Ep. 257: When Beloved Legends Say Goodbye

Burn It All Down

Sports

4.5 • 729 Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2022

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Burn It All Down is Back from summer break! In this episode Lindsay Gibbs, Amira Rose Davis, Shireen Ahmed and Jessica Luther talk about the huge retirement announcements that have happened this summer. But first, they share their favorite Serena moments from her 27 year tennis career. Then, they reflect on the retirement of the GOAT, Serena Williams; the most decorated US track and field athlete, Allyson Felix; WNBA rebound leader and indomitable center, Sylvia Fowles; WNBA assists and career-starts leader, Sue Bird; and F1 racing legend, Seb Vettel. They discuss the ways these athletes dominated their sports, broke barriers on and off the field of play, and changed the world. Following this discussion, they preview a special Patreon segment where they talk about Shireen's summer wedding and Amira's ESPY experience. Then, you'll here a preview of this week's interview about the WNBA playoffs with Maggie Hendricks of Bally Sports. Next, the burn some of the worst in sports this summer on the Burn Pile. Then, they celebrate those shining light, including Torchbearer of the Week, Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce, the Jamaican sprinter who won a record-setting fifth world championship in the 100m dash, with time of 10.67 seconds. They wrap up the show with What's Good and What We're Watching In Sports this week. Please vote for Burn It All Down to present at SXSW!: https://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/125283 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	Hello, hello, hello, hello. Welcome to Burn it All Down, the sports podcast that you all want and need. I'm Lindsay Gibbs. We are back from summer vacation and ready to roll.
0:25.5	Joining me is Jessica. Hi. Amira. Hi. And a dancing Shereen. Hello. We're back. Hello.
0:34.8	Bye. Yeah, it's back. All right. Woo.
0:38.4	Wow, that was Amira really indulging Sheree for you all.
0:42.5	I don't know how much indulging that was.
0:44.6	Amira looked like she enjoyed that a lot.
0:47.9	I loved it.
0:49.3	I loved every second of that.
0:50.7	A couple of quick announcements at the top of the show.
0:53.5	Starting next week, we're going to be flipping our episode days.
0:58.2	So interviews will be out on Tuesdays.
1:01.5	The conversational main episodes will be out on Thursdays.
1:04.4	Should really not impact your life that much.
1:09.0	Really, it will still be in your feed on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
1:13.5	Um, and also just want to say that we want to be at South by Southwest.
1:17.6	So there is a burn it all down making a feminist sports podcast.
1:22.4	If you're interested in seeing us at South by Southwest, there's a link in our show notes, I think, is what they're called and on social media and
1:31.2	everything, where you can vote for us.
1:33.3	I know you might be excited to hear what we did on our summer vacations.
1:37.2	Well, that will be on Patreon.
1:39.0	So we'll be excited to share that with you all on Patreon.
1:43.3	This week, we're going to be talking about how we're saying goodbye to legends.
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