On Episode 19 of Burn It All Down, Brenda Elsey, Shireen Ahmed, Julie DiCaro, Lindsay Gibbs, and Jessica Luther give a recap of the US Open (yay, women’s tennis!) and World Cup qualifying. As always, you'll hear the Burn Pile, Bad Ass Woman of the Week, and What's Good in our worlds. For more information, check out our website http://burnitalldownpod.com.

On Episode 18 of Burn It All Down, Julie DiCaro, Lindsay Gibbs, Brenda Elsey and Jessica Luther talk Art Briles and second chances, and Maria Sharapova’s return to the grand slam stage. Then Jessica interviews Jemele Hill, co-host of ESPN’s SportsCenter at 6pm, aka The Six. They talk about being political in public these days, the role of sports in moments like this, and Hill’s Michigan State fandom in the wake of multiple sexual abuse/violence scandals in the athletic department. As always, you'll hear the Burn Pile, Bad Ass Woman of the Week, and What's Good in our worlds. For more information, check out our website burnitalldownpod.com.

On Episode 17 of Burn It All Down, Brenda Elsey, Lindsay Gibbs and Jessica Luther talk about college football head coaches: the money they pull down, the power they wield, the choices they make. Then we hone in on one particular issue: sexual violence. And Lindsay interviews Ava Wallace, a beat writer for the Washington Post who used to cover UVA football and has recently written about black athletes in Charlottesville. As always, you'll hear the Burn Pile, Bad Ass Woman of the Week, and What's Good in our worlds. For more information, check out our website http://burnitalldownpod.com.

On Episode 16 of Burn It All Down, Julie DiCaro, Brenda Elsey, and Jessica Luther welcome ESPN's Adrienne Lawrence as a guest co-host. We talk about the NFL v NFLPA regarding Ezekiel Elliott's suspension, reactions to Charlottesville and the future of anthem protests, and FIFA's questionable Player of the Year nominations. As always, you'll hear the Burn Pile, Bad Ass Woman of the Week, and What's Good in our worlds. Key Points from this episode: • The Ezekiel Elliot case: The NFL recognizes that no victim is perfect • Acknowledging inequality and the call for white athletes to step up • When does the anthem protest expand beyond sports? • Charlottesville and the shift in violent racial thinking • What’s political and what’s nationalist? • Thoughts on FIFA’s Player of the Year nominations • Can FIFA count? Why Women get 10 and Men get 24 shortlisted • Who is making the Women’s Player of the Year nominations? • Burn Pile: Dino Costa, old man tennis injuries, NFLPA emojis, FA bling culture • BAWOTW: A homeless medalist and FIFA women referees • And much more!

On Episode 15 of Burn It All Down: Brenda Elsey, Julie DiCaro, Shireen Ahmed, Jessica Luther, and Lindsay Gibbs talk about back-to-school for student athletes, Caster Semenya commentary, and the NFL suspension of Ezekiel Elliott. We catch up on the highlights from the IAAF world championships in London, where Usain Bolt reminds us that athletes are only human after all. Julie also interviewed the amazing Andrea Kremer about the industry’s double standards and her journey from a ballerina to badass sportswoman. We then take rape cases, xenophobia, and ICE to the burn pile and celebrate some of the bad ass women (and girls) in sports. Key Points From This Episode: • Is Josh Rosen just a whiney millennial? • Can football and college really co-exist? • Ezekiel Elliot’s domestic violence case. • Should the NFL get credit for believing a woman? • We are only human after IAAF. • How we should be writing about Caster Semenya. • Double standards and Andrea Kremer’s advice for women in sports. • How to juggle the multi-platform sports journalism today. • The Burn Pile. • And much more!

In Episode 14 of Burn It All Down, Lindsay Gibbs and Shireen Ahmed take over to talk about sexual violence in baseball, ruin your excitement about the Olympics coming to Los Angeles, and celebrate the latest happenings in women's soccer. Then, Lindsay talks with Rhiannon Walker, an Associate Editor at The Undefeated, about the rich, complicated history of black people in tennis, and the importance of the American Tennis Association, the oldest black professional sports league. Finally, Shireen and Lindsay light up the Burn Pile and honor our BadAss Woman of the Week -- but not before a slight detour that involves, well, axes. Show notes: In Episode 14 of Burn It All Down, Lindsay Gibbs and Shireen Ahmed take over to talk about Jen Ramos’s great piece for the Hardball Times on sexual violence in baseball (2:10) and the allegations against Pete Rose (8:13). Then they ruin your excitement about the Olympics coming to Los Angeles (12:37), and celebrate the latest happenings in women's soccer (21:19), including Bri Scurry finally getting inducted into the Hall of Fame (25:41) Then, Lindsay talks with Rhiannon Walker, an Associate Editor at The Undefeated, about the rich, complicated history of black people in tennis (28:38), and the importance of the American Tennis Association, the oldest black professional sports league. Shireen and Lindsay return light up the Burn Pile for the abuse a Sikh referee experienced online during Chelsea’s loss to Inter Milan (52:33), and Ray Lewis’s comments about Colin Kaepernick (53:30). We then honor our BadAss Woman of the Week (55:50), Claressa Shields, before talking about what we’re looking forward to this upcoming week (58:30).

