Welcome to Good Game with Sarah Spain, where we're saying it out loud over and over again.

It is not normal for a government agency to murder an American citizen and then gaslight people about that murder, one that they saw with their own eyes.

It's Friday, January 9th, and on today's show, we are sending all of you love and strength during this increasingly terrifying

and enraging time. And we hope this show gives you just a little break from the horrors of the

news and reality. Today's episode, thankfully, is a great one. I'm going to be chatting with one

of the winningest basketball players of all time, one of my faves, Brianna Stewart, about her role in founding

unrivaled and her goals for season two down in Miami, how the three-on-three league has played a role

in setting a new standard for player experience and pay, and her best prediction, for one, the WNBA

CBA negotiations will finally be done. Plus, a trip to the world's most famous arena, a roster drop of the young

and unattached. And we introduce a new segment in the lead-up to the Milan Cortina Games,

the Friday Fatto Figo. It's all coming up right after this.

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Welcome back, Slices.

Here's what you need to know today.

Let's start with Hoops.

The third deadline for the WNBA and its Players Association to reach a new deal on a CBA

is today.

But all signs point to the sides still being very far apart.

As of this recording on Thursday afternoon, there's no official announcement as to whether there'll be another deadline extension,

if they'll enter a period of quote-unquote status quo, or if either side will declare work stoppage.

When I talked to the New York Liberty's Brianna Stewart on Thursday, an interview you'll hear in its entirety in just a few minutes. She told us, quote, obviously, it's not going to be done tomorrow. She went on, quote, we'll continue to negotiate in good faith. It doesn't mean on Saturday we're going to have a lockout unless the league does something we're not prepared for." End quote.

Plenty more from Stewie on both the CBA negotiations and the second season of Unrivaled in just a few minutes.

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