ROS Presents: Counterattack
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ROS Presents is home to Religion of Sports’ most ambitious and engaging audio storytelling, existing at the intersection of sports and society.
We are now in our fourth season with Counterattack , which follows the journey of Sinead Farrelly from hometown soccer star to league whistleblower to comeback kid. Sinead’s experiences in professional soccer and her brave decision to speak out ignited the revolution taking place in professional women’s soccer today. She and her fellow players are continuing a long tradition of sisterhood in women’s soccer. They are changing the game and forging a new path forward—for themselves, for their league, and for the next generation of little girls with big soccer dreams.
Our first season, Crushed, presented a fresh take on legacy the home run race of ’98 and baseball’s steroid era.
Season 2, the award-winning series False Idol , examined the murder of Reeva Steenkamp and the myths surrounding her killer, Oscar Pistorius.
Season 3, Roughhousing, took listeners inside America’s locker rooms to explore hazing in high school sports today — why we do it, what it says about us, and whether change is possible.
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ROUGHHOUSING Part 5: The Good Fight
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03/23/23 • 33 min
When a violent hazing occurs, the natural impulse is to search for ways to make sure it doesn’t happen again. This effort to stop hazing has been going on in the U.S. for decades. But how effective has it been? And is it even possible to change something so ingrained in our culture?
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FALSE IDOL Part 1: The Blade Runner
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08/26/21 • 43 min
In the early 2000s, the Paralympics were headlined by star sprinters Marlon Shirley and Brian Frasure, when suddenly a new challenger emerged –– a teenager from South Africa named Oscar Pistorius. He immediately began dominating the sport, winning medals, setting records, and signing endorsement deals. But Shirley and Frasure had questions about how this newcomer was winning all these races.
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ROUGHHOUSING Part 1: Hell Week
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02/23/23 • 34 min
What does hazing look like in high school sports today? Our series begins in Mobile, Alabama, where Rodney Kim, Jr. was a freshman with dreams of making the varsity football team. But a brutal locker room initiation changed everything.
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ROUGHHOUSING Part 4: The Snitch
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03/16/23 • 37 min
We’ve all heard that ‘snitches get stitches.' It’s a rule on the streets but also on many sports teams. So what happens when kids speak out about being hazed in high school?
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ROUGHHOUSING Part 6: F*ck Closure
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03/30/23 • 33 min
The trauma from violent hazing can lodge itself inside the victim, metastasizing in the years that follow. In our final episode, we’ll find out how Rodney, as well as other people who have more distance from their hazing incidents, have dealt with it years down the road.
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ROUGHHOUSING Part 2: The Line
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03/02/23 • 31 min
What if the person being hazed is kinda having fun? Is all hazing a bad thing? A lot of guys on Rodney’s team say the locker room “tussling” just went too far in Rodney’s case. In this episode, host Iggy Monda looks at the range of hazing in U.S. culture, as well as in his own past, to try to find the line between horseplay and abuse.
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ROUGHHOUSING Part 3: The Coach
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03/09/23 • 32 min
What role do coaches and other school leaders have in a hazing incident? And how much oversight can parents expect when their kids participate in school sports? We look at Rodney’s coach, his background, and ask what, if anything, could have been done differently.
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ROS Presents: MLB Hall of Famer Pedro Martínez relives "Who's Your Daddy" rivalry on In the Moment with David Greene
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10/25/22 • 7 min
When the Yankees lost the ALCS to the Astros this week, Hall of Famer Pedro Martínez turned an old insult back on the Yankees and their fans.
"I have one question for all of New York: New York, who’s your daddy now?" he said.
The former Red Sox ace was calling back to the 2004 ALCS when Yankees fans mercilessly chanted that phrase at him. This week, we share an exclusive interview from In the Moment with David Greene. Martínez talks to Greene about that historic season and how he was able to draw fuel from the Yankees taunts.
“Little did they know that chanting ‘Pedro, Pedro’ worked to my advantage,” he said.
Martínez also reveals how he would pitch against current sluggers like Aaron Judge, and insists that his era of pitching was the toughest ever.
Subscribe for free to In the Moment with David Greene to hear the full episode.
FALSE IDOL Part 2: Oscarmania
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08/26/21 • 38 min
Pistorius was so dominant, he set his sights on a new goal: running against able-bodied athletes at the Olympic Games. Now he faced more questions, more scrutiny. Scientists wondered if the races would be fair, and Pistorius struggled to qualify. But he was buoyed by the support of his home country, South Africa, where he was considered a hero.
Introducing Man in the Arena: Haters
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12/01/21 • 28 min
America’s collective adoration of the underdog means that people love to hate Tom Brady. In the world of sports, hatred is inevitable, so why are haters always gonna hate? And in the context of sports, could hate be a positive thing? What might it take to change one fan’s mind?
This is the third episode of the Man in the Arena podcast, now available on this platform or wherever you get your podcasts.
This episode features: 12-year-old viral Brady-hater Ace Davis, Asst. Prof. of Psychology at Univ. of Central Arkansas Marc Sestir, and Chad Neidt, the Broncos fan who wrote the “FU Tom Brady” song.
Thanks to Chad Neidt, Brandon Perna & ThatsGoodSports, 12:05 AM Productions, LLC / Jimmy Kimmel Live! and Lex 18 News for the clips used in this episode.
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FAQ
How many episodes does ROS Presents: Counterattack have?
ROS Presents: Counterattack currently has 39 episodes available.
What topics does ROS Presents: Counterattack cover?
The podcast is about Podcasts, Sports and Soccer.
What is the most popular episode on ROS Presents: Counterattack?
The episode title 'ROUGHHOUSING Part 5: The Good Fight' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on ROS Presents: Counterattack?
The average episode length on ROS Presents: Counterattack is 29 minutes.
How often are episodes of ROS Presents: Counterattack released?
Episodes of ROS Presents: Counterattack are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of ROS Presents: Counterattack?
The first episode of ROS Presents: Counterattack was released on Mar 24, 2021.
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