In Episode 13 of Burn It All Down, the whole gang is back together to discuss the NF'nL. Julie DiCaro, Shireen Ahmed, Lindsay Gibbs, Brenda Elsey, and Jessica Luther talk about the NFL where domestic violence investigations continue to be terrible, CTE is back at the forefront of the discussion, and where Colin Kaepernick still can’t get a job, Lucky Whitehead can't keep his, and John Urshel doesn't want his anymore. Then Brenda and Shireen interview Ann Odong, expert on all things women's soccer and editor of The Women's Game (http://thewomensgame.com), about the UEFA Women's EURO 2017 soccer tournament. Plus, you’ll hear The Burn Pile and Badass Woman of the Week! Correction: Simone Manuel beat Sarah Sjöström, the world recorder holder in the 100m, to win the 100m freestyle title at the world championships. We incorrectly said that Manuel had beaten Yulia Efimova. Show notes: Intro ~ Discussion about the NFL’s failure to handle domestic violence cases properly, including Ezekiel Elliott’s (still) pending domestic violence case, per Diana Moskovitz’s piece at Deadspin. (1:10). What ever happened to the NFL’s baseline six-game suspension for domestic violence cases? (1:50) Colin Kaepernick still can’t get a job in the NFL, but he’s not being blackballed! Shireen talks about the hypocrisy of the league in failing to offer Kap a job, via Jemele Hill’s hilarious (and sad) tweet. (4:37) The Dallas Cowboys continue to be terrible, Jessica breaks down Lucky Whitehead’s horrible, terrible, no good, very bad day. (12:23) Lindsay brings us up -to-speed on the latest news about CTE in NFL players, via the big story in the NYT this week. (17:37) The panel discusses Raven Offensive Lineman and world-reknowned mathematician John Urschel’s retirement two days after the CTE report was released. (19:31) Julie talks about her discussion with Dr. Chris Nowinski about kids playing tackle football and his views on youth sports. (22:59) Brenda discusses the role of parents and schools in protecting children in sport. (23:52) Lindsay points out there are no federal guidelines for safety in high school football or lower levels. (26:10) Outside the Lines report on the NFL ending it’s relationship with the National Institute of Health. (27:25) Brenda and Shireen interview Australian sportswriter Ann Odong about the ongoing women’s Euro’s Soccer Tourney (28:45) Burn Pile: (43:52) Lindsay burns Britt McHenry’s “awakening” as a conservative commentator. (44:00) Shireen sets aflame sexism in the Tour de France (47:08). Brenda takes a lighter to the treatment of the Mexican Women’s National Soccer team by their home federation. (48:50) Julie throws gas on LaVar Ball and Adidas’ actions at the Adidas Las Vegas basketball tournament. (50:43) Jessica lights up ESPN for showing corn hole/bags and drone racing rather than the women’s Euros soccer tourney. (52:45) Hilarity over the name “corn hole” ensues. (54:25) BAWOW: (55:13) Shireen tells us about Yusra Mardini and her return to Budapest to swim for refugees everywhere. She’s the BAWOW. Julie awards an Honorable Mention to baseball beat reporter Claire Smith. (56:57) Jessica tosses an Honorable Mention to friend-of-the-show Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir for winning the Leadership in Sport Award from Beyond Sport. (57:52) Shireen honors swimmer Simone Manuel for winning the 100M at the FINA Championships. (58:23) Lindsay is looking forward to watching live tennis at the Citi Open in DC this week. (59:19) Jessica is loving reading Women’s Gold Medalists: Rio Olympics 2016. (100:13) Brenda can’t wait for the US v. Japan soccer match in the Tournament of Nations on August 3. (101:24) Shireen is excited for the Euros and Anna Kessel’s book Eat, Sweat, Play. (102:03) Julie is finally diving into the book Rejected Princesses. (102:27)

In Episode 12 of Burn It All Down, Shireen Ahmed, Brenda Elsey, and Jessica Luther discuss the growing popularity of women's cricket; then Shireen interviews Tracie Leost, Metis runner and activist, about the importance of community building and strength of Native American and Indigenous athletes, and how she used running to draw attention to the crisis of over 3000 missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls in Canada; followed by a discussion of the current (concerning) state of sports media; and a collection of audio from WNBA All-Star weekend, compiled by Lindsay Gibbs. Then Shireen, Brenda, and Jessica burn some stuff and praise some bad ass women before capping it off with the games they’re excited to watch this week. Discussion of Women’s World Cup and rising popularity of women’s cricket (1:18) accomplishments of Kaur (3:53) need for support from national federations and federations to grow the game and Pakistan Cricket Board’s misstep (7:38) Interview with Metis athlete-activist Tracie Leost (12:48) her journey with the North American Indigenous Games 2017 (15:08) using running to bring attention to Missing and Murdered Indigenous women in Canada (15:53) underfunding and challenges of Indigenous youth in sport (21:28), her work in social work and sport Clips of audio from WNBA All-Star game from Lindsay Gibbs (27:02) Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi (27:17) on Jonquel Jones (28:18), about Allie Quigley and the Pat Quigley memorial fund (30:01) Tina Charles on WNBA’s BLM protests (32:28) Cheryl Reeves on BLM movement and being leaders in communities (33:36) Bird on athlete activism (35:00) Lisa Borders’ pre-game presser (37:27) On sports media and switch to more video content (38:47) VICE shutting down the sports site and how is affects freelancers (40:30) how it affects women athletes and their advocacy through media (43:00) shutting down, layoffs and downsizing at MTV news, Grantland SI, espn, Gawker (44:00) what does it mean for women and “gig-economies” (46:00) Burn Pile - Jessica burns the anti-trans bill (#SB3) in the state of Texas that seeks to overturn the current ordinances that protect trans folks and particularly trans athletes (50:45) Brenda burns ESPNFC and other football media’s fake news and shitty coverage of women’s soccer specifically Women’s Euros 2017, and sexist commentary (55:55) Shireen burns a NYT piece glorifying a female CEO of a horribly misogynist and racist media outlet (58:15) Badass Woman of the Week: Seattle Storm and Planned Parenthood (1:00:24) Honorable Mentions: Nadia Nadim - Striker on Denmark’s National team and player on Portland Thorns (1:02:42) Team Netherlands and Team Norway - opening match at Women’s Euros 2017 (1:03:52) Niam O’Donoghue (1:04:40) Claressa Shields (1:05:10) Brenda is looking forward to watching Spain vs England at the Euro (1:05:40) Jessica is looking forward to WNBA games (1:06:04) Shireen is looking forward to watching the Women’s World Cup final in cricket between India and England and then watch France keeps it’s head above water at the Euros (1:06:27) Links: Women’s Cricket World Cup: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/21/sports/womens-cricket-world-cup.html, http://nation.com.pk/sports/17-Jul-2017/sana-mir-may-lose-captaincy-due-to-pakistan-s-dismal-world-cup-performance N.A. Indigenous Games: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/the-roots-of-the-indigenous-games-naig-2017-sports-toronto-north-american/article35692633/ Tracie Leost: http://www.vogue.com/article/cass-mccombs-video-premiere-run-sister-run-tracie-lost Chris Mosier on SB3: https://twitter.com/i/moments/888158272842334208 Erika Nardini: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/14/business/erika-nardini-barstool-sports-value-of-leading-10-percent-players.html Seattle Storm: https://thinkprogress.org/wnba-planned-parenthood-rally-8967bc1ce66c

