This week on Takeline, Jason Concepcion and Renee Montgomery discuss the incredible upsets so far in the men’s NCAA basketball tournament, and are joined by Chantel Jennings of The Athletic to deep dive into the controversy regarding the lack of training facilities provided to the women’s college basketball players. They also talk about the latest news in the NBA, particularly the MVP and Rookie of the Year races. Plus, author, chef, and now director, Eddie Huang joins the show to discuss his new film Boogie and talk about his Knicks!

SHOW NOTES:

Info on Eddie Huang’s new film Boogie

https://www.focusfeatures.com/boogie/about

You can follow Eddie on Twitter at @MrEddieHuang

Read Chantel’s work at The Athletic

https://theathletic.com/author/chantel-jennings/

You can follow her on Twitter at @ChantelJennings

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On the premiere of Takeline, Jason Concepcion and Renee Montgomery welcome Jeremy Lin to discuss the recent surge in anti-asian violence, his NBA journey, and the height of “Linsanity.” Dan Pfeiffer joins the show for a new game called Take Survivor. Then, Jason and Renee cover the recent racist remarks during a live broadcast of Oklahoma high school girls basketball game, the Republican effort to undermine transgender athletes rights, March Madness, Oscar noms and more.

SHOW NOTES:

To learn more about the Jeremy Lin Foundation visit https://www.jeremylinfoundation.org/

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Introducing Takeline, the newest podcast from Crooked Media. Takeline is a weekly podcast hosted by Jason Concepcion that’s a fast-paced exploration of the NBA and world of sports and culture. Each week Jason talks with guests about the games, players, controversies and issues that run both on and off the court. The show will be a place for lively debates, guests (experts and super fans), and contributors who will provide game analysis, get deep into the storylines and will give the audience a chance to learn everything they didn’t even know about the games. Subscribe now! New episodes drop every Tuesday.

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