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In which Mel tries to explain how the big, bad US government brings down FIFA. Sources: - Red Card: How the US Blew the Whistle on the World's Largest Sports Scandal- by Ken Bensinger Red Card | Book by Ken Bensinger https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Red-Card/Ken-Bensinger/9781501133916 - FIFA Uncovered (Netflix Limited Series) - Producers: John Battsek, Miles Coleman, Director/Producer: Dani...

In which Mel tries to finish explaining the plight of Asian Football Association President Mohammad Bin and how his story connects to his nation of Qatar and the some of the other characters in this story. Again, there are too many sources here for me to add them all. I’ll keep adding sources to future episode notes. Red Card: How the US Blew the Whistle on the World's Largest Sports Scandal- by K...

PowerPlay Paralympic Explainer 2 Episode Description In which Mel tries to explain the inner workings of both wheelchair basketball and wheelchair tennis. Sources: Canadian Paralympic Committee. (2024) Wheelchair Basketball. Wheelchair Basketball- Canadian Wheelchair Basketball Committee https://paralympic.ca/sport/wheelchair-basketball/#:~:text=Each%20player%20is%20assigned%20a,range%20from%200.5...

PowerPlay: Paralympic Explainer 1 In which Mel explains the epicness of the Paralympic Games in Paris 2024. Not only a brief history of the Games themselves, but also explainers for two of the Games’ most unique sports: Goaiball, and Boccia. I ran out of space on sources again, I'll add those to next episode. Sources: International Olympic Committee (2024). History of the Paralympic Games. Olympic...

PowerPlay: Paralympic Explainer 1 In which Mel explains the epicness of the Paralympic Games in Paris 2024. Not only a brief history of the Games themselves, but also explainers for two of the Games’ most unique sports: Goaiball, and Boccia. I ran out of source space. See next episode for more. Sources: International Olympic Committee (2024). History of the Paralympic Games. Olympics. https://olym...

In which Mel tries to learn as much as possible about the small nation of Qatar and the systems that govern it. Editor Note: I used so many different sources in this episode that I can’t fit them all here. The rest will be in next episode’s notes Sources: Red Card: How the US Blew the Whistle on the World's Largest Sports Scandal- by Ken Bensinger https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Red-Card/Ke...

Let's go to Brazil! Sources: - Red Card: How the US Blew the Whistle on the World's Largest Sports Scandal- by Ken Bensinger Red Card | Book by Ken Bensinger | Official Publisher Page | Simon & Schuster Canada ( simonandschuster.ca ) - FIFA Uncovered (Netflix Limited Series) - Producers: John Battsek, Miles Coleman, Director/Producer: Daniel Gorden - Ventureland/Passion Pictures Production (20...

In which we talk about the amazing accomplishments of one particular Women’s Football team and the movement which has followed them. Let’s make sure these women know that they’re not entirely defined by what happened after the trophy presentation but what happened in between. SourcesDavid Close, Patrick Sung & Kevin Dotson (25 August, 2023). World Cup Winner says she did not consent to kiss af...

In which Mel makes excuses, but also reasons for why it's been forever and a day since you got an episode of any significance but also teases some of fun gaming stuff that is definably coming in the very near future. Including future episodes which I'm hoping will help us all get through this atomic, whoops I mean apocalyptic winter that is incoming. If you got this far, well done, Long live the W...

Sometimes in football as in life, it’s all about who you know. In today’s episode, 2 guys from 2 different worlds come together and try to take over the world of football. How do they do it, corruption… obviously… Corruption and a parrot in NYC. Yeah, I’m sure there’s nothing illegal about that…Sources:- Red Card: How the US Blew the Whistle on the World's Largest Sports Scandal- by Ken Bensinger...

Long time no talk folks! I've been having some technical issues posting the first full episode here. While I work on that, and writing the rest of the FIFA episodes I decided I'd try a shorter episode I'm calling a "Powerplay".This first one is about a futuristic basketball that sounds like something right out of Space Jam 2!Sources:Baxter Holmes (8, January, 2015) ESPN. NBA Playoffs - A game ball...

The inaugural episode I've kept you waiting for, for far too long! In this episode, we'll take a look at the early years of European football (or soccer) like waaaaaaay back. Then we'll dive into how FIFA operates so you can have the backstory to decide, is FIFA the wonderfully progressive organization it claims to be, or is it just a bunch of wealthy crime bosses who use the gentlemen's game for...

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