Swifties Enlist for Travis, Spitgate Suspensions, and Sabalenka’s Equal Pay Purse with the WNBA’s Kate Martin

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🗓️ 10 September 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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NFL Week 1 served up more drama than we could chew. Josh Allen & co. pulled off a comeback for the ages (yes, we know it’s only Week 1). Swifties mobilized to defend Taylor’s fiancé after a slap on the field. And a bright green dildo made its NFL debut – cue Caroline’s public apology for potentially playing a part. Plus, Golden State Valkyries star Kate Martin joins us to talk about making franchise history and reacting to Caitlin Clark’s season-ending injury. In this episode of Well Played, we also cover: A wild fun fact about winners of the US Open, Aryna Sabalenka and Carlos Alcaraz The iconic title given to Ben Shelton at Trinity Rodman’s recent match How Chelsea FC Women is destigmatizing playing while on their periods The woman reminding us to stop stealing sports memorabilia from children Send Its: Josh Allen’s collaboration with Oishei Hospital Chelsea FC Women’s period-stained shorts Ben Shelton’s just a +1 The woman who stole from a kid at the Phillies game Thanks to our presenting sponsor Yes Way Rose! Visit yeswayrose.com to learn more. Caroline’s IG: @cghendy Blake’s IG: @blaaakkkke theSkimm’s IG: @theskimm PS: Did you know theSkimm has a sports newsletter? Sign up at theskimm.com/sports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today's episode is brought to you by Yes Way Rose, a female-founded wine brand that's bringing a refreshing twist to game day.
0:06.6	We'll cheers to them in a bit, but first, let's get into the episode.
0:13.3	Hello and welcome back to Well Played, presented by this game. I'm Caroline Henderson.
0:16.7	And I'm Blake Morgan. Oh my God, girl. You had your first Sunday night football.
0:21.3	Sunday day?
0:22.6	Sunday day. Sunday day football.
0:23.4	It just doesn't have the same ring.
0:25.1	No, I know.
0:25.8	I know.
0:26.8	You really want to say Sunday night because it just, it rolls off the tongue.
0:31.5	I'm just going to say that anyway going forward.
0:33.5	Every game?
0:34.3	Even if you're like on the field at 1 p.m.
0:36.1	Even if it's like Monday night?
0:38.3	No.
0:38.7	Okay.
0:39.4	I'll be right about that. I appreciate.
0:40.0	Just Sunday day. Okay. Just Sunday day. But yes, had my first Sunday day. We'll get into that a little bit later. The boys looked pretty good. I know. I was surprised to see the score. You know what wasn't good? the weather, but then she did come around.
0:53.4	So I beggars can't be choosers.
0:55.2	It was like a disgusting rainy weekend in the
0:56.6	classic.
0:57.2	Yeah, freaking classic.
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