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Welcome back to Sports and Lovelies. You're now tuned into
another episode of Chicks in the Sports where we keep
it fun, fierce and unapologetically sporty. Now listen, Sports Lovelies,
Labor Day just happened on Monday, and whoa cat? Anyone say,
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on burgers, hold the cheese, Not for me, thank you
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maybe some rest and enjoy its family time most importantly,
but listen, speaking of delicious eats after the break, we
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to your hats, because the NFL is a back baby. Listen,
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Like I told you, sports lovelies, the NFL is back.
Atlanta Falcons have wrapped up their preseason play with the
thirty one to thirteen lost to the Dallas Cowboys on
August twenty second. Now listen, quarterback Joe Milton stole the
short putting up two touchdowns, one passing one rushing to
keep Atlanta chasing all night long. But here's the big
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news out of the Falcons camp. Six players have been
named two team captains for the twenty twenty five season.
Jesse Bates, Katie Elis, Chris Lundstrom, Jake Matthews, and Michael
Pennis Junior and of course Bradley Pan will be leading
the way for the season now. Bates is now a
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three time captain after a huge twenty twenty four where
he posted one hundred and two tackles and became the
only player in the league with four interceptions and four
forrest fumbles. Elis earned captain status for the first time
first off team leading one hundred and fifty tackles on
the O line. Lyndstrom returns as captain for a second season,
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while Mathis, who started one hundred and seventy eight straight games,
the longest streak in franchise history, enter six fifth year
wearing the seed. Now listen new leaders stepping in with
the ricky quarterback Michael Pennis Junior and veteran punter Bradley Pinion,
one of the NFL's most consistent specialists for more than
a decade. Now, with this mix of experience and of course,
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fresh energy, the Falcons are building a leadership corps for
fans can rally behind both on field and.
Speaker 3 (04:23):
In the locker room.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
And you know what week one is coming up? It's
upon us. The regular season kicks off on Sunday, September
to seventh at one o'clock and you know where it's
going down at the bench where the Falcons will host
the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Yes, so buckle up, sports lovelies,
it's game time. Rise up, and make sure you hit
up Chicks in the Sports for further sports coverage of
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our dirty birds as they return to regular season. Yes,
let's get it now and Cacke News. Yes, Atlanta Hawks listen,
Sports selevelies, Listen, Hawks fans.
Speaker 4 (05:01):
The wait is finally Ova.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
The Atlanta Hawks will tip off the twenty twenty five
to twenty six season on Wednesday, October twenty second, right
at State Farm Arena. It's Opening Night, presented by State
Farm Assahawks hosts there Toronto Raptors, Yes, those old Toronto
Raptors at seven point thirty and listen, listen. It won't
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be long before another big one the defending champs. Yes,
ok see, Oklahoma City. Yes, we'll be in town just
a few days later. Now, Atlanta Hawks are adding two
familiar faces to the roster. The team announced that they've
signed fort Javian Johnson and guard Dwhite Murray Junior. In
terms of the deals were not disclosed. Now Johnson, a
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six foot six Ford, brings G league and international experience.
He spent the past two season with the Santa Cruz Warriors,
averaging middley twelve points per game, and also suited up
for the Hawks in summerly. The Decatur, Alabama native also
played two years overseas in Venezuela after a college career
at Troy, Iowa State and DePaul. Now Murray Junior, a
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six foot guard from Astelle, Georgia, is coming off a
strong year with the College Sports Skyouts, averaging nine points,
five assists, and four rebounds. He also appeared in Summer
League ASH with the Hawks. Before that, he played overseas.
And look, it's going to be some great action from
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our atl Hawks squad. Two versatile players, bothat Ties to
Atlanta now officially part of the Atlanta Hawks family, keeping
it too to Atlanta. Now, look, guys, this season Atlanta
gets the national spotlight with thirteen televised games across ESPN, EBC, Peacock,
and EBA on Prime. They'll circle November fourth. Are your
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calendars because that's the hawks first NBC broadcast since nineteen
ninety nine. I Guess Orlando, followed by nover the eighth
Showdown with the Lakers. Now, December brings a five homestand
January's of road tests. And don't forget, the Hawks are
in the Emirates NBA Cup with two special Hawk Cup
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nights at home. Now listen, guys. Tickets for opening night
and early matchups are currently on sale, so you know
you want to get some tickets to go. Represent your
hometown team, represent your team, represent ice Tray and of
course the squad at hots dot com. Make sure you
get all that information, buy your tickets, be there or
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b square and listen off court. There was some big moves.
There were some big moves now. The Atlanta Journal Constitution
named the Hawks and State Farm Arena a twenty twenty
five Top workplace. That's the third time since twenty twenty
one improven. This team doesn't just build winds on the floor,
they building a culture where people can thrivee Now, it's
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going down. It's gonna be exciting season for so get
ready to cheer on our atl Hawks. Trust me, you
don't want to miss it. Let's go Hawks. Let's go now.
Let's kick it over to you know, from some hoops
to the page. Let's go to Atlanta United News our
five Strides. Finally I got a gun on the road.
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The Five Shirts grabbed their first away when of the season.
Listen Saturday night EDG in Nashville sc one to zero.
Speaker 3 (08:26):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (08:27):
The hero the other night was Ronald Hernandez, who buried
a header in a twenty fifth minute off a pinpoint
cross from Stephen Alsay. From there, it was Jana Hebetts show.
The nineteen year old keeper made seven saves stretch to
shout out street to two hundred and two minutes and
now has back to back clean sheets while going un
beating his first three career starts. Now listen, it's not
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just when SA Atlanta is celebrating. Nine players have earned
international call ups for September. Feet for Window, Marian is
back with Parguis Jurans Venezuela, and he even gets his
first senior call up with Canada on top of that,
bringing Chunky and Sinchez head out with the US youth squads,
while Lagnize, Marychuck and Sleeves all joined their national team
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as well. Now look, guys, Luk sports lovelies, our team
Atlanta United will be back in MLS action September thirteenth,
hosting Columbus Crew at the Bench Stadium. We got a
ride and roll for the five Strikes, hoping they'll continue
on the winning momentum. Let's go five strikes, Let's go.
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Now sports levels back on the ice with the Atlanta
Gladiators News. Now look Big Roster news out of Dulu
As the Atlanta United Gladiator Team continue building their twenty
twenty five twenty six squad, so just market calendars. Player
signings are being announced live on the Gladiators YouTube channel
every Tuesday and Thursday at six pm Eastern Standard Time,
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so make sure you subscribe. Stay up to as the
roster comes together. Now, Gladiator fans, the Countdown to Pluck
Drop is officially on Yes. Opening Night builds down October
eighteenth versus Utah. The Pop drops on season twenty three
with the Gladiator themes Specialty, Jersey, Hype, energy, and a
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building that's gonna be rocking. Now listen Sunday, October nineteenth,
It's time for the kids to take over. Yes, Bluies
will be in the building, the Angle Blues game return,
and trust me, the little ones are gonna go insane,
so trust's it's gonna be so fun and amazing. Then
moving on till November, mark your calendar for Glad's Fight
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Cancer Night on the twenty second, a powerful evening where
they'll be honoring survivors, remember those we've lost, and rallying
behind the fight and guess what else will be happening.
College Nights are back, Yes, with discounty tickets for students
on multiple nights from November twenty six fourth March eighteenth.
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It's time to throw on your school colors and squat
out team. Yes, squat up for your school now look
Sport's lovelies, Matt's holiday party, do not forget it's going
down into December, and also what's going down in December's
Marvel Night on December nineteenth, Country Night, Yes, where y'all
boot's at on December twenty seventh, and yes, look listen,
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listen Linda. Yes there is even Star Wars Night coming
January third, So may the first be with the glass
and please do not sleep on Teddy Bears Alls Night
on February fourteenth, and you know what day that is,
Sweetheart Day, the only Times day. Super here your loved one,
your special blue and of course your Teddy Bear, so
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you can toss it on the ice after the first glass,
go and spread some love to kids in me now.
Of course, closing it all out will be Fan Appreciation
Night on April tenth. It's going to be the fine
a home game of the season and a did thank
you to the loudest, proudest fans in ec h L. Seriously,
there's something for everyone this season. Theme jerseys, kid freeling games,
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community vibes, and then saw action on the ice. So
grab your tickets, plan your fits and We'll see you
at Gas South Arena. Let's go, glads, let's go. Coming
up after the rate, it's gonna be time to trade
in eskates from what some spikes? Yeah, we got you,
We got you with some It's so vibe. It's so vibe. Yes,
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Atlanta Vite Volleyball news this net. So don't you dare
go anywhere because we'll be bete welcome. That's locou that
firs love Lease volleyball fans. Big news is Atlanta Vike
kick off the twenty twenty six free agency I re
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signing three of their biggest starts, Leah Edman, Corey Lewis,
and Aco Jones, all returning to anchor the teams championship
run next season. Now listens first law Lives listen. There
is some new news, some new updates. Yes, professional women's volleyball. Yes,
the Pro Volleyball Federation and Major League Volleyball are merging
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into one unified league officially branded as Major League Volleyball
or MLV. This new MLV will be the longest running
pro women's volleyball league in US history, with independently owned
teams in marketing. Of course, this brings enhanced governess Martin ownership, theaters,
and a fresh approach to player and fan engagement. Now,
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the league's first two seasons, I've been huge. Over eighty million,
I said it, and I'll say it in eighty million
social impressions, nearly one million engagement, two hundred and fifty
thousand followers and seven hundred and fifty thousand fans attending
live games, plus forty five nationalized televised matches, including a
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four hundred and forty five thousand view were All Star
Match on CBS.
Speaker 3 (14:07):
Now.
Speaker 1 (14:08):
The newly unified MLV officially launched this January twenty twenty six,
marking the star of its third season with teams in
atl Columbus, Dallas, Grand Rapids, Indianapolis, Omaha, Orlando, San Diego
and plans to expand in twenty twenty seven. Now listen,
the twenty twenty six season is here, and look, free
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agency is upon us, and look, teams are building a
rosters for championship chase. Right So stay tuned right here
for all the latest five updates and big news as
the twenty twenty six MLB season heats up. Because you
already know, it's a vib It's a vibe. It's a vibe. Yes,
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swirs legally it's coming up after the break. We got
this t straight from the US Open. Yes, let's talk
about so it takes the wind, but not without some
serious postmatch drama. Stick around. You don't want to miss
this one. Don't you go nowhere? We'll be bad. Look back,
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welcome back, spears elevely, it's time to spell a little
tennis t straight from the US Open.
