A Lone Braden (Katie Heindl's Version)

We would never intervene in young love. A podcast about where pop culture and sports culture collide… inspired by the relationship between Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce. Culture critic and novelist Zan Romanoff and journalist and Scamfluencers senior producer Sarah Enni discuss George Foreman; curling; the new head of the IOC; is analytics ruining baseball's chance at greatness?; the shadowy corporation lording over Japanese baseball; JuJu Watkins is out of the game but she has plenty; and we talk to basketball reporter Katie Heindl!   Links: George Foreman, the fearsome heavyweight who became a beloved champion, dies at 76 (AP) Women dominated the NCAA rife championships (Rodger Sherman on Bluesky) Kirsty Coventry—the Soft Face of Zimbabwe's Dictatorship—Could Be the Next President of the IOC (Newsweek) Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams (Bookshop.org) How Analytics Marginalized Baseball's Superstar Pitchers (NY Times) Meet the Japanese company that irked MLB execs during the Roki Sasaki sweepstakes (The Athletic) JuJu Watkins injury: Rebecca Lobo reveals recovery process, impact on future WNBA Draft plans (On3) Internet is Swooning Over Juju Watkins, Jayden Daniels' Adorable Meet-Up Blocked by This Potential Hater (The Root) The fire that drives Flau'jae Johnson (ESPN) New NIL company raises red flags for consumer finance experts (ESPN) Lebron James' birth chart (Astro-Charts) Haterade: Men Can Ruin Everything (Out of Your League - Substack) Will Paige Bueckers use her unprecedented leverage? She could force a trade or return to UConn (The Athletic)