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Sportshour: Facing Demons in the NFL

Facing Demons in the NFL

BBC World Service - Sportshour, Facing Demons in the NFL

Sportshour speaks to Kim Gandy an advisor to help deal domestic violence in the NFL.

Sportshour speaks to Kim Gandy, President of the National Network to End Domestic Violence about advising the NFL to help deal with domestic violence in the league.

Three NFL players are suspended while they wait for domestic abuse cases to proceed; another faces child abuse charges.  Criticism over their handling of the incidents has prompted the NFL to appoint a team of advisors to help deal with the problem. 
We talk to one of them, Kim Gandy, President of the National Network to End Domestic Violence and to sports lawyer Chris Allen about what power sports organisations and clubs have when dealing with players who commit offences off the field of play.

Arch to Arc 
Only 20 people have completed this ultra-triathlon which comprises a 140 kilometre run from Marble Arch in London to Dover, a 35 kilometre swim from Dover to Calais, followed by a 290 kilometre bike ride from Calais to the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.  Psychiatrist Jo Rodda has overcome her fear of monsters in deep water to try to break the women's record of 92 hours.

Origins of the Ryder Cup
Golf's Ryder Cup, was first held in the 1920s.  But golf historian Martin Davis tells us, that contrary to the generally accepted time-line, the event in Massachusetts in 1927 wasn't the first.

From the Pit Wall  
When Audi claimed a one-two finish at the latest round of motor racing's World Endurance Championship in Houston at the weekend, the person running the operation and deciding the race strategy was Leena Gade.  We hear how she went from aerospace engineering graduate to three-times Le Mans winner. 

Remembering Robert Enke 
It's almost five years since the former Germany goal-keeper Robert Enke took his own life after battling depression. His widow Teresa, who set up the Robert Enke foundation to raise the public awareness of depression, says that progress is being made.

Sporting Witness
This week we go back to 1991 and the Ryder Cup at Kiawah Island, and hear from two people who played key roles in what was dubbed “The War by the Shore”.

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