Speaker 2 (15:25):
Now.
Speaker 1 (15:26):
Listen. I don't know if you saw it, but Taylor
Townsend and Lena Ostapinco didn't just battle on a court. No,
that's Wednesday. They carried the tensure and right into the handshake. Yes,
all boil down to the handshake. No, Taylor, a black
American you know, and world number one in doubles, beat
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Ostapinka seventy five and six to one to move into
the third round. But instead of a good match, Taylor says,
Jolena told her she had no class, no education and
snap snap, and even warned her she's she will see
her outside of America. Excuse me, yes, that's what she said.
Speaker 2 (16:11):
Now.
Speaker 1 (16:11):
Naturally, you know, media people, reporters kind of went to
Taylor and pressed her about, you know, the postmatch you know,
just talked about you know, hey, what was the deal,
you know, asking if she thought those words carried some
kind of racial undertone. Now, Taylor did respond in a
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very calm and positive manner. She said, you know, calmly, No,
she didn't take it that way, which honestly is about
just the classy, you know, just the classy. So here's
the thing. We always want to remain having, you know,
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some sportsmanship in sports, right, just because that whole realm
up just continuing to empower each other. Of course, we
know that doesn't always happen like that, you know, sometimes
people get upset, sometimes people get mad. But here's the thing,
you know, Elena, she threw shade Taylor moving forward in
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a tournament and maybe showing us all the best comeback
is a scoreboard and classiness. You know, no, class I
don't know what that mean. But here's the theme. You know, Linda, listen,
when you win a street sets, Darling, that's the only
clap that you really need. So before we close out
this week of Tea Sports Tea, I have to say something,
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you know, because look, it's a lot going on. It's
a lot going up, Naomi Asatha looks every bit like
the gram Slam super started. We remember her to be,
you know, dictating rallies, striking winners and confidence and never
letting up on her opponent. Now golf settled into to
her rhythm. For Coco, it was a tough night against
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her opponent and firing on all squads. And I just
want to say this. Can I just say what a
showdown you know we had at the US Open. It
was a battle of past championships. Naomi absolutely delivered, powering
past Cocoa Golf. Look, sportsmanship, there was nothing but positivity
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all the way around. This win definitely put Asaka back
in a quarterfinals quarterfinals, marking her strongest Slam run since
her twenty twenty one Australian Open titles. And let's be real,
if she keeps playing with this kind of fire, she's
going to be a serious contender to lift the trophy
in NYC once again. But listen, guys, Naomi is officially
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back in the midst. Look, we still see you Coco again. Sportsmanship. Yes,
let's continue that on. Let's continue do and that is
my sports tea. Were the we coming up at the
ring is w NBA, Stay tuned, will be bad. Oh
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welcome back to Loco Backs first level is that time
WNBA news okay on games first, Levelly Let's sen Dream
fans the way it is over at Atlanta Dreams are.
Speaker 2 (19:34):
Officially playoff fall Yeah. For the first time.
Speaker 1 (19:37):
Since twenty eighteen, the Dream have clunched a postseason fought
Angela they didn't install. On Friday Night, August twenty ninth,
Atlanta made a statement win at one hundred and seventy
eight win over the Dallas Wings, securing their twenty fifth
victory of the season and extending a franchise record for
most wins in a single season. Now Listena Dream did
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not stop their honey snow sports loveliest. They carried that
momentum into Connecticut, taking down the Sun ninety three to
seventy six on money for the win number twenty cents,
Win number twenty six. Ryan Howard let the way with
twenty three points. Noles Tillman knocked down a career high
five to three, and Alicia Gray was perfect from the
line eleven four eleven and Breonna Jones Yes set a
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new franchise record for offensive rebounds in Jordan, Canada. She
returned with a smooth fifteen point performance. Now, listen, dream fans,
let's talk history. Head coach Carl Yes Smeckl just nots
his twenty six win of the season, tying Beckinghamon's twenty
twenty two record for the second most wins. Everybody, a
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first year WNBA head coach that puts him in just
two wins shy of Michael Cooper's all time mark of
twenty eight from two thousand. Now, it's just not about wins, right,
it's how he's getting them. Smeckel has built a team
that just plays with energy, balance and championship level boys.
From Alicia Gray leading the scoring to Ryan Howard dominating
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on both ends, and listen, Brianna Jones control of the paint.
The squad is firing on all cylinders. Now for a minute,
can we just mention at Leasha great a foot treekend
at Leasta Gray is officially Atlanta Dreams all time single
season scoring leader. That's right, Gray has some pass franchise
legend angel of a Cartry mark of seven hundred and
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sixteen points to set a new high watermark for points
in a single season. And this is just another stat line.
It's been a full year of career highs for this
MVP chatter. You know, we're talking about chattering up about
l Is she the nuts MVP for the Dream? I
think she just might be? And of course record chattering moments.
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Gray has been at the center of it all, from
clutch shots to consistent scoring night in and out. You listen,
night in, night out. She is the one, the chosen one.
She's been the heartbeat of this team's offense. Now milestones
cement her legacy and Dreams history and just you know,
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the fans just another reason too be excited about Atlanta
heading into the playoffs. Now great isn't just putting up points.
She's put on a show, leading by example and proven
that the Dream is ready to complete. Listen, they are
ready to compete at the highest level. So stay tuned,
Dream fans, stay tuned because Alicia Gray in her prime.
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The records aren't just being challenged, they're being rewritten. Now listen,
we're talking about the team is clicking at a perfect time,
and now playoff is We're ready. We're ready. Next step
the Dream had back home to face sparks to night
at Gateway Center Arena Tip office at seven thirty, So
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you just better not miss it dream fans now listen.
In wa NBA history there has been made. We're breaking records,
breaking barriers. On August twenty first, the league officially set
a new single season attendance record, with more than two
point five million fans packing arenas this year. That previous
march stood all the way back in two thousand and two.
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But here's the kicker. Back then, the league only had
sixteen teams. Today we just have thirteen. The record was
shattered and fewer games with three weeks still left in
the season. Now the search isn't just about numbers. It's
about momentum. From Caitlin Clark's Ricky buzz to Asa Wilson's dominance.
From sellout prouts in Vegas and of course Atlanta, we
got to include that New York to record breaking nights
(23:35):
in Indiana. The WNBA has turned games into full on events.
The league has never been louder, prouder, or more in demand.
And I can tell you this with this playoff just
around the corner, sports lovely. One thing that's for certain.
The seats will be full, the energy will be high.
In history, it's just about to be made. And look
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not only being made, it's gonna be sold out. So
WNBA don't just have fans now it has a movement
and that is your WNBA news for the way.
Speaker 4 (24:07):
Stay tuned.
Speaker 1 (24:08):
The saga is far from over. Sports Levely sports lovelies,
check out atl Dreaming the podcast. It proves the best
dreams happen on the hardwood, hosted by my brother from
another mother, Edwin Powell, and of course your girl the
subber Glinks where Snaeceaya Kiri Thomas from TIPA to the
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final buzzer. We keep the dream alive. We're bringing you highlights,
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Don't you go anywhere your spirits, lovelies, because coming up
after the rate, I got your s M H O
G moment and listen, I'm gonna have you clutching your pearls.
Let's just say stay tuned. We'll be.
Speaker 5 (25:31):
What my god, oh no she didn't.
Speaker 1 (25:37):
Oh no she didn't. Oh oh no this what for didn't?
What are back on to that?
Speaker 4 (25:49):
Spirits?
Speaker 1 (25:49):
Love, ladies, let me tell you something. Sm h o G.
Moment is a pioness and I am definitely shaking my
head and oh my goodness, she did what so picture this.
I spilt the tea all over my dad'sking phone and
then tennis start. Taylor Townsend went and gave me even
more to clean up. But listen, Taylor got the dub
at the US Open, beating Yolena, but instead of the
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handshake and of course some good old sportsmanship, Lena hit
her with that no class and no education fingerway right.
The drama didn't stop there. Elena jumped on social media
claiming people were calling her racist, saying she's never been
racist and that Taylor was actually the disrespectful one for
not apologizing after a that chord point and look, oh listen,
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she even complained about Taylor's warmart. Girl really but that's
okay because yes to what Naomi, she's back again. Naoia
osaka the Porty Grand slam cham came to Taylor's defense.
Say you listen. Jolena's comments were ill time aimed at
the worst possible person is straight up terrible. Naomi even
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at it. I know she's never going to say that
ever again. But listen, Taylor, scoreboard did the talking, Naomi
brought the receipts and yolayna will let's just say here,
she brought the fingers wap. But bless the sweetheart. Bless
the sweetheart, because here's the thing. Listen, you live and
learn sportsmanship. We just talked about it. Can we have sportsmanship? Ladies, ladies, everyone,
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calm down, Calm down, we need sportsmanship in tennis. Let's
get it together. It's there. We need a hello. Naomi
and Coco showed you it's all good. We love it though. Listen, Taylor, congratulations, Lena,
keep fighting, Coco, keep fighting, and look all all about
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lifting our ladies in sports. And this is my essmate
onngie moment. Further one, be sure to check out Chicks
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coming out after the ray. It's my special guests, stay tuned,
will be there. Welcome back, Welcome back to sports celevelies.
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My next guest is a dynamic owner of Eat my Biscuits.
Sports Lovelies, please join me and give me a warm
welcome to Vanatta Roy too. Chicks in the Sports, Well
but Data, thank you so much for joining us here
at Chicks and the Sports. You're the founder of Eat
my Biscuits. But I definitely wanted to ask you just
talk about just how it all began. You know, you
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begin your career as a special education teacher, and then
I just want to know, like what specific lessons from
that classroom shaped your approach to lunching and running Eat
my Biscuits, particularly in terms of leadership, empathy, and of
course mentorship.
Speaker 4 (29:16):
Oh wow, that's a very deep question.
Speaker 5 (29:18):
It's a lot of components. I gotta break it down.
I was a specially as a special education teacher for
the bulk of my educational career. Started teaching when I
was about twenty two to twenty three. Taught in total
for about twenty five years, eighteen years in special education
so I'm gonna need you to bear with me and
break that question down kind of peace. No wraries the
(29:42):
first part of the question, you know, with asking how
did I transition from education into the restaurant industry. Yes, okay,
basically as a child, I've you know, a few things.
I love to do, playhouse, play school, and play restaurant.
Speaker 4 (30:02):
Although I never.
Speaker 5 (30:04):
I didn't want to be a mom, I did not
want to be a teacher, and I never wanted to
own a restaurant.
