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Speaker: What's going on Sparks fans. It is the one and only DJ Tracy trees. And I am back for a brand new episode of my personal fan commentary podcast for the l LA Sparks, the spark. Welcome to a new episode. john It's been a minute since we last talked, as you know, the NBA is on a break. Most major sports right now on the Olympic break. So it's been a minute since I've last talked to you um a little over two weeks actually, but I took some time to vacation because once ah The the Sparks ended that long home game stint. I needed a couple days off. So I went on a cruise and me and my wife went to the Bahamas. So we were chilling out there for a friend's wedding and then we got COVID. So I came back and I was off for a week because I was sick, not too sick, but you know, just a little update. So all, for all of y 'all out there that's listening or might be traveling, it probably is a good idea at this point to mask up. I've been hearing a lot more about people getting COVID. So
Speaker: Let's not start the episode on that kind of note, but I wanted to be real with y 'all, let you know where I was at, kind of update you a little bit. Cause it's not a whole lot of WNBA basketball being talked about anyway right now, but the USA women's basketball team just started in Paris this morning. So you got a little bit of basketball being played so far. It's about time we updated for the home team. So where we left off, y 'all the sparks are sitting at six and 18. We are second to last in the Western conference, um, right behind the Dallas wings that are six and 19. We actually beat the Dallas wings to get to this standing. So I'm glad that the sparks are resting right now. Our whole team is not.
Speaker: Uh, playing or competing in Olympic basketball. In fact, the Erica Hamby is playing three on three, uh, women's basketball with Haley van lift Ryan Howard and, um, The ah Chinese team has Li Yuru, Stephanie Talbot is playing with the Australian team, and then Kia Nurse is playing with Team Canada. So we have a few of the Sparks members who are over in Paris competing in plans and basketball, but the rest of the Sparks are resting, and I love that for us. That's why I entitled the episode, The Sparks Are Resting at 6 and 18, because
Speaker: Very much needed rest, y 'all. The season has been going so fast because it's condensed for this Olympic break that we shot right into all -star weekend, which was a huge thing that I also missed, but I was on vacation for that. I wasn't sick. Um, but yeah, so we went right into the all -star weekend, which took us into the Olympic break and we're actually not back playing any sparks basketball until August 15th. So today is July 29th. We still got another two weeks. It was a full month break. So I took some much needed to time off. I hope y 'all did too. And I hope that this episode serves as just a reminder for us to support our sparks that are playing over in Paris.
Speaker: The Olympics only come every four years. The USA women's basketball team is on a 55 game winning streak. They just won today. Make that 56. So it's a great time to support both men's and women's basketball, just USA basketball in general, three on three as well. If you check my Instagram, I actually made a graphic with all the three on three times, or you follow me on Twitter or whatever, all my social platforms. I just posted it as a real save that. or download the MVC Olympics app and you can sort and find. It's a little bit tough to find everything because there are so many different sports that are going on at the same time. So I just went ahead and made a list for you. that's Those games are where you can support De 'Erica Hamby. I didn't put Lee's games and um Stephanie Talbot's games and Kia Nurses on there, of course, because we're Team USA over here, but we're still supporting our Sparks as they play in Paris.
Speaker: Really wanna check out De 'Erika Hamby in three on three. That's a great matchup. She's one goal before. We wanna see what they're doing out in Paris. Again, we will be back at the crypto dot .com arena on August 15th, y 'all. You heard it here first. We had a nice long break. I will be so ready for some basketball to be happening by then. But until then, make sure you stay close to my social media. I will be updating you on all USA basketball If you're watching me on YouTube, you're seeing that I'm live commentating the games, make sure you continue to tap in there. The games are a weird time. Sometimes they in the morning, sometimes they in the afternoon because of the time difference with Paris, but Hey, rock with me. You can always watch the replay. Thank y 'all so much for checking out this episode of the spark.
Speaker: Team USA support the Olympics. Our girls are doing big things here. And I'll check back in with y 'all after August 15th, after we have our first game back against the New York Liberty and a crypto dot .com arena. 6 PM is DJ Tracy trees. Y 'all. And thanks for keeping it locked on the spark.
