This Week's Show
Special Guest Jessica Luther discusses her upcoming book: "Unsportsmanlike Conduct: College Football and the Politics of Rape," Greg Hardy, and women's sports.
Hosts
- Special Guest: Jessica Luther (@scATX)
- Patrick Minton (@nbageek)
- Andres Alvarez (@nerdnumbers)
- Produced by Brian Foster (@boxscorebrian)
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Show Notes
If you're not following Jessica (@scATX) on Twitter, you're missing out! Also, Jessica has a great site jessicawluther.com that is a great one stop for all of her writing, appearances, etc.
You can preorder "Unsportsmanlike Conduct: College Football and the Politics of Rape" now. We'll keep you updated when the Kindle preorder comes out.
Sadly the news around college campuses dealing with athletics and assault is far too common. We discuss more than a few examples including:
- Jessica's piece on Sam Ukwuachu and Baylor.
- Deadspin's piece on Baylor.
- Butch Jones and Drae Bowles at Tennessee.
- Peyton Manning and Tennessee.
We talk the Rolling Stones retraction and the Duke Lacross case and how exceptions do not prove the rule.
We discuss the Vanderbilt trial and the toll it can take on survivors to try and get justice.
We discuss the Schefter interview of Greg Hardy. Jessica points out the multitude of issues, not just with the interview itself, but the many problems with ESPN handling it like it did.
We talk women's sports, starting with soccer! Namely, the disparity in per diem pay between the world dominating women's club, and the men's club.
The stupidity of saying women's tennis rides the coat tails is just so...stupid (yes, I'm being intentionally redundant.)
We discuss the amazing UConn Huskies, the great state of women's basketball, and why, despite naysayers, it's not going anywhere.
We're less than kind to Dan Shaughnessy's flat out wrong statements about UConn.
Patrick and Jessica reference the great podcast the Trifecta many times. Tune in if you're not already! Also, a great clip from Sue Bird, where she doesn't even know if she's a top five Husky.
Also, that's absurd, as Sue is a top ten all-time WNBA player!