Speaker 3 (30:10):
Wow.
Speaker 5 (30:11):
And that's why I think sometimes it's just what God
puts in you. Because I am a mother, I down
a restaurant, and I was a teacher. Wow, all things
that were innately in me as a child.
Speaker 4 (30:27):
I pretty much.
Speaker 5 (30:28):
Made the full time position transition over COVID. That's when
I decided. I learned how different education had become, and
I really had the passion for being in the classroom
and being.
Speaker 4 (30:45):
With my students. Wow.
Speaker 5 (30:47):
And it's been something I've been wanting to get away
from from for a while because of the democraphics in
which I teach. I taught in Humble Park, which is
one of the most drug infested communities in America, but
of course with drugs, there's poverty, there's this function, there's violence.
(31:10):
So I had lost a lot of students. I built
very close relationship with my students and their families, and
I had experienced so much loss within my own family
with gun violence, within the my school family, with the students.
Speaker 4 (31:28):
And that last year online of COVID one kids were
not in school.
Speaker 5 (31:36):
I did not have to go back into the class,
into the classroom because of my medical history as well
as some of my students.
Speaker 4 (31:45):
They remote the full year.
Speaker 5 (31:47):
And that year two of my eighth two of my
eighth graders were shot, and one of the first graders
at our school was shot and killed.
Speaker 4 (32:00):
And I told myself, this is it. This is it.
The class that was my eighth grade as.
Speaker 5 (32:06):
That were graduating, I had had most of them since
fifth grade. M So I wouldn't get like a new
group of kids until we kind of went back.
Speaker 4 (32:20):
I thought it was.
Speaker 5 (32:21):
And it had always been hard for me to just
up and leave them because I knew how much they
needed me. And I know it's a lot of teachers
that aren't good teachers, and I know that many times
students have been removed from my classroom they did not
do well they didn't do well at other schools. I
knew the community that I built in my classroom and
with my students, and it didn't carry over oftentimes in
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the educational system. M I couldn't just leave them right
every year that I wanted to do something different, I
just you know, you look at them and it's always
what about us?
Speaker 4 (32:57):
Ms Royan, What if you leave?
Speaker 1 (32:58):
What we gonna do?
Speaker 5 (32:59):
And you know what I'm saying, And I'm like, well,
believe me. Was the perfect transition. Two of my eighth
graders were shot. One was shot in the chest, she lived.
The other one was shot in the leg.
Speaker 3 (33:12):
He lived.
Speaker 5 (33:13):
But the first grader that belonged to our school was
shot and killed and a McDonald's driving drive through, and.
Speaker 3 (33:22):
I just.
Speaker 4 (33:24):
The trauma is this So I'm a huge impath. I
just couldn't do any more. It was it was taking
a toll on me. It was taking a toll on me.
Speaker 5 (33:35):
So I knew that if I took this leak at
this moment and did something drastic that I really couldn't change.
So in December, excuse me, in December December of twenty twenty,
I just packed up and left.
Speaker 4 (33:52):
My lease was over. I didn't renew it. I spoke
with my children.
Speaker 5 (33:57):
They were in full support of me leaving and trying
eat my biscuits. I talked to them about the brand
and what I wanted to do. They thought it was
a great concept. So I passed up and I left
side so I couldn't get out of the lease leave me.
When I got here, I asked myself a million what
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have I done?
Speaker 4 (34:22):
But I get to still teach in a different platform.
Speaker 5 (34:25):
Yeah, I'm still very much connected to my instead of
my students, my staff and their families.
Speaker 4 (34:31):
A lot of the same.
Speaker 5 (34:34):
Qualities that I maintained in the classroom of creating a
safe environment and creating a comfortable workspace, a family workspace.
The same thing I did in the classroom is the
same thing I do here at eat my business.
Speaker 4 (34:49):
So my I'm sorry. I have asthma.
Speaker 5 (34:54):
My girlfriend had me outside two nights ago at a
cigar shop.
Speaker 4 (34:58):
Oh no, right, okay, I'm living for since then.
Speaker 1 (35:02):
No, I just said that if you have to take
a breather, it's fine.
Speaker 4 (35:07):
It's gonna cough a little bit here and there.
Speaker 3 (35:09):
That's perfect.
Speaker 5 (35:10):
The same ideologies and community that I wanted to build
in my classroom that I did build in my classroom,
I've managed to build instead of a classroom in a
work in a work environment.
Speaker 1 (35:25):
So oh my gosh, And look that was a big leap.
Speaker 3 (35:28):
Indeed.
Speaker 1 (35:29):
I mean, you're in East Point right now, and of course,
if you think about East Point, it just offers a
rich tapestry of just history and community. And I guess
my question to you is just how have you integrated
the neighborhood's heritage or local negatives into your restaurant's atmosphere,
of course the menu, and of course community outreach.
Speaker 4 (35:51):
So I'm just learning east Point.
Speaker 5 (35:55):
So coming from Chicago, there's a lot of things about Georgia,
I did not know what I did know about Georgia.
Speaker 4 (36:02):
I knew I was going to be in the South.
Speaker 3 (36:04):
I knew that there was a.
Speaker 4 (36:06):
Lot of history in terms of I knew King, doctor
King was.
Speaker 3 (36:09):
Here right I knew it was a.
Speaker 5 (36:12):
Very influential place as it stood, you know, as it
relates to civil rights for the black communities.
Speaker 4 (36:21):
And so I knew that history, and I knew that.
Speaker 5 (36:24):
Black people here were on a very different level than
the black people that were coming out of Illinois, you know,
Illinois only being and I had restaurants in Illinois as well,
but with Illinois only being twelve to what thirteen percent black,
to come to Atlanta, to come to Georgia and experience
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black on this level all over the country, like very
few people I've met are from Atlanta. The opportunity to
be in East Point. I'm right by the airport right yes,
learn while I'm here. It is the busiest airport in
the world.
Speaker 1 (37:09):
That is correct.
Speaker 4 (37:11):
So I immediately thought about connection.
Speaker 5 (37:14):
Okay, not being from here, creating a home here, building
a business here.
Speaker 4 (37:21):
How can I connect these dots?
Speaker 5 (37:23):
And I thought East Point would be the first, like,
would be the best place to do that in terms
of still being a small community, still being a very
diverse environment. East Point has a very rich history as
it pertains to Black people. I have a restaurant in
south Shore that I just sold a month ago called
Serfs Up, and south Shore has that same rich history
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African Americans that East Point have.
Speaker 4 (37:51):
Wow, where we used to be.
Speaker 5 (37:54):
And you know where we lost it along the way,
but where we have the potential to go. I want
to be a part of that growth of where we're
moving forward. It's like we're moving forward but going backwards.
Speaker 4 (38:07):
If that makes sense right. Going back to where we
once were.
Speaker 5 (38:13):
And being in at the at the ground platform of
that for me was important absolutely being a leader to
you know, where other business will come and look, you know,
you don't want to just when I came into here,
you look around and you don't see, you know, anything
that's very eye catching, don't say anything that anybody say,
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oh I would want to come here.
Speaker 4 (38:38):
So people were visual how do we make the city
more appealing?
Speaker 5 (38:45):
And we're not having much of that here in East Point,
but having so much rich background, so much possibilities, so
much diversity. I want to be a place that welcomes
everybody to rebuild what, you know, what East Point once had.
Speaker 4 (39:01):
So I'm happy to be a part of it. I'm
happy to be at the ground level.
Speaker 5 (39:06):
And now they're doing construction and now they have bigger
projects coming, so it's exciting.
Speaker 4 (39:12):
I think that chose up absolutely absolutely.
Speaker 2 (39:15):
I think so too.
Speaker 3 (39:16):
I'll be welcome to the A. It's amazing to happy here.
Speaker 1 (39:20):
But if I had to speak on another place, would
that be considered food network?
Speaker 2 (39:25):
I would say, but.
Speaker 1 (39:28):
Most importantly just competing on the great American food from
Spotlight to eat my biscuits. So my question is what
valuable insights or momentum did that experience generate for product development, storytelling,
and of course brand strategy.
Speaker 4 (39:50):
That experience was nothing like I expected. Of course that's
fine part of me, yes, please explain. You know, you
learn quickly that really reality TV isn't very real.
Speaker 3 (40:10):
It is, but yeah, yeah, but.
Speaker 5 (40:14):
For my brand, this little girl from Chicago, you know who,
just up and moved to Atlanta. There are hundreds of
black owned, women owned restaurants in Atlanta. I don't know
if any of them haven't been on the Food Network.
So to have the opportunity to put my brand in
front of it. I think the Great Food Truck Race
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has nine to ten million viewers. So to be able
to be on a platform to introduce.
Speaker 4 (40:43):
My brand was phenomenal.
Speaker 5 (40:46):
Right, it wasn't as It wasn't a walk in the
park like I, you know, body would be.
Speaker 4 (40:54):
It was more challenging, but.
Speaker 1 (40:57):
It gave me.
Speaker 4 (41:00):
It showed that I had the grit and that I have.
Speaker 5 (41:06):
What's necessary to change on the fly, to be flexible,
to be creative. I didn't get a food truck, so
it was supposed to be nine food trucks that compete.
Speaker 4 (41:19):
There were eight food trucks and one r V.
Speaker 5 (41:23):
I have Wow, So I made a lead that So
they asked you to submit a menu and all of
these things. You submit a menu, they ask you the
equipment that you need. You tell them the equipment that
you need, they approve it, You're good to go. And
then I get there and I don't have a food truck.
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I have an RV and it's a one bad one bath.
I don't have any prep state space.
Speaker 4 (41:51):
I don't have any counters, I don't have any fryers.
Speaker 1 (41:55):
I have nothing good.
Speaker 5 (42:00):
I don't have anything that I'm supposed to have to
execute the menu that I submitted, So I had to
think on a fly.
Speaker 4 (42:10):
It definitely dimmed our light. I feel like it.
Speaker 5 (42:15):
It changed for myself and my team. It changed our
what's the word I'm looking for?
Speaker 4 (42:22):
Morale? Morale sank when I.
Speaker 5 (42:25):
Really realized they literally put me in a food truck,
like I mean, in a in an RV.
Speaker 4 (42:31):
What did I do?
Speaker 3 (42:32):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (42:34):
And especially when you see the other trucks and they're
all food trucks.
Speaker 5 (42:38):
But for branding and for you know, adding to my resume,
A lot of restaurants can't say that.
Speaker 4 (42:46):
So I'm looking for more. I'm looking for.
