Are the Fever Contenders?

A Touch More with Sue Bird & Megan Rapinoe

The Vox Media Podcast Network

Soccer, Sports, Basketball

4.4 • 611 Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

The WNBA off-season has been ACTIVE but which teams are setting themselves up to win it all this year? We have some theories. Plus, the eternal question: Do players owe their teams loyalty? And what about the other way around? In Unrivaled news, we’re breaking down Angel Reese’s hot mic moment and looking ahead to some dream 1:1 matchups. Plus, Sue reveals the wildcard player she’s had her eye on all season. Sue’s College Basketball Vibe Check of the Week is back as we get closer to March Madness and the hype is real. In The Intersection: A’ja Wilson’s signature Nike shoe (obsessed), Caitlin Clark skipping the NBA 3-point contest, and a WNBA expansion bidding war that has us wondering—could the Shock, Comets, and Rockers make a comeback? And finally, we’re responding to your thoughts on Megan’s controversial (crazy?) cell phone case choices. A Touch More also sends our deepest condolences to the victims of the D.C. plane crash. If you’re looking to support those affected, a fund has been set up to assist U.S. Figure Skating families directly impacted by the tragedy. A Touch More: The Podcast is produced in partnership with VOX MEDIA and TOGETHXR. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:03.6	Welcome back, everybody.
1:06.2	We have a great episode for you today.
1:08.1	Lots of trades, so many trades.
1:14.1	Angel Reese had an event for a week. The poor thing, we talked about the live mics.
1:15.0	Told them.
1:18.2	Last week, she got caught a little bit. She got caught a little bit. But she also was able to give her mom a pretty amazing birthday surprise. So we're going to talk about that later.
1:23.7	Very cute. We're also going to talk about Kate and Clark, turning down the NBA All-Star
1:28.5	three-point offer and why that is important. Asia Wilson got her jersey retired down in
1:35.5	Columbia, South Carolina. Incredible. And she spilled a little bit of news while doing it. News
1:42.9	that everybody already knew. Yeah. Told us what we already knew.
1:46.1	Well, we already sussed out. Yeah. And Sue's college basketball vibe check is back. Page went braidless. We had a braidless page. Probably I've been asking for this for a long time, but listen, I'm happy that whatever
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