Sue Bird and Maria Taylor Talk About Life as a Sports Broadcaster AND Make Some WNBA Predictions

About this episode

Sue Bird interviews Maria Taylor about her career in sports broadcasting and discusses WNBA predictions.

Sue Bird talks to NBC Sports’ Maria Taylor about her path to becoming the first woman to serve as full-time host of Football Night in America, who she has picked to win the NBA Championship, and how she’s preparing to cover the WNBA. Plus, Sue and Maria give their very early takes on which WNBA teams have a chance to win it all this year. Sue breaks down the W’s opening weekend games, and how the league’s top teams showed their strengths and their vulnerabilities. And Sue explains why she thinks the Dallas Wings won free agency and have leveled up the most. A Touch More: The Podcast is produced in partnership with VOX MEDIA and TOGETHXR. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Sue Bird

Guest: Maria Taylor

Topics covered

• sports broadcasting
• WNBA predictions
• NBA Championship
• sports analysis
• women in sports

Keywords

• Sue Bird
• Maria Taylor
• WNBA
• NBA Championship
• sports broadcasting
• Dallas Wings
• Football Night in America

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NBC Sports, VOX MEDIA, TOGETHXR

Places: Dallas, Wings

More episodes of A Touch More with Sue Bird & Megan Rapinoe

• Abby Wambach Joins Megan Rapinoe's Special World Cup Series · June 11, 2026 · 1h 31m
• The Best of A Touch More: Megan Rapinoe Looks Back at 90 Episodes · June 4, 2026 · 40 min
• SUE’S FINAL EPISODE: WNBA Storylines and UCLA Coach Cori Close on How to Build Chemistry · May 28, 2026 · 1h 7m
• Claire Hutton on Going Pro Young and Megan Rapinoe on the World Cup · May 21, 2026 · 1h 4m
• Megan Rapinoe & Lori Lindsey Reflect on NWSL Rise PLUS Megan Breaks Down Met Gala Fits + Angel Reese’s Message to the Media · May 7, 2026 · 1h 13m
• Sue Breaks Down WNBA Rookie Standouts PLUS Maria Sharapova On Being Pretty Tough · April 30, 2026 · 1h 2m