Speaker 5 (42:51):
I'm gonna, you know, leverage just as much as I can.
It was a great experience. And then you have a
Michelin chef, Tyler Perry, who's had this show for what
eighteen years? Now, there's the eighteenth season, so this is
the eighteenth year. So clearly it's a show, a show
that does numbers. And not once did he say my
food was bad, but to say that my biscuits reminded
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him of his grandmother's biscuits. Who's from South Carolina. So hey,
here i am in a little girl friend the stake
from the north. Yes, South biscuits in Georgia from my
Mississippi roots. So I'm thinking my Mississippi roots from Chicago,
bringing these flavors to Georgia being recognized by a Michelin
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chef compared to South Carolina biscuits.
Speaker 4 (43:37):
I think I'm on my I think I'm on my way.
I think I'm doing something good.
Speaker 3 (43:40):
I love you.
Speaker 5 (43:42):
The menu encompasses everybody. It's not just a Southern menu
or black menu or a white menu. It's or it's
a it's a menu based off of good food, fresh food,
fast food, an excellent customer service, and just pulling all
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of those components together from my Mississippi routs, my you know,
grandma cooking being in the kitchen with her coming to Atlanta.
Because Georgia's Southern is very different than Mississippi Southern.
Speaker 4 (44:18):
Yeah, and it's and styles.
Speaker 1 (44:23):
Yeah, it's absolutely I would agree. And it's funny that
you say that because you think being from the South,
it would be equal the same, right, But it's not right.
Speaker 5 (44:34):
It's not the same. And I was ignorant and did
not know that. I learned it while I was here.
How they do things how Mississippi South, Like my roots
are from my grandparents and great grandparents cooking, and we're
from Mississippi. So to come to Georgia, I'm assuming the
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taste talents will all be the same, very similar. They
are are so far and so different from what we eat,
what we eat, when we eat it, to what we
name things. I'll say one thing, they'll say another thing,
and it can be the same thing. So it's it's
very different from I never heard of potatoes being called
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home fries.
Speaker 1 (45:20):
Mm hm.
Speaker 5 (45:21):
When I say smothered potatoes on my menu, everybody's like,
what is this mothered with But for a missus Jimmy,
it's smothered with onions and seasoning. You know, Yeah, it's peppers,
it's potatoes. But here they do cubes that look like
little like squares, yeah, in circles that are shaped more
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like chips.
Speaker 4 (45:48):
But it's peppers.
Speaker 5 (45:49):
It's onions and it and it's seasoned and it and
water and oil and it creates like this juice and
the potatoes that's saltaz it.
Speaker 3 (45:57):
Oh.
Speaker 5 (45:58):
So that even with my staff, they were like, huh,
what do you do from the way I see in
my chicken because most of my staff is from Georgia,
arguing and how to.
Speaker 4 (46:11):
Make grits because they do Georgia grits. I do Mississippi
Chicago grits.
Speaker 5 (46:17):
But being kind of culminate these things together, it's been
an experience. It's it's hilarious being in the kitchen here
because they're telling me.
Speaker 4 (46:26):
That's that Chicago shit. I'm telling you that's that country
ass Georgia shit.
Speaker 5 (46:29):
So we go back and forth, but we put it
together well and I think absolute volume and the flavors.
Speaker 1 (46:40):
Now, I guess my question is I wanted you to
backtrack because I'm a big grits person. Now, tell me
a little bit about these scripts. How do you do
the grits? Now?
Speaker 3 (46:49):
I want to now explain.
Speaker 5 (46:51):
I'm scared to tell my secret. So one thing I
realized here in Atlanta.
Speaker 4 (46:58):
I've never done. They like to add a broth to grits,
like the first I had.
Speaker 5 (47:08):
I initially thought to hire a chef, but I really
didn't want to because I already knew what I wanted.
I knew my menu, I knew what I wanted, and
I know how to cook these things. It's just a
matter of me putting everything on paper and putting it
into a mini right. And he tells me you got
to put chicken broths, and it absolutely not. So that
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was one thing that kind of we bumped heads about
because I don't put chicken, you know, because I got
to make it available for everybody, right right, So starting
that that didn't last long, and neither did that cook.
Speaker 4 (47:45):
But grid is it's simple.
Speaker 5 (47:49):
It's heavy whipping cream, water, butterka and grits. But you
got it the right allens to keep it smooth. You
want to smooth clumpy. You want it creamy, but you
don't want it too gritty. But you don't want you
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want to keep the grittiness in it, but not too gritty.
You don't want sandpaper in your mouth or sand right,
but you want to know you want grits, not mashed
potatoes too. So it's a fine line amount of water,
the way you stir, and when you add these components.
Speaker 3 (48:31):
Mhmm, it comes out so delicious. I can only imagine
it does.
Speaker 5 (48:37):
It's creamy, it's just enough gritty but not too gritty.
Speaker 1 (48:42):
I believe it.
Speaker 5 (48:43):
I think I feel like Mississippi Southern cooking is a lot.
It's more simple mm hmmm. And I was big on
being simple, producing a MENI that anyone could could reproduce
right that we can cook on the flash. All of
our biscuits we make them in house. I don't have
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any sauce come here from outside. So from my honey
sauce or my cognac sauce, to my roumelade sauce, lime ricotta,
my apple glaze, my Cajun garlic butter, we make them all.
All my composts, we make them all in house. Fresh
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strawberries are sliced up. I make a compo and then
I do fresh strawberries on the side. So that when
you were doing the strawberry lemea ricotta waffle. Make the
lime ricotta in here. You put the strawberries that has
the juice. They look at little weld hit not very pretty,
but so much flavor in them. And then you put
the extra fresh strawberries on there as well.
Speaker 4 (49:46):
So the lime.
Speaker 5 (49:46):
Ricotta, the honey, the hot honey, all of that we
make in house.
Speaker 3 (49:52):
Oh wow, oh my gosh.
Speaker 5 (49:56):
You have one sauce that we use a very good
friend of mine, he's out of New York.
Speaker 4 (50:01):
He has a Liberian heritage. He makes a sauce.
Speaker 5 (50:04):
Called crew k are you that's us one line. This
sauce pairs so well with eggs omelets, chicken, shrimp. So
that is a sauce that I bring, you know, to
the side to add to it. I used to make
my own jams. Not doing that becausis just too much.
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But making biscuits and everything, yeah, are made from every day,
and we're making them throughout the shift. So you're not
getting all them biscuits two days old every times from
that day.
Speaker 1 (50:47):
Oh I outok, I am starving right now thinking about biscuits.
So please share with our listening about my biscuits and
where can I pull up?
Speaker 4 (51:04):
You asked me to share like location and I can
hear it.
Speaker 3 (51:07):
Yes, sure, I'm so sorry.
Speaker 1 (51:10):
Okay, share for our listening audience, your social media pages,
and where we can just come out and visit the
restaurant because I'm pulling out.
Speaker 3 (51:20):
I'm pulling out now, pull.
Speaker 4 (51:21):
Up, pull up, pull up a man. So you can
follow us on Instagram, Facebook and TikTok at eat Underscore
my Biscuits. That's Instagram, TikTok and Facebook eat Underscore my Biscuits.
And then our hours of operation. Well, we're located in
East Point twenty eight eighty one Main Street.
Speaker 5 (51:44):
You can google us, all right, just google Eat my Biscuits.
We are the only one. It is my brand, my name,
my trademark, everything, so we should come up fairly quickly.
And we're twenty eight eighty one Main Street, East Point.
Your and our hours are nine am until three pm
every day except for Tuesday. We are closed on Tuesdays.
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So let's holidays are up and kids are out on
that Monday, come on and eat my biscuits because we're
open on that Monday.
Speaker 3 (52:18):
And here's things for slovelies.
Speaker 1 (52:20):
Uh, Sunday is coming up for our Falcon, so let's
make sure we pull up fans, put up the game.
Speaker 4 (52:28):
What time does the game start?
Speaker 6 (52:30):
Typically the game will start at one o'clock, so they
have plenty of time and we have.
Speaker 5 (52:38):
We watch the game. We got we have a full bar,
so we do handcrafted. Well, yes, handcrafted. We have martini flights.
I think you get three martinis for twenty five dollars.
Love it bottomless mimosa? Yes, the two nice you know,
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nice ice cream where if you're sitting at the bar
and watch the Falcons or your favorite team.
Speaker 1 (53:06):
Of course, thank you so much for going on. This
has been amazing. Look I am not joking here. I'm
pulling up. Listen, watch out for me because I'm coming
to East Point, Georgia.
Speaker 4 (53:17):
Okay, hey, I'm ready. I stay ready, always ready.
Speaker 6 (53:22):
Okay, thank you so much. And before you leave, I
know you are not necessarily from Georgia, but you are
a part of our community. If there is a special
sports team that you love outside of the norm of
our atliens, go ahead and plug it in right now.
I will give you that opportunity.
Speaker 5 (53:43):
You know what, I am not a sports person, so
I'm gonna go with whatever my son would go with.
And my son will say he is a fan wherever
Lebron is. That's all I have to say.
Speaker 3 (53:58):
Yes, that would be la.
Speaker 4 (54:01):
So rever LEBRONI That's what I'm rocking and rolling with.
And if he's the long in the league, I don't
know who I'm going with. Maybe his son.
Speaker 3 (54:09):
We'll try to work with you on that. We'll try
to get you to become a Hots fan. We'll see
what we can do.
Speaker 4 (54:14):
Okay, okay, we'll work on that. I've been to another
now I don't know.
Speaker 2 (54:22):
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It's twenty twenty five. Lunis continues to be all around.
I have always said I am the Queen of Elves,
taken else left and right. I swear if there was
any such person, I am she and she is hot.
But listen, in all fairness, I can say the same
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Welcome back to Sports and Lovelies. You're now tuned into
another episode of Chicks in the Sports where we keep
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Labor Day just happened on Monday, and whoa cat? Anyone say,
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barbiecu Well for me, it was all about to be
on burgers, hold the cheese, Not for me, thank you
very much. But AnyWho, I hoped you had a wonderful
labor day and enjoyed some I guess what quiet time,
maybe some rest and enjoy its family time most importantly,
but listen, speaking of delicious eats after the break, we
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got a guess who specializes in math ordering biscuits. Yes,
sports lovelies, we're talking about buttery, flaky perfection you just
want to sink your teeth into. But first, hold on
to your hats, because the NFL is a back baby. Listen,
the regular season is here and you already know we're
(02:01):
breaking it all down for you. But stick around for
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Like I told you, sports lovelies, the NFL is back.
