COUNTERATTACK Part 6: The Comeback
Telling their stories opens the door for Sinead Farelly and Mana Shim — and the NWSL itself — to undergo radical transformations.
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COUNTERATTACK Part 5: The Reckoning
Sinead Farrelly and Mana Shim go public with their stories of abuse and coverup in the NWSL and, in doing so, inspire a reckoning across wom...
COUNTERATTACK Part 4: The Awakening
The creation of Angel City FC, a new NWSL team owned and operated by women, promises the kind of culture players have long envisioned for th...
COUNTERATTACK Part 3: The Whistleblower
The National Women’s Soccer league launches, creating new opportunities for elite female soccer players, including Sinead Farrelly, Michelle...
COUNTERATTACK Part 2: The Reality
Sinead Farrelly leaves college early to go pro. But when she arrives, it’s not all it’s cracked up to be. Abysmal pay, poor conditions, and...
COUNTERATTACK Part 1: The Dream
The US Women’s National Team’s historic World Cup win in 1999 changed the narrative for female athletes everywhere and inspired a generation...
COUNTERATTACK: Trailer
World Cup champion goalkeeper Briana Scurry follows the journey of Sinead Farrelly from young soccer phenom to league whistleblower to comeb...
ROS Presents: Elena Delle Donne on In The Moment with David Greene
Two-time MVP Elena Delle Donne is considered one of the best to ever play in the WNBA. In 2019, she led the Washington Mystics to their firs...
ROS Presents: Carli Lloyd on In The Moment with David Greene
In the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup final, the USWNT suffered a devastating loss to Japan after the 2-2 match went to penalty kicks. In 2015,...
ROUGHHOUSING Part 6: F*ck Closure
The trauma from violent hazing can lodge itself inside the victim, metastasizing in the years that follow. In our final episode, we’ll find...
ROUGHHOUSING Part 5: The Good Fight
When a violent hazing occurs, the natural impulse is to search for ways to make sure it doesn’t happen again. This effort to stop hazing has...
ROUGHHOUSING Part 4: The Snitch
We’ve all heard that ‘snitches get stitches.' It’s a rule on the streets but also on many sports teams. So what happens when kids speak out...
ROUGHHOUSING Part 3: The Coach
What role do coaches and other school leaders have in a hazing incident? And how much oversight can parents expect when their kids participa...
ROUGHHOUSING Part 2: The Line
What if the person being hazed is kinda having fun? Is all hazing a bad thing? A lot of guys on Rodney’s team say the locker room “tussling”...
ROUGHHOUSING Part 1: Hell Week
What does hazing look like in high school sports today? Our series begins in Mobile, Alabama, where Rodney Kim, Jr. was a freshman with drea...
ROUGHHOUSING: Trailer
Roughhousing is a new narrative series examining hazing culture in high school sports today. Host Iggy Monda takes listeners inside locker r...
ROS Presents: NFL Great Larry Fitzgerald on In the Moment with David Greene (and an announcement...)
Larry Fitzgerald is considered one of the best wide receivers of all time, and is expected to be a first ballot NFL Hall of Famer. He’s also...
ROS Presents: MLB Hall of Famer Pedro Martínez relives "Who's Your Daddy" rivalry on In the Moment with David Greene
When the Yankees lost the ALCS to the Astros this week, Hall of Famer Pedro Martínez turned an old insult back on the Yankees and their fans...
CRUSHED Bonus Episode: The New Steroid Problem
Joan Niesen, the host of Crushed, is back with a bonus episode exploring baseball’s latest steroid controversy. Find the entire seven-part s...
FALSE IDOL Part 7: Culpability
Would Pistorius be convicted of murder? Finally, Judge Thokozile Masipa delivered her verdict, and it drew a visceral reaction from across S...