Live From the Bracket: Episode 2 | Teammates and Travel Talk with Lexie Hull

Summary

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Show Me Something

Live From the Bracket: Episode 2 | Teammates and Travel Talk with Lexie Hull

Podcast Host: Sophie Cunningham & West Wilson (aka "Gronk")
Featured Guest: Lexie Hull (Indiana Fever, WNBA)
Release Date: March 31, 2026

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Episode Overview

In this special "Live from the Bracket" episode, WNBA and Indiana Fever standout Sophie Cunningham and her co-host West Wilson, a reality TV alum, welcome Sophie’s Fever teammate and former Stanford basketball star Lexie Hull. Recorded at the Westin Hotel in Indianapolis during March Madness, the episode dives into the tight-knit world of women’s college basketball, sisterhood and teamwork, travel tales both on and off the court, and how Lexie is channeling her on-court discipline into launching a brand-new makeup line. With candid friendship, warmth, and plenty of behind-the-scenes laughs, it’s a must-listen peek into the lives and routines of top women athletes.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Teammates, Twins & Stanford Days

• Twin Life: Lexie has an identical twin, Lacey—both played together at Stanford.
  • "We played together at Stanford... Now she just is a pick up at the Y." (05:01, Lexie)
  • "Same friends, same teams, all of it." (05:17, Lexie)
• Stanford Basketball Experience:
  • Lexie and Lacey were instrumental in leading their team to the 2021 National Championship.
  • Lexie studied Management Science and Engineering, excelling both on the court and academically.
• Team Culture:
  • Discuss differences between college (close-knit, 24/7 together) and pro (more independence) (10:17, Lexie).

2. Travel & Game Day Tales

• Traveling in College vs WNBA:
  • College teams often flew commercial until COVID, after which they chartered more (09:40, Lexie).
  • Team bonding was stronger in college due to constant proximity and shared study sessions.
  • "When you're in college, that's all you have...so fun to get every meal together...just sitting in a room and working on homework." (10:17, Lexie)
• Hotel Rituals and Comforts:
  • Comfort in hotels comes from soft beds, good pillows, and blackout curtains (19:29, Lexie).
  • "You can tell if it's like a comfy, soft bed and like the comforter... blackout curtains." (19:31, Lexie)
• Pack It or Pass It (Travel Essentials Game, 33:10):
  • [33:31] Rapid-fire round where Lexie shares her must-packs and what she skips:
    • Packs: portable phone charger, noise cancelling headphones, electrolyte packets
    • Passes: neck pillow, hand sanitizer, own pillow, packing cubes

3. March Madness & Final Four—Inside the ‘Bubble’

• Unique 2021 Experience:
  • Lexie describes winning the 2021 NCAA Championship in San Antonio during COVID lockdown.
    • "We were in San Antonio for, like, 30 days straight. 30 days in a hotel. We couldn't see anyone." (13:06, Lexie)
    • "I remember after we won, we finally got to go into this huge conference room, and our family's there for the first time in, like, eight months." (13:23, Lexie)
  • Minimal fans, with family members as cutouts.
• Sisterhood as Support:
  • Lexie highlights the emotional blessing of having her twin with her during a challenging, isolating tournament year (15:45–16:16).

4. On Becoming a Role Model & Community Impact

• Growth of Fan Support in Indiana:
  • Her rookie year saw sparse crowds; now crowds are bigger, engagement is higher—Lexie reflects on that progress.
    • "My rookie year, we probably had a couple thousand people coming to games. We won five games that whole year...Now...People know about the Fever." (20:04, Lexie)
• The Next Generation:
  • Lexie loves seeing young fans, especially little girls—and now boys—wearing her jersey.
    • "When you see like a 10 out there, like, it's so special because people, like, are watching and supporting." (21:38, Lexie)
    • "Growing up, I didn't have someone in the W that I saw myself as...now...they see us and they can actually have these dreams." (21:38, Lexie)
• Team Chemistry:
  • Sophie and Gronk note how rewarding it feels to have their energy and “dirty work” roles be appreciated by passionate fans (21:07, Gronk).

5. Food, Sweets & Travel Indulgences

• Post-game rituals:
  • Lexie is a passionate dessert lover; always seeks out local sweets, ice cream, and cookies (18:07, 19:01, Lexie).
  • "I can't go to bed without dessert." (18:27, Lexie)
• Favorite Cities & Meals:
  • Loves sushi, Italian, exploring high-rated local spots in every city.
  • Home games in Washington State are extra special: "My family would come down, bring the dogs...mostly my family and friends." (29:40, Lexie)

6. Routine—On and Off the Court

• Pregame/Travel Routines:
  • Napping, watching film, consistency in repeated rituals help Lexie stay grounded before big games and tournaments.
    • "I think just doing like having a routine is the most important part... that's the time to rely on those habits. Like not change up what you've been doing because what you've been doing has worked." (31:20, Lexie)
  • Includes makeup (“setting spray, concealer, blush, mascara, eyebrow gel”) and sometimes hair styling.
• Makeup as Part of Preparation:
  • "I've worn makeup, like, since high school when I played...I love makeup, I love beauty, I love cosmetic products." (38:44–39:00, Lexie)

7. New Ventures—Launching Forta Makeup

• Entrepreneurship:
  • Lexie announces the upcoming launch of "Forta," a makeup brand co-founded with her Stanford roommate, designed for active lifestyles (sweat and water-resistant).
    • "I'm starting a makeup brand with my Stanford roommate, Sarah. It's coming out end of this month, so we're so excited. It's called Forta for the active." (36:59, Lexie)
  • First product: setting spray. Future rollouts planned.
  • Launch party in NYC in April (37:37, Lexie).
  • Supportive, empowering story—her co-founder left her finance job to pursue this venture.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On the COVID Tournament:
  • "We were in a bubble...No, but you couldn't go. You couldn’t. Yeah, we were in a bubble. We were getting tested two times a day…But still, I think that honestly made us winning, like, that much more amazing." (13:06, Lexie)
• On Representation:
  • "Now…they see us and they can actually have these dreams so much earlier. And to be one of those people is really special." (21:38, Lexie)
  • "It’s cool also, because it’s not just little girls now. It’s little boys too. Like, it’s insane." (22:26, Lexie)
• Dessert Queen:
  • "I got sent to the principal's office in middle school for having candy at breakfast." (18:52, Lexie)
• Team Travel Rituals:
  • "More outfits than days? Pack it. I always overpack." (36:42–36:44, Lexie)
• Makeup Mindset:
  • "I've worn makeup, like, since high school when I played...I love makeup...That’s part of my pregame routine that I enjoy." (38:48–39:19, Lexie)
• Tunnel Fits vs. Matching Sweats:
  • "I think the art of team matching sweatsuits is, like, lost...it looks more put together." (40:03–40:23, Sophie & Lexie)

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Important Timestamps

• Introduction & Guest Welcome: 03:07–06:14
• Stanford, Twin Life & Family: 05:00–06:31, 16:16–17:01
• Travel Talk: College vs. WNBA, Hotels: 09:40–12:11, 19:29
• March Madness, the 2021 Bubble: 13:04–15:22
• Role Model & Next Generation: 20:04–22:26
• Pack It or Pass It (Travel Essentials Game): 33:10–36:44
• Forta Makeup Launch Discussion: 36:59–39:19

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Flow & Tone

The episode is informal, playful, and deeply personal. Sophie and Gronk’s friendship with Lexie brings plenty of inside jokes, gentle teasing, and heartfelt admiration. They keep the vibe high-spirited but often pivot to moments of real vulnerability and insight on what it’s like to be a groundbreaker in women’s sports—both as an athlete and a businesswoman.

