Our co-host Rebecca is out today, so John discusses four news items from the world of sports with legendary Washington Post sports columnist Sally Jenkins.Here are the news items:<ul><li>What to make of Major League Baseball moving its All-Star Game from Atlanta to Denver to protest a restrictive voting rights law in Georgia. </li><li>Can Jordan Spieth become golf’s next marquee player?</li><li>Should the seven American corporations sponsoring the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing pull out because of China’s abysmal human rights record?</li><li>Sally’s advice to future sports writers.</li></ul> <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Our co-host Rebecca is out today, so John discusses four news items from the world of sports with legendary Washington Post sports columnist Sally Jenkins. Here are the news items:What to make of Major League Baseball moving its All-Star Game from Atlanta to Denver to protest a restrictive voting rights law in Georgia. Can Jordan Spieth become golf’s next marquee player?Should the seven American corporations sponsoring the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing pull out because of China’s abysmal human rights record?Sally’s advice to future sports writers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our co-host Rebecca is out today, so John discusses four news items from the world of sports with legendary Washington Post sports columnist Sally Jenkins.Here are the news items:<ul><li>What to make of Major League Baseball moving its All-Star Game from Atlanta to Denver to protest a restrictive voting rights law in Georgia.&nbsp;</li><li>Can Jordan Spieth become golf’s next marquee player?</li><li>Should the seven American corporations sponsoring the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing pull out because of China’s abysmal human rights record?</li><li>Sally’s advice to future sports writers.</li></ul> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Sally Jenkins: Why US Companies Should Skip the Beijing Olympics

Ninety percent of the news out there tells you nothing about where the world is going — ten percent of it tells you everything. Every afternoon on the News Items Podcast with John Ellis, John and Rebecca Darst focus on that ten percent — news that’s interesting, important or both. The podcast is based on John Ellis’ News Items, an email newsletter that goes out to organizations including the Council on Foreign Relations, Samsung Next, and the Wall Street Journal. Tune in every Monday through Thursday afternoon to hear decades of journalistic experience packed into 20 or so minutes of insight, plus guest interviews on finance, U.S. politics, foreign affairs, science and technology. <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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Ninety percent of the news out there tells you nothing about where the world is going — ten percent of it tells you everything. Every afternoon on the News Items Podcast with John Ellis, John and Rebecca Darst focus on that ten percent — news that’s interesting, important or both. The podcast is based on John Ellis’ News Items, an email newsletter that goes out to organizations including the Council on Foreign Relations, Samsung Next, and the Wall Street Journal. Tune in every Monday through Thursday afternoon to hear decades of journalistic experience packed into 20 or so minutes of insight, plus guest interviews on finance, U.S. politics, foreign affairs, science and technology. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ninety percent of the news out there tells you nothing about where the world is going — ten percent of it tells you everything. Every afternoon on the&nbsp;News Items Podcast with John Ellis, John and Rebecca Darst focus on that ten percent — news that’s interesting, important or both. The podcast is based on John Ellis’&nbsp;News Items, an email newsletter that goes out to organizations including the Council on Foreign Relations, Samsung Next, and the Wall Street Journal.&nbsp;Tune in every Monday through Thursday afternoon to hear decades of journalistic experience packed into 20 or so minutes of insight, plus guest interviews on finance, U.S. politics, foreign affairs, science and technology. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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