Blockbuster WNBA Trades & Unpacking Unrivaled Ratings

A Touch More with Sue Bird & Megan Rapinoe

The Vox Media Podcast Network

Soccer, Sports, Basketball

4.4 • 611 Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

This week on A Touch More, the WNBA trade frenzy is in full swing, and Sue and Megan are breaking it all down for us. Plus, they dive into Unrivaled’s viewership numbers and what they’re already saying about the league’s impact and how we’re consuming sports in 2025. Then, a debate on the cameras inside team huddles—what do the players really think, and is the access good or bad for the game Sue and Megan also respond to some of your YouTube comments and draft their dream team of retired players—Sue’s got a surprise pick up her sleeve. With Chelsea FC making history by landing Naomi Girma for a $1 million transfer fee, Megan unpacks the winners (Naomi) and losers (NWSL) of that blockbuster deal. And finally, another round of "Are you a Megan or are you a Sue?”, cell phone edition. 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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1:01.1	Welcome back, everybody.
1:03.2	We have our very first breaking news episode.
1:07.1	WMBA Free Agency has arrived.
1:10.0	Another trade, in addition to the three-team trade earlier this week,
1:14.9	plus also the unrivaled ratings are in, and we're going to talk all about that.
1:19.4	Also in is Naomi Germa's fee, her transfer fee, which is breaking records in women's soccer,
1:26.2	and we have a new, are you a Megan or are you a Sue? Make sure you hit subscribe on our YouTube to weigh in in the comments section because we do check those things. I'm Megan Rapino. I'm Sue Bird. And this is a touch more. Let's get into it. The check-in. Breaking news, as we're recording right now on Tuesday, Alyssa Thomas has been traded
1:45.5	to the Mercury. But before we get into that, everyone talked about the storm aces, sparks,
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