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2 episodes with national women's football league
2 episodes with national women's football league
On this episode we continue our short series of conversations with documentary filmmakers whose films will be featured at the New Hampshire Film Festival, which takes places in Portsmouth NH from 10/12-15. Both of films discussed on this episode explore life for women in worlds usually dominated by men. First up is my chat with Olivia Kuan, the director of a documentary called "The Herricanes," which tells the story of the Houston Herricanes, one of the teams that, in the 1970s, made up the first-ever women's full tackle football league known as the National Women's Football League. And it just so happens that Olivia's mother played safety on the Herricanes for four seasons! Later in the episode, I speak with director Maggie Contreras, whose documentary, "Maestra," follows five internationally-based women as they prepare for and perform in La Maestra, the only competition in the world for female orchestra conductors. Making Media Now is sponsored by Filmmakers Collaborative, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting media makers from across the creative spectrum. From providing fiscal sponsorship to presenting an array of informative and educational programs, Filmmakers Collaborative supports creatives at every step in their journey. About the host: www.writevoicecreative.com and https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-azevedo/ Sound Engineer: A.J. Kierstead
An episode Leigh has been dreaming of since the start of the pod is finally here! In this ep, Leigh is joined by guest host Frankie de la Cretaz, sports journalist, queer history buff, and certified Gaylor Swiftie, to discuss the queer history of women's baseball & softball, in particular the story of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, aka the inspiration behind A League of Their Own! We discuss all the extreme “no-homo”ing that was happening in the League's rules and regulations, and all the YES HOMO-ing that happened in spite of it, making the sport into an important site of queer community. We also introduce you to the wonderful world of AAGBPL's rival for women's baseball at the time, the National Girls' Baseball League, and the contrasts between the two leagues. Thank you to Averie Severs for editing this episode. Our guest host for this episode, Frankie de la Cretaz, can be found online @thefrankiedlc on Twitter and Instagram. You can check out their Linktree for links to purchase their book, Hail Mary: The Rise and Fall of the National Women's Football League and see more of their writing. Support filmmaker Adam Chu's efforts to create Their Turn at Bat: The Story of the National Girls Baseball League, a documentary film about Chicago's forgotten women's baseball league at www.nationalgirlsbaseballleague.com! Also, don't forget to check out our bonus episode discussing A League of their Own, with co-creator Will Graham! Outline 0:00 Introduction 5:26 Socio-Historic Context 12:12 The Leagues: AAGPBL 27:42 Why Do We Think They're Gay?: Queerness and Women's Sports 31:48-34:44 Word of the Week: Muscle Moll 34:44 Back to why do we think they're gay 47:07 The Leagues: NGBL 53:19 Who Were They? Queer ball players of note 1:24:00 -1:24:53 Content Warning: Homophobic violence 1:27:50 Pop Culture Tie In 1:34:15 How Gay Were They? 1:39:50 Closing and Where to Find Us Online Want to help us continue to make the show? Support us on Patreon and get awesome goodies, behind-the-scenes access, special minisodes, and more! We have a Discord server for everyone to hang out in, exclusive O.G. Lesbian Sappho t-shirts, Pop-Culture Tie-In movie watches, and some really fun extras coming your way! You can also get merch in our store! Shirts, hoodies, totes, mugs, magnets, and other neat things! If you'd like to help us transcribe the show for our d/Deaf and hard-of-hearing fans, please head on over to www.historyisgaypodcast.com/transcribe to join the team of volunteers! Find our full list of sources and bonus content at www.historyisgaypodcast.com. Find us on Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr, and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts! Don't forget to rate and review so more folks can see the show!
Today we are joined by Frankie de la Cretaz, a sports journalist whose work focuses on the intersection of sport and gender, and one of the authors alongside Lyndsey D'Arcangelo of Hail Mary: The Rise and Fall of the National Women's Football League (Bold Type Books, 2021). In our conversation, we discussed the beginnings of women's gridiron football in the United States' the reason why so many women wanted to play a “man's game” in the 1970s and 80s; and the successes, failures and legacies of the NWFL. In Hail Mary, de la Cretaz and D'Arcangelo recover the lost history of the National Women's Football League, a professional gridiron competition that ran from 1974 to 1988. To revive this hidden history of women's football, the authors interviewed dozens of women from and consulted archives around the country. They discovered a competitive, vibrant, and popular sporting entertainment that rose in the Rust Belt, spread to the football meccas of Texas and California, before collapsing due to financial issues in the 1980s. The book is organized chronologically – except for a first chapter that showcases one of the most dramatic confrontations between two teams – the Toledo Troopers and Oklahoma City Dolls. De la Cretaz and D'Arcangelo's archival history work, which relies mostly on newspapers, shows the spread and popularity of women's football. They illustrate how male coaches, journalists, and owners framed the league in gendered ways. Many advocated for the league, particularly promoters like Sid Friedman who hoped to make lots of money, but lots of others genuinely enjoyed the athleticism of the competitors. More impressively, their oral history interviews also allow the authors to move beyond the social history of the league and to tell the story of individual football players. Through their conversations with former players, they explore why so many women wanted to play the “masculine” game of football, even when they were no longer being paid, what they got out of their competition, the difficulties they faced as players, and what they thought about the failure of the NWFL. Sexual orientation and race play important roles in the NWFL history. One team basically formed in a lesbian bar and many of the players were lesbians, although the league averred a strict heteronormativity. On the other hand, unlike the better known All-American Girls Professional Baseball League during the Second World War, the NWFL was very visibly racially integrated. Black athletes played crucial roles on teams – the best player in the league was a black woman from Toledo, Linda Jefferson, who racked up more yards and touchdowns per year than better known male running backs. The NWFL also gave opportunities to black head coaches at a time when the NFL unofficially barred them. In the final chapter, “The Legacy of the NWFL”, the authors discuss the successes, failures and legacies of the league. For a while the NWFL opened the door to professional women's gridiron football in the United States. Many women interviewed discuss it as one of the formative experiences of their life. Nevertheless, the league collapsed due to financial weakness (although perhaps not unusually when compared to the early men's gridiron competitions.) Its legacies continue in semi-professional and amateur women's competitions in the US today. De la Cretaz and D'Arcangelo's innovative account recovers a very poorly known history of hundreds of women's professional athletes in the United States. It should be read by scholars interested in women's sport, gridiron football in the United States, and LGBTQI+ people in sport. It will also be very useful to classroom teaching. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies
