Episode 25: Eni Aluko and racism & sexism in soccer, ESPN & Barstool Sports, and the World Series

Burn It All Down

Sports

4.5 • 740 Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2017

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

This week, Shireen Ahmed, Brenda Elsey, Lindsay Gibbs, and Jessica Luther discuss Eni Aluko and the disaster that is the Football Association in England, and ESPN choosing to partner with Barstool Sports. Then Jessica interviews Sports Illustrated's Emma Span about the World Series, bat flips, and #takeaknee in baseball. As always, you’ll hear the Burn Pile, Bad Ass Woman of the Week, and What’s Good in our worlds. For more info check our website: http://www.burnitalldownpod.com 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.
0:16.7	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 Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you listen to podcasts.
0:31.1	Hi, Bernard All Down listeners.
0:33.0	Jessica here.
0:34.3	We wanted to remind you all at the top of this episode that we recorded this on the
0:37.9	morning of Sunday, October 22nd. During the second segment, as you'll hear, we discuss ESPN
0:43.8	choosing to air a weekly program called Barstool Van Talk, a show, as its name suggests,
0:49.0	associated with Barstool Sports. If you've never heard of them before this, we'll explain
0:53.5	who they are in the
0:54.3	segment. Suffice it to say, we were not fans of ESPN's decision to partner with them.
0:59.5	But before we were able to even get this episode up on Monday, October 23rd, ESPN President
1:05.1	John Skipper, announced that he was canceling Barstool Van Talk effective immediately.
1:10.0	Quote, while we had approval on the content of the show,
1:12.9	I aired in assuming we could distance our efforts from the barstool site and its content.
1:17.8	Well, there you go.
1:19.7	Now, enjoy the show.
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