In Episode 11 of Burn It All Down, WTA Insider senior writer Courtney Nguyen joins Lindsay Gibbs, Brenda Elsey, and Jessica Luther. They ruminate about sexism in tennis, the U.S. Women’s Open being played at Trump National Golf Course, and where Title IX is headed under the new secretary of education. Then they burn some stuff and praise some bad ass women before capping it off with the games they’re excited to watch this week. Intro (1:26) Wimbledon re-cap (4:23) How tennis media treats male and female players differently and how they get stuff wrong about women (10:36) Different child care accommodations in men’s and women’s tennis (13:38) Wimbledon champion Muguruza, her coach, Conchita Martinez, and Spanish media (18:00) when a national tennis press corp isn’t used to a top-ranked female player (21:36) back-to-back female grand slam winners with female coaches (22:18) court scheduling issues on Manic Monday at Wimbledon (29:30) U.S. Women’s Open was played at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, over the weekend and the literal intersection of politics and sports (45:50) Title IX under the new secretary of education, Betsy DeVos, and what that means for the issues of equity in sport and gendered violence on campuses (57:27) Burn Pile - Courtney burns British media (1:01:55) Jessica burns the Mayweather v. McGregor press tour (1:03:25) Lindsay burns the IOC (1:05:18) Brenda burns FIFA (1:07:33) Bad Ass Woman Of The Week: Venus Williams (1:09:01) Honorable Mentions: Wimbledon Champion Garbiñe Muguruza (1:11:49) Judy Murray (1:14:54) Girls Travel Baseball (1:16:22) Sporting events we are looking forward to this week (1:20:58) Links: No Challenges Remaining podcast: https://nochallengesremaining.podbean.com/ Azarenka on family-friendly tour policies: https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/tennis/wimb/2017/07/05/victoria-azarenka-speaks-out-wta-tour-family-friendly/452239001/ Conchita on Muguruza: https://elpais.com/deportes/2017/07/12/actualidad/1499855244_626939.html Court scheduling: http://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2017/07/williams-vs-ostapenko-at-wimbledon-as-court-questions-arise/67523/ How Donald Trump is ruining the U.S. Women’s Open: https://thinkprogress.org/us-womens-open-trump-eb7375c2cd94?gi=6f7522cc1ce2 Why LPGA stars wouldn’t criticize Trump: https://www.sbnation.com/golf/2017/7/13/15956260/donald-trump-us-womens-open-2017-lpga-bedminster Brennan on the USGA and sexual assault: https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/columnist/brennan/2017/07/11/usga-denounce-sexual-assault-u-s-womens-open-donald-trump/469245001/ Fears about Title IX: https://thinkprogress.org/how-the-trump-administration-is-systematically-attacking-title-ix-21bde2f73fc6 and https://thinkprogress.org/betsy-devos-could-be-bad-news-for-womens-sports-5f82bccd678b Title IX and the courts: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/15/opinion/fighting-college-sexual-assault-in-the-trump-era.html?_r=1 Burn Pile: Mayweather vs. McGregor’s hellish press tour: http://deadspin.com/mayweather-drops-the-word-faggot-on-mcgregor-in-the-p-1796935588#_ga=2.34530785.1704286046.1500341497-1825753096.1466477751 IOC and Rio debt: https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2017/07/09/ioc-balks-at-helping-rio-with-35-40-million-olympic-debt/103560604/ Women in Iranian soccer stadiums: https://sports.vice.com/en_us/article/vva9am/stadiums-are-still-closed-to-women-in-iran and https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-soccer-karimi-shojaei-women-stadium-ban/28606648.html BAWOTW: Venus v. Muguruza in the final: http://www.wtatennis.com/news/wta-insider-live-blog-wimbledon-2017-day-12-final-venus-williams-vs-garbine-muguruza Judy Murray: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/tennis/2017/07/06/judy-murray-exclusive-interview-sport-good-roots-need-invest/ and https://miss-hits.co.uk/ Girls Travel Baseball: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2721039-girls-travel-baseball-team-mlb-youth

In Episode 10 of Burn It All Down, Shireen Ahmed, Brenda Elsey, Lindsay Gibbs, and Jessica Luther marvel at the way pseudo-science is used to police female athletes’ bodies. They discuss women’s concussions, attempts to regulate women’s natural testosterone levels in track and field, Wimbledon thus far, and check in on Monica González, former captain of Mexican national soccer team after her world record breaking climb up Mt. Kilimanjaro to play in the highest ever regulated soccer match. So much to burn and so little time. The state of research on women’s concussions and concussion protocols in women’s sports. (17:49) Interview with Katrina Karkazis on the IAAF’s regulation of women’s testosterone. How the IAAF polices wome fo color in particular, the racial identity of Dutee Chand and Caster Semenya (30:44) Our first reactions to Wimbledon and the stellar women’s matches. Go Venus! (34:09) Shireen Ahmed and Brenda Elsey interview Monica González about her climb up Mt. Kilimanjaro to play in the highest altitude regulation soccer match in history. The group of women, from 20 countries, were part of Equal Playing Field’s initiative, to raise awareness of gender disparity in sport. Gonzo Soccer Peace Foundation is launching a number of exciting initiatives, working with girls in Colombia, Mexico and with others on the horizon (48:01) Burn Pile – Shireen burns burkini bans in Corsican courts (51:29) Jessica burns the “Who Reports It First Game?” in sports social media, sparked by free agency drama. (53:51) Brenda burns the Guardian article that invented a protest supposedly hidden in the goal posts of the 1978 World Cup (57:20) Lindsay burns Jaime Horowitz and Fox Sports. After decimating Fox Sports, it turned out that Horowitz had sexually harassed journalists (1:01:28) Bad Ass Women of the week: Bianca Sierra and Stephany Mayor, Mexican soccer players who have denounced homophobia in Mexico. (1:03:48) Honorable Mentions: Shireen, Khadijah Diggs (1:05:39) Katinka Hosszu (1:07:29) Danielle Kang (1:08:58) Correction Shireen Ahmed said that Rowan Stringer died in 2003. She died in 2013. Links: On female concussions: http://www.espn.com/espnw/sports/article/19775123/why-does-seem-cares-female-concussions and http://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/page/espnwbodywagner/figure-skater-ashley-wagner-talks-concussions-costumes-collisions-body-2017 And women soccer players’ protocol: http://www.excellesports.com/news/womens-soccer-concussion-protocol-nwsl/ and https://thinkprogress.org/the-significance-of-brandi-chastain-donating-her-brain-to-concussion-research-f4c52fb8c02d Wimbledon: Ostapenko’s name preference and fan base: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/08/sports/tennis/jelena-ostapenko-latvia-wimbledon.html?smid=tw-nytsports&smtyp=cur Guests: Katrina Karkazis: http://katrinakarkazis.com; @Karkazis Monica Gonzalez: gonzosoccer.org; @MonicaGonzo Article on Equal Playing Field’s initiative on Mt. Kilimanjaro: http://edition.cnn.com/2017/06/29/football/female-footballers-mount-kilimanjaro-world-record/index.html Burn Pile: http://m.rfi.fr/france/20170703-france-cour-appel-marseille-ressuscite-affaire-burkini Bad Ass Women of the Week: Bianca Sierra and Stephany Mayor: http://diosasolimpicas.com/DiosasTV/bianca-sierra-y-stephany-mayor/ and https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/06/sports/soccer/iceland-soccer-stars-in-love-find-acceptance.html Khadijah Diggs: http://www.atlantamuslim.com/2017/jun/18/atlanta-muslim-khadijah-diggs/ Katinka Hosszu: https://swimswam.com/katinka-hosszu-launches-pro-swimmers-union/