Today we are joined by Frankie de la Cretaz, a sports journalist whose work focuses on the intersection of sport and gender, and one of the authors alongside Lyndsey D'Arcangelo of Hail Mary: The Rise and Fall of the National Women's Football League (Bold Type Books, 2021). In our conversation, we discussed the beginnings of women's gridiron football in the United States' the reason why so many women wanted to play a “man's game” in the 1970s and 80s; and the successes, failures and legacies of the NWFL. In Hail Mary, de la Cretaz and D'Arcangelo recover the lost history of the National Women's Football League, a professional gridiron competition that ran from 1974 to 1988. To revive this hidden history of women's football, the authors interviewed dozens of women from and consulted archives around the country. They discovered a competitive, vibrant, and popular sporting entertainment that rose in the Rust Belt, spread to the football meccas of Texas and California, before collapsing due to financial issues in the 1980s. The book is organized chronologically – except for a first chapter that showcases one of the most dramatic confrontations between two teams – the Toledo Troopers and Oklahoma City Dolls. De la Cretaz and D'Arcangelo's archival history work, which relies mostly on newspapers, shows the spread and popularity of women's football. They illustrate how male coaches, journalists, and owners framed the league in gendered ways. Many advocated for the league, particularly promoters like Sid Friedman who hoped to make lots of money, but lots of others genuinely enjoyed the athleticism of the competitors. More impressively, their oral history interviews also allow the authors to move beyond the social history of the league and to tell the story of individual football players. Through their conversations with former players, they explore why so many women wanted to play the “masculine” game of football, even when they were no longer being paid, what they got out of their competition, the difficulties they faced as players, and what they thought about the failure of the NWFL. Sexual orientation and race play important roles in the NWFL history. One team basically formed in a lesbian bar and many of the players were lesbians, although the league averred a strict heteronormativity. On the other hand, unlike the better known All-American Girls Professional Baseball League during the Second World War, the NWFL was very visibly racially integrated. Black athletes played crucial roles on teams – the best player in the league was a black woman from Toledo, Linda Jefferson, who racked up more yards and touchdowns per year than better known male running backs. The NWFL also gave opportunities to black head coaches at a time when the NFL unofficially barred them. In the final chapter, “The Legacy of the NWFL”, the authors discuss the successes, failures and legacies of the league. For a while the NWFL opened the door to professional women's gridiron football in the United States. Many women interviewed discuss it as one of the formative experiences of their life. Nevertheless, the league collapsed due to financial weakness (although perhaps not unusually when compared to the early men's gridiron competitions.) Its legacies continue in semi-professional and amateur women's competitions in the US today. De la Cretaz and D'Arcangelo's innovative account recovers a very poorly known history of hundreds of women's professional athletes in the United States. It should be read by scholars interested in women's sport, gridiron football in the United States, and LGBTQI+ people in sport. It will also be very useful to classroom teaching. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today we are joined by Frankie de la Cretaz, a sports journalist whose work focuses on the intersection of sport and gender, and one of the authors alongside Lyndsey D'Arcangelo of Hail Mary: The Rise and Fall of the National Women's Football League (Bold Type Books, 2021). In our conversation, we discussed the beginnings of women's gridiron football in the United States' the reason why so many women wanted to play a “man's game” in the 1970s and 80s; and the successes, failures and legacies of the NWFL. In Hail Mary, de la Cretaz and D'Arcangelo recover the lost history of the National Women's Football League, a professional gridiron competition that ran from 1974 to 1988. To revive this hidden history of women's football, the authors interviewed dozens of women from and consulted archives around the country. They discovered a competitive, vibrant, and popular sporting entertainment that rose in the Rust Belt, spread to the football meccas of Texas and California, before collapsing due to financial issues in the 1980s. The book is organized chronologically – except for a first chapter that showcases one of the most dramatic confrontations between two teams – the Toledo Troopers and Oklahoma City Dolls. De la Cretaz and D'Arcangelo's archival history work, which relies mostly on newspapers, shows the spread and popularity of women's football. They illustrate how male coaches, journalists, and owners framed the league in gendered ways. Many advocated for the league, particularly promoters like Sid Friedman who hoped to make lots of money, but lots of others genuinely enjoyed the athleticism of the competitors. More impressively, their oral history interviews also allow the authors to move beyond the social history of the league and to tell the story of individual football players. Through their conversations with former players, they explore why so many women wanted to play the “masculine” game of football, even when they were no longer being paid, what they got out of their competition, the difficulties they faced as players, and what they thought about the failure of the NWFL. Sexual orientation and race play important roles in the NWFL history. One team basically formed in a lesbian bar and many of the players were lesbians, although the league averred a strict heteronormativity. On the other hand, unlike the better known All-American Girls Professional Baseball League during the Second World War, the NWFL was very visibly racially integrated. Black athletes played crucial roles on teams – the best player in the league was a black woman from Toledo, Linda Jefferson, who racked up more yards and touchdowns per year than better known male running backs. The NWFL also gave opportunities to black head coaches at a time when the NFL unofficially barred them. In the final chapter, “The Legacy of the NWFL”, the authors discuss the successes, failures and legacies of the league. For a while the NWFL opened the door to professional women's gridiron football in the United States. Many women interviewed discuss it as one of the formative experiences of their life. Nevertheless, the league collapsed due to financial weakness (although perhaps not unusually when compared to the early men's gridiron competitions.) Its legacies continue in semi-professional and amateur women's competitions in the US today. De la Cretaz and D'Arcangelo's innovative account recovers a very poorly known history of hundreds of women's professional athletes in the United States. It should be read by scholars interested in women's sport, gridiron football in the United States, and LGBTQI+ people in sport. It will also be very useful to classroom teaching. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/sports
Today we are joined by Frankie de la Cretaz, a sports journalist whose work focuses on the intersection of sport and gender, and one of the authors alongside Lyndsey D'Arcangelo of Hail Mary: The Rise and Fall of the National Women's Football League (Bold Type Books, 2021). In our conversation, we discussed the beginnings of women's gridiron football in the United States' the reason why so many women wanted to play a “man's game” in the 1970s and 80s; and the successes, failures and legacies of the NWFL. In Hail Mary, de la Cretaz and D'Arcangelo recover the lost history of the National Women's Football League, a professional gridiron competition that ran from 1974 to 1988. To revive this hidden history of women's football, the authors interviewed dozens of women from and consulted archives around the country. They discovered a competitive, vibrant, and popular sporting entertainment that rose in the Rust Belt, spread to the football meccas of Texas and California, before collapsing due to financial issues in the 1980s. The book is organized chronologically – except for a first chapter that showcases one of the most dramatic confrontations between two teams – the Toledo Troopers and Oklahoma City Dolls. De la Cretaz and D'Arcangelo's archival history work, which relies mostly on newspapers, shows the spread and popularity of women's football. They illustrate how male coaches, journalists, and owners framed the league in gendered ways. Many advocated for the league, particularly promoters like Sid Friedman who hoped to make lots of money, but lots of others genuinely enjoyed the athleticism of the competitors. More impressively, their oral history interviews also allow the authors to move beyond the social history of the league and to tell the story of individual football players. Through their conversations with former players, they explore why so many women wanted to play the “masculine” game of football, even when they were no longer being paid, what they got out of