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Podcast: Heard Tell
Episode: Social Media, Access Journalism, and Culture & Politics in Sports
Description: So you probably Heard Tell that fall is full-bore sports season with all four of the major sports in America going at the same time, which means once again cultural issues and political discussions find their way into, onto, and involved in the sports world. Recent scandals in the NFL with John Gruden's emails once again riled up long-running issues of race and abusive language and behavior in the power structures of America's most popular sport. In the NBA, Kyrie Irving has found himself the avatar of the Covid-19 vaccine mandate. So let's turn down the news cycle noise...