Carlos Alcaraz's Tennis Tush, SI Swimsuit Covers Lack Body Diversity, and Celebrating Athlete Moms
About this episode
The episode discusses body diversity in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, athlete moms, and various sports-related topics including Carlos Alcaraz and the WNBA's 30th season kickoff.
The 2026 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue hits newsstands on Thursday. This year’s cover stars departed from what we’re used to seeing from on the cover of the swimsuit issue in recent years – diverse ages, races, and especially body sizes. With conversations around GLP-1s, the death of body positivity in our culture, and the general shrinking of high profile women that’s hard to ignore, Blake and Caroline wonder: why the sudden shift? In this episode of Well Played, we also cover: Whether Justin Herbert will be the next victim of the “music video curse” Olivia Culpo’s controversial baby announcement ft. a donut cake and a used pregnancy test The WNBA’s 30th season kickoff – and whether we’re in a post-Caitlin Clark era Why Caroline wouldn’t call her ex, even if it guaranteed a Jets Super Bowl win Carlos Alcaraz showing off his tush – we mean talents, in his Vanity Fair cover story Send Its: The 17-month-old baby ball knower https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYGE6nBADWI/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Pope Leo is all in on Nike: https://www.gq.com/story/pope-leo-xiv-wore-nikes Bennett Scheffler attends PGA Championship in full PJs…
People in this episode
Hosts: Blake, Caroline
Topics covered
- body diversity
- athlete moms
- sports culture
- tennis
- WNBA
- celebrity news
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Sports Illustrated, Vanity Fair, Nike, GQ, PGA Championship
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