their competition, the difficulties they faced as players, and what they thought about the failure of the NWFL. Sexual orientation and race play important roles in the NWFL history. One team basically formed in a lesbian bar and many of the players were lesbians, although the league averred a strict heteronormativity. On the other hand, unlike the better known All-American Girls Professional Baseball League during the Second World War, the NWFL was very visibly racially integrated. Black athletes played crucial roles on teams – the best player in the league was a black woman from Toledo, Linda Jefferson, who racked up more yards and touchdowns per year than better known male running backs. The NWFL also gave opportunities to black head coaches at a time when the NFL unofficially barred them. In the final chapter, “The Legacy of the NWFL”, the authors discuss the successes, failures and legacies of the league. For a while the NWFL opened the door to professional women's gridiron football in the United States. Many women interviewed discuss it as one of the formative experiences of their life. Nevertheless, the league collapsed due to financial weakness (although perhaps not unusually when compared to the early men's gridiron competitions.) Its legacies continue in semi-professional and amateur women's competitions in the US today. De la Cretaz and D'Arcangelo's innovative account recovers a very poorly known history of hundreds of women's professional athletes in the United States. It should be read by scholars interested in women's sport, gridiron football in the United States, and LGBTQI+ people in sport. It will also be very useful to classroom teaching. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history
Today we are joined by Frankie de la Cretaz, a sports journalist whose work focuses on the intersection of sport and gender, and one of the authors alongside Lyndsey D'Arcangelo of Hail Mary: The Rise and Fall of the National Women's Football League (Bold Type Books, 2021). In our conversation, we discussed the beginnings of women's gridiron football in the United States' the reason why so many women wanted to play a “man's game” in the 1970s and 80s; and the successes, failures and legacies of the NWFL. In Hail Mary, de la Cretaz and D'Arcangelo recover the lost history of the National Women's Football League, a professional gridiron competition that ran from 1974 to 1988. To revive this hidden history of women's football, the authors interviewed dozens of women from and consulted archives around the country. They discovered a competitive, vibrant, and popular sporting entertainment that rose in the Rust Belt, spread to the football meccas of Texas and California, before collapsing due to financial issues in the 1980s. The book is organized chronologically – except for a first chapter that showcases one of the most dramatic confrontations between two teams – the Toledo Troopers and Oklahoma City Dolls. De la Cretaz and D'Arcangelo's archival history work, which relies mostly on newspapers, shows the spread and popularity of women's football. They illustrate how male coaches, journalists, and owners framed the league in gendered ways. Many advocated for the league, particularly promoters like Sid Friedman who hoped to make lots of money, but lots of others genuinely enjoyed the athleticism of the competitors. More impressively, their oral history interviews also allow the authors to move beyond the social history of the league and to tell the story of individual football players. Through their conversations with former players, they explore why so many women wanted to play the “masculine” game of football, even when they were no longer being paid, what they got out of their competition, the difficulties they faced as players, and what they thought about the failure of the NWFL. Sexual orientation and race play important roles in the NWFL history. One team basically formed in a lesbian bar and many of the players were lesbians, although the league averred a strict heteronormativity. On the other hand, unlike the better known All-American Girls Professional Baseball League during the Second World War, the NWFL was very visibly racially integrated. Black athletes played crucial roles on teams – the best player in the league was a black woman from Toledo, Linda Jefferson, who racked up more yards and touchdowns per year than better known male running backs. The NWFL also gave opportunities to black head coaches at a time when the NFL unofficially barred them. In the final chapter, “The Legacy of the NWFL”, the authors discuss the successes, failures and legacies of the league. For a while the NWFL opened the door to professional women's gridiron football in the United States. Many women interviewed discuss it as one of the formative experiences of their life. Nevertheless, the league collapsed due to financial weakness (although perhaps not unusually when compared to the early men's gridiron competitions.) Its legacies continue in semi-professional and amateur women's competitions in the US today. De la Cretaz and D'Arcangelo's innovative account recovers a very poorly known history of hundreds of women's professional athletes in the United States. It should be read by scholars interested in women's sport, gridiron football in the United States, and LGBTQI+ people in sport. It will also be very useful to classroom teaching. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies
Today we are joined by Frankie de la Cretaz, a sports journalist whose work focuses on the intersection of sport and gender, and one of the authors alongside Lyndsey D'Arcangelo of Hail Mary: The Rise and Fall of the National Women's Football League (Bold Type Books, 2021). In our conversation, we discussed the beginnings of women's gridiron football in the United States' the reason why so many women wanted to play a “man's game” in the 1970s and 80s; and the successes, failures and legacies of the NWFL. In Hail Mary, de la Cretaz and D'Arcangelo recover the lost history of the National Women's Football League, a professional gridiron competition that ran from 1974 to 1988. To revive this hidden history of women's football, the authors interviewed dozens of women from and consulted archives around the country. They discovered a competitive, vibrant, and popular sporting entertainment that rose in the Rust Belt, spread to the football meccas of Texas and California, before collapsing due to financial issues in the 1980s. The book is organized chronologically – except for a first chapter that showcases one of the most dramatic confrontations between two teams – the Toledo Troopers and Oklahoma City Dolls. De la Cretaz and D'Arcangelo's archival history work, which relies mostly on newspapers, shows the spread and popularity of women's football. They illustrate how male coaches, journalists, and owners framed the league in gendered ways. Many advocated for the league, particularly promoters like Sid Friedman who hoped to make lots of money, but lots of others genuinely enjoyed the athleticism of the competitors. More impressively, their oral history interviews also allow the authors to move beyond the social history of the league and to tell the story of individual football players. Through their conversations with former players, they explore why so many women wanted to play the “masculine” game of football, even when they were no longer being paid, what they got out of their competition, the difficulties they faced as players, and what they thought about the failure of the NWFL. Sexual orientation and race play important roles in the NWFL history. One team basically formed in a lesbian bar and many of the players were lesbians, although the league averred a strict heteronormativity. On the other hand, unlike the better known All-American Girls Professional Baseball League during the Second World War, the NWFL was very visibly racially integrated. Black athletes played crucial roles on teams – the best player in the league was a black woman from Toledo, Linda Jefferson, who racked up more yards and touchdowns per year than better known male running backs. The NWFL also gave opportunities to black head coaches at a time when the NFL unofficially barred them. In the final chapter, “The Legacy of the NWFL”, the authors discuss the successes, failures and legacies of the league. For a while the NWFL opened the door to professional women's gridiron football in the United States. Many women interviewed discuss it as one of the formative experiences of their life. Nevertheless, the league collapsed due to financial weakness (although perhaps not unusually when compared to the early men's gridiron competitions.) Its legacies continue in semi-professional and amateur women's competitions in the US today. De la Cretaz and D'Arcangelo's innovative account recovers a very poorly known history of hundreds of women's professional athletes in the United States. It should be read by scholars interested in women's sport, gridiron football in the United States, and LGBTQI+ people in sport. It will also be very useful to classroom teaching. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