Atlanta Falcons have wrapped up their preseason play with the
thirty one to thirteen lost to the Dallas Cowboys on
August twenty second. Now listen, quarterback Joe Milton stole the
short putting up two touchdowns, one passing one rushing to
keep Atlanta chasing all night long. But here's the big
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news out of the Falcons camp. Six players have been
named two team captains for the twenty twenty five season.
Jesse Bates, Katie Elis, Chris Lundstrom, Jake Matthews, and Michael
Pennis Junior and of course Bradley Pan will be leading
the way for the season now. Bates is now a
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three time captain after a huge twenty twenty four where
he posted one hundred and two tackles and became the
only player in the league with four interceptions and four
forrest fumbles. Elis earned captain status for the first time
first off team leading one hundred and fifty tackles on
the O line. Lyndstrom returns as captain for a second season,
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while Mathis, who started one hundred and seventy eight straight games,
the longest streak in franchise history, enter six fifth year
wearing the seed. Now listen new leaders stepping in with
the ricky quarterback Michael Pennis Junior and veteran punter Bradley Pinion,
one of the NFL's most consistent specialists for more than
a decade. Now, with this mix of experience and of course,
(04:16):
fresh energy, the Falcons are building a leadership corps for
fans can rally behind both on field and.
Speaker 3 (04:23):
In the locker room.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
And you know what week one is coming up? It's
upon us. The regular season kicks off on Sunday, September
to seventh at one o'clock and you know where it's
going down at the bench where the Falcons will host
the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Yes, so buckle up, sports lovelies,
it's game time. Rise up, and make sure you hit
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Sports selevelies, Listen, Hawks fans.
Speaker 4 (05:01):
The wait is finally Ova.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
The Atlanta Hawks will tip off the twenty twenty five
to twenty six season on Wednesday, October twenty second, right
at State Farm Arena. It's Opening Night, presented by State
Farm Assahawks hosts there Toronto Raptors, Yes, those old Toronto
Raptors at seven point thirty and listen, listen. It won't
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be long before another big one the defending champs. Yes,
ok see, Oklahoma City. Yes, we'll be in town just
a few days later. Now, Atlanta Hawks are adding two
familiar faces to the roster. The team announced that they've
signed fort Javian Johnson and guard Dwhite Murray Junior. In
terms of the deals were not disclosed. Now Johnson, a
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six foot six Ford, brings G league and international experience.
He spent the past two season with the Santa Cruz Warriors,
averaging middley twelve points per game, and also suited up
for the Hawks in summerly. The Decatur, Alabama native also
played two years overseas in Venezuela after a college career
at Troy, Iowa State and DePaul. Now Murray Junior, a
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six foot guard from Astelle, Georgia, is coming off a
strong year with the College Sports Skyouts, averaging nine points,
five assists, and four rebounds. He also appeared in Summer
League ASH with the Hawks. Before that, he played overseas.
And look, it's going to be some great action from
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our atl Hawks squad. Two versatile players, bothat Ties to
Atlanta now officially part of the Atlanta Hawks family, keeping
it too to Atlanta. Now, look, guys, this season Atlanta
gets the national spotlight with thirteen televised games across ESPN, EBC, Peacock,
and EBA on Prime. They'll circle November fourth. Are your
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calendars because that's the hawks first NBC broadcast since nineteen
ninety nine. I Guess Orlando, followed by nover the eighth
Showdown with the Lakers. Now, December brings a five homestand
January's of road tests. And don't forget, the Hawks are
in the Emirates NBA Cup with two special Hawk Cup
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nights at home. Now listen, guys. Tickets for opening night
and early matchups are currently on sale, so you know
you want to get some tickets to go. Represent your
hometown team, represent your team, represent ice Tray and of
course the squad at hots dot com. Make sure you
get all that information, buy your tickets, be there or
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b square and listen off court. There was some big moves.
There were some big moves now. The Atlanta Journal Constitution
named the Hawks and State Farm Arena a twenty twenty
five Top workplace. That's the third time since twenty twenty
one improven. This team doesn't just build winds on the floor,
they building a culture where people can thrivee Now, it's
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going down. It's gonna be exciting season for so get
ready to cheer on our atl Hawks. Trust me, you
don't want to miss it. Let's go Hawks. Let's go now.
Let's kick it over to you know, from some hoops
to the page. Let's go to Atlanta United News our
five Strides. Finally I got a gun on the road.
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The Five Shirts grabbed their first away when of the season.
Listen Saturday night EDG in Nashville sc one to zero.
Speaker 3 (08:26):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (08:27):
The hero the other night was Ronald Hernandez, who buried
a header in a twenty fifth minute off a pinpoint
cross from Stephen Alsay. From there, it was Jana Hebetts show.
The nineteen year old keeper made seven saves stretch to
shout out street to two hundred and two minutes and
now has back to back clean sheets while going un
beating his first three career starts. Now listen, it's not
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just when SA Atlanta is celebrating. Nine players have earned
international call ups for September. Feet for Window, Marian is
back with Parguis Jurans Venezuela, and he even gets his
first senior call up with Canada on top of that,
bringing Chunky and Sinchez head out with the US youth squads,
while Lagnize, Marychuck and Sleeves all joined their national team
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as well. Now look, guys, Luk sports lovelies, our team
Atlanta United will be back in MLS action September thirteenth,
hosting Columbus Crew at the Bench Stadium. We got a
ride and roll for the five Strikes, hoping they'll continue
on the winning momentum. Let's go five strikes, Let's go.
(09:35):
Now sports levels back on the ice with the Atlanta
Gladiators News. Now look Big Roster news out of Dulu
As the Atlanta United Gladiator Team continue building their twenty
twenty five twenty six squad, so just market calendars. Player
signings are being announced live on the Gladiators YouTube channel
every Tuesday and Thursday at six pm Eastern Standard Time,
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so make sure you subscribe. Stay up to as the
roster comes together. Now, Gladiator fans, the Countdown to Pluck
Drop is officially on Yes. Opening Night builds down October
eighteenth versus Utah. The Pop drops on season twenty three
with the Gladiator themes Specialty, Jersey, Hype, energy, and a
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building that's gonna be rocking. Now listen Sunday, October nineteenth,
It's time for the kids to take over. Yes, Bluies
will be in the building, the Angle Blues game return,
and trust me, the little ones are gonna go insane,
so trust's it's gonna be so fun and amazing. Then
moving on till November, mark your calendar for Glad's Fight
(10:41):
Cancer Night on the twenty second, a powerful evening where
they'll be honoring survivors, remember those we've lost, and rallying
behind the fight and guess what else will be happening.
College Nights are back, Yes, with discounty tickets for students
on multiple nights from November twenty six fourth March eighteenth.
(11:01):
It's time to throw on your school colors and squat
out team. Yes, squat up for your school now look
Sport's lovelies, Matt's holiday party, do not forget it's going
down into December, and also what's going down in December's
Marvel Night on December nineteenth, Country Night, Yes, where y'all
boot's at on December twenty seventh, and yes, look listen,
(11:27):
listen Linda. Yes there is even Star Wars Night coming
January third, So may the first be with the glass
and please do not sleep on Teddy Bears Alls Night
on February fourteenth, and you know what day that is,
Sweetheart Day, the only Times day. Super here your loved one,
your special blue and of course your Teddy Bear, so
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you can toss it on the ice after the first glass,
go and spread some love to kids in me now.
Of course, closing it all out will be Fan Appreciation
Night on April tenth. It's going to be the fine
a home game of the season and a did thank
you to the loudest, proudest fans in ec h L. Seriously,
there's something for everyone this season. Theme jerseys, kid freeling games,
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community vibes, and then saw action on the ice. So
grab your tickets, plan your fits and We'll see you
at Gas South Arena. Let's go, glads, let's go. Coming
up after the rate, it's gonna be time to trade
in eskates from what some spikes? Yeah, we got you,
We got you with some It's so vibe. It's so vibe. Yes,
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Atlanta Vite Volleyball news this net. So don't you dare
go anywhere because we'll be bete welcome. That's locou that
firs love Lease volleyball fans. Big news is Atlanta Vike
kick off the twenty twenty six free agency I re
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signing three of their biggest starts, Leah Edman, Corey Lewis,
and Aco Jones, all returning to anchor the teams championship
run next season. Now listens first law Lives listen. There
is some new news, some new updates. Yes, professional women's volleyball. Yes,
the Pro Volleyball Federation and Major League Volleyball are merging
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into one unified league officially branded as Major League Volleyball
or MLV. This new MLV will be the longest running
pro women's volleyball league in US history, with independently owned
teams in marketing. Of course, this brings enhanced governess Martin ownership, theaters,
and a fresh approach to player and fan engagement. Now,
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the league's first two seasons, I've been huge. Over eighty million,
I said it, and I'll say it in eighty million
social impressions, nearly one million engagement, two hundred and fifty
thousand followers and seven hundred and fifty thousand fans attending
live games, plus forty five nationalized televised matches, including a
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four hundred and forty five thousand view were All Star
Match on CBS.
Speaker 3 (14:07):
Now.
Speaker 1 (14:08):
The newly unified MLV officially launched this January twenty twenty six,
marking the star of its third season with teams in
atl Columbus, Dallas, Grand Rapids, Indianapolis, Omaha, Orlando, San Diego
and plans to expand in twenty twenty seven. Now listen,
the twenty twenty six season is here, and look, free
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agency is upon us, and look, teams are building a
rosters for championship chase. Right So stay tuned right here
for all the latest five updates and big news as
the twenty twenty six MLB season heats up. Because you
already know, it's a vib It's a vibe. It's a vibe. Yes,
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swirs legally it's coming up after the break. We got
this t straight from the US Open. Yes, let's talk
about so it takes the wind, but not without some
serious postmatch drama. Stick around. You don't want to miss
this one. Don't you go nowhere? We'll be bad. Look back,
(15:19):
welcome back, spears elevely, it's time to spell a little
tennis t straight from the US Open.
Speaker 2 (15:25):
Now.
Speaker 1 (15:26):
Listen. I don't know if you saw it, but Taylor
Townsend and Lena Ostapinco didn't just battle on a court. No,
that's Wednesday. They carried the tensure and right into the handshake. Yes,
all boil down to the handshake. No, Taylor, a black
American you know, and world number one in doubles, beat
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Ostapinka seventy five and six to one to move into
the third round. But instead of a good match, Taylor says,
Jolena told her she had no class, no education and
snap snap, and even warned her she's she will see
her outside of America. Excuse me, yes, that's what she said.
