Sha’Carri Richardson Roars Back

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08/28/23 • 81 min

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Joel Anderson, Stefan Fatsis, and Josh Levin talk about the American stars at the world track and field championships. They also review the documentary BS High, on the Bishop Sycamore high school football scandal. Finally, journalist Semra Hunter joins Stefan and Josh to discuss the latest in the battle between Luis Rubiales and Spain’s women’s soccer team.

Track (5:50): Sha’Carri Richardson and Noah Lyles won gold and are shooting for stardom.

BS High (25:45): Looking back at an amazing con and the man who perpetrated it.

Spain (48:34): A fight over soccer, power, and chauvinism.

Afterball (1:08:30): Josh on the FIBA Basketball World Cup, naturalized players, and a contretemps in Cambodia.

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Track (5:50): Sha’Carri Richardson and Noah Lyles won gold and are shooting for stardom.

BS High (25:45): Looking back at an amazing con and the man who perpetrated it.

Spain (48:34): A fight over soccer, power, and chauvinism.

Afterball (1:08:30): Josh on the FIBA Basketball World Cup, naturalized players, and a contretemps in Cambodia.

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The Blind Side’s Blind Spots

Josh Levin and Stefan Fatsis are joined by Yahoo Sports’ Henry Bushnell to talk about Spain’s Women’s World Cup victory and the turmoil that preceded it. The New York Times’ Kurt Streeter joins to discuss the controversy over The Blind Side. Finally, ESPN’s Luis Miguel Echegaray assesses Lionel Messi’s brilliant opening month with Inter Miami.

Spain (3:27): The story behind La Roja’s World Cup win and everything that came before.

The Blind Side (28:12): Revisiting the book and the movie in light of Michael Oher’s allegations.

Messi (52:56): Could anyone have imagined that his transition to America would go this well this quickly?

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One Year: 1955 - The Team Nobody Would Play

The Cannon Street All-Stars dreamed of playing in the 1955 Little League World Series. Their biggest obstacle didn’t come on the field. In the year that Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a public bus, these Black 12-year-olds became unlikely civil rights pioneers—and faced the wrath of a white society that wasn’t ready to change.

Josh Levin is One Year’s editorial director. One Year’s senior producer is Evan Chung.

This episode was produced by Kelly Jones and Evan Chung, with additional production by Sophie Summergrad.

It was edited by Joel Meyer and Derek John, Slate’s executive producer of narrative podcasts.

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