Ryan Leaf, Safe Sport Act, Barnstorming Soccer Pioneers

With the 2018 NFL Draft underway, former No. 2 overall pick Ryan Leaf traces his journey from top prospect to prison. Also this week on Only A Game, the stories of Nancy Hogshead-Makar and Arianna Castillo — two survivors of sexual assault who helped pave the way for the recent passage of the Safe Sport Act. And the tale of Dick, Kerr Ladies FC, a women's soccer team founded during WWI that drew huge crowds — and the ire of the Football Association. Join us!

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One hundred years ago, a women’s soccer team in northern England started drawing tens of thousands of fans — and the ire of male soccer officials.