Good Game with Sarah Spain

The Olympic flame has been extinguished, but Good Game’s coverage of the Olympics burns on! Sarah and Alex discuss witnessing speed skater Brittany Bowe’s final race, dining with women’s sports royalty, and finally making it to the Duomo. Then: Kung Fu Panda, Sub Zero and Deadpool walk on to a skating rink — the highlights from the real Olympic Closing Ceremony: The figure skating gala! Plus, more medals for...

Sarah and producer Alex join the show from the bowels of the Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena after Team USA's gold medal win over Canada. They share the build-up, the nerves, the goals, the celebrations and the reactions from all your favorite players. What was Hilary Knight thinking when she tied the game? What should Megan Keller's OT goal be called? Is this the last we'll see of Knight vs. Marie-Phillip Poulin? Plus, Alysa L...

Sarah and producer Alex check in with the greatest skier of all time and newly minted gold medalist Mikaela Shiffrin to talk about ending her Olympic medal drought with a massive, ass-kicking win in Wednesday's slalom. Mikaela discusses winning without her father, wishing Average Joes understood alpine skiing better, and how the margins of victory in her sport make stringing together victories so tough. Plus, an exciting en-gay-gem...

Today’s show takes us to the curling sheet in Cortina, where you'll get a Curling 101 lesson from Sarah, hear from the Peterson sisters after Team USA's win over Denmark, and learn about hog lines, buttons and "rocking the ice." Then: Poles, pockets, and rock journals! You sent us on missions and we did on-the-ground reporting to get you the answers you're looking for. Plus, a retirement, a moonwalking mister, and NBC's cover...

The most interesting woman at the Olympics, U.S. luger Sophia Kirkby, sits down with Sarah in Cortina to discuss her luge origin story, making her own pins to trade at the Games, carrying her dad’s memory with her when she competes, and proclaiming herself the most eligible bachelorette in the Olympic Village (we get all the tea on her many dates!). Plus, hear from bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor after her gold medal win and g...

Today’s show is coming to you from the third stop of Sarah and producer Alex’s Olympic adventure, Cortina d'Ampezzo! Little Citrus brings you highlights from the sliding track and our favorite skeleton wives, to the alpine slopes where we saw a mind-breaking podium in the giant slalom, and highlights of the liveliest, most in-the-Olympic-spirit stop yet! Plus, the point gawd reigns supreme, a Flavor Flav duet and you&rs...

Bronze medal-winning alpine skier Paula Moltzan joins Sarah to talk about her nerves racing second in a two-person event, the relief she feels having already secured an Olympic medal, and how her boyfriend turned ski tech turned husband keeps her ready to race. Plus, major moves in the NWSL, some of our favorite women celebrate their friends with Galentine’s Day letters, and Sarah and producer Alex hop in a Time Mac...

Freeskier Rell Harwood sits down with Sarah in Livigno to discuss her decision to compete at the Olympics with a torn ACL, her emotions watching fellow ACL-impaired athlete Lindsey Vonn crash, and how it feels knowing she’ll undergo another surgery after the Olympics. Plus, dispatches from Team USA’s 1-2 finish in moguls, biathlon takes the gold in Olympic drama, and what’d they use to attach these medal...

Jessica Bartley, the Senior Director of Psychological Services for the USOPC, joins Sarah from Milan to discuss working with Team USA’s athletes, the difference between mental health and mental performance, how different sports bring up different stressors, and how impactful it can be when big-name athletes speak up about mental health. Plus, Captain Clutch goes down, get to know the most eligible bachelorette at the Milan-Co...

Sarah and producer Alex join the show from the Burton House in Livigno after a big day at women’s freeski slopestyle. They discuss their run-in with the two Maddy(ie)s at the media center, talk to slopestyle gold and silver medalists Mathilde Gremaud and Eileen Gu, and try to find a way to relate to a multi-millionaire model-slash-Olympian. Plus, the men are being hysterical about Lindsey Vonn, hammered curlers, and one Giuse...

Sarah and producer Alex check in from stop #2 on their Italian adventure: a hotel near Livigno! On today’s show they’ve got tales to tell from a big weekend in Milan, including takeaways from Team Figure Skating and U.S. and Canada group stage hockey games, as well as their reaction to Lindsey Vonn’s crash and the new safety measures being taken in downhill skiing. Plus, there can be only one, the Games ate my hom...

In this bonus episode, Sarah and producer Alex hop on the show right after attending the Opening Ceremony to share their limited knowledge of Italian composers, their thoughts on Mariah’s potentially piped-in vocals, and who got the loudest cheers and jeers (JD!). Plus, how they're trying to keep the Olympic spirit even though the world is on fire and PENIS GATE!

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Benvenuti in Italia! Sarah and producer Alex join the show from Milan to share behind the scenes of their visit to the athlete’s Olympic Village (highlights: a bin of condoms and the torch relay!) and their first in-person competition, US women’s hockey versus Czechia (lowlights: J.D. Vance and Marco Rubio). Plus, norovirus hits the Finnish hockey team, Lindsey Vonn hits the weights and it only took one day to find our ...

U.S. nordic combined athlete Annika Malacinski joins Sarah to discuss her fight to make sure women have a future in the sport. Nordic combined is the only Olympic sport – winter or summer – in which women are still not allowed to compete at the Games. Malacinski shares what her battle has looked like, whether she’s seen support from male nordic combined athletes, and what it’s been like watching her brother,...

Happy National Girls and Women in Sports Day! WNBA legend and the new president of the Women’s Sports Foundation Swin Cash joins Sarah to talk about why it’s more important than ever to recognize this special day, the leadership lessons she’s learned from previous Women’s Sports Foundation presidents, and what’s expected and required of athletes in the current political moment. Plus, tipoff in Music Ci...

Public Enemy legend, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and Olympic benefactor Flavor Flav joins Sarah to talk about why he felt compelled to make gymnast Jordan Chiles a clock-medal, how he’s stepped in to help athletes fulfill their Olympic dreams, and how he feels about his fourth decade creating protest music with Chuck D. Speaking of music, he drops some breaking news about a new song in honor of National Girls and Women in Spo...

Olympic distance runners and co-hosts of the “Nobody Asked Us” podcast Kara Goucher and Des Linden join Sarah to give perspective on the Olympic experience from a safe distance, unburdened by the nerves of an upcoming competition. They share their advice for members of Team USA heading to Milan-Cortina, talk about how competing at the Games differs from other major championships, and share a behind the scenes detail abo...

Big Citrus makes its triumphant return to the show! Today the new-look squad celebrates exactly one week until the Opening Ceremony of the Milan Cortina Olympics with a Good Game PowerPoint Party! Buckle up for a fact-packed, info-laden journey through all 16 Winter Olympic sports. Plus, a soccer legend retires, reputation rehab gone awry, and a few final Friday Fatto Figos! 

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Sports performance coach Susan King Borchardt, famous for extending the career of WNBA vet Sue Bird, joins Sarah to discuss how she keeps some of your favorite athletes healthy, why she thinks it’s important to include the off-court parts of life in her treatment plans, and how a kind word from Bird helped her gain the trust of other pro athletes. Plus, the wrong kind of ICE at the Winter Olympics, Heated Rivalry continues to...