The “Pregnancy Penalty”, Martha Stewart vs. Jalen Brunson, Gold Medal ASMR with Laila Edwards

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🗓️ 1 April 2026

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Marathoner Emma Bates went viral after sharing that her sponsor, UCan, dropped her once they learned she was pregnant. While UCan denied the allegation, it still reminded us of an unfortunate reality for women athletes – that the “pregnancy penalty” still exists. We break down what the penalty is, why some women athletes view pregnancy as a “death sentence” to their career, and how athletes like Allyson Felix have fought to stop it. In this episode, we also cover: Naomi Osaka retirement rumors swirling after her comments around motherhood and her tennis career Shaq addressing the AI-generated texts between him and Sabrina Carpenter NWSL smashing record attendance (again) – and the Denver Summit player who proved representation does matter Which teams made it to the Final Four, and how Blake and Caroline’s brackets are doing Send Its: Carson Pickett’s heartwarming moment with young fan: https://www.instagram.com/reels/DWcSRqXEjN_/ Shaq’s AI-generated texts: https://youtu.be/rOxlgU75f7w?si=D7XQPSA24hqA5wqz&t=18 The Stewart-Brunson fracture: https://people.com/martha-stewart-said-nba-player-broke-her-toe-courtside-11871039 Miss Thailand contestant breaks it down: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWeaQ_PDRRM/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome back to another episode of Well Played,
0:05.8	presented by this game. I'm Caroline Henderson.
0:07.8	I'm Blake Morgan and I can now officially say I went to my first major league baseball game.
0:13.1	Oh right, I forgot that was last week.
0:14.9	It was sick, honestly.
0:16.7	But you didn't do the 999 challenge, which for those who don't know is nine glizzies, nine beers in nine innings. Yeah. Honestly, I'm so glad we didn't because the innings honestly went faster than I thought they were going to go. Well, sometimes. Yeah, sometimes. You really don't know. It's a mixed bag. But it has fed up with the clock that they installed in the last few years. I was wondering what that was. Yeah,
0:39.0	because it used to, that used to not exist. And those games could. And like, I could understand
0:44.0	why it's America's favorite pastime because you just like sit there. Yeah. You know, it's a great
0:48.9	sport to enjoy like in person. I always say that's like one of those ones where I'm like, I probably won't turn it on unless it's like the World Series. But if the opportunity arises, good weather, good food. It was opening day. I saw the Mets play. And the weather was perfect. The food was great. It was like on the field, basically, where I went. I was like in the Cadillac Club. Shout out Delta for inviting and hosting me. Thank you so much. Thank you, Catherine. Good luck on your wedding next month. We love Delta. We love Delta. Captain Carl. Captain Carl, exactly. It all comes back to Carl. It always does. It always does. And the food was amazing. I found it riveting yeah they beat the
1:28.0	pirates take that Libby Dunn's boyfriend take that mm-hmm and I actually we
1:33.4	ran into someone we knew in the club no way yeah in the club it was like our friend's
1:37.4	cousin was there with her husband small world who drove kioske to the bachelor party
1:41.9	of the cousin they like spent three hours in the car from St. Louis to the Ozarks.
1:46.8	Of course. And they're like, what the hell are you doing here? Because of course. I know. Are you now a certified Mets fan? Yeah. Okay. Yeah. That I could get behind. If you were to say Yankees, I'd be like, oh. You know, I'm not. I look better in blue and orange, so.
2:00.0	Yeah, you do.
2:00.7	Yeah.
2:00.9	You love your orange.
2:01.9	I love my orange.
2:02.7	What did you do this weekend?
2:04.6	Um, so. Yeah, you do. Yeah.
2:00.9	You love your orange.
2:01.9	I love my orange.
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