Interview: Briana Scurry, Legendary USWNT Goalkeeper, on My Greatest Save: The Brave, Barrier-Breaking Journey of a World Champion Goalkeeper

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4.5 • 729 Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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In this episode, Amira Rose Davis interviews the one and only Briana Scurry about her new book, My Greatest Save: The Brave, Barrier-Breaking Journey of a World Champion Goalkeeper. They discuss how Briana's family history influenced this book, the ways being an out athlete has changed since Briana played, and they ways we remember, misremember and block out the past. They also discuss Briana's career-ending traumatic brain injury, her long road to recovery, and the work she does to promote awareness around traumatic brain injuries. *CONTENT WARNING* This episode contains mentions of suicide and mental health struggles. If you or someone you know is struggling, please call the National Suicide Hotline at 1-800-273-8255 in the U.S. and 1-833-456-4566 in Canada. Please take care while listening. This episode was produced by Tressa Versteeg. Shelby Weldon is our social media and website specialist. Burn It All Down is part of the Blue Wire podcast network. For show notes, transcripts, and more info about BIAD, check out our website: www.burnitalldownpod.com To help support the Burn It All Down podcast, please consider becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/burnitalldown For BIAD merchandise: https://www.bonfire.com/store/burn-it-all-down/ Find us on Twitter: twitter.com/BurnItDownPod; Facebook: www.facebook.com/BurnItAllDownPod/; and Instagram: www.instagram.com/burnitalldownpod/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Before we get into this episode, a content warning, we talk about mental health and suicide.
0:06.1	If you or someone you know is struggling, please call the National Suicide Hotline at 800273-8255 in the United States or 1-833-86-4566 in Canada.
0:24.3	Please take care while listening.
0:26.3	And I'll suck you up and I'll spit you out and I'll play with your babies to the screaming shout.
0:34.0	Oh yeah.
0:35.0	Welcome to Burn It All Down.
0:37.1	Amir here and I am beyond excited today because we have the one and only Brian, no, look, I can't even say it.
0:45.3	Brianna.
0:45.8	I know.
0:46.3	And it's like, one of those things where it's like, now I'm going to get so happy.
0:50.0	Okay.
0:51.0	I have the one and only Brianna Scurry who barely needs an introduction because if you don't know, you should know.
0:58.8	And also her accomplishments are too long to list, but you have to know the extreme successful goalkeeper of the U.S. Women's National team, multiple-time Olympic medalist, got some World Cup, you know,
1:15.2	hardware as well, has had such an illustrious career. And it is the best time to be talking
1:21.5	because we're also celebrating Title IX. It's been an overlooked trailblazer, both within the
1:26.8	sport of soccer, but also in women's sports.
1:28.8	And we are very excited because she has written a book along with Wayne Coffey called My Greatest Save,
1:35.3	the Brave Barrier Breaking Journey of a world champion goalkeeper.
1:39.9	I am so, so, so happy to have you join Burn it All Down.
1:43.8	Thank you.
1:44.7	You really threw your pen at this book.
1:48.9	You did not hold back.
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