ESPN investigative reporter T.J. Quinn discusses reporting on Brittney Griner

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

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News, Business News, Sports, Sports News

4.3 • 721 Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2022

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Episode 218 of the Sports Media Podcast features ESPN investigative reporter and senior writer T.J. Quinn, In this podcast, Quinn discusses his reporting on WNBA star Brittney Griner being detained in Russia; where the Griner criminal trial stands right now; Griner facing 10 years in prison if convicted on charges of large-scale transportation of drugs; the strategy of the Griner camp on promoting her story; how the Department of State must manage a potential prisoner swap; how media coverage in the U.S. might be different if Griner was male and played a major male sport; whether Russia is off the table forever as a destination for U.S athletes; which experts can help educate you on Griner’s case; activism in the WNBA and much more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, this is Richard Deich, and welcome to the sports media podcast.
0:10.4	My producer is Patrick Antonetti.
0:12.3	Second podcast this week, but one I wanted to do.
0:16.2	It's a guest who's been on before.
0:17.8	I consider this a really, really important news story, and he's always
0:21.0	been incredibly generous for this time. T.J. Quinn is a senior writer for ESPN, specializing
0:27.7	in investigations. If you are, you're a sports media consumer in this country, I think
0:33.0	you know T.J. Quinn is given his excellent work over the years for ESPN and the Daily News has done
0:40.0	really just some remarkable stuff prior to his ESPN run was a New York Mets beatwriter
0:46.6	for those of you listening in the East Coast area. He's coming on today to discuss what is happening
0:53.5	with Brittany Griner.
0:54.9	He is one of the reporters in this country who's been assigned to this nearly from the beginning.
1:00.0	And he's a really good person to talk to about this.
1:02.4	And he's been incredibly generous with his time.
1:04.0	T.J. Quinn, welcome back to the sports media podcast.
1:08.5	Nothing close to his generous as that introduction, but very happy to be here.
1:13.6	All right, T.J. Let me, I think I always tell you this when it comes to when you've come on and
1:18.3	talk about the Griner case. If I'm obviously, if I'm, if I'm incorrect on something, just feel
1:22.6	free to interrupt me and say it. Don't be shy as I don't think you will. As we tape this, T.J.,
1:29.5	um, Brittany, where the case stands more than four months after she was arrested at Moscow's
1:37.0	main airport for cannabis possession, Russian court has set the start date for the criminal trial
1:42.8	for her. It's Friday.
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