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04/17 16:01 CDT Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe are breaking up and phasing out
their podcast
Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe are breaking up and phasing out their podcast
By The Associated Press
Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe are splitting up.
The sports power couple announced Friday that they are ending their 10-year
relationship and phasing out their popular podcast, "A Touch More." They
dropped the news together on the podcast.
"I hope you all know we put a lot of thought and care into this," said Rapinoe,
who rose to fame as a member of the Women's World Cup team in 2011, 2015 and
2019. "It's a decision that we made together. We're still going to be there for
all of you and for each other. It's just going to look and feel a little bit
different.
"We truly are evolving into something new to each other, to ourselves and to
all of you, and we just wanted to say thank you for sharing this space with us
and giving us this space for us to find ourselves in a different way through
this podcast."
Bird is considered one of the greatest women's basketball players in history.
She won four WNBA championships and was a 13-time All-Star over a 20-year
career.
"We have shared so much of our life, so much of our relationship with you, so
that's why we wanted to come on here and share this, too," Bird said. "These
past 10 years have given us so much, and launching this podcast and sharing
this space has been one of our favorite things that we've done together."
Rapinoe is planning to start her own podcast, and Bird is committed to a second
season of her own venture, "Bird's Eye View."
"It's gonna look a little bit different moving forward," Rapinoe said.
"Obviously, our relationship was such a huge part of this podcast for you guys,
but also for us. ... We are both really sad to be losing this space. It's been
so meaningful to us, especially post-retirement, to be able to have this space
to share, not just together, but with you as well."
Bird said they will host six more special episodes of "A Touch More" as a
"farewell to you all and to this space."
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