New York magazine features writer Reeves Wiedeman joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how the league’s approach to concussions has affected high-profile players like Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, why CTE is still a major concern, and why the NFL is changing its positioning on the matter.
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Chabeli Carrazana is economy and childcare reporter for The 19th News. She joins guest host Courtney Collins to discuss why high-profile cheerleaders aren’t making a living wage, the lawsuits that are fighting for a pay increase, and why misogyny in sports is so hard to eradicate.
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Neurologist Jesse Mez joins us to talk about a new study of former NFL player’s brains and what the findings might mean for the future of football.
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This week, the NFL for the first time admitted a link between concussions and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). This hour, we’ll listen back to our December conversation with Jeanne Marie Laskas about her book “Concussion.”
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We’ll talk about the positive qualities of America’s favorite sport – and how it can be improved – with Gregg Easterbrook, author of “The Game’s Not Over: In Defense of Football.”
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We’ll talk this hour to Steve Almond about leaving the game behind, which he writes about in Against Football: One Fan’s Reluctant Manifesto.
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