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The Ringer Guide to the Summer Games
By The RingerSports
The Ringer Guide to the Summer Games episodes
- Flag Football Could Be Coming to the Olympics. Yes, Really.The idea of flag football in the Summer Games may seem completely absurd. That doesn’t mean it won’t happen. The push to get this version of the sport in the 2028 Olympic program has already begun. What will determine its success or failure?Host: Rodger ShermanGuest: Richard MacLeanAssociate Producers: Erika Cervantes, Lani RenaldoAdditional Production Supervision: Ben Glicksman, Noah Malale, Arjuna Ramgopal, Megan SchusterFact Checker: Kellen BecoatsTalent Booker: Allyson TurnerLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices13 min
- Karate Is Now an Olympic Sport. It’s Not What You Think.There will be 60 gold medals awarded in fighting events in Tokyo. But only one of these events features competitors who fight against nobody. It’s time to familiarize yourself with kata—and with a group of Olympians who put the art into martial arts.Host: Rodger ShermanGuest: Ariel TorresAssociate Producers: Erika Cervantes, Lani RenaldoAdditional Production Supervision: Ben Glicksman, Noah Malale, Arjuna Ramgopal, Megan SchusterFact Checker: Mike ItchueTalent Booker: Allyson TurnerLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices10 min
- Meet the Most Unlikely Two-Sport Athlete in Olympic HistoryThere are a few select athletes who’ve gone pro in both football and baseball. There’s a small group of Olympians who’ve competed in both the Summer and Winter Games. But there’s never been anybody like Eddy Alvarez, the speedskating second baseman. And he’s about to forever cement his place in Olympic lore.Host: Rodger ShermanGuest: Eddy AlvarezAssociate Producers: Erika Cervantes, Lani RenaldoAdditional Production Supervision: Ben Glicksman, Noah Malale, Arjuna RamgopalFact Checker: Julianna RessTalent Booker: Allyson TurnerLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices11 min
- The Greatest Dynasty You Don’t Know Could Soon Get Even BetterThe Olympics features plenty of remarkable teams, but Team USA women’s water polo might just be the best of them. Its success stretches the limits of what’s possible … and it could be only the beginning.Host: Rodger ShermanGuest: Maggie SteffensAssociate Producers: Erika Cervantes, Lani RenaldoAdditional Production Supervision: Ben Glicksman, Noah Malale, Arjuna RamgopalFact Checker: Kellen BecoatsTalent Booker: Allyson TurnerLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices11 min
- How U.S. Women’s Basketball Became a Dream Team Like No OtherWhat does it look like when all of the best players in a sport are on the same team? Team USA women’s hoops can help answer that question. Its dominance is more than just breathtaking. It’s a glimpse of a striking reality.Host: Rodger ShermanGuest: Jordan LigonsAssociate Producers: Erika Cervantes, Lani RenaldoAdditional Production Supervision: Ben Glicksman, Noah Malale, Arjuna RamgopalFact Checker: Kellen BecoatsTalent Booker: Allyson TurnerLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices11 min
- Give Olympic Horses Their Damn Medals AlreadyThe Olympics are all about celebrating athletic greatness. But that doesn’t extend to equestrian events. It’s time to fix an egregious mistake and give the majestic horses in Tokyo the medals they deserve.Host: Rodger ShermanGuest: Boyd MartinAssociate Producers: Erika Cervantes, Lani RenaldoAdditional Production Supervision: Ben Glicksman, Noah Malale, Arjuna RamgopalFact Checker: Kellen BecoatsTalent Booker: Allyson TurnerLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices11 min
- One Small Step for Mankind. Two Giant Jumps for JuVaughn Harrison.No man has represented Team USA in both the high jump and the long jump since Jim Thorpe in 1912. But that’s exactly what JuVaughn Harrison will do in Tokyo. He’s not only defying a century of Olympic convention—he’s making it seem routine.Host: Rodger ShermanGuest: JuVaughn HarrisonAssociate Producers: Erika Cervantes, Lani RenaldoAdditional Production Supervision: Ben Glicksman, Noah Malale, Arjuna RamgopalFact Checker: Daniel ChinTalent Booker: Allyson TurnerLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices11 min
- One Weight Lifter’s Transformative Journey to Achieving Her Olympic QuestIn 2018, weight lifter Mattie Rogers found out that her weight class wouldn’t be part of the Tokyo Games. To chase her Olympic dream, she had to go to extraordinary lengths. Here’s her story.Host: Rodger ShermanGuest: Mattie RogersAssociate Producers: Erika Cervantes, Lani RenaldoAdditional Production Supervision: Ben Glicksman, Noah Malale, Arjuna RamgopalFact Checker: Dan ComerTalent Booker: Allyson TurnerLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices11 min
- The Simone Biles Story and Why the “Twisties” Are So DangerousSimone Biles withdrew from both the team and individual all-around competitions in the Summer Olympics, telling reporters that she has the “twisties.” What does that mean? We brought on Emily Giambalvo, who’s covering gymnastics in Tokyo for The Washington Post, to explain.Host: Rodger ShermanGuest: Emily GiambalvoAssociate Producer: Lani RenaldoAdditional Production Supervision: Ben Glicksman, Noah Malale, Arjuna RamgopalLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices18 min
- How to Win an Olympic Medal Without World-Class Athletic SkillsThe rowers who don’t row may seem like the least impressive athletes at the Olympics. But one could be the key to preserving a Team USA dynasty. Welcome to the strange world of coxswains.Host: Rodger ShermanGuest: Katelin GuregianAssociate Producers: Erika Cervantes, Lani RenaldoAdditional Production Supervision: Ben Glicksman, Noah Malale, Arjuna RamgopalFact Checker: Julianna RessLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices12 min
About The Ringer Guide to the Summer Games
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Short-form daily podcast that breaks down all the ways the Olympics are the most fascinating sporting event on the planet, with insight, humor, and commentary from the athletes.