In Episode 9 of Burn It All Down, Shireen Ahmed, Jessica Luther, and Lindsay Gibbs discuss Colin Kaepernick...again and John McEnroe's comments about Serena. Then, Jessica interviews Stephanie Yang about her piece last week at SB Nation on sexism in coaching in women's soccer (https://www.sbnation.com/2017/6/27/15873624/soccer-female-coaches-sexism). Plus, you'll hear The Burn Pile and Badass Woman of the Week! Intro~ Colin Kaepernick is a popular QB and wanted to bring attention to the crisis of racial injustice and police violence against Black communities (1:27) and has donated more than $700,000 to charity (1:38) Former coach Chip Kelly and 49ers GM John Lynch both went on record supporting him and his game (2:18) Why media goes after Kap (3:40) There are so many bad quarterbacks in the NFL but Kap is unsigned (5:45) History of maligning Black athletes in America (6:55) Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf on Kap (8:49) Lie that NFL will do whatever it takes to make money (11:03) Lindsay on her Think Progress piece of anthem protests in schools (13:00) We love Serena Williams zone (14:00) John McEnroe acts like a sexist ass (14:15) Demeaning women in sports with vacuous conversation (17:12) Implication that best player has to be a male (19:00) Jessica’s interview with Stephanie Yang (22:53) Burn Pile- Jessica burns FIFA and corruption in the World Cup bidding process (37:17) Lindsay burns the Larry Nassar case and the problem of systemic sexual abuse of athletes in USA gymnastics (39:48) Shireen burns NFL legends partaking new political propaganda campaign in Israel (43:15) Badass Woman Of The Week (45:30)- Mithali Raj of Team India at the Women’s World Cup in cricket; Honorable Mentions- Alysia Montana (47:22) Whitney Osuigwe (49:30) Shariah Harris (50:11) Christine Sinclair (51:50) Colin Kaepernick: https://www.theshadowleague.com/story/former-coach-chip-kelly-s-got-kaep-s-back https://sports.yahoo.com/mahmoud-abdul-rauf-protested-anthem-years-kaepernick-remains-resolute-174737697.html http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/breaking/ct-mahmoud-abdul-rauf-colin-kaepernick-20170627-story.html http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/abdul-rauf-continues-anthem-protest-ice-cube-big3-league-article-1.3276775 https://www.forbes.com/sites/jerrybarca/2017/06/27/49ers-gm-kaepernick-fully-committed-to-being-in-the-nfl/#57218bf26ebe https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jerrybarca/2017/06/27/49ers-gm-kaepernick-fully-committed-to-being-in-the-nfl/&refURL=&referrer=#57218bf26ebe On JohnMcEnroe being an ass: http://globalnews.ca/news/3558489/serena-williams-john-mcenroe-tennis/ http://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/19734541/john-mcenroe-says-serena-williams-no-700-world-played-men-circuit Stephanie Yang’s piece for SB Nation: http://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/19734541/john-mcenroe-says-serena-williams-no-700-world-played-men-circuit Burn Pile: Corruption in FIFA: http://deadspin.com/fifa-finally-releases-full-world-cup-corruption-report-1796454359 https://sports.vice.com/en_us/article/padejn/what-fifa-whitewashed-from-the-garcia-report Larry Nasser and sexual abuse in USA gymnastics https://thinkprogress.org/report-gymnastics-abuse-6099c92098c2 Former NFL players as pawns in Israeli politics: http://www.alternet.org/culture/israel-using-nfl-legends-unwitting-pawns-insidious-new-propaganda-campaign BAWOTW: Mithali Raj http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/skipper-mithali-raj-becomes-the-only-indian-cricketer-to-score-7-consecutive-odi-fifties-shatters-world-record/articleshow/59311140.cms http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-40398462

In Episode 8, Lindsay Gibbs and Brenda Elsey discuss the current state of LGBTQ issues in sports with Amira Rose Davis and Jen Mac Ramos. Then Shireen Ahmed brings us an interview about roller derby and trans inclusion in sports with Alex Hanna, and Lindsay talks with WNBA star Layshia Clarendon of the Atlanta Dream about the WNBA's journey with LGBTQ inclusion and her experience as a black, gay, non-cisgender athlete. Zoe Hayden of the Victory Press joins Brenda and Lindsay for the Burn Pile, followed by our record-smashing Bad Ass Woman of the Week. Welcome! (3:18) Prof. Amira Rose Davis discusses the state of out LGBTQ athletes in major sports’ leagues, from Michael Sam to recent announcements. Discussion of race plays a role in shaping the process of coming out. Conversation moves to LGBTQ players and fans in women’s sports, marketability, capitalism, and race. Discussion of international state of affairs Nigerian, Brazilian, and US women national teams – how do race and sexuality differ across place? Amira Rose Davis discusses historical precedents of sex testing and its relationship of race. Finally panel discusses state of LGBTQ in women’s college coaching (22:31) Jen Mac Ramos joins BIAD to discuss Pride Nights in MLB and how sports’ organizations could make a more inclusive environment for LGBTQ fans/players. Brenda discusses FIFA’s efforts to stop Mexican fans’ homophobic chants. Conversation about Christian Faith Night and St. Louis Cardinals – and the PR versus genuine commitment to LGBTQ rights. Jen Mac Ramos discusses their personal reasons for publicly discussing gender identity as sports’ admin (35:33) Shireen Ahmed interviews Alex Hanna, a professor at University of Toronto and roller derbier, activist working in transgender inclusion in education and healthcare. Alex discusses the power of roller derby for trans and queer communities. (50:17) Layshia Clarendon discuss Pride month and the WNBA. Clarendon discusses the changes over the last five seasons and changes in embrace of LGBTQ rights. She urges athletes to defend trans members of community. (1:09:40) Burn Pile, joined by Zoë Hayden from Victory Press about the narratives of out athletes that put pressure on athletes to come out. Brenda Elsey burns Sally Jenkins for blaming Title IX for problems in women’s sports (1:19:06) Bad Ass Woman of the Week: Diana Taurasi , including clips from WNBA stars and LeBron James congratulating Taurasi becoming all-time scoring record (1:25:08) Links: Coming out: http://www.espn.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/10429030/michael-sam-missouri-tigers-says-gay, https://www.outsports.com/2017/6/20/15835374/ryan-ocallaghan-gay-nfl-new-england-patriots-kansas-city-chiefs, http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/27/sports/basketball/swoopes-says-she-is-gay-and-exhales.html and http://www.espn.com/espnw/news-commentary/article/13835681/what-sheryl-swoopes-got-wrong-today-wnba Seattle teams: http://www.seattletimes.com/sports/seahawks/seattle-pro-sports-teams-unite-to-promote-lgbt-inclusion/  Baseball Pride Nights: https://www.outsports.com/2017/5/18/15657166/great-lakes-loons-york-revolution-baseball-lgbt-pride-nights Berkman: http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/birdland/berkman-explains-his-comments-opposing-equal-rights-ordinance/article_ea6d4526-6768-56ce-8c57-3bf2a82bc8d1.html Alex Hanna: http://alex-hanna.com/, http://torontorollerderby.com/, https://wftda.com/ Sally Jenkins: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/womens-college-athletes-dont-need-another-coddling-parent-they-need-a-coach/2017/06/23/4765cf40-5820-11e7-a204-ad706461fa4f_story.html Taurasi: http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/19/533546960/diana-taurasi-breaks-wnba-all-time-scoring-record  Audio for Taurasi setting the record: Broadcast of Taurasi breaking the record (@WNBA, Tina Thompson (at The Summitt), Ivory Latta, Elizabeth Williams, and Tiffany Mitchell (@WNBA), Lebron James (@uninterrupted)

