Meghan Klingenberg

the edge of his seat. And as soon as training camps are announced, I'm betting Flacco starts faking a cough. I'm onto you, dude. I'm still talking athletes, though, in sports industry professionals about what they're doing in quarantine, hoping to figure out if THEYM is competing as much as I missed watching it. This is the No Sports Report. Now. I'm known for my good ideas. And here's another one.

If you were on the two thousand fifteen FIFA Women's World Cup team, you should get free drink wherever you go. From the t g I Fridays in Times Square to Mickey's in All Cash Bar and Orange, California. You just never pay for a thing. Actually, no matter where you go, it could be a build to bear. You want to drink, you get one brought to you. And that's because you're part of one of the most glorious winds our country has ever seen. So bottoms up, and we're starting with

Megan Clickenberg. The Defender was a vital part of the iconic squad and now is a proud member of the Portland Thorns in the National Women's Soccer League. And now she's dipping her toe into fashion alongside her World Cup teammates and fellow Free drinkers Megan Rappino, Tobin Heath and Kristin Press. They've launched reinc, a gender neutral lifestyle brand that offers a distinct look for every unique body and

challenges the status quo. We talked about their newest collection, her Passion for Pasta, and the novel Idea of gender Equality. It's a brand new episode of The No Sports Report, all from Meghan Klingenberg to accept Press one. Megan, I wanted to ask you first off, where you were quarantining location wise, and then I know this is a very heavy question, one that deserves probably paragraphs upon paragraphs. But but how has it been going for you? Yeah, thank

you for asking. I appreciate that. Um I'm doing okay, I think about as best you can do under these circumstances. And I'm actually in Pittsburgh with my family. Just a quick story. When I was growing up, my parents, they always had this goal of wanting to get a bit of property and build a house on it. My mom has always wanted to build her own house from scratch with her architects or whatever. And so they finally did it.

They got some property, and you know, I as a kid, when I was in high school, it was a bit annoying because we had all of this property and not very many people around. And now I've never been more thankful for having a bit of land to to just you know, run around and be outside and I'll have to worry about seeing other people. It's just funny how one thing doesn't feel like a blessing and then later in life really does. Yeah. I mean, are you sleeping

in your childhood bedroom? Yeah? I yam. Actually it's hilarious. Basic are there like old like a y s oh soccer trophies and stuff so many and there's like karate trophies, and it's also kind of become everybody's spare hearts room, you know. There there's old jerseys of mine, there's my brother's TV from college. There's just like all kinds of stuff in there, plus me, plus all the things that my mom deck greate in my room with when I was like fourteen. So it feels like the funniest throw back.

Oh yeah, yeah, I was lucky my parents when I went off to college left my room like it was a museum shrine. Like I feel like they laminated stuff so that nothing got damaged. You know that's funny. Yeah, with my mom, she basically told my dad, over her dead body, he would turn it into an exercise or room. She basically didn't change anything, kept my childhood posters up to kept my bed in there, and then she said for the first few months she would come in and

just cry, oh poor mom, it's like a museum. It is if if they don't live there anymore. But if they did, I swear to God, I would be forty years old right now and she would still have my stuff there. It says a lot about me and her, But yes, a completely different situation. At least they've kept some of your trophies and stuff. Yeah, I mean, I think it's funny. The trophies were actually like way cooler than the ones that I get. Now. Let you get just a medal now and then the team gets a trophy.

But when you were on a team as a kid, or you did Grotty or whatever, all the things that I did, you would get like real big trophies just for you. So now I'm just like stuck with medals and who wants to medal? You know, well, I mean I would want to medal, but you do have you have like a photo of you holding the trophy rather than the trophy at your house, is what you're kind

of alluding to. But yes, yeah, yeah, but it's kind of nice like to have a trophy or a cup or whatever, especially when you're celebrating, because you can always pour your beer in the cup and then you know, celebrate with your teammates. I feel like the nwell just really missed out on that part because they have a trophy that's just like in the shape of a soccer player, you know, so you can't really do much with it except hold it. Yeah, well, I say, let's go back

to the individual trophies and orange slices. I would be fine with both of those for soccer. Oh, I don't know why I can't get my own prepackaged little baggy at halftime, you know, like a beautiful silver platter. Megan is calling for her orange slices again exactly, and and a sip of gatorade, please bring it for the lady. Are you able to decipher what day it is when you wake up? Do you have any sort of ability to calendar out what's happening? Actually no, not not even

