The Sports Reporters - Episode 284 - A Defining Moment In Our Nation's History

The Sports Reporters

Compass Media Networks

Sports, Sports News, News, Talk Radio

4.6 • 806 Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2020

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

The month of June begins with our Nation facing a defining moment in its history. How does it all relate in terms of the sports world? The NFL's statement discussed... If they would have listened to Colin Kaepernick they would have learned he was protesting this exact issue. Michael Jordan speaks out. What good can come out of this? The MLBPA counters the MLB start up plan... Who steps up to get this deal done? Will the two sides need to take a deal they both hate?

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0:00.0	Award-winning journalists, New York Times bestsellers.
0:04.9	No topic out of bounds.
0:06.6	No opinions left unsaid.
0:08.6	An institution for sports talk and information.
0:11.9	This is the sports reporters.
0:14.0	Here's Mike Lupica, Mitch Album, and Bob Ryan.
0:16.5	I'm Mitch Album of the Detroit Free Press.
0:18.8	I'm Bob Ryan of the Boston Globe and ESPN.
0:21.3	I'm Mike Lufiger, the New York Daily News and MLB.com.
0:24.9	Welcome to the Monday additional sports reporters podcast.
0:27.8	We have a lot to talk about in sports and in America right now.
0:31.9	And we'll start here.
0:33.7	The NFL issued a statement over the weekend that the NFL family is greatly saddened by the tragic events across our country.
0:41.2	The protesters' reactions to these incidents reflect the pain, anger, and frustration that so many of us feel.
0:47.3	That's fine.
0:47.8	And they go on.
0:48.8	This is from Roger Goodell.
0:50.5	But here's the thing.
0:52.8	And please, everybody's got to remember that Colin Kaepernick lost his pro football career.
1:00.0	And kneeling players got called sons of bitches by the president of the United States for doing what?
1:06.0	For peacefully taking a knee on the sideline of NFL games.
1:12.0	And now we see what it is like, what it is like when this anger about social injustice
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