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Welcome to Soak up the sports, a podcast where American sports fans are guaranteed to learn something new. Sports Journalist Kathleen Gomez is spending the summer in Barcelona, Spain, experiencing new sights, sounds and sports. Get to know Kathleen and co-host Liad Lerner as they learn about Spain's most famous sports, laugh at their American understanding of athleticism, and hear from exclusive sources in new interviews every week.
The hosts learn about a sport that they had never heard of before! Kathleen tells Liad about it’s Latin American origins, its value to Europeans, and the two hosts hit the courts to play their first game of padel. Kathleen interviews Diego Plotino, an amateur padel player who is developing his own padel academy in Stockholm, Sweden.
Source material:
https://www.padel.ac/history-of-padel/
https://padelife.com/quien-invento-padel-historia/
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The hosts talk about the sport’s rich history in Spain, club teams, the ‘El Clásico’ rivalry, and recap the Spanish National Team’s run at the 2020 Euros. Kathleen interviews
Source material:
https://www.rfef.es/noticias/royal-spanish-federation-rfef-and-mexican-football-association-fmf-joint-forces-strengthen
https://www.laliga.com
https://www.ispo.com/en/markets/top-10-europes-most-popular-football-clubs-instagram-facebook-twitter-and-tiktok
https://www.statista.com/statistics/382833/clubs-of-la-liga-by-average-attendance/
https://www.sportsvalue.com.br/en/real-madrid-and-barcelona-economic-impact/
https://www.espn.com/soccer/team/stats/_/id/164
https://soccer.nbcsports.com/2021/06/14/3-things-we-learned-from-spain-v-sweden/
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Kathleen and Liad learn about the world’s first bicycle races, the significance of the sport to Spain, and talk about the upcoming La Vuelta race. Kathleen interviews Sara Hazzard, sales and product manager for Bike Spain Tours, the official riding operator for La Vuelta España.
Source material
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycling#Racing
https://cyclingoo.com/en/race/volta-a-catalunya-2021/184
https://www.lavuelta.es/en/
https://www.cyclingstage.com/vuelta-2020/riders-spain-2020/
https://movistarteam.com/en/contact#wpcf7-f20531-p15229-o4
https://www.lavuelta.es/en/overall-route
https://www.pedalsure.com/blog/6-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-grand-tours
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Kathleen schools Liad on the unique origins of the sport, Liad tells Kathleen why Rafael Nadal is one of his favorite athletes of all time, and they preview the Davis Cup. Kathleen interviews Enrique Guldberg, founder of Elite Tennis Academy.
https://spain.com/discover/discovertennis/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis_in_Spain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_tennis https://www.costa-del-tennis.com/tennis-spain/ https://www.rfet.es/es/rfet-historia.html https://www.barcelona-metropolitan.com/features/6-ways-the-1992-olympics-transformed-barcelon/ https://www.daviscup.com https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2122077/spanish-surge-bubbling-under-as-madrid-kicks-off https://www.rctb1899.es/ca/jugadors-professionals https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Trungelliti
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Kathleen and Liad talk about the history of the sport, club teams around Spain, and this year’s Liga Endesa tournament. Kathleen interviews Aitor Ochoa, an account executive from Tinkle, the official representation of the NBA in Spain.
Source material: https://www.britannica.com/sports/basketball
https://www.realmadrid.com/en/about-real-madrid/history/basketball/1931-1940-creation-of-real-madrid-basketball https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_Global_Games https://www.proballers.com/basketball/team/148/f-c-barcelona
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Welcome to Soak up the sports, a podcast where American sports fans are guaranteed to learn something new. Sports Journalist Kathleen Gomez is spending the summer in Barcelona, Spain, experiencing new sights, sounds and sports. Get to know Kathleen and co-host Liad Lerner as they learn about Spain's most famous sports, laugh at their American understanding of athleticism, and hear from exclusive sources in new interviews every week.
Host: Kathleen Gomez, Liad Lerner
Production: Sound Branding Boutique