Burn It All Down

In this episode Jessica Luther, Shireen Ahmed and Lindsay Gibbs talk about important sports stories from 2021 that went widely unrecognized. You'll hear about women's sports media, the implosion of the Syracuse women's basketball team, the start of a Saudi Arabia domestic women's football league, the IOC's gendered and racist persecution of runner Caster Semenya, the cancellation of the Women’s Baseball World Cup and the prolific handball goalkeeper for Iran's national team, Fatemeh Khalili. Following this discussion, you'll hear a preview of Shireen's interview with Michelle Moore, an award-winning leadership coach, speaker and educator about her work in racial equity in sports and writing her book, Real Wins: Understanding the power of difference to make meaningful gains. Next, the team burns the worst of the sports this week on The Burn Pile. Then, they lift up those making sports better, including Torchbearer of the Week, Kristen Hayden, who won with her partner the mixed synchronized 3-meter competition