In Episode 7 of Burn It All Down, Julie DiCaro, Lindsay Gibbs, Jessica Luther, Brenda Elsey, and Shireen Ahmed discuss FIFA's attempt to combat racism and homophobia, whether the Golden State Warriors will visit the White House, and why the NCAA continues to be terrible. Plus, you'll hear The Burn Pile, Badass Woman of the Week, and Listener Mail! Introduction (1:05) FIFA announces a new procedure to combat racism by cancelling matches if they hear racist chants in the stands. (8:01) The Golden State Warriors and the White House visit: How the erroneous story about their decision to snub the White House visit spread, and a takedown of Sally Jenkins’ terrible article saying they should go to make a statement (17:00) The NCAA is horrible: A look at the Louisville sanctions, LSU’s transfer block, and how the NCAA’s amateurism rules are keeping players from having YouTube channels and music careers (26:55) BURN PILE -- The discrepancy between the bonus pay for men and women’s U.S. National Team coaches at the World Cup (28:39) Michigan State athletic director getting involved in sexual assault investigations (30:34) Yanina Ramirez, a Paralympic athlete in Argentina, losing funding (31:47) Floyd Mayweather (34:20) Ifab considering shortening football games to 60 minutes (35:30) Lance Berkman speaking at Christian night for the St. Louis Cardinals (36:40) Bad Ass Woman of the Week: The owners of the Seattle Storm, who partnered with Planned Parenthood (38:54) BAWOTW Honorable Mentions: Bambi (39:20) Doris Burke, for her expert handling of the NBA championship trophy ceremony (40:00) Diana Moskovitz of Deadspin for her coverage of the Bill Cosby trial (40:50) Brienne Minor (41:30) Crystal Griner, Capitol Hill police officer (43:00) Listener mail Links: FIFA: http://deadspin.com/fifa-will-allow-referees-to-suspend-matches-due-to-raci-1796111149 and http://remezcla.com/sports/fifa-mexico-puto-chant/ Viral Golden State Warriors story shows media needs to play better defense: https://www.cjr.org/criticism/golden-state-warriors-white-house-trump-journalism.php If the Warriors want to take a stand, go to the White House and shake President Trump’s hand: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/wizards/if-the-warriors-want-to-take-a-stand-go-to-the-white-house-and-shake-president-trumps-hand/2017/06/14/a1f2c0c6-5131-11e7-be25-3a519335381c_story.html NCAA: https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/columnist/nicole-auerbach/2017/06/15/punishment-rick-pitino-harsher-louisville/400127001/; http://deadspin.com/quit-college-sports-or-quit-youtube-ncaa-threatens-ucf-1796033861; https://www.seccountry.com/lsu/lsu-football-blocks-willie-allen-transfer-tcu; https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/unlv/unlv-basketball/gonzalez-twins-leaving-unlv-to-pursue-music-careers/; https://sports.vice.com/en_us/article/an-ole-miss-themed-store-is-suing-ncaa-snitches-because-amateurism-is-dumb Burn pile: https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/cardinals/2017/06/14/lance-berkman-christian-day-plans-cardinals-blasted-lgbt-community/102840578/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/soccer-insider/wp/2017/06/14/u-s-coachs-bonus-for-winning-womens-world-cup-90k-for-mens-second-round-500k/?utm_term=.25335152f0a5 http://deadspin.com/floyd-mayweather-and-conor-mcgregor-announce-fight-for-1796111673 http://remezcla.com/sports/paralympic-sprinter-disability-sponsor/ http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/local/2017/06/13/police-blackwell-interfered-msu-football-sex-assault-investigation/393990001/ BAWOTW: https://thinkprogress.org/wnba-team-launches-first-of-its-kind-partnership-with-planned-parenthood-7ea0517bf75c

In Episode 6 of Burn It All Down, Julie DiCaro, Jessica Luther, Brenda Elsey, and Shireen Ahmed discuss LA's bid for the 2024 Olympics, youth soccer, and Shireen's interview with Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir. Plus you'll hear The Burn Pile, and Badass Woman of the Week! Introduction (0:58) New sports announced for the summer Olympics in 2020 but alongside that are ongoing protests against Los Angeles’ inevitable hosting of the Olympics in either 2024 or 2028 (12:44) 8-year-old Mili Hernandez’s soccer team was disqualified a tournament because Mili’s short hair made her look like a boy, revealing the complicated intersection of identity, the gender binary, and sport (21:40) Shireen interviews Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir, a Muslim hooper, who set the high school scoring record in Massachusetts, beat Obama in a game of HORSE at the White House, and was banned from playing on the professional level because she wears a hijab (36:40) Burn Pile – hosts set metaphorical fire to the softball questions Chicago media tossed at Addison Russell (39:16) to the University of North Carolina and its athletic director, Bubba Cunningham for cancelling the course, “Big Time College Sports and The Rights of Athletes” (40:50) to Real Madrid's Federico Valverde and the racist gesture of pulling the outer corner of his eyes (42:02) to the men who dedicate a lot of time on social media to downrating the work women create and put into the world (43:15) This week’s Badass Woman of the Week goes to Jelena Ostapenko, the 20-year-old unseeded French Open champion (44:56) with honorable mentions to Canada Women’s National retiring soccer players and Hall of Fame inductees Josée Bélanger, Jonelle Filigno, Robyn Gayle, Kaylyn Kyle, and Lauren Sesselmann (46:08) and our own Lindsay Gibbs, the birthday girl (46:36) Congratulations to Julie for winning a Gracie Award for #MoreThanMean (47:12) Links: New Olympic sports in 2020: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/09/sports/olympics/2020-summer-olympics-events.html?_r=0 Katie Ledecky and the 1500m: http://www.nbcolympics.com/news/no-1500m-olympics-women-katie-ledecky-out-luck 3-on-3 basketball: http://ftw.usatoday.com/2017/06/3-on-3-olympic-basketball-rules-3-pointer-shot-clock-kevin-durant-ideal-player “Olympic sevens rugby set to continue into the 2024 Games”: http://www.rugbyworld.com/news/olympic-sevens-rugby-78798 “Australian Women's Rugby Sevens program gets huge funding increase after Rio gold”: http://www.canberratimes.com.au/sport/act-sport/australian-womens-rugby-sevens-program-gets-huge-funding-increase-after-rio-gold-20170609-gwo266.html A Q+A with one of the organizers behind NOlympics LA: https://la.curbed.com/2017/6/9/15772478/la-no-olympics-why-should-not-host HBO Real Sports’ reporting on the Olympics: http://www.hbo.com/real-sports-with-bryant-gumbel/episodes/0/232-episode/synopsis/july-on-real-sports-with-bryant-gumbel.html Rio’s Olympic venues are falling apart (Worms? WORMS!): https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/feb/10/rio-olympic-venues-already-falling-into-a-state-of-disrepair Militarization and the Olympics: https://www.thenation.com/article/why-all-opponents-gentrification-and-police-militarization-should-oppose-dc-2024-olympic/ Katie Barnes at espnW: “Having short hair or playing with action figures is no indication of gender”: http://www.espn.com/espnw/voices/article/19587919/having-short-hair-playing-action-figures-no-indication-gender GLAAD’s media reference guide: https://www.glaad.org/reference Shireen’s piece on FIBA finally lifting the ban on religious headwear: https://sports.vice.com/en_us/article/after-a-long-fight-fiba-finally-lifts-its-ban-on-religious-headwear “Life Without Basketball,” a documentary about Abdul-Qaadir: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OavrXZs9YgM Muslim Girls Hoop, Too: http://muslimgirlshooptoo.weebly.com/

