Going Deep: Sports in the 21st Century
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
The First 10 Years Of The NWSL, And What It Shows About American Sports Culture
02 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Going Deep: Sports in the 21st Century speak with Meghann Burke, executive director of the National Women's Soccer League Player's Association
It's Tough To Get A Man To Understand Something When His Salary Depends On His Not Understanding It
25 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Going Deep: Sports in the 21st Century
An LGBTQIA+ Affirming Athlete Ministry
03 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Super Bowl 56
03 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's our annual Super Bowl episode - but this one comes in stages. The day after John and our show's producer recorded it, former Miami Dolphins head ...
Concussions In Contact Sports: A Solvable Problem
06 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Going Deep, our hosts go back to an issue they've spent much of their recent years discussing - concussions in contact sports. They...
From The Archives: Origin Stories & The Coaching Rollercoaster
02 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of Going Deep goes deep into our archives for two conversations that are just as topical now as they were when they were recorded in 2018...
The Jon Gruden Experience
04 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is not really about Jon Gruden, whom John Shoop worked for with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2004. It isn't really about Bruce Allen eithe...
More On Mental Health
30 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In their last episode, John and Marcia only scratched the surface about mental health in sports. They go deeper in this show, and they bring in an exp...
Unforgiving Contexts
02 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Going Deep, our hosts take some time to slow down and dive into two topics in the sports world which are getting varying degrees of...
Youth Sports
05 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Our hosts tackle a topic they've long wanted to in this episode - youth sports - and in particular, the trend toward having teens specialize in one sp...
The 2020(21) Summer Olympics Special
01 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On July 23rd, the 2020 Summer Olympics get underway a year late in Tokyo. Because of COVID-19, these games are already unlike any other in the history...
NIL, NCAA Inertia, And The Continuing Movement For Collegiate Player's Rights
03 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On July 1st, six states will see 'name, image, and likeness' bills go onto the books - allowing collegiate players for the first time to make money du...
MiLB Is Back (But It's Much Different Than Pre-Pandemic)
05 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Going Deep, we mark the beginning of the minor league baseball season this week with an episode that looks at the growing differenc...
Not So Fast: Former Ivy League Runner Challenges Universities On Racial Justice
01 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Rusell Dinkins ran track at Princeton. He knows firsthand how the sport can help Black athletes get into college. That's why he's made it his mission ...
New Job At An Unprecedented Time - Alex Gary's First Year As An Athletic Director
03 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In February of 2020, Alex Gary was announced as the new athletic director at Western Carolina University. By the time the former Catamount baseball pl...
Super Bowl 55
04 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Super Bowl 55 takes place Sunday in Tampa, Florida. It closes a season like no other in the NFL - something just about everyone can say for themselves...
Hello 2021 - Now What?
07 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For Going Deep's first episode of 2021, John and Marcia delve deeper into the focus of their show - how sports in the U.S. mirrors American society. J...
From The Archives: Patton Robinette
10 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For this episode of Going Deep: Sports in the 21st Century, we dip into our archives for a previously two-part show where John and Marcia tell us the ...
The Intercollegiate
12 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Going Deep, John and Marcia talk with Daniel Libit and Luke Cyphers the founders of The Intercollegiate. It's an online media outle...
How Much Power Do Athletes Really Have?
10 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The stature of athletes has always been apparent. But how much power do they actually have in achieving social change? Bomani Jones examined this in a...
Chris Borland
26 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As a rookie linebacker for the San Francisco 49ers in 2014, Chris Borland registered 107 tackles, even though he didn't start until Week 7. He was eve...
Should There Be A College Football Season This Fall? (And Is That The Right Question To Ask?)
19 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Two of the 'Power 5' NCAA conferences - the Big 10 and Pac 12 - have already postponed their football seasons due to the pandemic. The three others - ...
The Twin Pandemics And How They Intersect With Sports
12 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We at Going Deep had to take some time off due to the pandemic, but we're back with a new show in a newly-expanded time slot. The twin pandemics affec...
Start At Fair & Go From There Part 1 - Baseball
14 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A fundamental question - not just in sports but life - is 'what is fair?' Our hosts are going to start looking for answers. John begins by looking at ...
Super Bowl 54
30 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This is our third annual Super Bowl episode of Going Deep. One topic in these shows has been constant - race. Ahead of Super Bowl 54, we look at the N...
Inside The World Of Women's Elite Running Part 2
24 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of Going Deep picks up where the last one left off, with Olympic hopeful and NCAA Division III steeplechase record holder Annie Rodenfels...
Inside The World Of Women's Elite Running - Part 1
16 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The world is learning more about women's elite running. Unfortunately, that's due in part to the Alberto Salazar scandal, but there is far more to the...
Does This Really Change Anything Part 2
13 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We continue the conversation from our last episode on the October 29th, 2019 decision by the NCAA's top governing board to allow college athletes the ...
Does This Really Change Anything Part 1
01 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On October 29, 2019, the NCAA's top governing board voted unanimously to allow college athletes 'the opportunity to benefit' from their name, image, a...
Name, Image, & Likeness
25 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
California's Senate Bill 206 - which allows college athletes to profit from their name, image, and likeness while in school - could be the legislation...
Our 50th Show
12 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is Going Deep's 50th show! Well...at least this version of the show. John and Marcia started Going Deep when they were in West Lafayette,...
The Retirement Of Andrew Luck
06 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The 2019 NFL season starts without one of the league's star players. Two weeks before the season was set to begin, Andrew Luck announced his retiremen...
Dr. Joseph Cooper Part 2
02 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, our hosts continue their conversation with Dr. Joseph Cooper, author of the book From Exploitation Back To Empowerment: Black Male Ho...
Dr. Joseph Cooper Part 1
24 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Shoops welcome Dr. Joseph Cooper to the show in this episode, which focuses on his book From Exploitation Back To Empowerment: Black Male Holistic...
USWNT
16 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On July 7th, 2019, the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team won its second consecutive World Cup title. Their dominant run in the tournament sparked some...
Coaching In The Pros VS. Coaching In College
10 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
John Beilein is the latest big name college coach to jump from the NCAA to the NBA, moving from the University of Michigan to the Cleveland Cavaliers....
The Fairest Draft Of All?
03 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
With the month of June over, that means all four major North American sports leagues have conducted their annual player drafts. With that fresh in our...
The Racism Of The NFL Draft
25 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The 2019 NFL Draft takes place from April 25th to the 27th. This episode doesn't focus on who's going to get picked and where. Instead, it examines th...
2019 Final Four
04 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Where does all the revenue go? Marcia asked that at the end of our previous episode , and we start our second annual Final Four show by answering that...
Coaching 'Em Up Or Bullying And Other Stories Of March Madness 2019
27 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The 2019 NCAA Men's basketball tournament will undoubtedly be remembered for many things. One of them happened early on the first full day of the tour...