More Than An Athlete

In this episode, we wrap up the W season while discussing the amazing 7 game series between the Dream and Valkyries. We dish on the future of the W, their seemingly toxic fanbase, and what the league needs to do moving forward.

In this episode, we discuss the latest on the Protect College Sports Act. We briefly go over the history of college athletics and the government's role in protecting the NCAA, and we give our opinions on the problems with the legislation.

In our latest episode, we discuss the Kap effect 10 years later. We look at what we thought then and what's going on now. As a side note, this recording would have been published a bit ago, but life got in the way.

In this episode, we look at the concept of America 250 and the meaning of the Black Athlete. We look backwards to look forward about the state of the Black athlete today and beyond.

In this episode, we have super guest, Dr. Jermaine Scott, joining us to breakdown the Black representation in the World Cup.

In this episode, we discuss the meaning of the Knicks winning their first championship since 1973. We give some brief historical context and our view on the importance of this championship.

In this episode, we discuss the latest conversation about Black athletes and their role in protesting the latest wave of disenfranchising Black voters. We ask what it would look like if they boycott the SEC?

In this episode, we bring on scholar Robert Bennett III to talk about his new book More Than An Athlete: Jim Brown, Black Capitalism, and the Black Economic Union. During the conversation we discuss the past, present, and future of Black athlete activism.

In this episode, we talk about the Final Four and the controversy surrounding Dawn Staley and Geno Auriema. We follow that with our thoughts on LeBron James and his suggestions that the NBA should move the Memphis franchise to Nashville.

In this episode, we are joined by the award winning author Howard Bryant, who hopped on the pod to talk about his new book, Kings and Pawns: Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson in America. Bryant gets in depth about research, why he wrote this book, and what we should take away. Stay for the whole time, because at the end we get his take on baseball's Hall of Fame.