Hey, it's Guy Ross here host of How I Built This with the recommendation for another podcast

for you to check out, namely How I Built This. Every week, I talk to the people behind some of

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What's good, y'all? You're listening to the Cootswitch podcast. I'm Gene Demby.

And I'm Shrine Mari-Soul-Maraji. Last week, we looked back at 2017, the hashtag Me Too Moment,

the unrest in Charlottesville, some of the biggest wins in pop culture, and some of the people who

passed away. But on this app, we're going to look ahead by looking back, because next year, we'll

mark the 50th anniversary of some of the most pivotal moments in modern American history. But first,

let's talk about sports, Gene. Yeah, let's talk about some sports. We don't talk about sports nearly

enough. I know you think that. I absolutely do. More sports on Cootswitch in 2018.

This fast year, even if you weren't a sports fan, you couldn't escape sports. You were probably

reading and hearing about it all the time. What we're going to see in professional sports,

NBA, and or NFL mark my words, there will be players that decline the opportunity to visit the

White House under its presidency. That was Jalen Rose, the former NBA player, turned ESPN

commentator. It was in the days after the election in 2016. And that prediction of his came true.

The New England Patriots won the Super Bowl in January. The Golden State Warriors won the NBA

Championship in June. And some players from both of those teams said that they would skip the

traditional White House photo opportunity because they thought President Trump was too divisive.

And as the NFL season started in the fall, the trickle of protests by NFL players kneeling during

the national anthem to draw attention to racial oppression and police violence. Well, that trickle

became a flood after inevitably President Trump weighed in. When you love to see one of these

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