In Episode 5 of Burn It All Down, Julie DiCaro, Shireen Ahmed, and Lindsay Gibbs discuss Lebron James and racism in America, the NHL concussion lawsuit, and Lindsay's interview with Reem Abulleil of Sport360. Plus you'll hear The Burn Pile, and Badass Woman of the Week! L.A. home of LeBron James was vandalized with racist graffiti and he responds with moving statement on being Black in America. BIAD team criticizes the “hot take” denial of sport media (11:29) Concussion lawsuit versus NHL, which has failed to take steps to promote concussion research and protect injured athletes. Discussion of broader implications and how concussions are treated in amateur sports, as well. (17:40) Lindsay interviewed Egyptian sportswriter Reem Abulleil of Sport360, covering the French Open in Paris. They discuss Ons Jabeur of Tunisia who became first Arab woman to reach the third round Grand Slam. Reem and Lindsay discuss her improvisational game, her importance in the Arab world, and the future of her career (31:00) Burn Pile – hosts set metaphorical fire to decision of University of Michigan football after accepting Grant Perry back, after he had been suspended indefinitely for sexual assault (32:35) Lindsay throws tennis player Maxime Hamou on the burn pile. Hamou was kicked out of the French Open for sexually assaulting reporter Maly Thomas. The Eurosport reporters laughed hysterically as Thomas tried to resist (34:16) Shireen double burns Serbian women’s volleyball team’s racist photographs caricaturing their Japanese hosts, as well as parade-goers at pre-Confederation Cup who used bananas and blackface to mimic Cameroon (37:31) Julie nominates Martina Navratilova for Bad Ass Woman of the Week for her response to tennis legend Margaret Court for violent homophobic remarks. Navratilova called for the Court stadium to be re-named (39:35) Lindsay nominates Diana Taurasi for honorable mention BAWOW for becoming WNBA’s all time three point scorer with eight three pointers in a recent game (39:49) Shireen’s is Ali Raisman for calling out TSA sexist body shaming (40:50) Links: Racist attack on LeBron James’s home: http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-me-ln-lebron-james-brentwood-vandalism-slur-20170531-story.html Concussion lawsuit vs. NHL: https://www.si.com/nhl/2017/06/05/ap-hkn-boogard-lawsuit Reem Abulleil on Ons Jabeur: http://sport360.com/article/tennis/french_open/235736/ons-jabeur-beats-dominika-cibulkova-to-become-first-arab-woman-to-reach-the-third-round-of-a-grand-slam/ Grant Perry and the Wolverines: http://www.freep.com/story/sports/college/university-michigan/wolverines/2017/06/03/michigan-wolverines-grant-perry-back/367678001/ Serbian Women’s Volleyball at Deadspin: http://deadspin.com/serbian-womens-volleyball-team-strikes-ill-advised-pose-1795654959 Martina Navratilova: https://www.si.com/tennis/2017/06/01/martina-navratilova-rips-margaret-court Diana Taurasi breaks WNBA 3 point record: https://arizonasports.com/story/1133911/diana-taurasi-breaks-wnba-three-point-record-mercury-sky/ Ali Raisman criticizes TSA body shaming: http://www.cbssports.com/olympics/news/olympic-gymnast-aly-raisman-blasts-tsa-agent-for-body-shaming-at-airport/

