Chiney Ogwumike on WNBA All Stars and the Million Dollar Salary

A Touch More with Sue Bird & Megan Rapinoe

The Vox Media Podcast Network

Soccer, Sports, Basketball

4.4 • 611 Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2025

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

This week on A Touch More, WNBA All Star, ESPN analyst and secret musician Chiney Ogwumike joins us to talk about the latest WNBA All Stars, what she hopes to see out of the next CBA negotiations, and why raising players’ salaries is the most important issue on the table right now. Then we honor Candace Parker on her jersey retirement, and take a look at the record-breaking soccer news from the Euros. Megan throws down some truth bombs about the Euro teams. Also, Sue and Megan give props to Angel Reese for her “mebounds” merch. 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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1:02.6	I don't know if it's felt this long for other people, but we haven't been like in our fake studio here in a while.
1:08.4	So it's really good to be back.
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