a little bit. The only way that I know approximately which day it is is I've been doing don't at Sunday's and so it's kind of like an countdown, like today is Donut Sunday plus one if you if you catch my drift, like you know, because we're out one day from Dona Sunday and then you know Friday is Donut Sunday Monut two. So that's that's pretty much how I've been keeping track of it. And that's pretty much the only day that I am officially aware of on the day of the event, right, And what is your

what is your donut of choice. Oh wow, I think it depends on the mood when I wake up. But they have this place in Portland's and it's called Dough Donut, so it's all vegan don't let go stoppy though it's by far the best don't a place in Portland, and I'm sure people will be screaming about that, but they'll say, no, no, it's definitely not gonna do. It's dough, I'm telling you.

And they have these amazing flavors, but I always get usually two and a coffee, and I always get to Portland's fog plus like another flavor that I just want to try. But the Portland Bog is like an earl gray glaze with a coconut whipped cream on top. Oh man, it's good. I'm dying already, and I'm happy you got into food. Let's get into pasta class. You held a tutorial on zoom instructing people on how to make pasta. Did you know this? And also how is it possible

that you eat carbs? Okay? Back in upject, I was just a conduit to bring these people to Pietro, who is the official pasta maestro. My mom and I actually took a trip last November. We went to a bunch of places, but we end up going to Milan, and Mom booked one part of the trip, only one part right,

but it ended up being our favorite part. It was this pasta making class of this guy to hold his named Pietro and his mom came when we made tire mamsoon we made pasta, when we made friends and we had an absolute last and so I thought, you know, why not do that virtually and bring people together and connect with them, because I think a lot of people are struggling being alone right now. So it was just nice to eat and gather and have some wine and

be merry and connect over something that's really fun to do. Yeah, and and and a bunch of people showed up to learn how to make pasta. Did you know it before this class you took? Like, I don't even think I would know what does I barely know how to cook pasta? Well, that's why we have pasta. Pietro. He sends out an ingredient list and actually we have to close down the class about an hour after I posted about it on Instagram because we had so many people sign up and

we were a little bit overwhelmed. We're like, oh, like, how I don't think we can teach a thousand people how to make pasta. So we close it down at about a hundred and fifty and about fifty or sixty showed up. Uh, and it was awesome. It was so cool. Pietro is just a total gem and he makes everything fun. And then for me, it's just nice to be on there and drink and make some pasta and be able to eat when I'm done. Listen that you sold me. What is your What is the pasta of choice for you?

Like if you we I take you to an Italian restaurant, we sit down and you say, oh I need this. Oh wow, definitely, I love it. It's my mom actually makes it homemade and she makes her own sauce and she's been doing this for years now. So our family

is is very Italian. And when my grandma was still alive and I was in middle school, elementary school, high school, all too think, she used to have my family, my mom's sister's family, you know, people like all over the place coming to her house every Sunday for dinners and we would just hang out, not me but drink and you know, kick soccer balls in the backyard and eat and be merry. And that was kind of just the way that we all connected when we were growing up.

So Mom kind of carried on the tradition. Is really one of the very best cooks that I know. And so when she says that she's gonna make nuckie, it's like a treat, you know, because they're not hard to make, but they take forever. Yeah, that and cat pepe like those are my two favorite pastas. And also for about six days, I can't run or or job because it actually hurts my body, but I do. I it's a real treat when I get into it. Yeah, I bet it is. I mean, I feel like we're blessed as

humans that fasta has been invented. You know. Agreed, Well, let's talk about some other things on people's mind outside of food. Haircuts are an epidemic right now. We cannot get them professionally done. You announced, you announced that you're embracing the mullet, that you're growing. What what are we gonna do here? Are we gonna cut our own hair? Or what is happening? Does your mom? Is is your family available to do this for you? Are you are

you just going head on? Well, honestly, my family is available and willing, but I am not. So I am letting this sucker grow and I'll probably look like Joe Dirt at the end of this, but I do not care. I feel like that's a better look than letting my brother or my dad get behind me and start, you know, chopping away with scissors. Well, I I for one, all hail Tiger King. I say go for it all the way. Party in the front, all the way. Yeah, the business in front, you know, party in the back, party in

