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Podcast: New Books in Popular Culture
Episode: Britni de la Cretaz and Lyndsey D'Arcangelo, "Hail Mary: The Rise and Fall of the National Women's Football League" (Bold Type Books, 2021)
Description: Today we are joined by Frankie de la Cretaz, a sports journalist whose work focuses on the intersection of sport and gender, and one of the authors alongside Lyndsey DâArcangelo of Hail Mary: The Rise and Fall of the National Womenâs Football League (Bold Type Books, 2021). In our conversation, we discussed the beginnings of womenâs gridiron football in the United Statesâ the reason why so many women wanted to play a âmanâs gameâ in the 1970s and 80s; and the successes, failures and legacies of the NWFL.In Hail Mary, de la Cretaz and DâArcangelo re...