Today we are joined by Frankie de la Cretaz, a sports journalist whose work focuses on the intersection of sport and gender, and one of the authors alongside Lyndsey D'Arcangelo of Hail Mary: The Rise and Fall of the National Women's Football League (Bold Type Books, 2021). In our conversation, we discussed the beginnings of women's gridiron football in the United States' the reason why so many women wanted to play a “man's game” in the 1970s and 80s; and the successes, failures and legacies of the NWFL. In Hail Mary, de la Cretaz and D'Arcangelo recover the lost history of the National Women's Football League, a professional gridiron competition that ran from 1974 to 1988. To revive this hidden history of women's football, the authors interviewed dozens of women from and consulted archives around the country. They discovered a competitive, vibrant, and popular sporting entertainment that rose in the Rust Belt, spread to the football meccas of Texas and California, before collapsing due to financial issues in the 1980s. The book is organized chronologically – except for a first chapter that showcases one of the most dramatic confrontations between two teams – the Toledo Troopers and Oklahoma City Dolls. De la Cretaz and D'Arcangelo's archival history work, which relies mostly on newspapers, shows the spread and popularity of women's football. They illustrate how male coaches, journalists, and owners framed the league in gendered ways. Many advocated for the league, particularly promoters like Sid Friedman who hoped to make lots of money, but lots of others genuinely enjoyed the athleticism of the competitors. More impressively, their oral history interviews also allow the authors to move beyond the social history of the league and to tell the story of individual football players. Through their conversations with former players, they explore why so many women wanted to play the “masculine” game of football, even when they were no longer being paid, what they got out of their competition, the difficulties they faced as players, and what they thought about the failure of the NWFL. Sexual orientation and race play important roles in the NWFL history. One team basically formed in a lesbian bar and many of the players were lesbians, although the league averred a strict heteronormativity. On the other hand, unlike the better known All-American Girls Professional Baseball League during the Second World War, the NWFL was very visibly racially integrated. Black athletes played crucial roles on teams – the best player in the league was a black woman from Toledo, Linda Jefferson, who racked up more yards and touchdowns per year than better known male running backs. The NWFL also gave opportunities to black head coaches at a time when the NFL unofficially barred them. In the final chapter, “The Legacy of the NWFL”, the authors discuss the successes, failures and legacies of the league. For a while the NWFL opened the door to professional women's gridiron football in the United States. Many women interviewed discuss it as one of the formative experiences of their life. Nevertheless, the league collapsed due to financial weakness (although perhaps not unusually when compared to the early men's gridiron competitions.) Its legacies continue in semi-professional and amateur women's competitions in the US today. De la Cretaz and D'Arcangelo's innovative account recovers a very poorly known history of hundreds of women's professional athletes in the United States. It should be read by scholars interested in women's sport, gridiron football in the United States, and LGBTQI+ people in sport. It will also be very useful to classroom teaching. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/popular-culture
While American tackle football has long been considered an exclusively male sport, this week's guest Russ Crawford ("Women's American Football: Breaking Barriers On and Off the Gridiron") takes us on an eye-opening journey over the decades that highlights the persistent and still-growing interest of women playing the game - including professionally. Anecdotal evidence abounds of amateur football competitions, collegiate intramural leagues, and even an 1926 NFL halftime exhibition featuring Frankford's "Lady Yellow Jackets" - proving women's intrigue with the sport. The women's game became more organized in 1965 with the launch of sports entrepreneur Sid Friedman's aspirational Women's Professional Football League, and later more forcefully in 1974 with the founding of the pioneering National Women's Football League - featuring notable teams such as the Houston Herricanes, Dallas Bluebonnets, Toledo Troopers, Oklahoma City Dolls, and Detroit Demons. Today, two robust national semi-pro outdoor leagues (the 60+ team Women's Football Alliance; the 18-club Women's National Football Conference), plus an increasingly evolved/credible indoor "X League" (fka as both the infamous "Lingerie," and later "Legends" Football League) - keep the women's gridiron game alive, with undoubtedly more pioneering to come. + + + PURCHASE Russ Crawford's book "Women's American Football: Breaking Barriers On and Off the Gridiron" in either hardcover or Kindle electronic versions NOW!
This week Kim and Alice go down a rabbit hole talking about A League of Their Own and talk nonfiction about women in sports. Follow For Real using RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. For more nonfiction recommendations, sign up for our True Story newsletter, edited by Kendra Winchester and Kim Ukura. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Nonfiction in the News Barbara Ehrenreich, author who challenged American Dream myths, dies at 81 [Washington Post] Recommending Books Based on the Weirdest Facts They Taught Me [Book Riot] New Nonfiction Thinking 101: How to Reason Better to Live Better by Woo-Kyoung Ahn Off with Her Head: Three Thousand Years of Demonizing Women in Power by Eleanor Herman The Godmother: Murder, Vengeance, and the Bloody Struggle of Mafia Women by Barbie Latza Nadeau Africa Is Not a Country: Notes on a Bright Continent by Dipo Faloyin The Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World by Max Fisher Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life by Alice Wong Women in Sports Hail Mary: The Rise and Fall of the National Women's Football League by Frankie de la Cretaz and Lyndsey D'Arcangelo Dust Bowl Girls: The Inspiring Story of the Team That Barnstormed Its Way to Basketball Glory by Lydia Reeder Baseball's Leading Lady: Effa Manley and the Rise and Fall of the Negro Leagues by Andrea Williams Curveball: The Remarkable Story of Toni Stone the First Woman to Play Professional Baseball in the Negro League by Martha Ackmann Reading Now Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley by Charlotte Gordon I Might Regret This: Essays, Drawings, Vulnerabilities, and Other Stuff by Abbi Jacobson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Author/team biographer Steve Guinan (We Are the Troopers: The Women of the Winningest Team in Pro Football History) helps us celebrate the return of football this week - with a look back at the unheralded story of the most dominant women's team of the 1970s -the Toledo Troopers. Winners of seven consecutive championships across two different leagues - Sid Friedman's barnstorming Women's Professional Football League (1971-72), and the pioneering true-pro successor National Women's Football League (1974-77) - the Troopers compiled an astounding 58-4-1 record over its nine years of life, including six seasons of undefeated play. Led by the league's most recognizable star Linda Jefferson and overseen by its hard-charging owner/head coach Bill Stout - the Troopers' roster was an unlikely assemblage of housewives, factory workers, hairdressers, former nuns, high school teachers, bartenders, mail carriers, pilots, and would-be drill sergeants - whose combined spirit, tenacity and simple "love for the game" helped create what even the hallowed Pro Football Hall of Fame officially recognizes as the “winningest team in professional football history.”
Stephen Guinan, author of "We are the Troopers: The Women of the Winningest Team in Pro Football History." The team in question, the Toledo Troopers, utterly dominated the National Women's Football League in the 1970s.