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For Listeners Who Missed the Episode

This “Show Me Something” episode is packed with firsthand stories from Lexie Hull’s basketball journey—her twin bond, bubble championship, growing pro career, and the unique dynamics of women’s sports. Whether it's sneaking candy at breakfast, dreaming of sold-out Fever crowds, strategizing tunnel fits, or launching a makeup line for athletes, Lexie exudes authenticity and aspiration. The hosts’ natural chemistry ensures contagious laughs and relatable wisdom on keeping routines, chasing dreams, and savoring every sweet stop on the road.

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For future episodes, expect more insider tales, off-court adventures, and the kind of candid camaraderie you just don’t get from highlight reels.

Transcript

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[Sophie]

Why? What's wrong?

[Julian Edelman]

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[Sophie]

Okay, yeah, I'm tired, kind of cranky, and very thirsty.

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[Sophie]

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[Sophie]

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[Sophie]

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[Sophie]

It's episode two.

[Gronk]

Episode two right here in indie Live from the bracket.

[Sophie]

Games from coast to coast. All the crazy twists and turns and unforgettable stories captured right behind us.

[Gronk]

And we have a super, super cool guest today. She was my teammate from last year year, one of my best girls, Lexi Hole.

[Lexi Hall]

It was a very unique final four

[Sophie]

that is such wild times.

[Lexi Hall]

The roof blew off.

[Gronk]

You did cry.

[Sophie]

Let's head up to the studio and check it out. How's my hair look?

[Lexi Hall]

Great.

[Sophie]

Come on, let's go. Our favorite game day stories, they don't always happen on the court. Sometimes they happen in the hotel lobby or over a pregame meal. And this March madness, we have teamed up with Marriott Bomboy to share some of those memorable moments with you in a limited podcast series. Live from the bracket, we're talking all things college, hoops, travel and fandom with special guests and unforgettable experiences and you can be a part of. Today we are here at the Westin Hotel in Indianapolis. Westin hotels and resorts are designed with your well being in mind. With more than 200 destinations around the world, Westin makes it possible to keep up with your wellness routine while traveling. With signature amenities and offerings that help you move well, eat well and sleep well. Westin hotels make travel an opportunity to enhance your well being. And with their iconic next generation heavenly bed, you can look forward to rest. Look at us prime examples. How'd you sleep?

[Gronk]

So good.

[Sophie]

Has a good night's sleep helped you maintain your game day routine while on the road? Westin part of Myriott Bonvoy where game day checks in. I'll start this off.

[Gronk]

I love this.

[Sophie]

Look at Lexi and I's chemistry right off the jump.

[Lexi Hall]

Unplanned.

[Sophie]

Unplanned. Pure. Just a nice mocha brown and denim.

[Lexi Hall]

Does that make us best friends? Yeah.

[Sophie]

Sit out.

[Lexi Hall]

I know.

[Gronk]

But the bad thing is I'm not kidding. When I walked out of my closet, I had that same exact thing on today. I could have been a triplet.

[Lexi Hall]

But that's tragic.

[Gronk]

You're used to being a twin, so

[Lexi Hall]

now that is true. Are you Lindsay, identical twin.

[Sophie]

Whoa.

[Lexi Hall]

She's going to be jealous.

[Gronk]

She's going to be jealous.

[Sophie]

Is she a Hooper.

[Lexi Hall]

Yeah. We played together at Stanford.

[Sophie]

Whoa.

[Lexi Hall]

Yeah. But now she just is a pick up at the Y. She's come to games and people go up to her during the game and ask, like, why aren't you on the court? Can I get a picture?

[Sophie]

No way. Sometimes people with twins either, like, not, like, steer clear of each other, but, like, very much. Separate identities or best friends.

[Lexi Hall]

Same friends, same teams, all of it.

[Gronk]

All right, I want to get in because I'm sure everyone knows, but if you don't. Our guest today is a professional basketball player in the wnba. You know her as a guard for the Indiana Fever, where she's built a reputation as one of the league's toughest defenders, which is so on cue, I've had to play against it. And then also being on the team now we're like, Lexi, you take it. Before turning pro, she started at Stanford University. Whoop, whoops. Helping lead the Cardinals to a national championship in 2021 with her twin, Lacey. And finishing her career as one of the most decorated players in program history, which that. If you guys know anything about Stanford basketball, that is a huge accomplishment. Along the way, she earned multiple all pack 12 honors and became known for her versatility in leadership. High basketball iq. And I will say, I feel like. Were you on, like, any of the academic. Yeah, yeah, this isn't on there, but just knowing you, I feel like you should.

[Lexi Hall]

Most of them, humble queen.

[Gronk]

Well, we're going to get into it, but she's, like, starting her own business and everything. But everyone, please welcome Lexi Hall.

[Lexi Hall]

This is good. I'm so happy to be here. This is so fun.

[Gronk]

I know this has been a long time, like, coming, like, we've been like, we need Lexi on here so bad. And so it, like, finally works out. March Madness.

[Sophie]

I've been pitching it for weeks, obviously,

[Lexi Hall]

and it's here figured out.

[Gronk]

No, I feel like our first episode, you're like, hey, can we get Lexi?

[Lexi Hall]

I'm like, dude, she's getting married in November.

[Sophie]

Jill. No, I clocked that. I clocked it. Are you gonna tell her how to say Cardinal? Not the Cardinals?

[Lexi Hall]

No, I was gonna say. I was gonna interrupt you, but I didn't really want to. It's Cardinal. There's no s. I tried. I tried.

[Sophie]

Did you play Montana State in the first round ever?

[Lexi Hall]

I feel like we did.

[Sophie]

And someone on your team dunked that game.

[Lexi Hall]

Fran. Yes. Wow.

[Sophie]

Good morning. I watched. I obviously watched that game. And so I've. I watched one of your college games because I'm running.

[Lexi Hall]

I'm on the court when that happened. Craziest moment.

[Gronk]

Were you watching her or Lacy? Because you didn't know they were twins.

[Lexi Hall]

True.

