This week on Takeline, Jason and Renee talk to directors/producers Joe Lavine and Ross Greenburg (39:54) about their HBO documentary ‘Extra Innings From 9/11.’ Jason reveals his sports superstitions while discussing week one of the NFL (00:59) and college football (19:34) season. Plus, Renee and Jason debate the state of tennis (25:23) after the 2021 U.S. Open.

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Happy Labor Day. We thought this week would be a great time to give all you listeners a break from the nws cycle and here what we think are the best, interviews, segments and, of course, Take Survivor moments from Takeline. Enjoy!

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On this bonus episode Jason talks with sports lawyer and founder of the Sports Agent Blog, Darren Heitner. Darren is an expert in the field of sports business litigation and tells Jason about the inner workings of these types of disputes as well as what he expects to happen in the process of Nerlens Noel’s suit against his former agent Rich Paul of Klutch Sports.

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This week on Takeline, Jason and Renee react to the Jake Paul and Tyron Woodley fight (00:56) and give their thoughts on the news that Nerlens Noel is suing Rich Paul (11:00). Later in the show, Renee and Jason talk to Dan Wetzel (32:36) about five-star high school basketball player Emoni Bates committing to the University of Memphis. Finally, Take Survivor (53:46) is back!

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On this bonus episode of Takeline, Renee talks with award winning playwright Antoinette Nwandu about her play Pass Over, which is the first show to return to Broadway after the New York theater shutdown. Antoinette reveals what inspired the play, why she chose to change the ending for its new Broadway run, and why the themes in Pass Over transcend the American black experience.

For tickets to Pass Over please visit https://www.broadway.com/shows/pass-over/

Or you can watch a filmed version of Pass Over, directed by Spike Lee on Amazon Prime Video  

https://www.primevideo.com/detail/Pass-Over/0GM8JVW7ZNMNMK1MJ9G07UA08C

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This week on Takeline, Tamyra Mensah-Stock talks (26:43) about being the first black woman to ever win an Olympic gold medal in wrestling, and shows off her karaoke skills. Jason and Renee discuss the sit down interview between Kevin Durant and Draymond Green (01:00) and how it will impact NBA team/media relationships Plus, research fellow Risa Isard joins to present (44:46) her findings on how the media promotes white WNBA players more than black WNBA players.

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This week on Takeline, Jason and Renee discuss how the embrace of betting by pro leagues will affect the sports industry. Later in the show, Renee talks about her experience at Summer League. Plus, Ben Fowlkes of The Athletic joins to talk about Cheyanne Buys viral press conference and the controversy around how the UFC pays its fighters.

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On this bonus episode of Takeline, Jason talks with sports journalist and author Simon Kuper about FC Barcelona losing legendary player Lionel Messi due to financial mismanagement. His new book The Barcelona Complex details the inner workings of Barca and how they’ve gone from the most successful soccer club in history to an organization struggling to find its competitive edge.

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Thanks for listening to another Bonus Episode of Takeline! In this episode Jason talks to investigative reporter Robert Faturechi of ProPublica about his bombshell article on billionaire NBA owners and how they use professional sports teams to avoid paying millions in taxes

Please read the fascinating article (link below) and support more work like Robert’s at Propublica.org

 https://www.propublica.org/article/the-billionaire-playbook-how-sports-owners-use-their-teams-to-avoid-millions-in-taxes

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