Good Game with Sarah Spain

Major League Volleyball Commissioner Jaime Weston joins Sarah to discuss her main priorities as the league’s new leader, what her years at the NFL taught her about establishing a brand image and message, the differences between MLV and their top competitor LOVB, and why history shows that two leagues won’t work forever. Plus, growing up a few floors above the place to be in NYC. ...

New York Sirens forward Casey O’Brien joins Sarah to discuss her fantastic rookie season in the PWHL, hearing ads for the Sirens everywhere she goes, the team’s last-minute push to make the playoffs, and processing the emotions of just missing the cut for the U.S. Olympic team. Plus, Audi finds a home, all roads lead to Rome, and sphincters pucker for the final playoff push. The PWHL s...

The Athletic’s Chantel Jennings joins Sarah to talk about the biggest WNBA storylines as training camps get underway, how new CBA provisions like EPIC contracts and developmental player spots will change the league, which draft picks seem best set up for success in their new cities, and which rookies might have trouble sticking. Plus, back-to-back back-to-back champs, not winning fast enough...

Kansas City Current midfielder and captain Lo LaBonta joins Sarah to talk about surviving the uncertainty of the NWSL’s early days, the shaky start for the Current this season, new coach Chris Armas, her viral cellys and why she wants everybody to get paid. Plus, a Prime Minister plants his flag and a commissioner digs a bigger hole. Check out super slice Joey Maldonado’s women’s...

Sarah sits down with Ally CMO Andrea Brimmer at the Deep Blue Business of Women’s Sports Summit to get an update on Ally’s 50/50 pledge and discuss the future of women’s sports. They chat about how to keep fans from getting priced out, how to validate sponsors and partners who have been there from the beginning, and how to make choices that ensure continued growth. Plus, the cloc...

Top Chef host and Traitors star Kristen Kish joins Sarah to discuss how competitive cooking is like a sport, the drama that comes with getting a whole bunch of really good cooks in the same kitchen, and shitty dudes in Scottish castles. Plus, Big Citrus in the flesh, an introduction to frozen toilet paper and our prayer that you never need to use it.  Follow Kristen Kish on Instagram here Tak...

In honor of the WNBA Draft we’re throwing our usual show format out the window so Sarah can provide her on-the-spot draft reactions. From the streets of New York City (literally), with a man peeing nearby (no joke), Sarah dishes on the 'fits, the picks, the family reactions that made her a lil emo, and her run-in with Cathy Engelbert. Plus, everything  else  you need to know today,...

USA Today women’s hoops reporter Meghan L. Hall joins Sarah to talk through a busy weekend of WNBA free agency signings. They make some very-early-sure-to-go-wrong predictions about which teams will thrive and which will flail this season and assess how the last 48 hours or so will impact tonight’s college draft. Plus, things are starting to click, the Garden is blooming, and competenc...

Big Citrus gets together to celebrate basketball’s taint week -- the *little* stretch between the NCAA Final Four and the WNBA Draft. Sarah, Alex and Bianca discuss the ever-expanding college transfer portal class, the college teams and coaches stressing the most this offseason, which teams will draft which stars on Monday night, and of course, the pressure of picking out the perfect Draft d...

The 2025 NWSL Coach of the Year, Racing Louisville FC’s Bev Yanez, joins Sarah to talk about the type of evolution she’s hoping to see from her team this season, how an inauthentic first season as a head coach forced her to step into her own form of leadership, how much has changed since she retired as a player six years ago, and the importance of shared expectations when saying &ldquo...

Mary Kate Shea, the Chief Operating Officer at the Boston Athletic Association, joins Sarah ahead of the Boston Marathon on April 20th. The woman responsible for getting the world’s best to Boston’s starting line shares how she scouts and recruits future champions, the behind-the-scenes amenities offered to pros in the field, and the best spot for fans to watch all the action. Plus, th...

UCLA hooper Charlisse Leger-Walker joins Sarah fresh off winning the NCAA title. The senior guard discusses the keys to the Bruins’ blowout win over South Carolina, being a "belief maker," bringing glory to her home country of New Zealand, the viral dance routine she roped her teammates into doing and more. Plus, the Sky is falling, another Bruins squad pulls off the win, and Spirits (finall...

