Ep 282 | Why Dawn Staley Should Cancel Memphis Not BYU | 'Fearless' Review: 'Honk for Jesus'
Fearless with Jason Whitlock
Blaze Media
4.8 • 9K Ratings
🗓️ 7 September 2022
⏱️ 111 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | The truth is Don Staley canceled South Carolina's women's basketball series with BYU to embarrass the Mormon institution and elevate her own profile. |
| 0:11.0 | It was not a well-thought-out decision. It was emotional and manipulative. |
| 0:16.0 | Staley should do the same to Memphis. Another school the Gamecocks will meet in a home-in-home series. |
| 0:23.0 | There's actual proof that the city of Memphis is unsafe for young black people and people in general. |
| 0:31.0 | The city's murder rate rivals Chicago's and St. Louis's. Last year the Mid-Sies City recorded 346 murders. |
| 0:39.0 | Don Staley needs to learn the story of Eliza Fletcher, the young mother kidnapped and murdered in Memphis. |
| 1:03.0 | Welcome to Fearless with Jason Whitlock. I am Jason Whitlock, your host. Happy Wednesday to you and yours. |
| 1:11.0 | It's a great day to be here in the Fearless studios because Shemika Michelle is here with me. She's in Memphis. |
| 1:17.0 | Shemika you look awesome as always. Always better in person. Fantastic show. |
| 1:22.0 | Playing for you today. Of course Shemika Michelle is going to be here all day. |
| 1:26.0 | TJ Mode, Delano Squires, will join us. Pastor Anthony Walker will be here for some Tennessee Army. We'll review the movie Hunk for Jesus with Pastor and Army. |
| 1:37.0 | And Virgil Walker is going to join us as well for that conversation. But we'll begin where we like to begin every show. |
| 1:44.0 | And that is with a fire. So let's get this party started. |
| 1:49.0 | And Wonder Don Staley, the Queen of Women's College basketball, has heard the story of Eliza Fletcher. |
| 1:57.0 | Cleopha Absdom, a career criminal stalked, kidnapped and murdered the 34-year-old school teacher on Friday. |
| 2:05.0 | Fletcher, a mother and wife, was out on an early morning jog in her hometown of Memphis, one of the most dangerous cities in America. |
| 2:14.0 | In the statistics, you have a one in 12 chance of being a victim of violent or property crime while living in Memphis. |
| 2:21.0 | I wonder if Don Staley knows any of this. |
| 2:24.0 | The South Carolina Women's Coach recently canceled the Gamecocks home and home series against Brigham Young University |
| 2:32.0 | because a Duke volleyball player, Rachel Richardson, claimed BYU fans toned her with racial slurs. |
| 2:39.0 | Staley said, quote, I just wanted to make sure our players didn't have to endure that. |
| 2:44.0 | Because if something happened of that manner, I don't have the words to comfort them. |
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