Bonus: Sportshour at the Super Bowl Las Vegas edition
The Documentary Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 10 February 2024
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Some claim that the romance between Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce has been manufactured by the NFL for political gain, and whilst that is clearly nonsense we look at the impact of Swift's relationship with the NFL.
Shaquem Griffin was born with amniotic band syndrome causing the fingers on his left hand not to fully develop. The pain was so intense that at 4 years of age he grabbed a butcher knife, planning to cut the hand off. His mother took the knife away, and scheduled an amputation the next day… Despite the obvious setback of only having one hand, Shaquem still fulfilled his dream and played in the NFL for four seasons. He tells us his story.
And Cyndy Feasel who watched on helpless as her husband, former NFL star Grant Feasel died the victim of alcohol abuse and a degenerative brain disease known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE. She tells us about one NFL wife’s story of concussions, loss, and the faith that saw her through.
Plus, in the year America elects its next president we explore the relationship between the Super Bowl and the Commander in Chief.
And we speak to SpongeBob Square pants best friend Patrick Starr as he prepares to give an alternative commentary of Sunday's game for younger viewers!
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello I'm Caroline Barker and welcome to this bonus episode in the documentary from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:08.0 | I host the BBC Sports Hour, we're less about the scores and tactics, |
| 0:13.0 | are more interested how sport and society meet, |
| 0:16.0 | and hearing the personal stories behind the stars of sport. |
| 0:20.0 | On Sunday, the 11th of February, the most watched annual sporting game in the world |
| 0:24.7 | takes place. |
| 0:27.7 | Las Vegas with its neon flashing and its one-arm band it's crashing. |
| 0:33.0 | It's been... |
| 0:35.0 | It's in city, |
| 0:40.0 | Sin City, where they're all living that Devil May Care, |
| 0:43.4 | and fortunes turn on the spin of a wheel, |
| 0:46.0 | but where this week only Red will be successful. On Sunday either defending champions Kansas City or the San Francisco 49ers |
| 1:01.0 | will celebrate lifting the Vince Lombardi trophy in the wildest party city on earth. |
| 1:07.0 | Touchdown! |
| 1:08.0 | Sand Francisco Ayeuk! Ayeuk! Ayuk is on fire. |
| 1:15.0 | That happens. |
| 1:16.0 | Remember where you heard it first. |
| 1:18.0 | How has it taken the Super Bowl 58 years to arrive on the strip where American showmanship and brazen bravado |
| 1:26.4 | belongs. This is Vegas baby. So who's going to win it all? Will it be the being there done it before quarterback |
| 1:37.2 | Patrick Mahomes or the no longer Mr irrelevant Brock Purdy? |
| 1:42.3 | Niners ended up drafting me, I got drafted last, |
| 1:45.0 | and I was grateful for that, and I took that opportunity. |
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