Cleat Sheets is thrilled to share our interview with Lyndsey D'Arcangelo, author of Hail Mary: The Raise and Fall of the National Women's Football League. Lyndsey is an award-winning author and sportswriter, currently writing about Women's College Basketball and the WNBA for The Athletic WBB and Just Women's Sports. We discuss the landscape of women's sports today and what it was like telling the story of the National Women's Football League.To find out where to purchase Hail Mary, visit https://lyndseydarcangelo.com/books/hail-mary-rise-fall-nwfl/.Be sure to follow us on Instagram at @cleat_sheets to stay involved and updated on future episodes!Edited and produced by Marissa Alexa McCool
Buffalo, New York teams have seen a number of successes, but have had an even larger number of heartbreaks. Despite that, their fans support these franchises in droves and have built a reputation of being one of the most passionate fanbases in America. Buffalo native, Lyndsey D'Arcangelo, author and writer for The Athletic and Just Women's Sports, joins us to share how Buffalo sports leads to family bonding, and how gamedays are just like holidays in this rust belt city. Check out Lyndsey's latest book with Britni de la Cretaz, Hail Mary: The Rise and Fall of the National Women's Football League and read her coverage of women's basketball on The Athletic and Just Women's Sports.Follow us on Twitter or Instagram @SportsTownsPodQuestions, comments, recommendations? Email us at GreatestSportsTowns@gmail.com!Hosts: Billy Puckett and Alex KacikProducer: Tim Corpus (timcorpus.net)
In 1967, a Cleveland talent agent named Sid Friedman decided to capitalize on the popularity of football in the rust belt by launching a women's football league, which he envisioned as entertainment, complete with mini-skirts and tear-away jerseys. The women he recruited had other ideas, and soon they were playing competitive tackle football, not in skirts but in football uniforms. In 1974, the owners of several teams around the country, some from Friedman's WPFL and some independent of it, formed to create their own league: the National Women's Football League, the NWFL, which started with 7 teams and grew within a few years to 14 teams across three divisions. The league faced financial difficulties from the beginning and finally folded in 1989, but the desire of women to play professional football lives on. I'm joined in this episode by Britni de la Cretaz and Lyndsey D'Arcangelo, authors of Hail Mary: The Rise and Fall of the National Women's Football League. Our theme song is Frogs Legs Rag, composed by James Scott and performed by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons. Photo Credit: Brenda Cook, Brant Hopkins, and Baby Murf, Houston Herricanes. January 1979, Safety Valve, Published Monthly by Houston Natural Gas Corp., original photo provided by Brenda Cook, Houston Herricanes. Additional Sources: “Revolution on the American Gridiron: Gender, Contested Space, and Women's Football in the 1970s,” by Andrew D. Linden, The International Journal of the History of Sport (2015), 32:18, 2171-2189. “The Unusual Origins of the Dallas Bluebonnets, the Trailblazing Women's Football Team: An excerpt from the new book Hail Mary: The Rise and Fall of the National Women's Football League,” D Magazine, November 2, 2021. “Remembering Toledo's Troopers: Film to tell story of '70s female football team,” by Tom Henry, The Blade, June 16, 2013. “Almost Undefeated: The Forgotten Football Upset of 1976: How the Toledo Troopers, the most dominant female football team of all time, met their match,” by Britni de la Cretaz, Longreads, February 19, 2019. “How sexism and homophobia sidelined the National Women's Football League,” by Victoria Whitley-Berry, NPR Morning Edition, November 3, 2021. “The Forgotten History of Women's Football,” by Erica Westly, Smithsonian Magazine, February 5, 2016. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Emma hosts writer Britni de la Cretaz and Lyndsey D'Arcangelo, women's basketball writer for the Athletic, to discuss their recent book Hail Mary: The Rise and Fall of the National Women's Football League, and what they've uncovered in diving into the history of the league and the women that played in it. D'Arcangelo and de la Cretaz dive into the research that led them to the history of this league, first studying the role of women in football writ large, before stumbling onto the Toledo Troopers, the winningest team in Pro Football history, and somehow the only National Women's Football League team that the media has left any trace of. Next, Britni and Lyndsey walk through what the league's relationship with the media and public looked like at the time, including the shoestring budgets and misogynistic coverage that they had to operate with, which unfortunately still reflects the state of women's sports in the US, before they dive deeper into the limited coverage they received, which generally focused on the body shapes, and “attractiveness” of the women playing the game, and how it petered off as soon as they found it had lost its novel appeal. Jumping back to the end of the 19th Century, de la Cretaz and D'Arcangelo dive into a Harvard - Yale women's football game that saw incredible reception, both by the women who came to play and spectate, and even by the male onlookers – despite the exploitative nature behind their attendance – and how throughout the history of Football, women have clearly shown their interest in playing and engaging with the sport. This brings them to the beginnings of the NWFL in the 1960s, as Sid Friedman, a sports agent at the time, saw an opportunity to make a spectacle of women that could play the sport against men, slowly expanding it to more and more women's football teams in the rust belt, and eventually launching the creation of the league. Despite the success the teams saw in the run-up to the creation of the league, in the wake of the expansion the women saw little-to-no media coverage, and what they did see hinged on the misogyny they had begun the discussion with, not to mention rampant homophobia both within the media and in the running of the teams themselves, despite the largely queer player base. This brings them to a discussion of the role of infrastructure to bolster the development of young athletes, and how when it comes to male athletes the positive impact of the infrastructure is ignored, just like the negative impact on women with lacking infrastructure is ignored, as they discuss the role of Title IX's passing in the same era as the NWFL, and look forwards to see what changes could and should be done to promote women's sports in the future. Emma also covers the ramping efforts to get the US involved in hot warfare, alongside the complete evaporation of international aid to other war-torn countries like Yemen, and dives into Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA)'s love for disaster capitalism. And in the Fun Half: Emma is joined by Matt Binder and Brandon Sutton as they admire Brian Holmes pressing Lt. Gov. 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On a special bonus episode, Jourdan and Rich learn about the fascinating, important and little-known history of the NWFL, including some of its Los Angeles roots, from Lyndsey D'Arcangelo and Britni de la Cretaz, who co-wrote "Hail Mary: The Rise and Fall of the National Women's Football League." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jim is joined by author Britni de la Cretaz and The Athletic's Lyndsey D'Arcangelo join the podcast this week to discuss their recently released book "Hail Mary: The Rise and Fall of the National Women's Football League", the NWFL, and the Hall of Fame. First, Britni and Lyndsey talk about what inspired them to write a book on the NWFL (2:48). Next, they cover the Toledo Troopers, favorite stories from their research, and the dominance of RB Linda Jefferson, who ran for 140 TDs during her NWFL career (11:36). Finally, they discuss women's presence in the various HOFs (24:52) and give their best predictions on when they think a woman will finally get inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame (47:57). If you are interested in their book, here is a quick link (https://www.amazon.com/Hail-Mary-National-Womens-Football/dp/1645036626)
Britni de la Cretaz and Lyndsey D'Arcangelo discuss "Hail Mary," the little-known true story of the National Women's Football League.
Remember the National WOMEN'S Football League? You don't? Well, sportswriter Britni de la Cretaz joins us to share the surprising, thrilling story you've never heard. Plus: the latest feral hog update!
