Ep. 247: The Tricky Storytelling of Adapting Sports to the Screen

Burn It All Down

Sports

4.5 • 729 Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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In this episode, Amira Rose Davis, Lindsay Gibbs and Jessica Luther discuss TV and film adaptations of sports stories. But first, Amira shares an urgent message of concern about Melissa Lucio, a mother in Texas on death row. To learn how to help, visit the Innocence Project. The team starts the show with a chuckle about the NBA playoffs. Then, inspired by chatter around HBO's The Winning Time, the team dives into the way sports stories are adapted to "inspired by a true story" versions on TV and film. They discuss The Winning Time, Wilma, King Richard, Battle of the Sexes, Friday Night Lights and Lindsay's historical fiction novel, Titanic: the Tennis Story. Following this discussion, you'll hear a preview of Jessica's interview with legendary ice skater Adam Rippon. Next, they burn the worst of sports this week on the Burn Pile. Then, they celebrate those making sports better including Torchbearer of the Week, Hyo Joon Kim, who won her fifth LPGA Tour title at the Lotte Championship. They wrap up the show with What's Good in their in their lives and What We're Watching in sports this week. 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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0:00.0	Hi, Flamethrowers, Amir here. Before we start this week's episode, I wanted to talk about a very important issue that's very time sensitive. On Wednesday, April 27th, the state of Texas is set to execute Melissa Lucio.
0:23.4	Melissa has been on death row for a number of years, although there are multiple, multiple
0:28.2	concerns around her case, starting with police coercion. Also, the crime probably didn't
0:34.9	happen at all, more than enough evidence to at least not kill her.
0:40.4	And all of her children are, you know, asking for the stay of execution, the Innocence Project,
0:48.0	many activist groups, bipartisan groups in Texas, which tells you something.
0:52.3	And so I'm asking you to check out melissa lucio.org
0:58.0	to learn more about this case. If you live in the state of Texas, you can also find a script
1:04.6	there to call both the DA, call Governor Abbott, to register concern over the handling of this case and to attempt to
1:14.5	stop the execution. If you are in the state of Texas and you want to give the governor a call,
1:21.5	you can do so at the number 956-446-2866. That goes straight to voicemail.
1:28.7	You can leave a message.
1:29.6	You can also call the DA at 956-30-3881.
1:35.5	If you live outside of the state of Texas, please use Twitter, your platforms, wherever you are, to raise awareness about this case.
1:43.8	We have about 24 hours from the time you're hearing this to get a stay.
1:49.0	So Melissa Lucio, we're fighting for her freedom and to stop her execution.
1:54.5	That is incredibly unjust.
1:56.5	So for more information, you can check in our show notes for a link to more resources around this case.
2:08.3	Welcome to this week of Burn It All Down, the sports podcast you absolutely need in your life.
2:14.6	It's me, Amira, and today I am joined once again by Jessica and Lindsay. We had so
2:20.5	much fun last week. We decided to run it back again. But this week, we will be talking about
2:25.8	sports movies and shows and depictions on the silver screen. And if they meet up with our
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