Ep 77: What is the NCAA for, what’s wrong w/ USA Gymnastics, and an interview w/ Layshia Clarendon

Burn It All Down

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4.5 • 729 Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2018

⏱️ 67 minutes

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On this week’s show, Brenda, Lindsay, and Jessica chat about NBA fights and the World Series matchup (5:25), before delving into a discussion (burn of?) the latest with the NCAA and so-called amateurism (25:19). Then Jessica interviews the WNBA and Team USA’s Layshia Clarendon about the FIBA Women’s World Cup, the WNBA off-season, and Clarendon’s new sponsorship with DivaCup (37:11). After that, the gang talks about the on-going shitshow that is USA Gymanstics following the recent arrest of former CEO Steve Penny and the 4-day tenure of interim CEO Mary Bono (52:27). Of course, you’ll hear the Burn Pile (58:38), our Bad Ass Woman of the Week, starring the Reggae Girlz (1:00:42), and what is good in our worlds (1:04:56). To help support the Burn It All Down podcast, please consider becoming a patron: https://www.patreon.com/burnitalldown For BIAD merchandise: https://teespring.com/stores/burn-it-all-down For more info check our website: http://www.burnitalldownpod.com Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BurnItDownPod; Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BurnItAllDownPod/; and Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/burnitalldownpod/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's up y'all? It's Druski, and I've teamed up with Mountain Dew to produce a hilarious new basketball podcast called The Do Zone with Drewski.
0:07.7	Learn the backstories of your favorite ballers and celebrities like Jamal Murray.
0:11.1	Did you have like a favorite team? Was it the Raptors at the time or no?
0:14.5	Was the Raptors even started around that time?
0:16.1	Come on, bro. I ain't that old, Phil. You're talking like I'm 50. Taylor, Rokes, Asian Wilson, and many more.
0:21.7	You won't want to miss this.
0:22.9	Listen to The Do Zone with Drewski on Apple Podcast, Spotify, and wherever you listen to podcasts.
0:31.6	And I suck you up and I spit you out.
0:35.7	And I'll play with your babies this week of You're screaming show
0:39.4	Oh yeah
0:40.5	I'm going to this week of burn it all down.
0:49.6	It may not be the feminist sports podcast you want
0:52.2	But it is the feminist sports podcast you need.
0:55.6	I'm Brenda Elsie, Associate Professor of History at Hofstra University.
1:00.6	I'll be leading the show today, and I'm joined by the amazing Jessica Luther, author of
1:05.4	unsportsmanlike conduct, college football, and the politics of rape in Austin, Texas,
1:13.3	and Lindsay Gibbs, the wordsmith at Think Progress, who is in Washington, D.C.
1:17.0	On this week's show, we'll review the dumpster fire that is the NCAA, delve deeply into
1:24.8	USA gymnastics, and we also have an interview between Jessica and
1:29.4	Lisha Claritin, who talked about playing for Team USA in the Feebo Women's World Cup,
1:34.6	the WMBA offseason, and about periods and sports.
1:39.6	Okay, before we get started, let's talk about what's going on in the very recent past of sports
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