[Sophie]

Good call.

[Gronk]

Thanks.

[Sophie]

Wouldn't have even thought of it.

[Lexi Hall]

Well, his reality is the glasses actually work.

[Colgate Women's Games Ad Voice]

Dang.

[Sophie]

So Montana State, obviously. Sophie, some geography for you. Close to the state of Washington, where Lexi's from.

[Gronk]

Thanks.

[Sophie]

In Spokane. So a lot of the girls I went to college with are all Spokane girls. Love that Gonzaga prep. And is there one called Mead?

[Lexi Hall]

Yes.

[Sophie]

Okay. Yeah.

[Lexi Hall]

Wow. It's like you're a Spokane native.

[Sophie]

I've done Dick's drive in for burgers before.

[Lexi Hall]

He's actually classic. A downtown classic.

[Sophie]

Because I went to Lindsey Stockton's wedding in Spokane.

[Lexi Hall]

Wow.

[Gronk]

Do you know who. How old is she?

[Lexi Hall]

She's older. Okay, got you. Laura's closer to mine.

[Sophie]

John Stockton's daughters are all played in Spokane, too. It's like such a basketball city.

[Lexi Hall]

It is. Have you ever heard of Hoopfest?

[Sophie]

Yeah. Three on three outside.

[Lexi Hall]

Yep. Biggest three on three tournament in the world.

[Gronk]

Did you ever play in it?

[Lexi Hall]

Yeah, up until like seventh grade. But our A, it's on like the concrete, so it's kind of dangerous. But it was so fun growing up.

[Sophie]

Did you ever consider Gonzaga or was it.

[Lexi Hall]

Yeah, that was a hard no because I grew up going to their camps and obviously going up. Grew up going to games and stuff and love their coaching staff, so it was hard, but it was too close to home for me.

[Gronk]

Was it always west coast schools?

[Lexi Hall]

Yeah.

[Gronk]

Yeah.

[Sophie]

Was it anywhere? Like, did you visit anywhere else besides Stanford?

[Lexi Hall]

Yeah, visited like a lot of the public schools, but when Stanford offered, it was like for both my sister and I. Yeah.

[Gronk]

Because it is March Madness. You guys clearly won a national championship. But, like, why? Why?

[Lexi Hall]

Stanford school was always number one. Okay. Like, my parents instilled in that. That into us really young, but.

[Gronk]

And what did you major in?

[Lexi Hall]

Management science and engineering. Okay. When I visited school, the campus is like the beautiful, most beautiful place on earth. I think we took that for granted during our time there. Every time I go back, I'm like, this is so beautiful. And the weather's always good. And then the coaching staff, like Tara Vanderveer. So there are so many things that worked.

[Gronk]

Do you know that actually when we, I think, made it Sweet 16, almost Elite 8, we actually played in Stanford. So we were supposed to play you guys, but we freaking lost. Oh, yeah.

[Lexi Hall]

Wait, that would have been so fun.

[Gronk]

I know. I think you. I was my senior year. So you would have been a freshman.

[Lexi Hall]

Yeah.

[Gronk]

Or so yeah, yeah.

[Sophie]

The women's tournament is home. It's home games, Right. For a round or two, and then it gets into the first two.

[Gronk]

Yeah, yeah.

[Lexi Hall]

Are home.

[Sophie]

And then you get into, like, cities where you travel, regionals.

[Lexi Hall]

It's such an advantage, especially for girls. I feel like.

[Sophie]

Yeah.

[Lexi Hall]

Having a home game is huge.

[Sophie]

You feel like home field manage with women's basketball is better.

[Gronk]

I feel like it's. I feel like that's with any sport, though, if you really think about it, like, if you have a great crowd, which, if you're good, you have a

[Lexi Hall]

good hosting, you have a good crowd,

[Gronk]

so it just makes sense.

[Sophie]

Yeah.

[Gronk]

Yeah.

[Lexi Hall]

I also just think, like, girls versus guys basketball, the 16 versus the 1 seed is, like, a big difference. So I also don't know if, like, they could have played anywhere and likely the 1 seed's gonna win.

[Gronk]

Wait, when you think back to, like, your college days, did you guys charter

[Lexi Hall]

some games after Covid, we chartered all the time, which, like, it should have been that way.

[Gronk]

Well, yeah, I'm surprised that you guys didn't. I feel like we chartered since my freshman year to senior year.

[Lexi Hall]

We would fly commercial probably half the time.

[Gronk]

Huh.

[Sophie]

And just walking around the airport, just tall and in our matching. In your matching sweatsuits? Yeah.

[Gronk]

You knew we were coming. I love it. Well, when you think about, like, your college days, I know, like, when I'm with my teammates and you just had kind of a reunion. You were just, like, just back there after season. Right. And, like, you reminisce on all the good times. What are. What do you miss the most about, like, the traveling and the nights in the hotel? Like, what. What comes to mind?

[Lexi Hall]

I feel like you are with each other 24 7. Like, once you get to the WNBA, like, people kind of do their own thing. People have lives and families and kids and, like, all the things. But when you're in college, that's all you have. And so it's so fun to go get every meal together and, like, you can go and you're sitting in a room and you're working on homework together, because that's something else you have to focus on. Maybe that's saying that's so huge. Maybe it's just the standard halls.

[Sophie]

Sophie's like, wait, you guys did homework?

[Gronk]

You guys went to school?

[Lexi Hall]

No, but did you guys have, like,

[Gronk]

mandatory study halls and stuff like that on the road?

[Sophie]

If you had good enough grades, you could get out of it by sophomore year, but you're in it as a freshman, and then you had to Stay.

[Gronk]

I think on the. On the road, we. Everyone had to be there. Like, it didn't matter your grades.

[Lexi Hall]

We did not have men. People just.

[Gronk]

Oh, you just did it. Oh, that's nice.

[Sophie]

Also, football team is so much bigger that you can never, like, study together.

[Lexi Hall]

Were you friends with everyone on your team? If it's that big?

[Sophie]

This is a really interesting question. I mean, yeah, but you certainly have pockets of people that you're closer with. You'll always be closest to your position group because that's who you have film in, like every meeting ever with. Originally the in state kids versus out of state kids kind of all stuck together because NZ kids know each other. Then everyone who's new kind of really.

[Gronk]

See, I feel like we intermingled so

[Lexi Hall]

well because there's only like 15 of you. Like, everyone was close.

[Sophie]

Yeah. Football is weird, though, because you, like, you show up with 20 kids a class, like for fall camp, and you can't be best friends with everybody.

[Gronk]

Would you like that? I don't know.

[Lexi Hall]

I mean, it's so different. I feel like you would just find your best friends. You find your, like, group of 15 or whatever.

[Gronk]

But, like, think about how close and I get it. Size, but, like, how close knit we are with. It doesn't matter who's on the court. Like, you're. You have a chemistry. You have a.

