hard at work leading a bid to buy a WNBA team. In this conversation, Alana talks about the power of taking the untraditional path, how to reinvent yourself as your career evolves, her formula for learning new things, and so much more. 

Show Highlights:

(2:18) - Alana’s childhood and start in basketball
(3:59) - First bout of adversity in basketball
(5:50) - Role of Alana’s parents
(7:05) - Seeking out challenges at a young age
(8:01) - Making the adjustment at Duke and overcoming homesickness
(10:24) - Never taking the traditional path
(11:14) - A vision to be Oprah Winfrey
(11:58) - You don’t have to meet your mentor
(12:07) - Transition from college to WNBA
(12:38) - Becoming one of the best defenders of all-time
(13:29) - Reinventing her game after major surgery
(14:40) - A life-changing internship at Jamba Juice
(17:03) - Launching Transition Play
(18:08) - Roles at Next Play Capital and Silicon Valley Bank
(18:42) - Desire to bridge gap between women and Venture Capital 
(19:13) - Leveraging a platform to help others
(20:45) - Making successful career transitions
(21:45) - Why people are afraid to ask for help
(22:19) - Alana’s plan to own a WNBA franchise
(24:15) - Working in the “background”

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Cruise down South Figueroa in the City of Angels and you’ll find Crypto.com Arena, Microsoft Theater, and L.A. LIVE – a mecca of entertainment in Los Angeles. Join us as we catch up with Cara Vanderhook, Vice President of Marketing and Communications, and learn all about the happenings of a district that houses four professional teams, the largest stage in California, and some of the biggest awards shows. Cara walks us through what makes the venues so iconic, and how they continue to compete and innovate in a dense entertainment market – where competition is not only other venues, but the beach and beautiful weather. She tells us about her path to her current role, some of the best career advice she’s received, and her approach to advancing her own career while supporting the employees under her. This is an excellent episode for people looking to take the leap and chase that amazing dream job. Cara is a perfect example of a music and sports fan that is now working with the teams and properties she grew up infatuated with.

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You can’t talk about the game of basketball without a little T-Spoon, y’all! Teresa Weatherspoon (you know, one of our favorite hoopers ever) brings her famous and infectious energy to the Knuckleheads podcast this week. The former WNBA superstar turned Pelicans assistant coach breaks down her momentous playing career, latest coaching experiences, and what the future holds for her and other women in the NBA. Lace up your kicks everybody … because this one’s gonna make you want to HOOP by the end. All love for the one and only T-Spoon!

1. Hooping in Pineland, Texas (2:00)
2. Louisiana Tech, Kim Mulkey, and winning a national championship (10:57)
3. Pat Summitt, Team USA, playing overseas (16:50)
4. First-ever WNBA game and the 1999 WNBA Finals (31:20)
5. Women’s style of play, nicknames, playing in New York City (47:27)
6. Coaching in the NBA, Hall of Fame (53:47)
7. Coaching Zion Williamson, Brandon Ingram and working with Swin Cash (1:05:00)

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NBA veterans Quentin Richardson and Darius Miles are lifelong friends and bona fide truth-tellers. Listen as they invite special guests, high-profile athletes, musicians and entertainers to get brutally honest about everything from current events to untold stories from the golden era of sports and culture. Named for the on-court celebration they made wildly popular, this unfiltered, hilarious and surprising podcast is like playing NBA 2K with no fouls.

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This week, Miguel spoke to Dr. Johanna Mellis, Professor of World History at Ursinus College in Pennsylvania and one of the End of Sport Podcast co-hosts (@EndofSportPod). Dr. Mellis's research focuses on the interactions between Hungarian athletes, socialist sport leaders, and the International Olympic Committee as a microcosm of relations between society, the socialist state, and international organizations during the Cold War. Her work focuses specifically on the influence of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, which saw a mass defection of hundreds of Hungarian athletes to the West on Hungarian socialist sport policy and the IOC (Urisnus.edu). Dr. Mellis was also a Division I swimmer at the College of Charleston from 2004-2008 and coached swimming for seven years.

First, Miguel asked Johanna how she became the third co-host of the End of Sport podcast and how her experience as a Division 1 Athlete shaped her career in Academia. Additionally, Miguel and Johanna discuss her article, From Defectors to Cooperator: The Impact of 1956 on Athletes, Sport Leaders, and Sport Policy in Socialist Hungary. Finally, Miguel and Johanna discuss Trevor Bauer, anti-blackness, and white supremacy in Swimming, the Pandemic Tokyo Olympics, Rachel Nichols, and more! 
 
Next, Miguel gives you his Molotov MVPs for episode 24, three WNBA players, Los Angeles Sparks stars and sisters, Nneka Ogwumike and Chiney Ogwumike, and Atlanta Dream veteran Center Elizabeth Williams. Finally, Miguel ends the podcast with another Chicana/o Sports History segment. This week, he highlights five Chicana softball players who helped the Mexican National Softball Team make their first-ever trip to the Olympics.

