The Hidden History of the National Women’s Football League 

The Hidden History of the National Women’s Football League 

Britni de la Cretaz and Lyndsey D’Arcangelo join the show to talk about their new book, Hail Mary: The Rise and Fall of the National Women’s Football League.

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This week we speak to Britni de la Cretaz and Lyndsey D’Arcangelo, authors of the new book Hail Mary: The Rise and Fall of the National Women’s Football League. This book is incredible and unearths an entire history that most of us were never familiar with.

We also have Choice Words about the new Netflix special, Colin in Black and White. We also got Just Stand Up and Sit Your Ass Down awards for, respectively, the perpetually underappreciated Dusty Baker and Roger Goodell/the Atlanta Anachronisms baseball team. Don’t miss another edition of Jake’s Takes as well. All this and more on this week’s show!

Lyndsey D’Arcangelo
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Britni de la Cretaz
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Hail Mary: The Rise and Fall of the National Women’s Football League

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Dave ZirinDave Zirin is the sports editor at The Nation. He is the author of 11 books on the politics of sports. He is also the coproducer and writer of the new documentary Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL.


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