Sydney Leroux and Ali Riley from BFFR on Controlling the Narrative

A Touch More kicks off Pride Month with Megan’s very scientific theory that you can’t win championships without gay players.

We get into some WNBA news, with Kate Martin’s whopping 14 points in six minutes (check out Sue’s interview with Kate on Bird’s Eye View    / @suebird   on Friday) and we try to figure out how the Fever will handle its slew of point guard injuries.

Then we chat with Angel City FC teammates Ali Riley and Syd Leroux about their podcast BFFR, what it means to control their own narratives, and what they’re looking forward to this season in LA.

Stick around for the responses to last week’s “Are you a Megan or Are you a Sue?”-- when does celebrating become taunting?

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Megan and Sue’s Pride Highlights
Stud Budz stream: https://m.twitch.tv/studbudz/home?fbc...
Aja’s Threads post: https://www.threads.com/@aja22wilson/...
The WNBA gayest teams: https://www.instagram.com/p/DKIY_3gz2...
Megan on needing gay players to win: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/1053...

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Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
00:17 - Pride Month shout-out
10:33 - Kate Martin mention
12:26 - Megan sits courtside with sister, Rachel
15:17 - Courtney Vandersloot breaks records
16:42 - Indiana Fever injury update
19:26 - What the Headline!
24:20 - Candace Parker's interview with Stephen A. Smith
30:43 - Becky Sauerbrunn retires
33:17 - USWNT & NWSL updates
36:57 - Megan or Yosemite Sam?
38:18 - Special guests, Sydney Leroux and Ali Riley, join the pod!
40:21 - Syd on mental health
43:45 - How the BFFR Show started
46:37 - On controlling the narrative
49:19 - The production process
51:30 - How Syd and Ali talk about women's sports
58:48 - Angel City FC's new coach, Alexander Straus
1:03:41 - Bench, Start, Cut
1:10:35 - Megan's memory of Ali
1:12:18 - "Are you a Megan or are you a Sue?" last week's listener responses
1:15:17 - Book Club meeting mention
1:16:07 - Trans Athlete, Ab Hernandez, wins two events
1:19:07 - Allyson Felix's documentary premiere