Diana Taurasi Retires and Paige Bueckers Takes Over GQ

A Touch More with Sue Bird & Megan Rapinoe

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Soccer, Sports, Basketball

4.4 • 611 Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2025

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

The WNBA is officially without its (true) GOAT—Diana Taurasi has retired, and we are simply not okay. Sue looks back on some of her favorite, funniest, and most peak Dee moments over the years. Then, it’s time for the Sue Bird College Basketball Vibe Check of the Week, where chaos reigns. We’re breaking down the latest madness, plus Azzi Fudd’s big decision: go pro or run it back at UConn for a fifth year? We also get some Extra Time with Megan ahead of the NWSL season kickoff—why she’s not sweating the USWNT’s loss to Japan and what she’s watching for this weekend. In The Intersection, Megan breaks down why Paige Bueckers’ GQ spread is the blueprint and why the best athletes always push the boundaries of style. Then, we get into the NWSL’s new kits—the good, the bad, and the ones we already ordered. And we wrap things up with a new Bicker of the Week: when Megan starts using Sue’s favorite movie lines against her… and Sue is not amused. We're also kicking off a March Madness bracket—join in, see who takes the crown, and play against us at the link here. 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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1:01.7	Welcome back, everybody.
1:03.5	We are super excited to be here.
1:05.5	We watched the Oscars in full.
1:08.6	Megan had a reaction to how long it was. Would you like to explain yourself?
1:14.2	I mean, yeah, yeah, it was too long. And the whole time, I enjoyed it. But like, you're just waiting for another thing to happen. And then the thing happens, it's not even that exciting. I feel like I just want to have it be quick. I've like bellied up like I was coming to the Grammys, and it just wasn't. It was the Oscars. It was the Oscars. It was the Oscars. It was the Oscars. It is. What is the line? Turns out they are who they said. They were. The Oscars. Conan was good. Yeah, Conan was great, as was Enora. So shout out to them for basically winning everything. Clean sweet. Something else that we'll be watching this weekend is unrivaled. They have a big weekend coming up. It's the last of the regular season. Two playoff spots on the line.
2:02.0	So we'll see who grabs that.
2:03.8	And Diana Tarasi's retirement is officially official.
2:08.6	We are going to talk about processing the end of an era.
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