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The Lead

The Return of the Premier League

The Lead

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Sports News, Olympics, Fifa, The Athletic, Ncaa, Cfb, Uefa, Sports New, Cbb, Nfl, Nba, Mlb, News, Nhl, Daily News, Wnba, Tokyo2020, Mls, Sports

3.72.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2020

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

While pro sports in the U.S. remain on hold, overseas soccer leagues are picking up steam. After getting approval from the British government on Saturday, the Premier League is now officially scheduled to resume play on June 17th. The Athletic’s Jack Pitt-Brooke joins us to discuss what these games will look like, which teams could benefit from a new rule change, and who will claw their way into the Champions League.

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0:00.0

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0:06.1

Hello, I'm Hannah.

0:08.1

And I'm Sirete.

0:09.1

And we are the hosts of a Redhanded, a weekly True Crime Podcast.

0:12.8

Every week on Redhanded, we get stuck into the most talked-about cases.

0:16.3

From the Idaho student killings, the Delphi murders and our recent rundown of the Murdoch saga.

0:21.6

Last year, we also started a second weekly show, Shorthand, which is just an excuse for us to talk about anything we find interesting because it's our show and we can do what we like.

0:29.6

We've covered the death of Princess Diana, an unholy Quran written in Saddam Hussein's blood,

0:33.9

the gruesome history of European witch hunting, and the very uncomfortable phenomenon of genetic sexual attraction.

0:39.9

Whatever the case, we want to know what pushes people to the extremes of human behavior.

0:44.8

Like, can someone give consent to be cannibalized?

0:47.2

What drives a child to kill?

0:49.5

And what's the psychology of a terrorist?

0:51.4

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0:53.8

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0:57.6

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1:23.8

We're going to talk about what's going on today, and what's going to happen today.

1:27.2

We're going to talk about how we can play in these conversations, whether it's athletes and coaches speaking about police brutality, or our colleagues talking about their own painful experiences with racism.

1:35.6

We'll be diving into some of these issues later this week, so please stay tuned.

1:40.1

And now, here's today's episode.

1:42.7

While sports in the U.S. remain unhauled, leagues overseas are picking up steam.

1:53.2

It was the tweet that Premier League's huge global following had been waiting for.

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