Soap Opera Smash Down – Rick Foster

Sports scholar, Rick Foster joins us this week. They discuss the Olympics, all dat wrestling drama, the Minecraft movie, and more!

Roberto and Rick start off with meta talk but it quickly subsides. They talk about the 2020 Olympics & how Roberto is going to learn Japanese, Soccer mascots, Hulk Hogan & other pro-wrestling drama, how wrestling is fake but also REAL, the evolution of NFL sportertainment, the Minecraft movie, and more! (Episode 189)

Rick's Plugs!

Twitter Sports Twitter: FosterOnSports Website: RickFoster.org Podcast: Lawyer Up Previous Rick Episode(s): 13 , 66 , 74 , 130 , 151 , 180 Previous Episode(s) Featuring Rick: 53 , 54 , 79 , 83 , 122 , 144  

Show Notes:

Tokyo's bid for the 2020 Olympics (Wikipedia) Logo issues w/ Tokyo 2020 Olympics (the guardian) FIFA World Cup Mascots (Wikipedia) Chris Benoit (Wikipedia) Hulk Hogan scandal (SBNation.com) WWF to WWE (Wikipedia) Ronny Piper (Wikipedia) Cyndi Lauper - The Goonies 'R' Good Enough (YouTube) Diegetic Music/Sound (filmsound.org) XFL (Wikipedia) NFL Blitz (Wikipedia) MTV Rock N' Jock (Wikipedia) Minecraft movie Director was chosen (Mojang) Draft Time podcast (archive.org) (It may be over but not gone :P)

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