the back. Oh that's right. You know what to be honest, I'm party in the front and back. I'm just like it. Just let it grow. You're just party, party, party, Yeah, party, party, party, pretty much all the way. Chest hair too, Oh my gosh, damn. I by the way, am I but like, what are you doing with your hair? I need to know? Are you going for the mullet? Are you? What's what's the deal? Well? I got very lucky. I have a wife who is good at everything. I thought for a minute she was

going to sabotage me, and she didn't. She said, I'll cut your hair because I really do. I'm blessed with a lot of hair, and she was like, yeah, I'll do it for you, and then didn't look at even a YouTube video, had never touched the clippers, had never touched the scissors. And I kept looking at her all week, like you're gonna research a little right, like you're gonna do some pre work, and she didn't. And then and then again she just kills it everything she does. She

gave me a great haircut. Wow, that's amazing. I'm very impressed. So you're you're like keeping it fresh over there, no mullets for you know, I've done zooms and people are like, did he get a haircut? Like they think I'm I'm endangering their grandma's I'm not in real life. I am. I just got lucky and my wife is good at everything she does, and she shaved it. At the end of it. I was like, is this good? I was. I honestly was like, I guess I tip you. I

don't even know what to do now. Tips are definitely appreciated, I think. So I hope you have said in the past that you read a book a week. So I'm wondering what Quarantine Library has been like. Quarantine Library has been amazing. Actually, I'm currently reading this incredible book by Chanelle Miller. It's called No My Name. Have you heard

of it? I'm writing it down though, Okay. So Chanel Miller essentially was the woman that was found unconscious behind a dumpster and the Stanford swimmer had sexually assaulted her, and so she was known as Emily Do throughout this whole trial and basically was one of the most famous

people in America, you know, and Brock was infamous. And I remember reading this whole news cycle and then being appalled when the judge only sentenced Brock Turner two six months in jail was which essentially meant he went to three months in jail and not prisoned jail, So County jail for misdemeanors. And so Chanelle Miller wrote this incredibly beautiful and so impactful victim impact statement. I guess that's

like it's called an impact statement. And I just thought that she was able to put into words what every survivor or victim is feeling but can't articulate. And I just thought it was like beautiful pros It was just so thoughtful, it was real, it was authentic. I loved reading that, and so I called up my soccer catch from you and the answer and I was like, so, what are you reading? And he took me through the twelve books that he's reading, but he said, if there's

one that I think you should read this one. And so that was the Chanel Miller book and I started reading it and I have not put it down yet. Actually, you have to take breaks because sometimes it just makes you so emotional. It's like all the things that women have to go through put into one book, Like things that I will never be able to articulate, things that I'll never be able to make anybody else understand. She has done it in book form. It's just incredible. Yeah.

I remember her statement and being like blown away by being able to put that into words. I remember thinking to myself, how is she even able to want to give this statement, let alone give such an eloquent one it was. It was remarkable. So I've definitely been looking at the book. I didn't even know she went beyond the statement. That's incredible. Yeah, I think it just came out at the end of last year. But let me know what, you think. It's a hard read because it's

very emotional, but it's also incredibly powerful. Yeah. Well, while talking about writing, we found a blog post from your website, Something Back, and I think two thousand fifteen you wrote out twenty two facts about you and you were asked what your biggest fear is, and you said, do you remember what you said? Yeah? Actually a lot of people have ever bringing this up two year and now, but I said global pandemic. I think I think that's what I said. Okay, so now I have to ask you.

I have to ask you straight on, when do I die you? I mean, you're clearly a psychic doom teller. This is terrible. I don't know. I mean, I can't even tell you. When I was going through college, do you remember when this one flu was happening, Yes, two thousand nine to two thousand ten, I was horrified that I was going to get that. Was so scared, literally had so much anxiety during my finals that I think I failed almost all of them and had to retake them.

Like that's how scared I was. That's how big of a fear was that. I actually think it prepared me for this and I been doing Okay, I feel like I've already gone through the range of emotions. Yeah, back in two thousand nine. I have prepared myself for this, so I'm actually doing, I think, as best as anybody can do this situation. But yeah, no, I'm not going to take on that question us though, when when you

die or how? I think I wouldn't ever want to be right and I certainly wouldn't want to be wrong either, you know. I mean there's no win and that I appreciate that, I really I mean, I grew up Jewish, so I have a similar thing where I think there's a global pandemic at all times, but now that there is one, I feel vindicated. Is that is that at all? How you feel? Do you feel? Like I told you guys, this is what to be scared of. No, but you

know what, I actually feel a little bit vindicated. And I eat vegan and when there was meat shortages, I was doing like a little bit of a evil vegan cackle, being like, well, now you know what I'll go through. You know you you got me. I feel similar and I don't need I don't need everything, but I'll eat red meat every once in a while, even though I took like ten years off too. And it's got me questioning it again. You're not wrong. I mean, how did

