We’ll use rainbow tape because we want to! A podcast about where pop culture and sports culture collide… inspired by the relationship between Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce. Culture critic and novelist Zan Romanoff and journalist and Scamfluencers senior producer Sarah Enni discuss the MLB’s lovable losers; Taylor Swift buying her masters back; athletes don’t need to defend blasting Chappell Roan in the locker room; NHL fans on “touch watch”; this Pride Month, the symbolism is the point; and the shifting relationship between fans and artists/athletes.
Links:
Rockies Hit New Low With No Clear Answers in Sight (Front Office Sports)
Hannah Keyser’s Rockies post (Bluesky)
No assurance of transaction between Reinsdorf, Justin Ishbia despite White Sox investment deal (Sports Business Journal)
Taylor’s letter (TaylorSwift.com)
Taylor Swift Buys Back Her Masters From Shamrock, Reclaiming Her First Six Albums (Billboard)
What's with the Oilers and this Pink Pony Club song? (Edmonton Journal)
Why Are the Boston Red Sox Singing ‘Dancing on My Own’? (The New York Times)
Oilers Fans Went Haywire After Connor McDavid Touched Clarence Campbell Bowl (Sports Illustrated)
A Brief Recap on NHL Pride (The Daily Californian)
Luke Prokop is the first openly gay player under contract in the NHL. And he’s the grand marshal at the Milwaukee Pride Parade. (Wisconsin Public Radio)
NHL lifts ban on rainbow-colored Pride Tape, after a player defied it (NPR)
Pride progress? As gay pro athletes consider coming out, each announcement makes a mark (The Athletic)
Wake Forest baseball coach Tom Walter apologizes for using homophobic slur (The Athletic)
Baseball is For Everyone: Mariners Celebrate Pride Month (YouTube)
24 NFL teams have posted Pride Month messages. 8 have not. Don’t read much into that. (Outsports)
Dodgers pride night jersey (MLB.com)
What's the best way for a music fan to support their favorite artists? (NPR)
