The SHN Showcase is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports' Yesteryear...In this week's episode of the SHN Showcase, host Os Davis of Truly The GOATs turns guest and chats with substitute host Darrin Hayes, host and producer of the Pigskin Daily Dispatch podcast. Darrin goes over a few highlights from the Truly The GOATs series and Os discusses some of the revelations his research has shown – particularly in 20th-century sports.After touching on sumo wrestling, the games of Ancient Rome, women’s sports pre-World War II and computer-simulated heavyweight boxing, Darrin and Os get contemporary in assessing the high-profile quarterbacks taken in the recent NFL Draft and debating the future of Canadian football itself.HIGHLIGHTED PODCASTTruly The GOATs spans the millennia, from Europe to Asia, from Polynesia to Mesoamerica, from the Soviet Union to the USA, remembering those athletes who enthralled spectators with wondrous feats in their day – whether ancient, medieval, modern, or post-modern. TTG also examines the cultures that produced the games in which truly unique athletes and their sports that may have become moribund, evolved beyond recognition, or simply disappeared altogether…

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