[Sophie]

You guys had roommates in college, obviously, right when you traveled. Not anymore.

[Gronk]

Or actually, fun fact.

[Sophie]

Have you guys. Have you guys ever room together?

[Lexi Hall]

No.

[Colgate Women's Games Ad Voice]

No.

[Sophie]

On the road. I'm staying on the road. Yeah.

[Gronk]

But no, me and Lexi just.

[Lexi Hall]

We choose to stay.

[Sophie]

Put our luggage on one bed and then we stay in the other. Queen.

[Gronk]

We're dependent on each other. My first three, four years in the league, we actually had a share. Yeah.

[Lexi Hall]

That's so crazy.

[Gronk]

Which is weird because people had significant others, people had kids.

[Sophie]

That is so interesting.

[Lexi Hall]

What's crazier is that that was only like a few years ago.

[Sophie]

So you're drafted to Indiana. So you've only played in the WNBA here.

[Gronk]

She's a loyalist.

[Sophie]

Yeah, Loyalist.

[Lexi Hall]

Yeah. Loyalist. People think I'm from the Midwest now, and I'm like, no, but you see, west coast.

[Gronk]

You give total Midwest vibes, though.

[Sophie]

Yeah.

[Gronk]

Just like the friendly, the lake, the sun. Just like who you are to the Cor. We have such a special guest, and a lot of people, we don't get national championships on here or national champions. Take us through the mindset of going to, like, the Final Four. Traveling fans, maybe the pressure a little bit, and then like, just making it all the way.

[Sophie]

What city was your Final Four in?

[Lexi Hall]

San Antonio.

[Sophie]

Okay.

[Lexi Hall]

But it was a very unique Final Four because we were in San Antonio. It was Covid year, so we were in San antonio for, like, 30 days straight. 30 days in a hotel. We couldn't see anyone. They had, like, a path outside that you could go on a walk. No, but you couldn't go. You couldn't. Yeah, we were in a bubble. We were getting tested two times a day. Still. It was a very unique experience. But still, I think that honestly made us winning, like, that much more amazing because I remember after we won, we finally got to go into this huge conference room, and our family's there for the first time in, like, eight months because we couldn't be around them.

[Gronk]

Could they be in the arena when you played?

[Lexi Hall]

Yes. Only in. Only in San Antonio. And we. So there was, like, cutouts. I had Libby a cutout. Will was a cutout. Like, it was really cute, but there was, like, hardly anybody there, and they had to sit four seats apart.

[Sophie]

That is such wild times.

[Lexi Hall]

But still. Still go to the national championship. Can't take that away. No.

[Gronk]

A th percent.

[Lexi Hall]

But the basketball part's still the same, obviously.

[Sophie]

Was that your senior year?

[Lexi Hall]

Junior year. Senior year we made it to the Final Four in Minneapolis, which finally got a play in front of people that would have been a real crowd against Yukon.

[Sophie]

Did you beat uconn your junior year to win, or did someone else.

[Lexi Hall]

No, I don't. I don't think we played UConn that year. We played Arizona in the championship. That was, like, our fourth time playing them.

[Gronk]

But the. But that was the South Carolina.

[Lexi Hall]

Yes, that was in the Final Four. Yeah. Yeah. AB. She said we still talk about that game.

[Gronk]

Oh, really? Do you guys really? So, Ab. Aliyah Boston. She's our teammate.

[Sophie]

Yeah, yeah.

[Gronk]

But I didn't know you guys still talk about.

[Lexi Hall]

Yeah, I mean, it's like, they went on to win the next year or whatever, but, like, it's. Yeah, it's fine. And then Aerie, too. I know she was in the championship game, so it's just. It's funny to reminisce, play with.

[Sophie]

Was it. I'm recalling all of this from the first round game that I watched.

[Lexi Hall]

This is so a lot. I don't even know if I remember

[Sophie]

NFL player's sister on your team.

[Lexi Hall]

Anna Wilson.

[Sophie]

Russell Wilson sister.

[Lexi Hall]

Yes. She's the best.

[Sophie]

Yeah.

[Lexi Hall]

Yeah.

[Gronk]

Where is she at now?

[Lexi Hall]

Living in la. Yeah. Yeah. Thriving.

[Gronk]

Wait, who's the one who dunked? Fran.

[Lexi Hall]

Fran Where.

[Gronk]

Where is she?

[Lexi Hall]

She's in the bay still.

[Gronk]

Oh, really?

[Lexi Hall]

Around Stanford? No. Not playing.

[Sophie]

I remember being like, I hope Montana City can just, like, hang for a little bit. Like, all those games. Every team hangs for, like, the. A little bit in the first half, and then you guys ran away with it, and right when you guys went on a run, she dunked, and I was like, you guys can have it.

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[Lexi Hall]

Night. It was. It was crazy. Yeah. Like, the tournament. Yeah.

[Sophie]

That's sick.

[Gronk]

During that run, how did, like, hotels make you, like, how did it feel being in that? Did they make it homey?

[Lexi Hall]

Well, in San Antonio, they, like, decorated all the walls, and they made it. They made it cute, but I think they do that any all the time for the final four. But, yeah, it was, like, it fe felt special still.

[Gronk]

Your sister, though, didn't win any national championship. I played with my sister in college, and now she's, like, something that is so cool.

[Lexi Hall]

That's, like, everyone that went through the COVID year playing basketball, like, you're away from your family, and it's so hard, and you're homesick and, like, having her there. And we also live together, y. So it felt like a little bit like home.

[Gronk]

That's good.

[Lexi Hall]

At the same time, so.

[Sophie]

Yeah. I didn't even think both of you got to play with your sisters and golf.

[Gronk]

Mizzou actually had three sets of sisters on the team my freshman year. Like, it was insane. But there's nothing like being with your

[Lexi Hall]

sister like having a twin. And we. We come into the room and we think the same thing, and, like, we pick up cues, and we have the same reaction. So to be in practice and be able to look at her and be like, oh, this is so annoying her. This is so hard. It's nice to have someone you, like,

[Sophie]

didn't probably, like, you only know basketball with your sister.

[Lexi Hall]

Yeah.

[Sophie]

Like, I'm sure you guys played on the same teams your whole life.

[Lexi Hall]

Yeah.

[Sophie]

And, like, learned to love the sport together.

[Lexi Hall]

For sure.

[Sophie]

Your parents hoovers, too?

[Lexi Hall]

My dad played in college.

[Sophie]

Yeah.

[Lexi Hall]

And he's also a twin dude.

[Gronk]

She has some of the best parents. They're fun.

[Lexi Hall]

They're a good time.

[Sophie]

Mom Random was talking to my parents over Christmas. They were. I have a little brother. They were gonna go for three, but my mom's dad's a twin, and my mom. My mom had a dream that she had twins. My dad said, done. I don't want four.

