GEISH 90 – 2014 in Review (Part 4)
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Once again, another mammoth year of sport has taken us 3 months to get through. With the help of the returning Greg Blanchard, here's our final retrospective of 2014, taking in the Winter Olympics, the NBA, and our respective heroes & villains of the sporting year. *Content note for discussion of rape & rape culture on this podcast* Foreign Hero of 2014: Jonathan - Manuel Neuer Greg - Yaya Toure Shane - Katie Ledecky   Villain of 2014: Jonathan - Justin Gatlin Greg - The NCAA Shane - English Football   Domestic Hero of 2014: Jonathan - Sam Burgess Greg - Tim Howard Shane - Jessica Ennis Hill   Email – [email protected] Blog – sportshistoryshow.blogspot.com
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