Live from Phoenix, it's Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi, presented by Capital One! For a second straight year, Sarah sat down with the two legends for a live show ahead of Sunday’s championship game. Sue and Diana discuss the current players and coaches they’d like to team up with, their thoughts on the many offseason options for players, WNBA expansion, and whether Diana has any plans to m...

Big Citrus jumps on the show for a quick check-in before this weekend’s big college hoops match-ups. With just four teams remaining in the tournament Sarah, Alex and Bianca bravely, boldly put their final title predictions on the record for all to hear — no take-backs! Then, get extra fired up for tonight’s big games by taking a walk down memory lane with Dawn Staley, Sarah Stron...

Julia Tocheri and Tessa Bonhomme of the PWHL’s Jocks in Jills podcast join Sarah to discuss the white hot Boston Fleet, why the league’s expansion teams have struggled mightily in their first year, and whether the PWHL might soon be playing in a town near you. Plus, everyone is headed to Phoenix, a few LinkedIn profiles just removed their “open to work” badges, and now&rsqu...

ESPN play-by-play announcer Ryan Ruocco joins Sarah to discuss why the four teams still standing in this year's NCAA hoops tournament are clearly a step above the rest, talk about some of the breakout players of the tournament, and share how his signature “You bet!” call came to be. Plus, volleyball at the Friendly Confines, flagging this for the future, and the real bracket challenge...

Reo Eveleth, writer and creator of the podcast “Tested,” and Sydney Bauer, a journalist who focuses on sports, health, culture and LGBTQ issues, join Sarah to talk about the International Olympic Committee reinstating genetic testing for female competitors, the history of gender testing in sports, the effects of the IOC’s policy on trans athletes and athletes with differences of...

Jay Parry, the CEO of the Phoenix Final Four Local Organizing Committee and former president of the Phoenix Mercury, joins Sarah to talk welcoming the country’s best college basketball players to the desert this weekend. Jay also shares her thoughts on the monumental WNBA CBA agreement and what it was like to lead a WNBA team in the early aughts, winning titles with the great Diana Taurasi....

Vice President of Sporting for the NWSL and former New Zealand national team player Sarah Gregorius joins Sarah to talk about the “natural tension” between sport and business, the role the U.S. is playing in global soccer, how she’s working to fix the narrative that the league doesn’t center the sport of soccer enough, and how her lifelong tendency to be a troublemaker and...

Founder and CEO of the Women’s Premier Basketball Association and Team Jamaica point guard Faatimah A joins Sarah to talk about how a Golden State Warriors basketball camp changed her life at a young age, the highs and lows of playing ball around the world, why she wanted to create a league for aspiring pro hoopers, and what to expect at the first-ever WPBA combine during NCAA Final Four Wee...

Bestselling author Cheryl Strayed (Wild, Tiny Beautiful Things) has a new iHeart Women’s Sports podcast called Mind Over Mountain! Cheryl joins Sarah for a wide-ranging conversation about how high school track allowed her to express herself as a teenager, the mental and physical challenges of her now-famous hike on the Pacific Crest Trail, the ways she continues to be inspired by women...

Now known as the Langham Four, the quartet of Annie Costabile, Doug Feinburg, Alexa Philippou, and Jackie Powell camped out on the streets of New York to bring the world updates on the WNBA CBA negotiations. They join Sarah to share how they handled working alongside their competitors, what they learned about each other during long talks into the wee hours of the morning, and their biggest takeawa...

Women’s hoops reporters Emma Baccellieri and Jordan Robinson join Sarah to chat about their new book Court Queens, which celebrates women’s basketball and the players and coaches who helped build its foundation. Jordan and Emma discuss their writing process, how they selected the most important moments from a century-plus of basketball history, and how they chose which nostalgic d...

Women’s hockey reporter Nicole Haase joins Sarah to break down this weekend’s NCAA Frozen Four matchups, discuss the evolution of the Wisconsin-Ohio State rivalry, and share her assessment of how the Olympics impacted the college hockey season. Plus, more details emerge about the groundbreaking new WNBA CBA, finding a needle in a 64-team haystack, a cross-country legend looks to go out...

It’s a three-guest episode, y’all. First, with the WNBA and WNBPA reaching a verbal agreement on a new CBA, ESPN’s Alexa Philippou joins Sarah to break down the biggest takeaways from the new deal. Then, Vanderbilt basketball head coach Shea Ralph and superstar sophomore guard Mikayla Blakes join to discuss the program’s best season in years, share the quirkiest things abou...