[Gronk]

Lindsay. One of us are supposed to. It's like, in our. It's our generation.

[Lexi Hall]

I Have twins.

[Sophie]

You do?

[Lexi Hall]

Yes.

[Gronk]

How many kids do you want?

[Lexi Hall]

3. I want a boy and a girl twin and then there can be anything. Okay. I think we're gonna get like triple into that.

[Gronk]

I know. Oh my gosh. Maybe not in college, but like after a long season when you just like ready for a break kind of. Where's like your perfect like vacation spot?

[Lexi Hall]

Honestly, anywhere with like a beach or like, like being by the water, on the water, in the sun.

[Sophie]

Sophie like she acts like she's this big beach girl, but doesn't love sand. Love sand.

[Lexi Hall]

I get that.

[Sophie]

I love a lake. The sun is your. Is part of your personality.

[Lexi Hall]

I am 100% happier with the tan.

[Sophie]

Yeah.

[Lexi Hall]

With a little bit of a tan and my confident.

[Gronk]

Like when I, when I pale, I'm like walking like this and I'm like, what's up everybody?

[Sophie]

Okay. You know what's actually so funny? I don't even think we've talked about on this podcast is when I think it was you two posted like you guys were like tanning in some city. You guys are playing basketball. Caitlin commented like, do you guys even play basketball or like focus on basketball.

[Gronk]

So when you travel to different cities, what is your go to meal or like what's your favorite thing to go out and try to like find?

[Lexi Hall]

Honestly, like anything like finding like the high rated places that people are talking about in that city. Like I love sushi. So somewhere by the water I always try to get like sushi or something nice Italian steak. Like really anything.

[Gronk]

I do not know how your body is like this, but you eat candy and ice cream.

[Lexi Hall]

I'm at the sweet school.

[Gronk]

Like no.

[Lexi Hall]

My God. Wow. I can't go to bed without dessert.

[Sophie]

So it's. That's actually a really interesting point. Some people and I think it's the way like did you grow up in a, in a dessert household?

[Lexi Hall]

Yes.

[Sophie]

Okay. I think when you're little, if you eat sweets like after dinner until the day you die, you will like crave sugar after dinner. Cuz my dad is that way. But my brother and I aren't really my dad, like, can't not have like brownies after dinner. But my brother and I don't crave it.

[Lexi Hall]

I got sent to the principal's office in middle school for having candy at breakfast.

[Sophie]

Have you do you ever like go looking for ice cream spots in different cities or anything?

[Lexi Hall]

Yes.

[Gronk]

And cookies.

[Lexi Hall]

Like literally. I. I will be like, let's go. We need to get something literally.

[Gronk]

Or she'll like send in the group text like hey, getting insomnia. Who wants to go? Who wants cookies?

[Sophie]

Does anywhere stick out?

[Lexi Hall]

There's just too many good places recently at Unrivaled. There's. We stay in Doral and there's this ice cream place.

[Sophie]

This can be for both of you when you are on the road. What's something about a hotel or wherever you're staying that makes you feel right at home? Like, you know it's going to be. You know it's gonna be a good night.

[Lexi Hall]

I feel like the bed.

[Gronk]

Yeah.

[Lexi Hall]

You can tell if it's like a comfy, soft bed and like the comforter.

[Gronk]

Yes. And a good, like the pillows. Just like that whole. Just hopping into bed and if you're like.

[Lexi Hall]

And blackout. If. If there's like, electric blackout curtains.

[Sophie]

Has your time in Indianapolis, like, been special? Like, having talked to Sophie about the different, I guess, teams and communities in the wnba, there's a pretty wide spectrum on, like, how special some of them are. Everything she tells me about playing here is, like, incredible. It is great fan support. The community loves you guys. What's your time in Indy been like?

[Gronk]

It's.

[Lexi Hall]

I mean, it's grown so much. Like, my rookie year, we probably had a couple thousand people coming to games. We won five games that whole year.

[Gronk]

I think that's doing it justice, too.

[Lexi Hall]

It might be. It might be, but it's like, that's hard. I think, like, once you start winning and once more people start showing up, like, your experience changes completely. So the last couple years have been a full 180. Like, it's. It. We've changed. People are showing up. People know about the fever. Like, if we were to be walking in the airport, like, the story I just said that would never happen today, so it's been awesome.

[Sophie]

Do you almost cherish it more because you got to be here when things were clearly not as special?

[Lexi Hall]

I think, like, it gives you perspective on what it could be like.

[Sophie]

Right.

[Lexi Hall]

And when you see it and you actually have fun doing it, and you love coming to the gym every day and you love the staff that's there and you love your teammates. Like, it's important to be, like, very grateful. And I. I do feel grateful to be here.

[Gronk]

And I think Lex and I are a lot alike because we are very much do the dirty work and, like, the energy players. And so when you do have a fan base, like the Fever, it just. It makes it so much easier because they appreciate.

[Lexi Hall]

They see it. They see you. Yeah.

[Gronk]

And like, you. You have Kelsey Mitchell, you have Aaliyah, you Have Caitlyn that of course they're gonna go do their thing. But when you have players that are gonna go take the charge, like, you're just so tough and they're just like, people appreciate it. And when you have sold out crowds everywhere you go, it's just appreciated. It feels good as players. You talked about in the intro that, like, you are inspiring the next generation where you come from around the country with the eyes that you have on you, like, what is something that you cherish or like, gives you chills when you think about you're still early in your career, but like your career overall.

[Lexi Hall]

I think it's just really cool to see, to be at games and obviously, like, you have the Caitlyns and the Ilias and the Kelsey's and you see their jerseys in the stands. Then when you see like a 10 out there, yeah, like, it's so special because people, like, are watching and supporting and growing up, I didn't have someone in the W that I saw myself as or like, that I. I wanted to reach for. And I feel like now with the social media and just even like TV and the accessibility for people, like, they see us and they can actually have these dreams so much earlier. And to be one of those people is really special.

[Sophie]

I think it's really cool to watch all types of people ask you for pictures or to say hi, but when you see a little girl come up to you and you can just clearly see yourself, what they see in you and how cool that is, that's been a fun part of getting to be around you more, is seeing little girls look up to you guys. It's so dope.

[Lexi Hall]

It's cool also, because it's not just little girls now. It's little boys too. Like, it's insane.

[Gronk]

Well, I think that's what's really cool and unique about the WNBA is that we are so diverse amongst our league that every kid, boy or girl, they can look at the TV and watch someone play and, like, find themselves in one of the players playing. It's funny because when we watch film together, sometimes we can't tell each other apart. Oh, if someone messes up, it's like, oh, that was Lexi. You know what I mean? And so we can't even tell each other apart.

[Lexi Hall]

We're sprinting in our hair. Hair looks like it's hard.

[Gronk]

Are those my shoes or those Lexi shoes?

