The escalating stalking problem in sports

Episode 535 of the Sports Media Podcast features Carson Kessler, an investigative reporter for The Athletic and a former investigative fellow at the New York Times. In this podcast, Kessler discusses her reporting on the escalating stalking problem in sports and how it particularly has escalated for prominent female athletes; The Athletic identifying at least 52 stalking cases involving athletes, male and female, since 2020; how this story came to Kessler; her reporting on UCLA women's basketball player Kiki Rice being stalked; whether colleges are in position to help athletes; how often this happens to male athletes and who stalks male athletes versus female athletes; why less than a third of stalking victims report their situations to police, according to a study published by the U.S. Department of Justice; what organizations help victims of stalking and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more.