Brian Banks – A Life Rediscovered
We hear from Former Atlanta Falcons player Brian Banks who spent 5 years in prison for rape and kidnap. A crime he did not commit.
Former Atlanta Falcons player Brian Banks spent five years in prison for rape and kidnap - a crime he did not commit. He tells us his amazing story from football field to jail cell and back again, on being an innocent man incarcerated, on being contacted by the woman who had falsely accused him - and his eventual and dramatic exoneration.
Y Words Matter
Should Tottenham fans continue to use the term ‘Yid’ or is it perpetuating the anti-Semitic abuse from some away fans? In the No camp, Professor Gavin Schaffer a social and cultural historian specialising in the history of race and immigration at the University of Birmingham and in the Yes camp, Swedish writer and broadcaster Nathalie Rothschild.
E.A Sportshour… It’s in the game
The world’s most successful sports computer game franchise releases its latest version next Friday. This date for many will be as exciting as the start of the season in real life. We hear from FIFA, EA Sports, the makers and Glen Haag from web site Sports gamer to preview the game and give us his top sports video games of all time
From Our Own Correspondent
Alex South is our sporting correspondent. He looks back on his week in Spain watching the Gareth Bale transfer and debut
New Zealand’s America’s Cup
New Zealand will celebrate long and hard if they win the America’s Cup, but scratch the surface and it is a victory of many contradictions as Steve Jackson, a professor specialising in the socio-cultural analysis of sport from the University of Otago, explains.
(Picture: Brian Banks. Credit: Dave Martin/AP)
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