[Lexi Hall]

That was the same way in college. It was Lacy, wasn't me.

[Sophie]

College basketball has always been bigger than the games themselves. What part of the culture around the sport stands out to you guys the most.

[Gronk]

Something that I love about the culture is like, I love the rivalries.

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[Sophie]

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[Gronk]

And I love that you can actually

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[Gronk]

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[Sophie]

And the details it picks up are wild. Between the motion alerts and the low light quality, you're not guessing what's going on. It just tells you.

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[Sophie]

And if you want to go even bigger, Ring's got 4K cameras and doorbells with retinal vision. So you can zoom in and keep all those details. Super cris.

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[Sophie]

Exactly. It just fits into your day and makes things feel handled.

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[Lexi Hall]

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[Gronk]

Like I love, I love when people go back and forth. Like sometimes it can get a little spicy. But like that's what makes college sports so fun to me. And I love a die hard fan.

[Sophie]

Like the kids crying on TV or

[Lexi Hall]

people's face painted and stuff. It's so cute.

[Gronk]

Or the, the fans that their team hasn't made it ever and they make it far and they're just like crying because you know what I mean? Like that is like.

[Lexi Hall]

Or they find they won their, their league championship and it's their first time in the NCAA tournament. Like it's so special. And then you get a follow.

[Gronk]

It's just like the chills. Like I, I love that stuff. I love that type of sports.

[Sophie]

My answer would have been small schools and Cinderella's winning. Obviously. As someone who underdog who went to a school, I yeah. Like you always like I love Selection Sunday.

[Gronk]

Just wait, you did cry when, when the football team won.

[Sophie]

Yeah, of course.

[Gronk]

He's a doctor fan.

[Sophie]

Yeah. I also, all three of us went to one school. I think the weirdest thing now is all these kids when they're 27 and at work or a party or whatever and someone says where'd you go to school? Like what do they say?

[Gronk]

I'm still playing the four Schools.

[Sophie]

We had a quarterback went to five, it was like his fifth. I was like, why?

[Lexi Hall]

No allegiance, no sad.

[Gronk]

Yeah. What would be yours?

[Lexi Hall]

I feel like I like the storylines of the of like the teams that have been together for four years and it's their senior's last chance at like finally getting a championship for their school.

[Gronk]

Okay, I have a question for us and all of us can answer this. What would be like your ideal travel day in your ideal city to go play in a way game our biggest

[Sophie]

rival, University of Montana. Then like Saturdays when you play arrival. There's nothing like it get out and

[Lexi Hall]

you get booed because it's like this lead up to the central.

[Sophie]

Yeah. I'd say in a way game against a rival.

[Gronk]

But what like, what was your game day routine? Did you guys like get up? Do you guys have walk through or

[Sophie]

like walk through at the hotel? You do breakfast, hotel walkthrough.

[Gronk]

Wait, is walking football though? Like do your place. Like what do you do?

[Lexi Hall]

Okay. Only with your like small group. Like.

[Sophie]

No, you would do like put small position and then do it one time. Yeah, that's perfect. That's what a walker is. Body slam. Night games actually are the weirdest because you just kind of sit in your hotel all day and like it get. You get like a little bit antsy. You have a few meetings, but I don't know what you guys see.

[Gronk]

We're vice versa kind of. I feel like we're used to playing. You have to be at like peak around 7 so like day games. Like I gotta get up early, you know, like.

[Lexi Hall]

But I do like day games because then you don't have shoot around. Yeah, I don't need, I don't want shoot around.

[Sophie]

You must play through the week though a lot. Right. So that's never gonna be one o' cl.

[Lexi Hall]

I can clip that, send it to people.

[Gronk]

Wait, tell me about your. Your ideal.

[Lexi Hall]

My ideal would be we get in like late ish the night before. Time for dinner.

[Gronk]

Yep.

[Lexi Hall]

Like a nice dinner. I like to go to get like try a new place.

[Sophie]

Yeah.

[Gronk]

Wait, did you guys not have like team dinners at restaurants?

[Lexi Hall]

I guess college. Oh, yes.

[Gronk]

You can mix the 2W and college for sure.

[Lexi Hall]

Tara was like very much routine. So game day we would have shoot around and then everyone would come back. We'd have lunch maybe. And then four hours before the game we have pregame meal. Same meal every time.

[Sophie]

Pasta.

[Lexi Hall]

I've had pasta.

[Gronk]

Yeah.

[Lexi Hall]

With marinara sauce. Salmon.

[Sophie]

Yeah.

[Lexi Hall]

And maybe some like steamed broccoli. And then rolls all four years. Like Every day.

[Gronk]

But who would you like? Who was like your favorite team or like favorite city to play in college?

[Lexi Hall]

Washington State or Washington just because it's home. Like when we played at wsu, my family would come down, bring the dogs.

[Sophie]

Oh yeah.

[Lexi Hall]

And I had a lot of people there and also they didn't get a lot of fans. So it was majority of my family and friends that would like.

[Sophie]

Oh, that's so fun.

[Lexi Hall]

It was so fun.

[Sophie]

We played in Pullman my senior year too actually.

[Colgate Women's Games Ad Voice]

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[Sophie]

Which was tight. There's like a lot of schools in that little pocket.

[Lexi Hall]

Was their team good that when you played?

[Sophie]

Not special. It was week one. So you never really like know how good anyone is.

[Gronk]

I was nowhere near actually. We had, we played like.

[Sophie]

Well, you're not big. You never played in the golf.

[Gronk]

No, my first year, my freshman year, it was like the second year with the sec. Yeah, but it was, I mean I enjoyed the sec.

[Sophie]

Favorite city, town slash town.

[Gronk]

I do think though, just like the history behind it. I think like playing Tennessee, it was just so cool.

[Sophie]

That's dope.

[Gronk]

Yeah, that was fun. But South Carolina had a great crowd.

[Sophie]

I do think basketball would be. I, I never envied the basketball players. Because you miss Christmas or you miss Thanksgiving, Christmas and spring break.

[Gronk]

Can we just say basketball is probably the worst sport to choose because it is both seasons, but the spring best

[Lexi Hall]

time of the year because you're on like 12 hour week instead of 20 hour week.

[Gronk]

No, a thousand percent. But I'm just saying like, you know, like they're still, it's like they had spring, they had all the entire time. And I'm like, oh, we still.

[Lexi Hall]

Yeah, still here.

[Gronk]

You can talk about college, you can talk about wnba, but like what is something doesn't matter if you're, you're here at home, if you're on the road, that like pre game, post game, that like keeps you grounded or keeps you in routine. Because I think that is something like as much as you're not routine, you also have to be routine and so kind of take us through what keeps you grounded.