Speaker 2 (16:11):
Now.
Speaker 1 (16:11):
Naturally, you know, media people, reporters kind of went to
Taylor and pressed her about, you know, the postmatch you know,
just talked about you know, hey, what was the deal,
you know, asking if she thought those words carried some
kind of racial undertone. Now, Taylor did respond in a
(16:31):
very calm and positive manner. She said, you know, calmly, No,
she didn't take it that way, which honestly is about
just the classy, you know, just the classy. So here's
the thing. We always want to remain having, you know,
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some sportsmanship in sports, right, just because that whole realm
up just continuing to empower each other. Of course, we
know that doesn't always happen like that, you know, sometimes
people get upset, sometimes people get mad. But here's the thing,
you know, Elena, she threw shade Taylor moving forward in
(17:17):
a tournament and maybe showing us all the best comeback
is a scoreboard and classiness. You know, no, class I
don't know what that mean. But here's the theme. You know, Linda, listen,
when you win a street sets, Darling, that's the only
clap that you really need. So before we close out
this week of Tea Sports Tea, I have to say something,
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you know, because look, it's a lot going on. It's
a lot going up, Naomi Asatha looks every bit like
the gram Slam super started. We remember her to be,
you know, dictating rallies, striking winners and confidence and never
letting up on her opponent. Now golf settled into to
her rhythm. For Coco, it was a tough night against
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her opponent and firing on all squads. And I just
want to say this. Can I just say what a
showdown you know we had at the US Open. It
was a battle of past championships. Naomi absolutely delivered, powering
past Cocoa Golf. Look, sportsmanship, there was nothing but positivity
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all the way around. This win definitely put Asaka back
in a quarterfinals quarterfinals, marking her strongest Slam run since
her twenty twenty one Australian Open titles. And let's be real,
if she keeps playing with this kind of fire, she's
going to be a serious contender to lift the trophy
in NYC once again. But listen, guys, Naomi is officially
(18:46):
back in the midst. Look, we still see you Coco again. Sportsmanship. Yes,
let's continue that on. Let's continue do and that is
my sports tea. Were the we coming up at the
ring is w NBA, Stay tuned, will be bad. Oh
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welcome back to Loco Backs first level is that time
WNBA news okay on games first, Levelly Let's sen Dream
fans the way it is over at Atlanta Dreams are.
Speaker 2 (19:34):
Officially playoff fall Yeah. For the first time.
Speaker 1 (19:37):
Since twenty eighteen, the Dream have clunched a postseason fought
Angela they didn't install. On Friday Night, August twenty ninth,
Atlanta made a statement win at one hundred and seventy
eight win over the Dallas Wings, securing their twenty fifth
victory of the season and extending a franchise record for
most wins in a single season. Now Listena Dream did
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not stop their honey snow sports loveliest. They carried that
momentum into Connecticut, taking down the Sun ninety three to
seventy six on money for the win number twenty cents,
Win number twenty six. Ryan Howard let the way with
twenty three points. Noles Tillman knocked down a career high
five to three, and Alicia Gray was perfect from the
line eleven four eleven and Breonna Jones Yes set a
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new franchise record for offensive rebounds in Jordan, Canada. She
returned with a smooth fifteen point performance. Now, listen, dream fans,
let's talk history. Head coach Carl Yes Smeckl just nots
his twenty six win of the season, tying Beckinghamon's twenty
twenty two record for the second most wins. Everybody, a
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first year WNBA head coach that puts him in just
two wins shy of Michael Cooper's all time mark of
twenty eight from two thousand. Now, it's just not about wins, right,
it's how he's getting them. Smeckel has built a team
that just plays with energy, balance and championship level boys.
From Alicia Gray leading the scoring to Ryan Howard dominating
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on both ends, and listen, Brianna Jones control of the paint.
The squad is firing on all cylinders. Now for a minute,
can we just mention at Leasha great a foot treekend
at Leasta Gray is officially Atlanta Dreams all time single
season scoring leader. That's right, Gray has some pass franchise
legend angel of a Cartry mark of seven hundred and
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sixteen points to set a new high watermark for points
in a single season. And this is just another stat line.
It's been a full year of career highs for this
MVP chatter. You know, we're talking about chattering up about
l Is she the nuts MVP for the Dream? I
think she just might be? And of course record chattering moments.
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Gray has been at the center of it all, from
clutch shots to consistent scoring night in and out. You listen,
night in, night out. She is the one, the chosen one.
She's been the heartbeat of this team's offense. Now milestones
cement her legacy and Dreams history and just you know,
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the fans just another reason too be excited about Atlanta
heading into the playoffs. Now great isn't just putting up points.
She's put on a show, leading by example and proven
that the Dream is ready to complete. Listen, they are
ready to compete at the highest level. So stay tuned,
Dream fans, stay tuned because Alicia Gray in her prime.
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The records aren't just being challenged, they're being rewritten. Now listen,
we're talking about the team is clicking at a perfect time,
and now playoff is We're ready. We're ready. Next step
the Dream had back home to face sparks to night
at Gateway Center Arena Tip office at seven thirty, So
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you just better not miss it dream fans now listen.
In wa NBA history there has been made. We're breaking records,
breaking barriers. On August twenty first, the league officially set
a new single season attendance record, with more than two
point five million fans packing arenas this year. That previous
march stood all the way back in two thousand and two.
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But here's the kicker. Back then, the league only had
sixteen teams. Today we just have thirteen. The record was
shattered and fewer games with three weeks still left in
the season. Now the search isn't just about numbers. It's
about momentum. From Caitlin Clark's Ricky buzz to Asa Wilson's dominance.
From sellout prouts in Vegas and of course Atlanta, we
got to include that New York to record breaking nights
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in Indiana. The WNBA has turned games into full on events.
The league has never been louder, prouder, or more in demand.
And I can tell you this with this playoff just
around the corner, sports lovely. One thing that's for certain.
The seats will be full, the energy will be high.
In history, it's just about to be made. And look
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not only being made, it's gonna be sold out. So
WNBA don't just have fans now it has a movement
and that is your WNBA news for the way.
Speaker 4 (24:07):
Stay tuned.
Speaker 1 (24:08):
The saga is far from over. Sports Levely sports lovelies,
check out atl Dreaming the podcast. It proves the best
dreams happen on the hardwood, hosted by my brother from
another mother, Edwin Powell, and of course your girl the
subber Glinks where Snaeceaya Kiri Thomas from TIPA to the
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final buzzer. We keep the dream alive. We're bringing you highlights,
hot takes, and all the behind the singing vibes from
our atl Dream team. So be sure to tune in
and subscribe to your favorite streaming platform because with Atlanta
Dream Basketball, we don't just cover the game. We live it,
We dream it, and we talk about it. Don't miss
(24:50):
it atl Dreaming Podcasts. Dreaming everywhere you get your podcasts.
Don't you go anywhere your spirits, lovelies, because coming up
after the rate, I got your s M H O
G moment and listen, I'm gonna have you clutching your pearls.
Let's just say stay tuned. We'll be.
Speaker 5 (25:31):
What my god, oh no she didn't.
Speaker 1 (25:37):
Oh no she didn't. Oh oh no this what for didn't?
What are back on to that?
Speaker 4 (25:49):
Spirits?
Speaker 1 (25:49):
Love, ladies, let me tell you something. Sm h o G.
Moment is a pioness and I am definitely shaking my
head and oh my goodness, she did what so picture this.
I spilt the tea all over my dad'sking phone and
then tennis start. Taylor Townsend went and gave me even
more to clean up. But listen, Taylor got the dub
at the US Open, beating Yolena, but instead of the
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handshake and of course some good old sportsmanship, Lena hit
her with that no class and no education fingerway right.
The drama didn't stop there. Elena jumped on social media
claiming people were calling her racist, saying she's never been
racist and that Taylor was actually the disrespectful one for
not apologizing after a that chord point and look, oh listen,
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she even complained about Taylor's warmart. Girl really but that's
okay because yes to what Naomi, she's back again. Naoia
osaka the Porty Grand slam cham came to Taylor's defense.
Say you listen. Jolena's comments were ill time aimed at
the worst possible person is straight up terrible. Naomi even
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at it. I know she's never going to say that
ever again. But listen, Taylor, scoreboard did the talking, Naomi
brought the receipts and yolayna will let's just say here,
she brought the fingers wap. But bless the sweetheart. Bless
the sweetheart, because here's the thing. Listen, you live and
learn sportsmanship. We just talked about it. Can we have sportsmanship? Ladies, ladies, everyone,
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calm down, Calm down, we need sportsmanship in tennis. Let's
get it together. It's there. We need a hello. Naomi
and Coco showed you it's all good. We love it though. Listen, Taylor, congratulations, Lena,
keep fighting, Coco, keep fighting, and look all all about
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lifting our ladies in sports. And this is my essmate
onngie moment. Further one, be sure to check out Chicks
in the Sports for further sports and his phonts on
the face with Twitter x oh whatever I call her
these days and it it's up on the ground. And
if you're listening like I hire you're a Spotify be
sure to give us five stars. However, wherever you do
it and let us know your thoughts on social media
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coming out after the ray. It's my special guests, stay tuned,
will be there. Welcome back, Welcome back to sports celevelies.
(28:37):
My next guest is a dynamic owner of Eat my Biscuits.
Sports Lovelies, please join me and give me a warm
welcome to Vanatta Roy too. Chicks in the Sports, Well
but Data, thank you so much for joining us here
at Chicks and the Sports. You're the founder of Eat
my Biscuits. But I definitely wanted to ask you just
talk about just how it all began. You know, you
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begin your career as a special education teacher, and then
I just want to know, like what specific lessons from
that classroom shaped your approach to lunching and running Eat
my Biscuits, particularly in terms of leadership, empathy, and of
course mentorship.
Speaker 4 (29:16):
Oh wow, that's a very deep question.
Speaker 5 (29:18):
It's a lot of components. I gotta break it down.
I was a specially as a special education teacher for
the bulk of my educational career. Started teaching when I
was about twenty two to twenty three. Taught in total
for about twenty five years, eighteen years in special education
so I'm gonna need you to bear with me and
break that question down kind of peace. No wraries the
(29:42):
first part of the question, you know, with asking how
did I transition from education into the restaurant industry. Yes, okay,
basically as a child, I've you know, a few things.
I love to do, playhouse, play school, and play restaurant.
Speaker 4 (30:02):
Although I never.
