The podcast that gets you just close enough to the games you love. Interviews with the men and women who make sports worth watching, discussing, and reading about, sharing their personal stories of the sports media business, and breaking down the biggest news of the week.
Frequent contributor for Deadspin, Daniel Roberts joins to discuss the legacy of Muhammad Ali, and how we're remembering "The Greatest." Plus, Daniel discusses how he got started in sportswriting, and his important work on Floyd Mayweather, Jameis Winston, and how women are mistreated by athletes, and the greater sports culture.
Writer and Reporter for Texas Monthly, Vice Sports, Vocativ, and author of the upcoming book "Unsportsmanlike Conduct: College Football and the Politics of Rape", Jessica Luther joins the podcast to discuss her reporting on Baylor University, the departures of Art Briles and Ken Starr, the broader problem of sexual violence on college campuses, and the challenges of reconciling sports fandom with the ugly underbelly of the games we love.