[Lexi Hall]

I think just doing like having a routine is the most important part. Like you can, whatever you want to do, just do it consistently. Because I feel like by that time of the season, like sure the pressure is higher and like you really only have this one chance at winning a game or you're done. But focusing like you've built these habits over the course of tens of games. But like it's, that's the time to rely on those habits. And like not change up what you've been doing because what you've been doing has worked. So for me, that's like making sure I get my pregame nap. Making sure. Like I watched film the night before. Making sure I'm locked in during shoot around. Like just the little things that you've done so much like don't change it.

[Gronk]

Do you still use that and do that in the W. And so that

[Sophie]

can be pre game, like fully basketball related. But also night before, like brush your teeth, take a shower, get in. Really?

[Gronk]

Are you that I'm not that in the cd?

[Sophie]

No, no, no. I'm saying there. It can. It can be vague. They say baseball players are the worst first.

[Gronk]

Really?

[Sophie]

With. Yeah, with routine.

[Gronk]

Can you think about how you know Will like her. Her fiance was drafted and whatnot. But like, they play so many games too. Like, that gets.

[Lexi Hall]

I've sat through so many games. I'm just six days a week.

[Sophie]

Is your pregame playlist. Bangers.

[Lexi Hall]

I don't really like, listen to a lot of music.

[Sophie]

I feel like your Instagram song choice. I'm always like, Lexi's throwing hitters on that's.

[Gronk]

Well, is it. What?

[Lexi Hall]

That's Will.

[Sophie]

He chooses the songs.

[Lexi Hall]

Stop it.

[Sophie]

I'm so glad and lied to.

[Gronk]

I thought that was you.

[Lexi Hall]

He's gonna be so happy.

[Gronk]

Are you kidding? I thought that was you.

[Lexi Hall]

No, he helps me on my captions and my. He's my social media manager.

[Gronk]

Stop it.

[Lexi Hall]

Not really. But like, thank you.

[Sophie]

Of course. Of course.

[Gronk]

We have a segment we're gonna do, so let's grab these cards. Wes, game time. Yeah. Not for you.

[Sophie]

This is.

[Gronk]

You're. You're on the hot seat, sister. So this is called pack it or pass it.

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Here are the rules.

[Sophie]

Okay.

[Gronk]

Yes. We're going to throw you every travel essential that we can think of. And you tell us from the opinion of a professional athlete what has to come with you and what you're leaving at home.

[Lexi Hall]

Got it. Okay.

[Gronk]

West, you can go first.

[Sophie]

Portable phone charger packet. Sometimes it takes up space, but little one. Yeah. Yeah, baby.

[Lexi Hall]

Powerful one.

[Gronk]

I'm gonna go white noise machine.

[Lexi Hall]

Pass it.

[Sophie]

Neck pillow.

[Lexi Hall]

Pass it.

[Sophie]

Some people are loyal to neck pillows, though.

[Lexi Hall]

I can sleep just about anywhere.

[Sophie]

Nice. Good trait.

[Lexi Hall]

Yeah. Give me the window. Preferably.

[Sophie]

Yeah. So you can rest.

[Gronk]

Yes.

[Sophie]

Yeah.

[Gronk]

Noise canceling headphones.

[Lexi Hall]

Pack it.

[Sophie]

I can't. Like, if I wear headphones on a flight, it makes it harder to, like, lay my head down to sleep.

[Lexi Hall]

The buds.

[Sophie]

So I do buds.

[Lexi Hall]

You can. They have noise canceling buds.

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[Gronk]

What do you mean?

[Lexi Hall]

How do you not know that he's living in 2015?

[Sophie]

Okay, it says headphones, so I'm thinking big, bulky, make it hard to sleep.

[Gronk]

Headphones just like anything.

[Sophie]

I call those earphones.

[Lexi Hall]

Whatever.

[Gronk]

Do you not like any type of headphones?

[Sophie]

Extra pair of socks.

[Gronk]

Pass it. Okay, this one's good because I feel like you're a dweeb. Compression socks.

[Lexi Hall]

Pass it.

[Gronk]

No, I've totally seen you wear. I had a hurt knee. Lexi.

[Lexi Hall]

Okay, yes. Good job.

[Sophie]

Sleep mask.

[Lexi Hall]

Typically. Pass. But my sister gave me one, like, two weeks ago. It's a game changer. It's nice.

[Sophie]

I used to make fun of people who did them, but, like, it works.

[Lexi Hall]

It does.

[Sophie]

It works.

[Lexi Hall]

So now I'm gonna say pack it. Okay.

[Gronk]

Packing cubes.

[Lexi Hall]

Pass it. I want to be someone that uses them.

[Sophie]

Was it packing cube?

[Gronk]

What? You guys all use those?

[Lexi Hall]

I. I love the idea.

[Gronk]

Very organized.

[Sophie]

You exhibit it. It makes it so.

[Gronk]

It's like all your socks and, like, underwear.

[Lexi Hall]

So when you get there, you know where everything is. Like, in theory, it's a great.

[Gronk]

It's just not thrown in your suitcase.

[Sophie]

Travel blanket.

[Lexi Hall]

Pass it.

[Gronk]

Lint roller.

[Lexi Hall]

Pass it.

[Sophie]

Your own pillow.

[Lexi Hall]

Pass it. My grandma does that.

[Sophie]

That's cute.

[Gronk]

Electrolyte packets.

[Lexi Hall]

Packet.

[Gronk]

Yeah.

[Lexi Hall]

I also don't drink water unless it's flavored, so.

[Sophie]

Really?

[Lexi Hall]

I mean it.

[Sophie]

Yeah, that's not good.

[Lexi Hall]

I'm hydrated, though, because I'll just put on.

[Gronk]

I can't drink clean water either. I just saw you pound a freaking cheeseburger with greasy fries, and you're worried about sugar?

[Sophie]

I'm not who I'm not. I don't have a big game coming

[Lexi Hall]

up, but wouldn't you rather have electrolytes?

[Sophie]

Yeah.

[Gronk]

Hand sanitizer.

[Lexi Hall]

Pass. I should again, like, backpack.

[Sophie]

Do you.

[Gronk]

I have a lot of hand sanitizer, immune support, vitamins.

[Sophie]

This makes me think maybe, like, an emergency.

[Gronk]

Pass.

[Lexi Hall]

I'm not patching that.

[Gronk]

Okay, this one I kind of know the answer to, but multiple books. Paperback. Pass.

[Lexi Hall]

Okay. I'm a Kindle girl. Yes.

[Gronk]

Yeah.

[Sophie]

She's got film to watch.

[Lexi Hall]

No, not.

[Gronk]

Oh, my God.

[Lexi Hall]

Do you know?

[Sophie]

Yeah, no, I was thinking of, like, an iPad.

[Gronk]

I know, but that's not a Kindle.

[Lexi Hall]

Wes, when was the last time you read a book?

[Sophie]

I'm currently reading a book called Sapiens. It's about the development of human beings on planet Earth.

