Ep. 260: Fleur-de-lis, Storm v. Aces Game 3!!!, and Coco and the City Girls: Important Updates on Hockey, the WNBA Playoffs and Tennis

Burn It All Down

Sports

4.5 • 729 Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2022

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Before we get into this episode, a content warning. We talk about mental health and suicide. If you or someone you know is struggling, please call the national suicide and crisis lifeline at 988 in the United States or 1-833-456-4566 in Canada. Please take care while listening. In this episode, Amira Rose Davis, Shireen Ahmed and Lindsay Gibbs do a fall sports round-up! But first, they talk about the devastating flooding in Pakistan and water crises in Jackson, Mississippi. For links to resources, visit our website. Then, they discuss the latest news from women's hockey and sled hockey, including the IIHF Women's World Championship, PHF expansion and first ever Sled Hockey Women's World Challenge. They also dive into the thrilling match-ups of the WNBA playoffs, US Open moments and Victoria Azarenka calling out exploitation and abuse in women's tennis. They end the round-up with the latest from women's international friendlies in the lead up to the World Cup. Following this discussion, they preview a special Patreon segment about Amira Rose Davis, Jessica Luther and Brenda Elsey's trip to the US Open! Then, you'll here a preview of this week's interview with Victoria Jackson, sports historian at Arizona State University, on NIL news, college football and mental health crises for collegiate athletes. Next, they burn some of the worst in sports this week on the Burn Pile. Then, they celebrate those shining light, including Torchbearer of the Week, Serena Williams. The GOAT. We love you forever. They wrap up the show with What's Good 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	And I'll suck you up and I spit you out and I'll play with your babies to the screaming show, oh yeah.
0:09.5	Welcome to Burn It All Down, the sports podcast you need.
0:14.1	Today on the show, I have Shireen and Lindsay with me.
0:18.5	We will be doing a wrap-up of women's sports. There is so much happening
0:22.8	in hockey, in basketball, in tennis, in soccer, we have got you covered. Also, we have a lot of
0:30.1	great content over on our Patreon. This week, Jess and Brenda and I talk about our experiences
0:36.4	going to the U.S. Open to see Serena's
0:39.7	last match. You don't want to miss that conversation. But before we get into our discussion today,
0:46.4	we wanted to take a minute to recognize two really pressing concerns around climate change
0:52.8	that are affecting communities that we love here on the show.
0:57.0	Shereen.
0:57.7	Thanks, Amira.
0:58.9	Pakistan has been hit with one of the worst natural disasters in its history.
1:03.5	One third of the country is underwater that's larger than the size of Texas.
1:08.7	Heavy rains in monsoon season and melting glaciers in the north of the
1:12.3	country are due to climate change and have wreaked havoc and destroyed whatever aggrarian
1:16.7	infrastructure was developed in the heart of the country. The catastrophic events have killed more than
1:21.4	1,200 people, a number that is on the rise, including 453 children. Over 33 million people have been displaced, and the amount of damage is unfathomable.
1:33.4	And I don't have the words to describe the anguish and horror while witnessing this is upsetting
1:38.6	in a way that is very hard to explain.
1:44.6	The places you know and love and miss so much are completely destroyed, but we can offer
1:49.6	campaigns and organizations to donate, which we will keep in the show notes, including the
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