What's up in Sports

In this episode of “What’s Up in Sports,” host David Goldman discusses the tobacco epidemic in Major League Baseball. Recently, cities like Chicago and New York have banned smokeless tobacco in public stadiums. This is just a small step in eliminating tobacco in baseball altogether. According to New York Magazine, between 25 and 30 percent of major leaguers use some sort of smokeless tobacco (source below). Former high school baseball player Joe Flaherty and Marquette Club Baseball President Chris Tredwell join the show to talk about whether tobacco is rooted in baseball’s culture, and how it is affecting youth players. Additional Links and Sources: http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/04/how-many-major-leaguers-use-smokeless-tobacco.html https://www.fangraphs.com/tht/the-interwoven-history-of-baseball-and-tobacco/ http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/14/1/31 http://www.rstreet.org/2014/08/08/how-many-americans-use-smokeless-tobacco/ Music: www.bensound.com

In this episode of “What’s Up in Sports,” host David Goldman discusses why female athletes deserve higher wages. According to the BBC, Serena Williams is the only female in the top 100 of the world’s highest paid athletes (source below). Marquette student Nicole Coenen and Marquette faculty member Dr. James Pokrywczynski join the show to share their opinions on the wage gap. Additional Links and Sources: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-41685042 https://www.refinery29.com/2017/09/171089/sports-gender-pay-gap-history https://www.americanbar.org/groups/young_lawyers/publications/tyl/topics/sports-and-entertainment-law/why-should-we-care-about-the-gender-pay-gap-in-professional-sports.html Music: www.bensound.com

In this episode of “What’s up in sports,” host David Goldman discusses why it’s time for college athletes to be paid. According to Forbes, the NCAA currently makes over $11 billion dollars in annual revenue from college sports and the athletes see none of it (source below). Marquette University track athletes Derek Gross and Alec Miller share their opinions on the recent college basketball recruiting scandal and the overall setup of the NCAA. Additional links and sources: https://www.forbes.com/sites/marcedelman/2014/01/30/21-reasons-why-student-athletes-are-employees-and-should-be-allowed-to-unionize/#2ecdc1828d05 https://www.si.com/college-basketball/2017/09/29/what-we-know-about-each-school-fbi-investigation https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/books/2016/02/21/does-ncaa-exploit-student-athletes/OnIF5KDFbt6oYACJlBBsSP/story.html Music: www.bensound.com

In this episode of “What’s up in sports,” host David Goldman discusses why it’s time for Native American mascot names to be eliminated. In a 2013 study by fivethirtyeight.com, 2,129 high school, college and pro teams reference Native Americans in their mascot, showing that this is still a problem. Marquette student and social activist Ryan Barelli as well as Marquette faculty member and Native American Dave Denomie join the podcast to share their opinions. Additional Links and Sources: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-2128-native-american-mascots-people-arent-talking-about/ http://www.ncai.org/ Music: www.bensound.com