[Gronk]

I need the physical book. I. I feel that, like, I can't. I just can't.

[Lexi Hall]

It's not the Same. I just love. The thing about the Kindle that I love the most is once you finish a book, the next one's ready to go.

[Gronk]

Oh, I know.

[Lexi Hall]

You don't have to go buy it.

[Gronk]

Doesn't get crinkled in your bag a thousand percent.

[Lexi Hall]

I think there's something special about the crinkles.

[Sophie]

I do think though, book, like, books are such a massive part of home decor that now like your apartment or house or wherever, it just. They look so good and studious and like, they're all that you have a story to tell about when you read

[Gronk]

it and tells a story, your book tells a story. Because mine is like at the pool. Mine has like water on it. It's all crinkled. Like, I like that food from the

[Sophie]

destination you were just at.

[Lexi Hall]

Pack it.

[Gronk]

More outfits than days.

[Lexi Hall]

Pack it.

[Sophie]

Pack.

[Lexi Hall]

I always overpack.

[Sophie]

That was Pack it or pass it it with Lexi Hole.

[Gronk]

Okay. So we talked a lot about just like basketball in college travel. But I think that you have something really special coming out that kind of fits the lifestyle of someone who's crazy busy. And so I want you to hit on that.

[Lexi Hall]

So I'm starting a makeup brand with my Stanford roommate, Sarah. It's coming out end of this month, so we're so excited. It's called Forta for the active.

[Sophie]

We love.

[Gronk]

Yeah.

[Sophie]

Congrats.

[Lexi Hall]

Thank you. We're so excited. It's like, like something that I'll be using, but also like just all the active people that are running around want their makeup to last.

[Sophie]

So as someone who's not super fluent in makeup, I'm assuming water resistant.

[Lexi Hall]

Water resistant. Sweat resistant.

[Sophie]

Sweat resistant. Nice.

[Lexi Hall]

All the things. Checking all the boxes.

[Gronk]

Yeah. What products, like, do you have?

[Lexi Hall]

So we're starting with the setting spray. That's what's going to launch. Yeah. And then we have two more coming out. So then we're going to do like a drop model. So we'll drop one at a time. Wow.

[Gronk]

And then you have an event coming up in April.

[Lexi Hall]

Yep. We have a launch party in New York.

[Gronk]

Wow.

[Lexi Hall]

So excited.

[Sophie]

Friends, how come if I'm in town, I'm gonna slide?

[Lexi Hall]

Yes. We'd love that.

[Gronk]

That is.

[Lexi Hall]

It's gonna be so fun. It's like, it's so nice to have something outside of sports to work on. Focus on.

[Gronk]

Yeah.

[Sophie]

So what's Sarah do?

[Lexi Hall]

So she used to be in private equity, but now she's full time. Florida.

[Daniel Cormier]

Oh, really?

[Gronk]

Full time?

[Lexi Hall]

Yeah. So we raised a little bit of money and now we can finally pay her a little bit but it's not like she gave up a lot to do this full time. And she's really smart.

[Sophie]

Yeah.

[Lexi Hall]

I get.

[Sophie]

I have to put makeup on sometimes.

[Lexi Hall]

Actually, this is a funny story. We went and talked at a college and like college kids and we. They had asked questions of Sarah and I and one of them was like, I play on the football team and we wear eye black and it's always running down our face by the end of the game. Like, can we use your settings for. It's like, yes, we will send it to you.

[Sophie]

What goes into your makeup routine before a game? Because obviously that's not the priority. No, but you still. I'm sure there's a little something.

[Gronk]

Can I just say though, you're on tv. Yeah.

[Lexi Hall]

But the walk ins. Yes.

[Gronk]

The evolution, though, like, I'm not kidding, like, when you were in college. I feel like it's such a different time even when I was in college. And like, like, you didn't wear makeup. Like, that wasn't. That was not a thing. And like, now people have like a.

[Sophie]

I've seen p. Yeah, I've seen pictures

[Gronk]

which, like, you don't really do that. But we could totally walk through our makeup routine.

[Lexi Hall]

I have worn makeup, like, since high school when I played.

[Gronk]

Really?

[Lexi Hall]

But you love that stuff. I love it. Like, I love makeup, I love beauty, I love cosmetic, like, products. I love all of that.

[Gronk]

Which is funny because, like, you're one that doesn't need any of it.

[Lexi Hall]

Thanks. So you know what I'm saying? But I do love it, like, for sports versus, like a normal day. Like, I'm wearing less, but I'm still like, like using like, going through the whole routine. Concealer, blush, mascara, eyebrow gel, setting, spray. Like it is. And that's also like, back to the routine. That's part of my pregame routine that I enjoy.

[Sophie]

You've done it forever.

[Lexi Hall]

Yeah. And like, if I'm not wearing my hair in a braid, I might curl my hair. I might crimp my hair.

[Gronk]

Ooh, watch out, Watch out.

[Sophie]

Yeah.

[Lexi Hall]

So I give myself some time to like.

[Sophie]

Do you put on a fit for like, walk ins every single game or only when the, when the mood strikes?

[Lexi Hall]

I mean, like, I tried to on the road. It's like, easier to just throw on like a workout, like, outfit.

[Gronk]

But even your work outfits are like, super cute. It's not like she never looks. You know how I look? I look like trash.

[Lexi Hall]

Well, like, I wear Athleta and like, their travel sets are.

[Gronk]

I feel like anytime you have a

[Lexi Hall]

matching set you look more put together.

[Gronk]

Anyway, I was just saying that last night I said I'm going to order a bunch of matching sets because even when I just want to go somewhere, I want to look a little bit more put together this year. And I'm.

[Lexi Hall]

Matching sets, like sweat sets that are the same color, automatically elevated.

[Sophie]

My hot take is that with tunnel fits and I. NFL, NBA, wnba, all sports. I think the art of team matching sweatsuits is, like. Is lost.

[Lexi Hall]

It's gone.

[Gronk]

You like that?

[Sophie]

I think when you're. When you have, like, a fresh team jumpsuit and you all, like, get off the bus and walk in together and it's the same fit. Like, it's.

[Lexi Hall]

I get that.

[Sophie]

I think it looks good.

[Lexi Hall]

It looks more put together.

[Sophie]

Yeah.

[Gronk]

Well, Lex, I think that you are doing stuff that's super special on the court, clearly. But off court, like, I think it's so smart of you to, like, start getting your feet wet in other things. And Florida's gonna take off. So everyone, if you wear that type of stuff, get on Florida, buy it.

[Sophie]

This was so fun, actually.

[Lexi Hall]

This was fun.

[Sophie]

Yeah.

[Lexi Hall]

We love the.

[Sophie]

Rex, I'm glad you're here.

[Gronk]

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[Lexi Hall]

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[Sophie]

O yeah.

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[Sophie]

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[Lexi Hall]

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