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Court Junkie

Ep 59: The Fatal Football Practice

Court Junkie

PodcastOne

Government, True Crime, News

4.88.8K Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2018

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

On August 20, 2008, a tragedy occurred at the football practice at Pleasure Ridge Park High School in Louisville, Kentucky. A 15-year-old boy lost his life and a 37-year-old coach would soon face charges in his death.    Please consider supporting Court Junkie with as little as $3 a month via Patreon.com/CourtJunkie. Help support Court Junkie with $6 a month and get access to bonus monthly episodes. Follow me on Twitter @CourtJunkiePod or Instagram at CourtJunkie. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Maryland has placed head football

0:02.6

coach DJ Durkin on leave as the

0:05.0

school continues their investigation

0:06.7

into the death of Terrapin offensive

0:08.5

lineman Jordan McNair the 19 year

0:10.7

old collapsed during a May 29th

0:12.5

team workout McNair was hospitalized

0:14.7

and died two weeks later.

0:16.2

There's a tragic story coming out

0:18.3

of the University of Maryland that

0:20.2

is still unfolding as of this recording.

0:23.3

In May 2018 19 year old Jordan McNair

0:27.4

collapsed on the school's football

0:29.1

field after a team workout.

0:31.2

He was hospitalized and two weeks

0:33.0

later passed away.

0:35.2

An independent report just released

0:37.0

on September 21st 2018 found that

0:40.0

the University was culpable in

0:42.0

Jordan's death.

0:43.8

According to the report more than

0:45.4

an hour passed from when Jordan

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