Speaker 5 (30:04):
I didn't want to be a mom, I did not
want to be a teacher, and I never wanted to
own a restaurant.
Speaker 3 (30:10):
Wow.
Speaker 5 (30:11):
And that's why I think sometimes it's just what God
puts in you. Because I am a mother, I down
a restaurant, and I was a teacher. Wow, all things
that were innately in me as a child.
Speaker 4 (30:27):
I pretty much.
Speaker 5 (30:28):
Made the full time position transition over COVID. That's when
I decided. I learned how different education had become, and
I really had the passion for being in the classroom
and being.
Speaker 4 (30:45):
With my students. Wow.
Speaker 5 (30:47):
And it's been something I've been wanting to get away
from from for a while because of the democraphics in
which I teach. I taught in Humble Park, which is
one of the most drug infested communities in America, but
of course with drugs, there's poverty, there's this function, there's violence.
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So I had lost a lot of students. I built
very close relationship with my students and their families, and
I had experienced so much loss within my own family
with gun violence, within the my school family, with the students.
Speaker 4 (31:28):
And that last year online of COVID one kids were
not in school.
Speaker 5 (31:36):
I did not have to go back into the class,
into the classroom because of my medical history as well
as some of my students.
Speaker 4 (31:45):
They remote the full year.
Speaker 5 (31:47):
And that year two of my eighth two of my
eighth graders were shot, and one of the first graders
at our school was shot and killed.
Speaker 4 (32:00):
And I told myself, this is it. This is it.
The class that was my eighth grade as.
Speaker 5 (32:06):
That were graduating, I had had most of them since
fifth grade. M So I wouldn't get like a new
group of kids until we kind of went back.
Speaker 4 (32:20):
I thought it was.
Speaker 5 (32:21):
And it had always been hard for me to just
up and leave them because I knew how much they
needed me. And I know it's a lot of teachers
that aren't good teachers, and I know that many times
students have been removed from my classroom they did not
do well they didn't do well at other schools. I
knew the community that I built in my classroom and
with my students, and it didn't carry over oftentimes in
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the educational system. M I couldn't just leave them right
every year that I wanted to do something different, I
just you know, you look at them and it's always
what about us?
Speaker 4 (32:57):
Ms Royan, What if you leave?
Speaker 1 (32:58):
What we gonna do?
Speaker 5 (32:59):
And you know what I'm saying, And I'm like, well,
believe me. Was the perfect transition. Two of my eighth
graders were shot. One was shot in the chest, she lived.
The other one was shot in the leg.
Speaker 3 (33:12):
He lived.
Speaker 5 (33:13):
But the first grader that belonged to our school was
shot and killed and a McDonald's driving drive through, and.
Speaker 3 (33:22):
I just.
Speaker 4 (33:24):
The trauma is this So I'm a huge impath. I
just couldn't do any more. It was it was taking
a toll on me. It was taking a toll on me.
Speaker 5 (33:35):
So I knew that if I took this leak at
this moment and did something drastic that I really couldn't change.
So in December, excuse me, in December December of twenty twenty,
I just packed up and left.
Speaker 4 (33:52):
My lease was over. I didn't renew it. I spoke
with my children.
Speaker 5 (33:57):
They were in full support of me leaving and trying
eat my biscuits. I talked to them about the brand
and what I wanted to do. They thought it was
a great concept. So I passed up and I left
side so I couldn't get out of the lease leave me.
When I got here, I asked myself a million what
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have I done?
Speaker 4 (34:22):
But I get to still teach in a different platform.
Speaker 5 (34:25):
Yeah, I'm still very much connected to my instead of
my students, my staff and their families.
Speaker 4 (34:31):
A lot of the same.
Speaker 5 (34:34):
Qualities that I maintained in the classroom of creating a
safe environment and creating a comfortable workspace, a family workspace.
The same thing I did in the classroom is the
same thing I do here at eat my business.
Speaker 4 (34:49):
So my I'm sorry. I have asthma.
Speaker 5 (34:54):
My girlfriend had me outside two nights ago at a
cigar shop.
Speaker 4 (34:58):
Oh no, right, okay, I'm living for since then.
Speaker 1 (35:02):
No, I just said that if you have to take
a breather, it's fine.
Speaker 4 (35:07):
It's gonna cough a little bit here and there.
Speaker 3 (35:09):
That's perfect.
Speaker 5 (35:10):
The same ideologies and community that I wanted to build
in my classroom that I did build in my classroom,
I've managed to build instead of a classroom in a
work in a work environment.
Speaker 1 (35:25):
So oh my gosh, And look that was a big leap.
Speaker 3 (35:28):
Indeed.
Speaker 1 (35:29):
I mean, you're in East Point right now, and of course,
if you think about East Point, it just offers a
rich tapestry of just history and community. And I guess
my question to you is just how have you integrated
the neighborhood's heritage or local negatives into your restaurant's atmosphere,
of course the menu, and of course community outreach.
Speaker 4 (35:51):
So I'm just learning east Point.
Speaker 5 (35:55):
So coming from Chicago, there's a lot of things about Georgia,
I did not know what I did know about Georgia.
Speaker 4 (36:02):
I knew I was going to be in the South.
Speaker 3 (36:04):
I knew that there was a.
Speaker 4 (36:06):
Lot of history in terms of I knew King, doctor
King was.
Speaker 3 (36:09):
Here right I knew it was a.
Speaker 5 (36:12):
Very influential place as it stood, you know, as it
relates to civil rights for the black communities.
Speaker 4 (36:21):
And so I knew that history, and I knew that.
Speaker 5 (36:24):
Black people here were on a very different level than
the black people that were coming out of Illinois, you know,
Illinois only being and I had restaurants in Illinois as well,
but with Illinois only being twelve to what thirteen percent black,
to come to Atlanta, to come to Georgia and experience
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black on this level all over the country, like very
few people I've met are from Atlanta. The opportunity to
be in East Point. I'm right by the airport right yes,
learn while I'm here. It is the busiest airport in
the world.
Speaker 1 (37:09):
That is correct.
Speaker 4 (37:11):
So I immediately thought about connection.
Speaker 5 (37:14):
Okay, not being from here, creating a home here, building
a business here.
Speaker 4 (37:21):
How can I connect these dots?
Speaker 5 (37:23):
And I thought East Point would be the first, like,
would be the best place to do that in terms
of still being a small community, still being a very
diverse environment. East Point has a very rich history as
it pertains to Black people. I have a restaurant in
south Shore that I just sold a month ago called
Serfs Up, and south Shore has that same rich history
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African Americans that East Point have.
Speaker 4 (37:51):
Wow, where we used to be.
Speaker 5 (37:54):
And you know where we lost it along the way,
but where we have the potential to go. I want
to be a part of that growth of where we're
moving forward. It's like we're moving forward but going backwards.
Speaker 4 (38:07):
If that makes sense right. Going back to where we
once were.
Speaker 5 (38:13):
And being in at the at the ground platform of
that for me was important absolutely being a leader to
you know, where other business will come and look, you know,
you don't want to just when I came into here,
you look around and you don't see, you know, anything
that's very eye catching, don't say anything that anybody say,
(38:35):
oh I would want to come here.
Speaker 4 (38:38):
So people were visual how do we make the city
more appealing?
Speaker 5 (38:45):
And we're not having much of that here in East Point,
but having so much rich background, so much possibilities, so
much diversity. I want to be a place that welcomes
everybody to rebuild what, you know, what East Point once had.
Speaker 4 (39:01):
So I'm happy to be a part of it. I'm
happy to be at the ground level.
Speaker 5 (39:06):
And now they're doing construction and now they have bigger
projects coming, so it's exciting.
Speaker 4 (39:12):
I think that chose up absolutely absolutely.
Speaker 2 (39:15):
I think so too.
Speaker 3 (39:16):
I'll be welcome to the A. It's amazing to happy here.
Speaker 1 (39:20):
But if I had to speak on another place, would
that be considered food network?
Speaker 2 (39:25):
I would say, but.
Speaker 1 (39:28):
Most importantly just competing on the great American food from
Spotlight to eat my biscuits. So my question is what
valuable insights or momentum did that experience generate for product development, storytelling,
and of course brand strategy.
Speaker 4 (39:50):
That experience was nothing like I expected. Of course that's
fine part of me, yes, please explain. You know, you
learn quickly that really reality TV isn't very real.
Speaker 3 (40:10):
It is, but yeah, yeah, but.
Speaker 5 (40:14):
For my brand, this little girl from Chicago, you know who,
just up and moved to Atlanta. There are hundreds of
black owned, women owned restaurants in Atlanta. I don't know
if any of them haven't been on the Food Network.
So to have the opportunity to put my brand in
front of it. I think the Great Food Truck Race
(40:36):
has nine to ten million viewers. So to be able
to be on a platform to introduce.
Speaker 4 (40:43):
My brand was phenomenal.
Speaker 5 (40:46):
Right, it wasn't as It wasn't a walk in the
park like I, you know, body would be.
Speaker 4 (40:54):
It was more challenging, but.
Speaker 1 (40:57):
It gave me.
Speaker 4 (41:00):
It showed that I had the grit and that I have.
Speaker 5 (41:06):
What's necessary to change on the fly, to be flexible,
to be creative. I didn't get a food truck, so
it was supposed to be nine food trucks that compete.
Speaker 4 (41:19):
There were eight food trucks and one r V.
Speaker 5 (41:23):
I have Wow, So I made a lead that So
they asked you to submit a menu and all of
these things. You submit a menu, they ask you the
equipment that you need. You tell them the equipment that
you need, they approve it, You're good to go. And
then I get there and I don't have a food truck.
(41:43):
I have an RV and it's a one bad one bath.
I don't have any prep state space.
Speaker 4 (41:51):
I don't have any counters, I don't have any fryers.
Speaker 1 (41:55):
I have nothing good.
Speaker 5 (42:00):
I don't have anything that I'm supposed to have to
execute the menu that I submitted, So I had to
think on a fly.
Speaker 4 (42:10):
It definitely dimmed our light. I feel like it.
Speaker 5 (42:15):
It changed for myself and my team. It changed our
what's the word I'm looking for?
Speaker 4 (42:22):
Morale? Morale sank when I.
Speaker 5 (42:25):
Really realized they literally put me in a food truck,
like I mean, in a in an RV.
Speaker 4 (42:31):
What did I do?
Speaker 3 (42:32):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (42:34):
And especially when you see the other trucks and they're
all food trucks.
Speaker 5 (42:38):
But for branding and for you know, adding to my resume,
A lot of restaurants can't say that.
