Game Recognize Game with Stewie and Myles
Jul 6, 2026 · 48 min · 25 segments
On this episode of The Match-Up, WNBA legend Chamique Holdsclaw reconnects with Sandy Brondello, the coach whose compassion and leadership left a lasting mark on her life. We reflect on their shared…
Sandy BrondelloGuestAaliyah FunchalHost
Chamique HoldsclawGuestWhat is something that Sandy saw in you as a player that maybe when you were playing you didn't see in yourself and then she kind of brought that out of you?
I, I would say it's just, it, you were, it was really ea- easy for me to communicate with her.
I think sometimes, you know, you run into coaches you can't always express yourself in a open, in a open way, an honest way, you know?
I felt like if I felt something or wanted to talk about basketball on the court, it was just easy.
It was like she was still a player in my eyes, you know, and I, and she got it.
... "Okay, all right, you just post up then." You know, I'm like, "But I'm, you know, I, I, we're running a play, but I'm, you know, I'm big.
so some coaches may say, "Oh, you know, if it's not as second, then, you know, just roll out." But, no, she's like, "Make some noise.
So those little things of, of having that, you know, familiarity, you know, having played the game, like, really helped me.
What is something that Sandy saw in you as a player that maybe when you were playing you didn't see in yourself and then she kind of brought that out of you?
I, I would say it's just, it, you were, it was really ea- easy for me to communicate with her.
I think sometimes, you know, you run into coaches you can't always express yourself in a open, in a open way, an honest way, you know?
I felt like if I felt something or wanted to talk about basketball on the court, it was just easy.
It was like she was still a player in my eyes, you know, and I, and she got it.
... "Okay, all right, you just post up then." You know, I'm like, "But I'm, you know, I, I, we're running a play, but I'm, you know, I'm big.
so some coaches may say, "Oh, you know, if it's not as second, then, you know, just roll out." But, no, she's like, "Make some noise.
So those little things of, of having that, you know, familiarity, you know, having played the game, like, really helped me.
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