Britni de la Cretaz is a freelance writer who focuses on the intersection of sports and gender. They are the former sports columnist for Longreads and for Bitch Media. Their work has appeared in the New York Times, Rolling Stone, espnW, Vogue, The Washington Post, Teen Vogue, The Ringer, Bleacher Report, The Atlantic, and more. Their work on racism in Boston sports media received the 2017 Nellie Bly Award for Investigative Journalism from the Transformative Culture Project, and that story was also a Notable Story in the 2018 Best American Sports Writing. Their writing on the queer history of women's baseball for Narratively was nominated for a prestigious baseball writing award, the 2019SABR Analytics Research Award. Lyndsey D'Arcangelo writes about women's college basketball and the WNBA forThe Athletic. Her articles, columns and profiles on female/LGBTQ+ athletes have previously appeared in The Ringer, Deadspin, espnW/ESPN, TeenVogue, The Buffalo News, The Huffington Post, NBC OUT and more. She received a Notable Mention in the 2018 BestAmerican Sports Writing anthology for her story, “My Father, Trump and The Buffalo Bills.” Lyndsey lives in Buffalo, NY. Britni and Lyndsey joined us to discuss their new book, HAIL MARY: The Rise and Fall of the National Women's Football League. In their captivating book, they share the little-known, yet utterly fascinating story of the rise and fall of the National Women's Football League (NWFL), told through the players whose spirit, rivalries, and tenacity carried the league and furthered the legacy of women in sports. ___ Fluffy by Smith The Mister https://smiththemister.bandcamp.com Smith The Mister https://bit.ly/Smith-The-Mister-YT Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/stm-fluffy Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/OM9G3nyLT_w --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebloompod/support
Beginning in 1967, the National Women's Football League spread to nineteen cities in the U.S and lasted for over two decades. But many have never heard the stories of teams like the Toledo Troopers and the LA Dandelions. Britni de la Cretaz and Lydnsey D'Arcangelo, authors of a new book, Hail Mary: The Rise and Fall of the National Women's Football League, tell the story of the league, featuring first-person stories from players, coaches, and owners. This segment was guest-hosted by Kerry Nolan.
Britni de la Cretaz has written some of most important journalism in the last couple years at the intersection of sports, gender, culture, queerness. In the middle of groundbreaking articles on nonbinary inclusion in sports and the hidden stories of trans men in the continuing transgender athletic inclusion "debate", they found time to team up with standout sports writer Lyndsey D'Arcangelo and wrote a book. Their effort Hail Mary: The Rise and Fall of the National Women's Football League would be a sizzling piece of period fiction of sport coming in the cusp of the changes of the 1970s... But the thing is, It's not fiction. In 1973, after a prehistory full of sideshows, and barnstorming, a group of teams, investors, and women with athleticism, spark, and a dream got together and formed the National Women Football League. This is a story of the history of a league filled with a cast of characters that including a tough Texas-born quote machine, glamour teams from glamour towns, gritty women who just wanted to play ball, a running back who scored more touchdown than a number of NFL superstar, and a dynasty team from....Toledo? This history, largely buried in newsprint, attics and memories who those still here to tell the story, comes to life in these pages, and this week we are proud to bring you one of the authors. Oh by the way: This book is a Karleigh Webb Sports Book Club MVB (Most Valuable Book). She has a copy, and you should get a copy, too! https://www.boldtypebooks.com/titles/britni-de-la-cretaz/hail-mary/9781645036623/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
USC & NFL quarterback Rodney Peete joins CJ to talk about USC football, and his family's HollyRod foundation. Looking for a new book this holiday season? Women's Sports advocate Lyndsey D'Arcangelo comes on to discuss her new book "Hail Mary" about the rise & fall of the National Women's Football League. Thanks to all my partners: Dr. Daniel Lapidus & Larry Ackerman, Dr. Brad Kurgis of Kurgis Dermatology, California Fresh Markets, Rex Stevens @ The SLO Wellness Center, Avila Bay Athletic Club & Spa, Joy of Shell Beach, Michael Moore Sports Recovery, and Gymnazo.
American football emerged in the last decades of the 19th century; today it is the most popular sport in the country, watched and played by millions of people — and at the professional level, generating billions of dollars in revenue — each year. While women's involvement in football has grown in more recent years, it is historically a sport played almost exclusively by men. But in 1967, a Cleveland businessman had an idea to start an American football league for women. Was it a publicity stunt to garner attention and entertain folks, much in the vein of the Harlem Globetrotters? Or was it something more? In their book Hail Mary, authors Britni de la Cretaz & Lyndsey D'Arcangelo share the little-known story of the players behind the National Women's Football League that had a brief but bright life in the early 1970s. Hail Mary introduces us to the hard-playing, passionate women athletes who comprised teams like the L.A. Dandelions and the Toledo Troopers, names that most of us have never heard before. In the 115th episode of Town Hall's In the Moment podcast, Maggie Mertens interviews de la Cretaz and D'Arcangelo about the players who transcended a gimmick with grit, tenacity, and pure athleticism. Britni de la Cretaz is a freelance writer who focuses on the intersection of sports and gender. They are the former sports columnist for Longreads and for Bitch Media. Their work has appeared in the New York Times, Rolling Stone, espnW, Vogue, The Washington Post, Teen Vogue, The Ringer, Bleacher Report, The Atlantic, and more. Their work on racism in Boston sports media received the 2017 Nellie Bly Award for Investigative Journalism from the Transformative Culture Project, and that story was also a Notable Story in the 2018 Best American Sports Writing. Their writing on the queer history of women's baseball for Narratively was nominated for a prestigious baseball writing award, the 2019 SABR Analytics Research Award. Lyndsey D'Arcangelo writes about women's college basketball and the WNBA forThe Athletic. Her articles, columns, and profiles on female/LGBTQ+ athletes have previously appeared in The Ringer, Deadspin, espnW/ESPN, TeenVogue, The Buffalo News, The Huffington Post, NBC OUT, and more. She received a Notable Mention in the 2018 Best American Sports Writing anthology for her story, “My Father, Trump and The Buffalo Bills.” Maggie Mertens is a writer, journalist, and editor located in Seattle. Her essays and reporting have appeared in The Atlantic, NPR, ESPNw, The Guardian, Deadspin, VICE, Glamour, and others. Her work has been anthologized in Women and Sports in the United States, and is forthcoming in The Year's Best Sportswriting 2021. She edits and writes a regular column on sports and gender for The South Seattle Emerald. Buy the Book—Hail Mary: The Rise and Fall of the National Women's Football League from Bold Type Books Presented by Town Hall Seattle. To become a member or make a donation click here.
