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Edge of Sports

Steubenville to Antonio Brown

Edge of Sports

Dave Zirin / The Nation

News, Sports News, Sports, History, Politics

4.8616 Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2019

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

This week we speak to filmmaker Nancy Schwartzman about her film Roll Red Roll, a documentary about the 2012 sexual assault by members of the football team in Steubenville, Ohio. 

We also have a long discussion with sports writer Charles Modiano about the Antonio Brown rape accusations and how the media is reporting on it. We also have ‘Just Stand Up’ and ‘Just Sit Down’ awards to Kenny Stills and Tim Tebow/Kobe Bryant, and more.

Nancy Schwartzman
Twitter: @fancynancynyc

Charles Modiano
Twitter: @ChuckModi1

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I think it's really problematic when you have leadership.

0:05.0

Coaches spend more time with students than teachers do, right, two and a half hours after

0:09.0

school versus 45 minutes in a classroom.

0:12.0

Why is it not mandated that coaches need to learn about consent, sexual violence, right?

0:18.0

Like, you have the coach saying, if you're drinking your office team, like, those

0:22.8

rules are so hard and fast.

0:24.7

And I'm pretty sure those kids from August to December are not drinking, right?

0:29.3

And he doesn't finish his sentence.

0:31.1

It should be like, if you are raping or harassing or witnessing anything, you're off the team.

0:47.7

Yeah. harassing or witnessing anything you're off the team. Welcome to the Edge of Sports podcast. I'm Dave Ziron.

0:51.2

This week we've talked to filmmaker Nancy Schwartzman, producer and director

0:55.3

of the new doc, Roll Red Roll. The film is about the assault of a high school girl by members

1:01.8

of the worshiped high school football team in Steubenville, Ohio. The boys will be boys'

1:07.6

culture that enabled them and how their small town got thrown

1:10.8

into the national spotlight with no turning back.

1:14.8

Also I've got a special edition of choice words this week.

1:18.4

It's a discussion that I had with sports writer Charles Modiano about Antonio Brown, the

1:24.1

wide receiver for the New England Patriots, the rape allegations against him, and race.

1:29.8

You're going to want to hear that.

1:31.8

I also have a Just Stand Up Award,

1:33.7

just sit down award, and more.

1:36.1

But first, let's talk to Nancy Schwartzman.

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