Hi, I'm Meg Linnehan. Welcome back to full-time for another episode. We're zooming back out this week.

Kavitha Davidson and Jessica Luther are joining me today to discuss their new book,

Loving Sports When They Don't Love You Back, Dilemas of the Modern Fan, which is out September 1st.

You might know them both already.

Kavitha is a coworker with me at The Athletic and hosts our daily show The Lead, which I've actually

been on a couple of times now to discuss the latest in women's soccer. And Jessica, in addition to

her writing, is also part of the Burn It All Down podcast squad. Before we get into our discussion,

let's catch up on the news. So I'm recording this on Wednesday right after the conclusion of the

Champions League

semifinal between PSG and Leone.

Leon advanced, thanks to a Wendy Renara header off a Majri free kick after PSJ went down to 10

players.

And a weird twist, Nikki DeParis of Leone also ended up ejected from the match as well, but

PSG were unable to capitalize in the final moments of the game.

That means that we're now, once again, set for a Leon v. Wolfsburg Final on Sunday at 2 p.m.

Eastern Time. That game will be on CBS All Access for those of you watching here in the States.

Only a few hours before the game, PSG announced that one player tested positive for COVID-19

and would not play in the match. According to a report from Le Kiep, PSG believes that one player tested positive for COVID-19 and would not play in the match.

According to a report from Le Kiep, PSG believes that the test result for a backup goalkeeper was a false positive,

and they sent documentation to UEFA on this front as she had previously contracted COVID-19.

One more thing from Europe before we move closer to home.

On the news, Pepsi has gone all in on a new five-year sponsorship with UEFA, specifically on the women's side of the game.

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