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The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

Meadowlarkers 60: NWSL Update with Meg Linehan

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

Meadowlark Media

Sports

4.732.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Kate Fagan is without Howard and Amin for this episode of Meadowlarkers as Meg Linehan joins her for an update on the NWSL after this year's World Cup. Kate and Meg begin by discussing the passing of Grant Wahl and his impact on the game, and specially the women's game. Then, the duo dives into Meg's work on the NWSL, the fallout of the Athletic's reporting on systemic abuse, and the global effect on women's sports. They discuss the term "institutional failure" and why that can feel unfixable, and how NWSL expansion and media rights may work in the near future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:39.2

Welcome to Metal Lockers 60. It has already been decided that our honorary captain is Chuck

0:45.9

Bagnaric. And if Howard is listening to this, there's a chance I said that last name wrong

0:51.0

and I'm hoping that he corrects me next week. But for now, Metal Lockers 60 and I'm Kate

0:55.7

Fagan, your host, Noah Meene today, Noah Howard. It is going to be me and Meg Lennahan

1:01.9

from the athletic senior writer covering all kinds of things. But here today and relevant

1:06.5

today is soccer. And Meg has been on before about a month ago or so, Meg. So thanks for

1:12.1

your recurring guests now on the Metal Lockers. No, you just can't get rid of me at this

1:16.6

point. That's right. No, but I want to. Before we get started on the NWSL and pro soccer,

1:23.6

I wanted to get a little bit of your perspective on Grant Wall, who recently passed. He was

1:30.8

on Metal Lockers a few weeks ago from Qatar as he was his eighth World Cup. And I know you

1:39.3

knew him. And the one thing that I think Chris Wittingham shared his stories on football.

1:46.3

And I wanted your perspective specifically when it came to Grant on his position in

1:52.1

women's soccer, maybe how he helped you personally or more so how you saw him approach

1:57.2

covering the women's game. Yeah, I mean, there is probably my job doesn't exist without

2:03.7

Grant kind of pushing the coverage forward. Obviously, he had multiple cover stories, right?

2:10.3

Going back to the 99 women's roll cup. So I think, you know, we're in such a weird

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