American football emerged in the last decades of the 19th century; today it is the most popular sport in the country, watched and played by millions of people — and at the professional level, generating billions of dollars in revenue — each year. While women's involvement in football has grown in more recent years, it is historically a sport played almost exclusively by men. But in 1967, a Cleveland businessman had an idea to start an American football league for women. Was it a publicity stunt to garner attention and entertain folks, much in the vein of the Harlem Globetrotters? Or was it something more? In their book Hail Mary, authors Britni de la Cretaz & Lyndsey D'Arcangelo share the little-known story of the players behind the National Women's Football League that had a brief but bright life in the early 1970s. Hail Mary introduces us to the hard-playing, passionate women athletes who comprised teams like the L.A. Dandelions and the Toledo Troopers, names that most of us have never heard before. In the 115th episode of Town Hall's In the Moment podcast, Maggie Mertens interviews de la Cretaz and D'Arcangelo about the players who transcended a gimmick with grit, tenacity, and pure athleticism. Britni de la Cretaz is a freelance writer who focuses on the intersection of sports and gender. They are the former sports columnist for Longreads and for Bitch Media. Their work has appeared in the New York Times, Rolling Stone, espnW, Vogue, The Washington Post, Teen Vogue, The Ringer, Bleacher Report, The Atlantic, and more. Their work on racism in Boston sports media received the 2017 Nellie Bly Award for Investigative Journalism from the Transformative Culture Project, and that story was also a Notable Story in the 2018 Best American Sports Writing. Their writing on the queer history of women's baseball for Narratively was nominated for a prestigious baseball writing award, the 2019 SABR Analytics Research Award. Lyndsey D'Arcangelo writes about women's college basketball and the WNBA forThe Athletic. Her articles, columns, and profiles on female/LGBTQ+ athletes have previously appeared in The Ringer, Deadspin, espnW/ESPN, TeenVogue, The Buffalo News, The Huffington Post, NBC OUT, and more. She received a Notable Mention in the 2018 Best American Sports Writing anthology for her story, “My Father, Trump and The Buffalo Bills.” Maggie Mertens is a writer, journalist, and editor located in Seattle. Her essays and reporting have appeared in The Atlantic, NPR, ESPNw, The Guardian, Deadspin, VICE, Glamour, and others. Her work has been anthologized in Women and Sports in the United States, and is forthcoming in The Year's Best Sportswriting 2021. She edits and writes a regular column on sports and gender for The South Seattle Emerald. Buy the Book—Hail Mary: The Rise and Fall of the National Women's Football League from Bold Type Books Presented by Town Hall Seattle. To become a member or make a donation click here.
You're probably at least a little familiar with the WNBA, and even if you never actually seen A League of Their Own, everyone knows there's no crying in baseball. But did you know there was a whole professional women's football league in the 1960's? NPR's A Martinez spoke with Britni de la Cretaz about their book Hail Mary: The Rise and Fall of the National Women's Football League, which they co-authored with fellow sports writer Lyndsey D'Arcangelo. And, disappointingly, but perhaps unsurprisingly, de la Cretaz says it was homophobia and sexism that undermined the league's success.
Episode 168 of the Sports Media Podcast features Fox NFL reporter Pam Oliver and writer Lyndsey D'Arcangelo, the co-author with Britni de la Cretaz of the new book, “Hail Mary: The Rise and Fall of the National Women's Football League.” In this podcast, Oliver discusses what the 2021 season has been like for her as a sideline reporter; her remarkable longevity in the sports TV business; the on-field access she has in 2021 versus other years; working with Kevin Burkhardt and Greg Olsen; what she says to women in the business wh0 approach her for advice; the chronic migraines and headaches she has suffered for decades, which sometimes force her to hide out in stadium; enduring fibroids that has required surgeries; her intentions to publish a memoir down the road and much more. D'Arcangelo discusses the origins of how “Hail Mary” emerging as a book; the challenge and fulfillment of unearthing something fascinating about an athlete or league from a previous era; how the NWFL was covered by the sports media of the day; how the players looked upon those media experiences; the players' pioneering role even if they did not realize it at the time; the finances of the league; women in football today such as Sarah Fuller and why that was predictably criticized by a segment of people; the advancements in women's sports, especially in viewership, as a commercial play; the challenges of women's sports today and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Note: this interview was recorded in 2021 before Frankie de la Cretaz changed their name, however our the text and transcriptions for this episode have been amended. In this episode Amira Rose Davis talks with Frankie de la Cretaz and Lyndsey D'Arcangelo, authors of Hail Mary: The Rise and Fall of the National Women's Football League. They discuss what it took to write this book and find former players, the beautiful history they uncover in women's professional football and what the NWFL can tell us about sports leagues today. This episode was produced by Tressa Versteeg. Shelby Weldon is our social media and website specialist. Burn It All Down is part of the Blue Wire podcast network. For show notes, transcripts, and more info about BIAD, check out our website: www.burnitalldownpod.com To help support the Burn It All Down podcast, please consider becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/burnitalldown For BIAD merchandise: https://www.bonfire.com/store/burn-it-all-down/ Find us on Twitter: twitter.com/BurnItDownPod; Facebook: www.facebook.com/BurnItAllDownPod/; and Instagram: www.instagram.com/burnitalldownpod/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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We return to the fascinating story of the pioneering National Women's Football League (1974-88-ish) - and its overlooked role in the surprisingly resilient world of women's pro football - with sportswriters Britni de la Cretaz & Lyndsey D'Arcangelo ("Hail Mary: The Rise and Fall of the National Women's Football League") The modern women's pro game started modestly enough in 1967, when a Cleveland-based talent agent named Sid Friedman launched a barnstorming outfit known as the “Women's Professional Football League” in which a team of women (eventually nine) toured the country playing men's clubs in exhibitions and charity events – even as halftime entertainment at NFL and CFL games. Frustrated by the lack of seriousness accorded their efforts, a number of breakaway players and teams bolted from Friedman's grip in 1974 to form a decidedly (and competitively) legit seven-team league; by 1976, the NWFL had ballooned to 14 franchises from coast-to-coast, including three in football-mad Texas – led by the “Herricanes” of Houston (our Episode 154 with filmmaker Olivia Kuan). Though lacking sustainable budgets, major media coverage or appreciable crowds, the NWFL featured a passionate and determined breed of player – drawn to an unprecedented opportunity to play real men's-style tackle football for pay and buttressed by an emerging progressive era of Title IX, the Equal Rights Amendment and rampant sports league entrepreneurialism. D'Arcangelo and de la Cretaz share insight into this little-known but ultimately influential league, especially from the stories of its players - whose spirit, tenacity and simple "love for the game" helped set the template for the eventual mainstream arrival of women's pro sports in the decades that followed.