In Episode 4 of Burn It All Down, Julie DiCaro, Jessica Luther, Brenda Elsey, Shireen Ahmed, and Lindsay Gibbs discuss the funding issues surrounding the new Raiders stadium in Las Vegas, the New York Jets' hiring of Collette Smith as a defensive backs coach, and Jessica's interview with Katie Barnes of ESPNW. Plus you'll hear Listener Mail, The Burn Pile, and Badass Woman of the Week! The horrible publicly-funded Las Vegas NFL stadium deal (7:07) The Jets hire a female coach, Collette Smith (13:50) Jessica Luther talks with Katie Barnes of espnW about LGBTQ issues in sports (24:19) Katie gives their Bachelorette take (25:15) THE BURN PILE -- LaVar Ball tells Kristine Leahy to “Stay in your lane” and then selling t-shirts (26:50) Kristine Leahy and white feminism (28:10) British soccer child sex abuse scandal reaches 560 alleged victims (30:30) Floyd Mayweather’s new strip club, “Girl Collection” (32:30) LeBron hate -- but seriously, how is there still so much LeBron hate? (34:15) Bad Ass Woman of the Week, tennis star Petra Kvitova (35:55) Honorable Mentions -- Tamari Davis, 7th grade track phenom (36:40) Emma Hayes takes on the Football Association;’s sexism (37:50) Listener mail Links: Deadspin’s T.M. Brown on Deadspin on the horrible Las Vegas Raiders stadium deal: http://deadspin.com/the-raiders-robbed-las-vegas-in-americas-worst-stadium-1795475973 Pacific Standard article from 2015 on The Impossible Fight Against America’s Stadiums: https://psmag.com/economics/the-shady-money-behind-americas-sports-stadiums The New York Jets hire Collette Smith: https://www.si.com/nfl/2017/05/25/jets-hire-collette-smith International Women’s Football League: http://www.iwflsports.com/ Barnes on the NBA choosing Charlotte to host the 2019 All-Star Game: http://www.espn.com/espnw/voices/article/19452534/with-charlotte-getting-nba-all-star-game-anti-lgbtq-repercussions-officially-dead Barnes’ profile of Lex Clay, trans man and former softball player: http://www.espn.com/espnw/sports/article/19367599/2017-ncaa-softball-former-tennessee-volunteer-lex-clay-recalls-moment-time-2007-women-college-world-series Barnes interview with the new Bachelorette, Rachel Lindsay: http://www.espn.com/espnw/culture/article/19435659/qa-rachel-lindsay-first-african-american-bachelorette   LaVar Ball and the “Stay In Your Lane” shirts: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2017/05/25/lavar-ball-turned-a-potentially-sexist-remark-into-a-t-shirt-and-its-just-part-of-his-shtick/?utm_term=.c55cdfa806cc Here’s why LaVar Ball was so upset with Kristine Leahy: http://www.sportingnews.com/nba/news/lavar-ball-women-kristine-leahy-video-the-herd-colin-cowherd/5q1ffhx0ujlt1xwz8cpnsd83f Gibbs on the worst sexual abuse scandal in British soccer history, which is up to 560 victims https://thinkprogress.org/english-soccer-sex-abuse-update-4fff9dd28ad7 Another example of why LeBron is awesome: http://www.ohio.com/news/break-news/ambassadors-from-lebron-james-family-foundation-help-open-cedar-point-s-new-water-park-1.769674 Another example of why Floyd Mayweather is horrible: http://www.mlive.com/mayweather/2017/05/floyd_mayweather-owned_strip_c.html Petra Kvitova wins in emotional return to tennis at French Open: https://www.si.com/tennis/2017/05/28/petra-kvitova-attack-return-french-open 7th Grade Phenom Tamari Davis Stars At Flo Golden South: http://www.flotrack.org/article/42234-7th-grade-phenom-tamari-davis-stars-at-flo-golden-south#.WTDcJxgrK3A Emma Hayes: FA treats refereeing for women's game as 'afterthought': http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/40042830

In Episode 3 of Burn It All Down, Julie DiCaro, Jessica Luther, Brenda Elsey, Shireen Ahmed, and Lindsay Gibbs discuss Kevin Pillar's suspension, Beth Mowins becoming the first woman to do play-by-play for an NFL game, and Ched Evans' recent comments. Plus you'll hear The Burn Pile and Badass Woman of the Week! Toronto Blue Jay’s Kevin Pillar’s suspension for a homophobic slur (9:00) Beth Mowins’ will be the first woman (ever!) to do play-by-play on national television for an NFL game (15:15) Ched Evans decides to give women advice on how to avoid being raped (22:22) The hysterically funny troll comments on our iTunes/Apple Podcasts page (26:29) Julie won a Peabody! (27:11) Burn Pile - hosts set metaphorical fire to the idea that sexual assault allegations ruin men’s lives (29:14) Ryan Getzlaf of the Anaheim Ducks for his use of a homophobic slur and his fans for paying his fine for the use of the slur (30:36) Baylor for, well, everything (31:47) the Spanish newspaper La Razón for defamation (32:49) the NCAA, Notre Dame, and Boston College for their (lack of) diversity hiring (34:24) Badass Woman of the Week - Bibiana Steinhaus who is the first female referee in the German men’s professional soccer league, Bundesliga (35:19) Honorable mentions - National Women’s Soccer League players have started a Player’s Association and on their way toward unionization (36:23) Tracey Griesbaum on her winning case against Iowa (37:00). Links: Stacey May Fowles on Pillar and the problem of homophobia in baseball: http://torontoist.com/2017/05/the-blue-jays-have-a-homophobia-problem-how-do-we-fix-it Beth Mowins: https://www.si.com/tech-media/2017/05/14/media-circus-beth-mowins and https://thinkprogress.org/for-the-first-time-in-nfl-history-a-woman-will-call-play-by-play-on-national-television-6b28810ee6fe Ched Evans’ comments: http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/football-league/ched-evans-case-sheffield-united-chesterfield-a7742041.html Julie’s Peabody:https://www.si.com/tech-media/2017/05/07/peabody-awards-more-than-mean-sarah-spain-julie-dicaro and https://twitter.com/JulieDiCaro/status/866089667439054849 Zach Lowe on Brandon Austin, who faced sexual assault allegations, being able to try out for NBA teams: http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/19413923/brandon-austin-previously-faced-sexual-assault-allegations-works-philadelphia-76ers Ryan Getzlaf’s non-apology apology: http://www.outsports.com/2017/5/21/15672026/ryan-getzlaf-gay-slur-apology Getzlaf’s fans crowdfunding to pay for his fine for using a homophobic slur: http://www.outsports.com/2017/5/21/15672490/ryan-getzlaf-anaheim-ducks-homophobic-slur-go-fund-me Baylor’s latest: http://www.wacotrib.com/news/courts_and_trials/baylor-hit-with-th-title-ix-lawsuit-plaintiff-alleges-gang/article_1b391c59-1722-5532-9c3b-058b07850249.html La Razón: http://remezcla.com/sports/messi-lawsuit-hormone-disorder/?utm_content=bufferd6b30&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer The NCAA’s diversity hiring pledge that Notre Dame and Boston College won’t sign: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/sports/wp/2017/05/15/the-ncaa-put-out-a-diversity-hiring-pledge-notre-dame-and-boston-college-wont-sign/?utm_term=.bc9ec48f2228 Bibiana Steinhaus: http://www.tsn.ca/referee-steinhaus-promoted-as-1st-women-in-bundesliga-1.756390 National Women’s Soccer League Player’s Association: https://sports.vice.com/en_us/article/nwsl-players-have-unionized Tracey Griesbaum: http://whotv.com/2017/05/22/tracey-griesbaum-on-u-of-i-lawsuit/