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Now let's get back to Megan. Besides being a defender on the Portland Scorns, you are a big basketball fan. How much have you missed the playoffs this month? It's rough for us NBA heads, Yeah, it is. It's really rough, and honestly, I love basketball, but hockey is my true love. The Pittsburgh Penguins, I love them. I watch hockey all the time and subscribe just to channels in Portland's just so I can get the Pittsburgh Penguins on my TV screen.

But like all of basketball, all of the Penguins, playoff matches, everything, I'm just very sad. And because you know, there's something incredibly strong and beautiful about live sports. You know, it builds a sense of community with your neighbors. Uh, you never know what's going to happen. There's just like so much resiliency and hard work and teamwork and all these different things that we put so much stock into happening all at one time on our TVs. And it's pretty

cool watch. So I really miss seeing that kind of thing. The Bundesliga started up over this past weekend. Did you watch that? But but I know what exists I had, I was not able to watch it. I mean, there are things golf, obviously, UFC, there's things starting to pop up, right and I watched the Bundesliga this weekend. It was just really nice to see a soccer ball kicked around. But it was really weird seeing no fans. It was so quiet. It was just so weird. It's amazing how

much the fans provide in terms of viewing pleasure experience. Yeah, it's been super strange to see it when we do not have Like when there's instances like Korean baseball and stuff like, there are things you can actually hear the like footsteps and creepy note you know, yelling between the players. You're like, this is I don't need to be this close. That's true, but there's one part about it I found kind of fun and interesting. And since there's no fans,

you can hear everything that every player is saying. Have you noticed that? Yes, I think it's weird. You like it? Oh my gosh, it's amazing. I think it's amazing. I love hearing them trash talks. I love hearing them yell at each other, being like can I swear on this podcast? Or yes you could swear please perfect They'll be like, why did you throw it? There? Just ripping into their team race and bed like sucking to me, you know. And it's just amazing because I missed that. I missed that.

I missed that so much. I have noticed that women's soccer players are way more chirpy though. I did. I when when watching just in general World Cup and stuff, It's like, you guys, you guys get on each other pretty hard, do you think so? I think so? Yes, I do. Actually I remember thinking to myself, like, this is all very aggressive in a good way, but still. I mean, now I'm more excited for having no fans just to hear the ship you guys talk. Yeah, I

definitely talk a lot of ship. I think that my teammates really enjoy having me on their team just so they don't have to deal with me being on the other team, right right, right, Yeah, there's a lot of basketball guys like that. To Patrick Beverley's I'm a Clippers guy. So Patrick Beverley, I'm like, oh, thank god he's on our team, because if not, I would hate his guts. Yeah. No, I have no doubt about it. Like, there's just certain people that you don't want to mess with. They're really

good at what they do. They know if they if they get in your head that that gives them an advantage to win the game, and they don't care how they do it. They'll just do whatever they need to. Yeah. Talking about sports, coming back, MLS men implemented a very strict new individual practice schedule. We talked to Brian Roe last week and there are so many rules and regulations. You can't pass or shoot at anyone. It's like it sounds like a two one space odyssey more than a sport.

Are you at all hoping that, you know, the Women's Soccer League follows suit in that way? Are you just hoping they wait? Honestly, I don't even know what I'm hoping for at this point. I don't exactly understand the path back to sports until there's robust testing and contact tracing and all of these different things. So it's really hard for me to think about anything past just you know, doing what I need to do to stay fit and

stay healthy. Um. I know that the Thorns and the rest of the NHL has started implementing a lot of individual trainings for players that are in market, and I think it's really great because it's so hard to try and find a good like if you're just at your house or you're you live in an apartment in the of the city. It's so hard to stay in shape and do the workouts and get stronger and stay fast and all of these things. So I think in a lot of ways, it's really amazing and I'm glad they're

doing it. I know our players go a little bit crazy when they don't have the ball at their feature, so for their mental sanity, I'm incredibly thankful that this is going on. Yeah, it's just like I'm the same as you. I'm tepid on everything, and I feel weird forcing any athlete that I love just because I need it for my own happiness to go out there and kick a kick a soccer ball or you know, play football just because I want it, when in real life there there's no vaccine. So I I'm in the same

