WNBA Free Agency Chaos + Olympic Gold Winner Elana Meyers Taylor on the Rise of Bobsledding

About this episode

The episode discusses WNBA free agency developments and features an interview with Olympic gold medalist Elana Meyers Taylor about her career and achievements in bobsledding.

WNBA free agency is moving fast, and we catch up with who’s going (or staying) where and what they’re earning. And while the WNBA draft is over and Azzi Fudd was picked #1, we discuss how the NCAA tourney shifted narratives around certain players and what we think about it. And we welcome Elana Meyers Taylor, who won the Olympic gold medal in women’s monobob this year. She talks to us about the barriers she overcame to become the most decorated black athlete ever in the Winter Olympics, and how she pushed through the toughest year of her career to win her first gold medal ever, at age 41. 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

Hosts: Sue Bird, Megan Rapinoe

Guest: Elana Meyers Taylor

Topics covered

• WNBA free agency
• Olympic gold medal
• bobsledding
• NCAA tournament
• athlete barriers
• sports narratives

Keywords

• WNBA
• free agency
• Elana Meyers Taylor
• Olympic gold
• bobsledding
• NCAA
• Azzi Fudd
• sports

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: WNBA, NCAA

Products: monobob

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