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Sarah's friends would say she's a troll-slayer, hype-woman, activist, traveler, party-planner, forever learner, wife & dog mom. Sarah's resume says she's an Emmy & Peabody Award-winning sports journalist. She's the host of the first ever daily women's sports podcast, "Good Game with Sarah Spain" & the Content Director of iHeart Women's Sports, the first-ever audio platform dedicated exclusively to women's sports. Her first book, "Runs In The Family," came out via Simon & Schuster in 2025.
Spain has been a jack of all trades in her more than two decades in the business, including 15+ years at ESPN, working as a radio & podcast host, TV personality, producer & writer. Her current part-time work at ESPN is focused on espnW. Spain is a co-owner of the San Francisco Signal pro women's volleyball team, an investor in Crux Football, a community owner of the Minnesota Aurora soccer team & was formerly a co-owner of the Chicago Stars of the NWSL. She's in the inaugural fellows class of ASU's Great Game Lab, serves on the Laureus Sport For Good Chicago Leadership Council & the Sport Beach Women's Leadership Council, is co-founder of the charity Hear The Cheers & was a founding member of the Gatorade Women's Advisory Board. Spain is a graduate of Cornell University, where she was a heptathlete and served as co-captain of the track & field team.
Listen to "Good Game with Sarah Spain," the first and only daily women's sports show! Stay up to date on the biggest stories, stakes, stats and stars in the WNBA, NWSL, PWHL, Olympics and more. Listen on iHeart or wherever you get your podcasts!
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Sarah and her mentee, Eliza Peters, founded Hear The Cheers in 2013 to help young Chicago and Geneva-area athletes get the hearing aids and equipment they need to play and compete. Hear The Cheers, in partnership with Chicago Hearing Society (CHS), works to help kids hear their coaches, teammates and teachers so they can stay in sports and activities.