place as you. I'm a huge sports fan who doesn't know what to tell you. Yeah, it's just tough because people are at the point where they're like, well, you probably won't get it, and even if you do, the percentage chances of your dying are really low. But that's not really what it's about, is that you know, it's about keeping other people safe. And even if you do get it, this doesn't sound like it's something that's easy

to go through. That might put you off your training and put you off your game for months at a time. So It doesn't really feel like a very smart thing to do to get exposed to something like that, no matter how bad people want sports. Yeah, I wanted to get into a little bit of the equal pay dispute. It moved along a bit during the pandemic. Obviously, you're pushing for women's national team to have equal pay as the men's team, which to me seems like a total

no brainer. Unfortunately, a federal judge rejected the players claims last month. But what happens now? Are are you able to continue the appeal through this pandemic? Do things keep moving forward? Honestly, I do not have the most up to date information on this to really talk a lot about what will happen in the court case. Yeah, I can talk about equal pay on a high level and things like that. Yeah, I mean explain to people who are listening, like where where this whole thing stemmed from.

I mean, if there's if there's an elevator course on it, we I would love to hear it myself. Yeah. So, I think you know, when we first started talking with US Soccer about our lucive bargaining agreement, we really wanted to do a very fair revenue split. You know, whatever revenue we brought in, we wanted to split it with you as soccer and that was a non starter. And to me, that seems like the most fair way to

go about this. And um, I think what people don't understand is that on the men's side, there are a lot of clubs that they all play for, clubs that, unfortunately for us, but fortunately for them, pay them millions of dollars a year and so they have this security that we do not have when we play club soccer.

And so to ensure the viability and long term success of the women's national team, we knew that we needed to have contracts that paid us uh money on a salary and we know when we're going to get it, so we can have stability to train and peace of mind, because without peace of mind on your finances, how can you possibly be the very best that you can be for your country and for your employers, you know, So we had to set up our contracts a bit differently,

our c b A a a bit differently than the men's side did. But I think when it comes down to it, what really matters is where women and their men, And just because where women does not mean that we should be earning any less, especially when there's no obvious differences in the amount of revenue that we produced for us.

I agreed. I mean it seems like that's the only at least in the last few years, it's the only thing I'm following as a as a you know, uh, not fully engulfed soccer fan, but I mean, like I get engulfed in in the Women's World Cup and national teams, like those are the things that bring in the mainstream press. Yeah, definitely. And to me, this isn't actually about equal pay. It's

more about equal opportunity. And I think no matter your gender or religion, or color, or sexual orientation or any of the things that make you other in our society, it shouldn't hold you back from the same opportunity as a man, or a white person or a straight person or whomever. Right, So, to me, this is more about ensuring that everybody that comes after us on the women's fast team has that same opportunity as a man does. I mean, we're talking about equal investment in the national team.

We're talking about equal pay, We're talking about equal travel, we're talking about equal marketing, We're talking about equal opportunity to make a good life for ourselves through the game, especially with these postponements. I mean, it's a bigger time than ever to make sure that people are taken care of in the same way that the superstars are. You know that quote unquote superstars are that we pay in

these million dollar ways. So I I'm I don't know who wouldn't be with you, So I'm I'm giving you encouragement as if you need it. It's the common sense aspect to it. Well, thank you. I think a lot of people aren't with us, and that's what's hard, But I know that there are so many that are. I think that a lot of times the negative voices sometimes

drown out the positive ones. So you know, we always need those positive backers because when we hear from people like you and from other people that are being affected by this, then we want to keep going. Sure, last year, you launched a streetwear and lifestyle brand, reinc alongside some of your teammates and uh from the Unforgettable World Cup team. Tell us a little bit about why you decided to jump into fashion. Actually, there's a lot of reasons why

we decided to start there. You know, our mission is to reinvent the status quo, champion equity, creativity. And the reason we wanted to start in fashion and especially street work is because one, especially for me, there's not a lot out there, because if I wanted to try and wear streetwear, I couldn't because it never fits. So we thought this is a culture and an industry right for change.