Speaker 4 (42:46):
So I'm looking for more. I'm looking for.
Speaker 5 (42:51):
I'm gonna, you know, leverage just as much as I can.
It was a great experience. And then you have a
Michelin chef, Tyler Perry, who's had this show for what
eighteen years? Now, there's the eighteenth season, so this is
the eighteenth year. So clearly it's a show, a show
that does numbers. And not once did he say my
food was bad, but to say that my biscuits reminded
(43:11):
him of his grandmother's biscuits. Who's from South Carolina. So hey,
here i am in a little girl friend the stake
from the north. Yes, South biscuits in Georgia from my
Mississippi roots. So I'm thinking my Mississippi roots from Chicago,
bringing these flavors to Georgia being recognized by a Michelin
(43:34):
chef compared to South Carolina biscuits.
Speaker 4 (43:37):
I think I'm on my I think I'm on my way.
I think I'm doing something good.
Speaker 3 (43:40):
I love you.
Speaker 5 (43:42):
The menu encompasses everybody. It's not just a Southern menu
or black menu or a white menu. It's or it's
a it's a menu based off of good food, fresh food,
fast food, an excellent customer service, and just pulling all
(44:03):
of those components together from my Mississippi routs, my you know,
grandma cooking being in the kitchen with her coming to Atlanta.
Because Georgia's Southern is very different than Mississippi Southern.
Speaker 4 (44:18):
Yeah, and it's and styles.
Speaker 1 (44:23):
Yeah, it's absolutely I would agree. And it's funny that
you say that because you think being from the South,
it would be equal the same, right, But it's not right.
Speaker 5 (44:34):
It's not the same. And I was ignorant and did
not know that. I learned it while I was here.
How they do things how Mississippi South, Like my roots
are from my grandparents and great grandparents cooking, and we're
from Mississippi. So to come to Georgia, I'm assuming the
(44:55):
taste talents will all be the same, very similar. They
are are so far and so different from what we eat,
what we eat, when we eat it, to what we
name things. I'll say one thing, they'll say another thing,
and it can be the same thing. So it's it's
very different from I never heard of potatoes being called
(45:18):
home fries.
Speaker 1 (45:20):
Mm hm.
Speaker 5 (45:21):
When I say smothered potatoes on my menu, everybody's like,
what is this mothered with But for a missus Jimmy,
it's smothered with onions and seasoning. You know, Yeah, it's peppers,
it's potatoes. But here they do cubes that look like
little like squares, yeah, in circles that are shaped more
(45:47):
like chips.
Speaker 4 (45:48):
But it's peppers.
Speaker 5 (45:49):
It's onions and it and it's seasoned and it and
water and oil and it creates like this juice and
the potatoes that's saltaz it.
Speaker 3 (45:57):
Oh.
Speaker 5 (45:58):
So that even with my staff, they were like, huh,
what do you do from the way I see in
my chicken because most of my staff is from Georgia,
arguing and how to.
Speaker 4 (46:11):
Make grits because they do Georgia grits. I do Mississippi
Chicago grits.
Speaker 5 (46:17):
But being kind of culminate these things together, it's been
an experience. It's it's hilarious being in the kitchen here
because they're telling me.
Speaker 4 (46:26):
That's that Chicago shit. I'm telling you that's that country
ass Georgia shit.
Speaker 5 (46:29):
So we go back and forth, but we put it
together well and I think absolute volume and the flavors.
Speaker 1 (46:40):
Now, I guess my question is I wanted you to
backtrack because I'm a big grits person. Now, tell me
a little bit about these scripts. How do you do
the grits? Now?
Speaker 3 (46:49):
I want to now explain.
Speaker 5 (46:51):
I'm scared to tell my secret. So one thing I
realized here in Atlanta.
Speaker 4 (46:58):
I've never done. They like to add a broth to grits,
like the first I had.
Speaker 5 (47:08):
I initially thought to hire a chef, but I really
didn't want to because I already knew what I wanted.
I knew my menu, I knew what I wanted, and
I know how to cook these things. It's just a
matter of me putting everything on paper and putting it
into a mini right. And he tells me you got
to put chicken broths, and it absolutely not. So that
(47:31):
was one thing that kind of we bumped heads about
because I don't put chicken, you know, because I got
to make it available for everybody, right right, So starting
that that didn't last long, and neither did that cook.
Speaker 4 (47:45):
But grid is it's simple.
Speaker 5 (47:49):
It's heavy whipping cream, water, butterka and grits. But you
got it the right allens to keep it smooth. You
want to smooth clumpy. You want it creamy, but you
don't want it too gritty. But you don't want you
(48:11):
want to keep the grittiness in it, but not too gritty.
You don't want sandpaper in your mouth or sand right,
but you want to know you want grits, not mashed
potatoes too. So it's a fine line amount of water,
the way you stir, and when you add these components.
Speaker 3 (48:31):
Mhmm, it comes out so delicious. I can only imagine
it does.
Speaker 5 (48:37):
It's creamy, it's just enough gritty but not too gritty.
Speaker 1 (48:42):
I believe it.
Speaker 5 (48:43):
I think I feel like Mississippi Southern cooking is a lot.
It's more simple mm hmmm. And I was big on
being simple, producing a MENI that anyone could could reproduce
right that we can cook on the flash. All of
our biscuits we make them in house. I don't have
(49:06):
any sauce come here from outside. So from my honey
sauce or my cognac sauce, to my roumelade sauce, lime ricotta,
my apple glaze, my Cajun garlic butter, we make them all.
All my composts, we make them all in house. Fresh
(49:27):
strawberries are sliced up. I make a compo and then
I do fresh strawberries on the side. So that when
you were doing the strawberry lemea ricotta waffle. Make the
lime ricotta in here. You put the strawberries that has
the juice. They look at little weld hit not very pretty,
but so much flavor in them. And then you put
the extra fresh strawberries on there as well.
Speaker 4 (49:46):
So the lime.
Speaker 5 (49:46):
Ricotta, the honey, the hot honey, all of that we
make in house.
Speaker 3 (49:52):
Oh wow, oh my gosh.
Speaker 5 (49:56):
You have one sauce that we use a very good
friend of mine, he's out of New York.
Speaker 4 (50:01):
He has a Liberian heritage. He makes a sauce.
Speaker 5 (50:04):
Called crew k are you that's us one line. This
sauce pairs so well with eggs omelets, chicken, shrimp. So
that is a sauce that I bring, you know, to
the side to add to it. I used to make
my own jams. Not doing that becausis just too much.
(50:27):
But making biscuits and everything, yeah, are made from every day,
and we're making them throughout the shift. So you're not
getting all them biscuits two days old every times from
that day.
Speaker 1 (50:47):
Oh I outok, I am starving right now thinking about biscuits.
So please share with our listening about my biscuits and
where can I pull up?
Speaker 4 (51:04):
You asked me to share like location and I can
hear it.
Speaker 3 (51:07):
Yes, sure, I'm so sorry.
Speaker 1 (51:10):
Okay, share for our listening audience, your social media pages,
and where we can just come out and visit the
restaurant because I'm pulling out.
Speaker 3 (51:20):
I'm pulling out now, pull.
Speaker 4 (51:21):
Up, pull up, pull up a man. So you can
follow us on Instagram, Facebook and TikTok at eat Underscore
my Biscuits. That's Instagram, TikTok and Facebook eat Underscore my Biscuits.
And then our hours of operation. Well, we're located in
East Point twenty eight eighty one Main Street.
Speaker 5 (51:44):
You can google us, all right, just google Eat my Biscuits.
We are the only one. It is my brand, my name,
my trademark, everything, so we should come up fairly quickly.
And we're twenty eight eighty one Main Street, East Point.
Your and our hours are nine am until three pm
every day except for Tuesday. We are closed on Tuesdays.
(52:09):
So let's holidays are up and kids are out on
that Monday, come on and eat my biscuits because we're
open on that Monday.
Speaker 3 (52:18):
And here's things for slovelies.
Speaker 1 (52:20):
Uh, Sunday is coming up for our Falcon, so let's
make sure we pull up fans, put up the game.
Speaker 4 (52:28):
What time does the game start?
Speaker 6 (52:30):
Typically the game will start at one o'clock, so they
have plenty of time and we have.
Speaker 5 (52:38):
We watch the game. We got we have a full bar,
so we do handcrafted. Well, yes, handcrafted. We have martini flights.
I think you get three martinis for twenty five dollars.
Love it bottomless mimosa? Yes, the two nice you know,
(52:59):
nice ice cream where if you're sitting at the bar
and watch the Falcons or your favorite team.
Speaker 1 (53:06):
Of course, thank you so much for going on. This
has been amazing. Look I am not joking here. I'm
pulling up. Listen, watch out for me because I'm coming
to East Point, Georgia.
Speaker 4 (53:17):
Okay, hey, I'm ready. I stay ready, always ready.
Speaker 6 (53:22):
Okay, thank you so much. And before you leave, I
know you are not necessarily from Georgia, but you are
a part of our community. If there is a special
sports team that you love outside of the norm of
our atliens, go ahead and plug it in right now.
I will give you that opportunity.
Speaker 5 (53:43):
You know what, I am not a sports person, so
I'm gonna go with whatever my son would go with.
And my son will say he is a fan wherever
Lebron is. That's all I have to say.
Speaker 3 (53:58):
Yes, that would be la.
Speaker 4 (54:01):
So rever LEBRONI That's what I'm rocking and rolling with.
And if he's the long in the league, I don't
know who I'm going with. Maybe his son.
Speaker 3 (54:09):
We'll try to work with you on that. We'll try
to get you to become a Hots fan. We'll see
what we can do.
Speaker 4 (54:14):
Okay, okay, we'll work on that. I've been to another
now I don't know.
Speaker 2 (54:22):
You talk about later, Okay, sports Lovely.
Speaker 1 (54:39):
It's twenty twenty five. Lunis continues to be all around.
I have always said I am the Queen of Elves,
taken else left and right. I swear if there was
any such person, I am she and she is hot.
But listen, in all fairness, I can say the same
(55:02):
about winning right. I've had some major wins throughout my life,
which has always been my motivation to keep pushing for it.
So if you ever find yourself feeling like me, remember
an l it's just an Honos shape w and it's
all about your mindset. Okay, But most Importantly, sometimes you
(55:22):
have to just lose to win in the game of life.
Speaker 4 (55:26):
Remember, dreams don't come.
Speaker 1 (55:28):
True until you do what you wake up and do
the work that you will never be the same. Okay,
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