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Money Mone. Walking legend. WNBA champion and LSU royalty Seimone Augustus drops by Knuckleheads this week. We give you the inside scoop on her early days hooping down in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She tells about how she grew up with Big Baby, Glen Davis, and even includes her side of the infamous sleeper sofa incident. We learn what it’s like being compared to MJ in high school, on the cover of Sports Illustrated. Seimone opens up about picking the wrong pair of shoes for running workouts in college. The special runs her college teams went on. And the very, very special and momentous feeling of seeing her jersey retired by LSU. From college we head to the WNBA and learn how the Lynx became The Lynx. It wasn’t overnight. There are stories about moves and shots and players and passing. All told with a smooth Louisiana swagger. And a new Start. Bench. Cut. Jordan edition for all those sneakerheads out there. It’s a momentous episode with one of the best to ever do it. And still do it. Money Mone ain’t done yet. Listen in y’all. Seimone Augustus. Respect. 

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Money Mone. Walking legend. WNBA champion and LSU royalty Seimone Augustus drops by Knuckleheads this week. We give you the inside scoop on her early days hooping down in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She tells about how she grew up with Big Baby, Glen Davis, and even includes her side of the infamous sleeper sofa incident. We learn what it’s like being compared to MJ in high school, on the cover of Sports Illustrated. Seimone opens up about picking the wrong pair of shoes for running workouts in college. The special runs her college teams went on. And the very, very special and momentous feeling of seeing her jersey retired by LSU. From college we head to the WNBA and learn how the Lynx became The Lynx. It wasn’t overnight. There are stories about moves and shots and players and passing. All told with a smooth Louisiana swagger. And a new Start. Bench. Cut. Jordan edition for all those sneakerheads out there. It’s a momentous episode with one of the best to ever do it. And still do it. Money Mone ain’t done yet. Listen in y’all. Seimone Augustus. Respect. 

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We discuss Los Angeles Lakers vs Houston Rockets Game 2 Victory. Tonight the guys welcome Clipper Darrell, Big Baby Jonathan and more to the show to discuss the Lakers win over the Rockets in the NBA Playoffs.

Lakers, Sparks, Rockets, Lebron James, Anthony Davis, James Harden, Russell Westbrook, Candace Parker, Derek Fisher

Viral sensation Hayden D'Amico joins the show to discuss his Alex Caruso jersey wedding photo, the Los Angeles Lakers, WNBA Sparks and all things NBA. 

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This week the guys talk with guest PeQue Brown, Kobe Bryant Mural artist and CEO of LIQUID Arts & Productions. Kobe Bryant's Birthday and Kobe Day, WNBA & LA Sparks update, Clippers lose to Luka buzzer beater, Big Baby Jonathan joins us to talk Kobe and Lakers.

Getting back into the studio feels oh so good. In this episode the guys celebrate getting back in the studio after months of broadcasting from home and the new partnership with The Good News Radio App. WNBA and the Los Angeles Sparks updates, Seeding Games Wrap Up, How good is Dame, Lakers Playoffs.

Misha shares some behind the scenes information on the South Bay Lakers, Lakers, Talen Horton-Tucker, Lebron and even Kobe Bryant's practicing after the achilles injury. 

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“Don’t be afraid to ask for it” - Danita Johnson, President and COO of the Los Angeles Sparks

A meteoric rise over 14 years in basketball to the office of president and COO of a major market professional organization, Danita offers a valuable, front-office perspective on a wide variety of pertinent topics in sports: the USWNT's fight for Equal Pay, the new WNBA CBA, the Sparks as a ‘multi-dimensional company', how revenue streams differ from her experience in an NBA front office to a WNBA front office, ways to increase the visibility of the game, and ways to increase star player marketability.

We'll also tackle:

• The Kobe Bryant Effect on women’s professional sports; is there an LA Sparks tribute in the works? 
• The impact of COVID-19 on the WNBA’s upcoming season: could the WNBA as a league, economically, sustain stretches of games without fannies in the seats?
• The absence of merchandise in sporting goods stores, especially those who take an active, PR-style role in the WNBA championship series.
• Kristi Toliver and Becky Hammon ‘infiltrating’ the NBA’s coaching ranks. What about Hammon being skipped over for the likes of Tim Duncan on Gregg Popovich's staff?

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Genna in Miami asks about Kobe's impact and which NBA player will take the reigns  in carrying out his goal to promote the women's game

On this installment of the Betting Bay Area podcast, host Scott Reichel gives his thoughts about the upcoming WNBA season from a betting perspective while talking about some props involving the Los Angeles Sparks that possess a lot of value in the betting markets.

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