And also we felt like, hey, this is something that we could easily you know, talk about, and it's also something that we can easily show and market on our instagrams on the internet and connect with people. And so that's why we started there, and that's why we wanted to at least go into fashion first. But we're certainly not just a fashion company. Well, it's awesome. I checked

out the black and white collection. You guys are donating a portion of proceeds to healthcare workers affected by the pandemic. I think it's if anything, I would love for people who are listening to check it out. It's it looks awesome. Yeah, please do. Like, we love having people check out the brand, even if they don't decide to buy something. It's not about that for us. We want people to be able to commune and not just consume that's kind of where

we talk about when we talk about our community. Well, speaking of community, I like to end everything with something positive and then some dumb suggestions. The positive part I want to know, is there anything you think that we've taken on during this time in the pandemic that you hope we keep when everything is clear and we have a vaccine, etcetera. Are there any you know, uh, activities anyway we're living now, something you think should live on. Yeah,

definitely a lot of things. The one positive I hope is that we can see how much of an impact we have on this planet. When we go dark, the animals come back out. They start doing things that they haven't been doing in years. The air is cleaner, the water is cleaner, the climate is better, there's less d O two in the air. I hope that we can continue on that path. I as with you. I I feel like I saw a deer walking down my street the other day and I was like, see, he was

nervous to be down here. Now he's just hanging out with us, and I live in Los Angeles. Oh my gosh, that's wild. I felt like snow white. All right. So lastly, some suggestions. These are things that that I want you to get into during the pandemic. You don't have to, you're not obligated to. You're clearly busy making pasta and looking at old childhood trophies. But but here are some suggestions of just some things you might get into. You

ready for these, I'm ready? Okay. You have your own streetwear company, so I thought maybe you'd be into shopping um some of the big labels from the comfort of your home. Do you ever visit grailed dot com? Okay, not a sponsor, but I pay them enough to maybe be a sponsor of their's. It is a consignment website where people put their clothing up for sales, sometimes dead stocks,

sometimes vintage and worn. But every company's represented. Supreme Blonciaga, off white Stone Island, tons of sneakers, you know, every Jordan's up there. It feels very much like a curated eBay. They're set prices, you can make offers. I've bought a bunch of stuff off it had great experiences. It's like a thrift shop for like hype beast stuff, and it also has an app that's awesome. Yeah, you gonna check that out. That was a good suggestion. Keep on comment.

There you go, graild Okay. Second one, an industry that's been totally destroyed by the pandemic is the musical right, all local shows canceled, Broadway closed, no date for a return, by the way, in this billion dollar business of musicals and people who love theater have nowhere to go. So not a sponsor of the podcast again, but I will take their money if they want. It is Broadway, h D Do you know anything about it? No, but it

sounds awesome. You don't even need to explain it. Actually, as soon as you said Broadway and they need help, I'm in all right. Seven day free trial, normally eight a month. You can watch tons of musicals online like Kinky Boots, Lay, Miss Bette Midler and Gypsy Billy Elliott's online. They have plays like Death of a Salesman, Macbeth or al Pacino and solomn A. There's so many things. If you have a an itch, this is the way to scratch it. For Broadway. Oh, I'm in cool? You have

one more? Yeah, one more. I'm a podcast for sports, so obviously great crossover with Broadway. Last one, I think we should all be taking advantage of the skills we've learned here in quarantine make the most of our time, so I think you should capitalize on the hard work you've been doing. Clearly, it's a bad time to open a restaurant. You might have to sit on this for a minute, or just do it strictly delivery. But I want you to open a pasta place. Okay, it's just you,

just me, But you can't. Maybe my mom open it and then I can help her. Okay, I listen. This is how I see it. You're making pasta for customers. Your mom can help customers all day. You're wearing ree ink. So I'm always thinking about, you know, branding. The whole place is soccer them. Do you have all your childhood trophies there? The things from your your childhood room, the biggest moments on the screens. You can do big parties for Thorn's games. And I have two possible names for

this restaurant. Do you want to hear them? Of course they do, all right. I have rav Goalie instead of Ravioli. It's not great. Keep My second one is red sauce card. Okay, that one's kind of funny. I like that, all right, So at least I get a kind of funny. I think the second one is better. Alright, Rabbi, goalie might not be as good as red sauce card. You're right, I will. I will own up to that. Megan. I

appreciate everything you're doing. Thank you for talking to us, and and stay safe and also please continue to take it to the morons about equal pay and equal opportunity. It is just so dumb that anyone wouldn't think that's just a right. Yeah. No, I appreciate that, and thanks for having me on. It's been a blast. The No Sports Report is produced and distributed by Treeford Media. The show was executive produced by Kelly Garner, Lisa Ammerman, Matthew Coogler,

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