Episode 3: Tarnished Gold

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Sara GrasFollow

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Description

To better understand how and why sports are a part of education, this episode goes back to where they started. Although the culture of youth sports has certainly evolved, the purpose of interscholastic athletics really has not. Today, just like 100 years ago, educators value the role of sport in preparing kids for success in life. But the structures governing competition have always limited who can participate and how they are recognized. Many thanks to all the guests who contributed their thoughts.

This episode features clips from conversations with:

Kim Yuracko (Faculty Profile)
Judd and Mary Morris Leighton Professor of Law Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Work referenced:

• Kimberly Yuracko, The Culture War Over Girls’ Sports: Understanding the Argument for Transgender Girls’ Inclusion, 67 VILL. L. REV. 717 (2022).

Kirsten Jones
Peak Performance Coach, Podcast Host, Author
Work Referenced:

• Kirsten Jones, Raising Empowered Athletes: A Youth Sports Parenting Guide for Raising Happy, Brave, and Resilient Kids (2023).

Val Moyer
Researcher Athlete Ally
Work referenced:

• Valerie Moyer, et. al., Examining the Ethics and Impacts of Laws Restricting Transgender Youth-Athlete Participation, HASTINGS CTR. REP.. (June 7, 2023), https://doi.org/10.1002/hast.1484.

Bob Boland (Faculty Profile)
Assistant Professor of Law Seton Hall Law

Other articles, sources, and media referenced in this episode:

• Susan K. Cahn, Coming On Strong : Gender and Sexuality in Women's Sport (2nd ed. 2012).
• Robert Pruter, The Rise of American High School Sports and the Search for Control: 1880-1930 (2013).
• David K. Wiggins, More Than a Game : A History of the African American Experience in Sport (2018).
• Dean B. Cromwell and Al Wesson, Championship Techniques in Track and Field (1941).
• David K. Wiggins, Great Speed But Little Stamina: The Historical Debate Over Black Athletic Superiority, 16(2) J. Sport Hist. 158 (1989)
• Martin Kane, An Assessment of ’Black is Best’, Sports Illustrated, Jan. 18, 1971.
• Jon Entine, Taboo: Why Black Athletes Dominate Sports and Why We’re Afraid to Talk About It (2000).
• Michael J. Dougherty, Taboo: Why Black Athletes Dominate Sports and Why We’re Afraid to Talk About It, 76(3) Q. Rev. Biology 399 (2001) (book review).

Publication Date

10-29-2023

Disciplines

Education Law | Law and Gender

Recommended Citation

Gras, Sara, "Episode 3: Tarnished Gold" (2023). Season 01. 5.
https://scholarship.shu.edu/hearsay-s01/5