Sports With Family

Sports with family has decided to suspend our weekly podcast and we are wrapping up and preparing to launch a new series focusing on first blacks in sports and other areas of American life beginning in Q1 of 2022. Please subscribe to the Jumla network podcast to get caught up on Russell‘s business journey and to be ready when new content from Fugett squared drops. To the people who have been regular weekly listeners thanks for tuning in!

We start by talking about the lack of African Americans in the World Series. We touch on NESCAC football (Go Bantams!) and HBCU MEAC & SWAC football. Russell's excited about the NBA and his 4-1 Wizards while Jean thinks its waaay too early to talk Basketball. But Jean is excited for college basketball and we end by exploring our pre-season rankings. As always, we touch on the NFL throughout. This episode is sponsored by: www.JumlaNetwork.com www.AxeusTravel.com Follow Jean @JeanFugett on Twitter Follow Russell @RussellFugett on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook Follow Sports with Family on Facebook @SportsWithFamily

This week Jean and Russell revisit the conversation around racism in the NFL in light of more recent news around the league's practice of race norming leading to the denial of millions of dollars of health benefits to retired Black players. We look at the NFL as bye weeks and injury's impact the league. We touch on the start of the NBA season, MLB playoffs, College Football, and conclude with our weekly HBCU football MEAC and SWAC round up. This episode is sponsored by: www.JumlaNetwork.com www.AxeusTravel.com Follow Jean @JeanFugett on Twitter Follow Russell @RussellFugett on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook Follow Sports with Family on Facebook @SportsWithFamily

Fugett Squared is back in the saddle touching on all the hot topics in sports. Jean goes in on the now former Las Vegas Raiders coach and how his remarks reflect society and the challenges that we still must overcome and how sports can be a vehicle for moving us forward. We do a fantasy football update and how to handle the bye weeks and we discuss Kyrie Irving and his stance on vaccination. With our family connection, we celebrate the Georgia Bulldogs being in ranks #1 in the college football and we wrap with a HBCU football update: Morgan State v. Howard which was on ESPN. This episode is dedicated to the memory of Elijah Gorham of Mervo High School (Baltimore) who tragically lost his life after being injured in a high school football game. Love your family. Support your local student athletes. Stay Safe!

Jean kicks off talking about the Orioles opening a new training facility in the Dominican Republic and the colonistic nature of MLB at the cost of investing in Black American talent communities and talent development. We touch on the need to protect women and our youth in the sports world in light of the recent stories of abuse in Pro Women's Soccer. We do a NFL quarter season standings review and see few surprises so far. We talk some NESCAC Football and a little NBA too. This episode is sponsored by: www.JumlaNetwork.com www.AxeusTravel.com Follow Jean @JeanFugett on Twitter Follow Russell @RussellFugett on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook Follow Sports with Family on Facebook @SportsWithFamily

We start with a family sports update and a family football update: injuries galore. As always, we're ramping up our Haynes to the Hall campaign (www.HaynesToTheHall.com). We look at where we are on the sports calendar with the NHL & NBA beginning training camp, the NFL in full swing, golf, and the MLB heading towards the playoffs. We share our early MLB playoff predictions before turning to the NFL where the Washington Football Team and Dallas Cowboys both won with walk off field goals. Jean reminisces on one of the greatest NFL comebacks ever which he was a part of as we look forward to NFL week 3. We conclude with a HBCU college football round up. This episode is sponsored by: www.JumlaNetwork.com www.AxeusTravel.com Follow Jean @JeanFugett on Twitter Follow Russell @RussellFugett on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook Follow Sports with Family on Facebook @SportsWithFamily

Jean kicks of by licking his wounds given the losses of Dallas and Washington Football Team (WFT) in NFL week 1. We discuss a 2013 blog post that makes a strong case for Abner Haynes' entrance into the pro football Hall of Fame (link below) (www.HaynesToTheHall.com). We review NFL week 1 and preview NFL week 2 where our WFT has a chance on Thursday night to get a win! https://talesfromtheamericanfootballleague.com/a-hall-of-fame-comparison-abner-haynes/ This episode is sponsored by: www.JumlaNetwork.com www.AxeusTravel.com Follow Jean @JeanFugett on Twitter Follow Russell @RussellFugett on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook Follow Sports with Family on Facebook @SportsWithFamily

We start out with our new special Green Room Segment: a short clip of Fugett Squared's 5-10 recorded prep before each show. As Fugett Squared prepares for NFL Week 1, we look at some of the key matchups including the 5 home underdogs. We do a fantasy football recap and give an update on Haynes To The Hall campaign. This episode is sponsored by: www.JumlaNetwork.com www.AxeusTravel.com Follow Jean @JeanFugett on Twitter Follow Russell @RussellFugett on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook Follow Sports with Family on Facebook @SportsWithFamily

This week, Jean has an update on Abner Haynes and our campaign to get him into the Pro Football Hall of Fame (www.HaynesToTheHall.com). We shout out Adam Jones and the first place Orix Buffaloes of the Japanese league. Russell does a high level fantasy football preview. As NFL rosters have been trimmed from 80 to 53, Jean shares his thoughts on the NFLPA's stance on the implication of lack of COVID vaccination as a reason for being cut. We discuss hurricane Ida's impact on the New Orleans Saints who will not be home for at least the month of September. This episode is sponsored by: www.JumlaNetwork.com www.AxeusTravel.com Follow Jean @JeanFugett on Twitter Follow Russell @RussellFugett on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook Follow Sports with Family on Facebook @SportsWithFamily

This week Russell and Jean discuss New Practice Squad Rules, do their NFL NFC Preview, and review the first College Football polls. Jean dives a little deeper into the lack of Black college football coaches. We end by shouting out HaynesToTheHall.com as we begin to ramp up our campaign for football legend Abner Haynes. This episode is sponsored by: www.JumlaNetwork.com www.AxeusTravel.com Follow Jean @JeanFugett on Twitter Follow Russell @RussellFugett on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook Follow Sports with Family on Facebook @SportsWithFamily

Jean has strong opinions on the NFL and player COVID vaccinations or the lack there of. He predicts what will happen in regards to the threat of teams forfeiting games. Jean & Russell give us a NFL AFC preview and touch on Black College Coaches or.... the lack there of. Fugett Squared ends this episode with salutes and shout outs. This episode is sponsored by: www.JumlaNetwork.com www.AxeusTravel.com Follow Jean @JeanFugett on Twitter Follow Russell @RussellFugett on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook Follow Sports with Family on Facebook @SportsWithFamily

In this episode we discuss Abner Haynes and his case for the Pro Football Hall of Fame and our campaign Haynes to the Hall (www.HaynesToTheHall.com). Jean has advice for parents and kids as the youth football season begins. Finally we discuss the lack of equity for Black Americans in MLB and we shout out some of our favorite Olympians from the recently concluded games. This episode is sponsored by: www.JumlaNetwork.com www.AxeusTravel.com Follow Jean @JeanFugett on Twitter Follow Russell @RussellFugett on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook Follow Sports with Family on Facebook @SportsWithFamily

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