In this week's episode of Burn It All Down, Julie DiCaro, Jessica Luther, Brenda Elsey, Shireen Ahmed, Lindsay Gibbs, and Stacey May Fowles discuss the Larry Nassar hearing, the state of women's professional sports, and the troubling silence of women in sports media. Plus, you'll hear The Burn Pile and the Badass Women of the Week! Discussion of the sexual abuse case of Larry Nasser and its place in USA gymnastics and university athletics (12:10) Progress in women’s professional sports, WNBA and NWSL, MLB’s promotion of girls’ series (21:10) Rumors of FC Barcelona establishing NWSL team? (24:23) Women’s self-censorship in sports’ media, especially in light of industry awards and ESPN layoffs (29:42) New pieces in sports’ media, where are the voices of people of color? Shireen Ahmed has compiled a list of women/GNB writers of color (34:31) Burn Pile – hosts set metaphorical fire to Frank Clark (36:43) Romanian Tennis Captain Ilie Nastase’s sexist and racist remarks (40:08) FIFA avoids a vote on the Israeli West Bank clubs (44:09) MLB’s campaigns to women based on their supposed love of jewelry and exclusively on identity as mothers (46:15) Sports Emmys ignore women (46:53) Badass Women of the Week – AEM Girls’ Soccer team wins Madrid Boys’ League championship (48:13) Honorable mentions – 1st African woman, Saray Khumalo summits Everest (48:56) Volleyball player, Lanesha Reagan opens up about mental health (49:20) Shout-out to all the mom-athletes on mothers’ day! (49:52). Links for show: Nassar: http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2016/12/former_usa_gymnastics_msu_doct.html and https://thinkprogress.org/81-people-have-accused-former-usa-gymnastics-coach-of-sexual-assault-7de2c18d4186 WNBA Daily fantasy: http://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/19357122/wnba-joins-daily-fantasy-sports-market-deal-fanduel Lifetime/NWSL deal: https://thinkprogress.org/nwsl-lifetime-agreement-future-72a112d0ddc7 FC Barcelona/NWSL: https://www.si.com/planet-futbol/2017/05/12/barcelona-womens-team-nwsl-us-soccer Media Matters on the coverage of sexual violence and sport: https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2017/05/12/women-sports-media-discuss-what-s-missing-coverage-sexual-violence/216411 Shireen Ahmed's list of WOC in sports media: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14-B8pM3ydFVQauv-hyLprMP-PYyEyYNwGmNUecYsE_I/edit Frank Clark: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2017/05/11/seahawks-declare-extreme-disappointment-with-frank-clark/ and http://www.espn.com/espnw/sports/article/19352755/frank-clark-seattle-seahawks-issues-second-apology-reporter-tweet  Nastase: http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/tennis/article146429214.html FIFA and Israeli West Bank clubs: http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/03/fifa-delay-israeli-settlement-decision-fuels-concern-170317080253187.html Cardinals' tweet about female fans and jewelry: https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/05/09/st-louis-cardinals-delete-sexist-tweet-after-backlash-from-fans/22077966/ MLB's Mother's Day/Breast Cancer combo: http://web.mlbcommunity.org/index.jsp?content=programs&program=mothers_day Sports Emmys Winners 2017 (pdf): http://cdn.emmyonline.org/sports_38th_winners_v02.pdf AEM Madrid’s soccer team: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/11/sports/soccer/girls-soccer-team-won-boys-league-spain.html?_r=0 Sarya Khumalo: https://sports.vice.com/en_us/article/saray-khumalo-takes-on-everest Lanesha Reagan: http://espn.gns.go.com/espnw/sports/article/19337429/oregon-state-beavers-volleyball-player-lanesha-reagan-asks-athletes-help-combat-mental-illness

In the inaugural episode of Burn It All Down, Julie DiCaro, Jessica Luther, Brenda Elsey, Shireen Ahmed, and Lindsay Gibbs discuss racist taunts in Boston, the depressing state of the NFL draft, and FIBA's overturning of the ban on headscarves. Plus you'll hear The Burn Pile and Badass Woman of the Week! We get into the racist incident at Fenway Park against Adam Jones of the Baltimore Orioles and the racist histories in sports towns, namely Boston (1:52) The group discusses the NFL draft, Joe Mixon and the other drafted players with ties to domestic violence cases, and the problematic way that major sports organizations do not care about women and what they can do better (21:38) Lindsay Gibbs goes through the history of football players involved in violence against women (31:48) How the current political culture validates a toxic culture of violence against women (36: 40) Watching sports and how, as women, we consume them and the news offered (38:38) Shireen Ahmed on the good news of FIBA rescinding the headcovering ban and the backstory of policing women’s bodies and how we move forward (45:36) Burn Pile - hosts set metaphorical fire to Magic Johnson meeting Floyd Mayweather (56:40) Louisiana State University sent out an email to athletes asking them not to wear LSU clothing if they protest against DOJ decision not to charge Anton Sterling’s murderers (57:09) International football media’s silence on Cristiano Ronaldo’s involvement in a rape case (59:40) Brazilian sports media for not extensively covering Emily Lima’s football badassery (1:02:20) Nick Saban will be paid $11 million dollars to coach the University of Alabama (1:04:12) Penn State has elected Jay Paterno’s son to the Board of Trustees (1:05:55) Badass woman of the week - Boxer Amaiya Zafar is that 1st woman to wear a scarf in the boxing ring in the United States (1:07:18) Honourable mentions - Jane Meyer settles lawsuit with University of Iowa in Title IX case (1:08:25) Patricia Driscoll’s bravery in coming forward about the abuse she faced by NASCAR driver Kurt Busch (1:09:38) On Adam Jones: https://theshadowleague.com/story/classless-red-sox-fans-shout-n-word-threats-at-adam-jones and http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/blog/bal-reaction-orioles-adam-jones-racial-slurs-20170502-story.html On the NFL draft and violence against women: https://thinkprogress.org/the-nfl-draft-proves-the-nfl-still-doesnt-care-about-women-fe44450b72c4 Jessica Luther’s work on football and sexualized violence: http://peninsulapress.com/2017/04/28/jessica-luther-sportswriter-profile/ FIBA’s headcovering ban: https://sports.vice.com/en_ca/article/after-a-long-fight-fiba-finally-lifts-its-ban-on-religious-headwear LSU and Anton Sterling: http://proday.co/moving-chains-fiba-allows-headcoverings-lsu-attempts-non-political-jane-meyer-makes-sexism-pay/ and https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/justice-department-will-not-charge-baton-rouge-officers-in-fatal-shooting-of-alton-sterling/2017/05/02/ac962e66-2ea7-11e7-9534-00e4656c22aa_story.html Cristiano Ronaldo’s Rape Case: http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/rape-allegations-against-real-madrid-star-ronaldo-it-has-to-be-less-a-1144878.html On Emily Lima: http://www.fifa.com/womens-football/news/y=2017/m=4/news=emily-lima-a-pioneer-in-brazil-s-dugout-2879588.html Nick Saban’s Salary: http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2017/5/2/15515544/nick-saban-11-million-salary-highest-paid-sports-coach-2017 Jay Paterno: http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/19317902/joe-paterno-son-jay-paterno-elected-penn-state-board-trustees Amaiya Zafar: https://www.theshadowleague.com/story/amaiya-zafar-fights-for-inclusion-and-acceptance Jane Meyer: https://thinkprogress.org/jury-rules-iowa-athletics-willfully-discriminated-against-gay-female-administrator-c3e49ddd4206 Patricia Driscoll: https://thinkprogress.org/patricia-driscoll-nascar-6ff66e7a7d96