You can now get some sweet Oh, I Like That merch! Check out our store at Teepublic and buy some things!Also, we want your gift recs! Please send us your favorite things to give (and be given) that do not come from big box stores or chains (including Amazon). Email us your recs at OhILikeThatpod@gmail.com or DM us on Instagram or Twitter @ohilikethatpod. We had a nice long talk with freelance writer Britni de la Cretaz, one of our favorite people on Twitter and also the co-author (with Lyndsey D'Arcangelo) of the new book Hail Mary: The Rise and Fall of the National Women's Football League. Britni told us about what it was like to research the league and write the very first book about this watershed moment in sports history. We also talked about the intersection of gender, sexuality, media, and sports. It was a blast and the book is great!This episode was produced by Rachel and Sally and edited by Lucas Nguyen. Our logo was designed by Amber Seger (@rocketorca). Our theme music is by Tiny Music. MJ Brodie transcribed this episode. Follow us on Twitter @OhILikeThatPod.Things we talked about:The NBA Would Like You to Stop Talking About Kyrie Irving by Will Leitch for New YorkAlmost Undefeated: The Forgotten Football Upset of 1976 by Britni de la Cretaz for Longreads“Born to Play” on HuluHow One Women's Football Team Took Control Away From the Men by Briti de la Cretaz and Lyndsey D'Arcangelo for Sports IllustratedBritni's work at Vice (some edited by Rachel)
Did you know there was a professional women's football league in the 1970's that sparked so much of the progress for women in football we see today? (12:02) This week Melissa welcomes Britni de la Cretaz and Lyndsey D'Arcangelo, co-authors of the new book Hail Mary which dives into the little known yet incredibly fascinating world of the National Women's Football League. The conversation weaves through the makeup of these trailblazers, why they wanted to play football, their often jaw-dropping success on the field. the men who supported them and those who treated them like a gimmick, plus the stream of misogyny these women faced. No, male reporter of the 70's, getting hit in the boob with a football doesn't cause breast cancer! Hail Mary is available online and in bookstores: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781645036623
In this episode, Johanna and Nathan interview one of our favorite critical sports journalists, Britni de la Cretaz, about their tireless work spotlighting trans and non-binary athletes and critiquing sporting discrimination. They have written for a phenomenal array of outlets, including the New York Times, Sports Illustrated, Vogue, the Washington Post, Teen Vogue, and many more, and have a co-authored book with Lyndsey D'Arcangelo coming out in November 2021: HAIL MARY: The Rise and Fall of the National Women's Football League. Britni begins by sharing how they got into sports journalism. They pinpoint why mainstream sports media remains loathe to hire and include critical analyses of sport like their work and why hustle culture absolutely is exhausting for them and other freelance journalists. We transition to Britni's Vice analysis in “Why Can't WNBA Broadcasters get the Players' Names Right?” Britni walks us through various tools available to broadcasters, racism, as well as the role played by the decentralization of the league's coverage on the mispronunciation of Black, Brown and international basketball players in the WNBA. The work that broadcasters' pronunciation forces onto the players is of crucial importance. Our discussion of Britni's superb work on nonbinary athletes such as Layshia Clarendon and others in Sports Illustrated last summer continues this theme by highlighting how the questions that Clarendon and other nonbinary players have to ask themselves just to keep playing constitutes additional labor that we often forget about. The WNBA's collective efforts to support her in an inclusive announcement about him provide ideas for how leagues can support nonbinary athletes' humanity first and foremost. The conversation explores what can make sport unsafe for trans and nonbinary people (such as cishet white feminists who argue for segregating cis athletes from trans and nonbinary ones), and to what extent sport can be reformed or recreated to make it safe for them. Britni also takes us through their Bitch Media piece about the NBA's hiring and preference for male coaches with known assault and/or predatory qualities like Jason Kidd and Chauncey Billups over Becky Hammond. The possibilities and limits of representation for women – namely white and white-passing women - in sport organizations, broadcasting, and teams continue to prevent altruistic inclusion, as they analyzed in ‘progress for whom?' Britni's work explores the intersection of sports, gender, culture, and queerness. Their website is here where you can (and should!) subscribe to Britni's newsletter. You can follow them on Twitter here @britnidlc. For a transcription of this episode, please click here. (Updated semi-regularly Credit @punkademic) Research Assistance for The End of Sport provided by Abigail Bomba. __________________________________________________________________________ You can support the show via our Patreon. As always, please like, share, and rate us on your favorite podcast app, and give follow us on Twitter or Instagram. www.TheEndofSport.com
Lyndsey D'Arcangelo, a sports writer for The Athletic, joins Brian to talk about journalism, social media, and her upcoming book, “Hail Mary: The Rise and Fall of the National Women's Football League.” Lyndsey describes her twisty career path that took her from college to an office job in Boston to an office job at the Buffalo News and finally back to sports writing. She tell Brian how using Twitter turned her career around in a good way (for real — she's the one) and how she advocates for women's sports while maintaining journalistic distance. Lyndsey tells Brian about how she and co-author Britni de le Cretaz came up with the idea for the book on the NWFL, how they divided the the writing and reporting, how they got sources to trust them with their stories, and why these untold stories are so important. Lyndsey D'ArcangeloLyndsey on TwitterCourtside Column: The WNBA's first game was a defining moment for meHail Mary: The Rise and Fall of the National Women's Football LeagueBroken Horses: A Memoir by Brandi CarlileSubscribe:Apple PodcastsSpotifyOvercastRSS
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In the latest episode of The Jacobin Sports Show, Matthew and Jonah talk with Lyndsey D'Arcangelo about the Big Game that was anything but, Sarah Thomas and the NFL's efforts to promote hiring more women, WNBA free agency, and Lyndsey's new book about the overlooked but meaningful history of the National Women's Football League. Lyndsey D'Arcangelo (@darcangel21) writes for The Athletic, covering the NFL and the National Women's Hockey League, and founded the Courtside newsletter, which covers the WNBA. She is also the co-author with Britni de la Cretaz of the book Hail Mary, about the rise and fall of the Natonal Women's Football League, available in November 2021. Follow the Jacobin Sports Show on Twitter: @JacobinSports Email us: jacobinsports@gmail.com
On today's podcast, Jim is joined by Lyndsey D'Arcangelo, writer for The Athletic, to breakdown the hall of fame candidacy of former Buffalo Bills special teamer Steve Tasker. Jim and Lyndsey first discuss the current Bills season and whether Josh Allen can take them to the Super Bowl (7:19). Then, they discuss the 1993 pro bowl, special teamers in the hall of fame today, the problem with statistics for a player like Tasker, and the great Bills teams of the early 1990s (18:45). Finally, they discuss whether or not they believe Steve Tasker should be in the Hall of Fame and what his chances are of ever getting in (40:32). After the final verdict, Lyndsey provides some background on her upcoming new book "Hail Mary: The Rise and Fall of the National Women's Football League" (45:52).
Britni joins the podcast to discuss the life as a freelance journalist and the making of her new book about the National Women's Football League. We also take a deep dive into the writing and response to her 2017 Nellie Bly Award-winning report on racism in the Boston baseball and sports media scene for DigBoston.
This week we speak to Britni de la Cretaz & Lyndsey D'Arcangelo, authors of the new book, Hail Mary: The Rise and Fall of the National Women's Football League. This book is incredible and unearths an entire history that most of us were never familiar with. We also have “Choice Words” about the new Netflix special, Colin in Black and White. We also got “Just Stand Up” and “Sit Your Ass Down” awards for the perpetually under-appreciated Dusty Baker and Roger Goodell/the Atlanta Anachronisms baseball team. Don't miss another edition of Jake's Takes as well. All this and more on this week's show! Lyndsey D'ArcangeloTwitter: @darcangel21Britni de la CretazTwitter: @britnidlchttps://www.boldtypebooks.com/titles/britni-de-la-cretaz/hail-mary/9781645036623/Zirin, 100 Days to the Beijing Olympicshttps://www.thenation.com/article/society/beijing-olympics/—http://www.edgeofsportspodcast.com/ | http://twitter.com/EdgeOfSportsPod | http://fb.com/edgeofsportspod | email us: edgeofsports@gmail.com | Edge of Sports hotline: 401-426-3343 (EDGE)Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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