Tiara Brown: No one in my family wanted me to be a police officer
Tiara Brown joins us to discuss balancing life as a black athlete and police officer in the USA in the wake of George Floyd’s death and the shooting of Jacob Blake. The former amateur world champion boxer tells us she decided to join the police after her brother was murdered. Brown worries that police brutality is something that will never stop and she reveals she has considered leaving the force. She also gives us her thoughts on the movement to “Defund the police”, what it was like growing up with two mothers in the 1980s and her belief that women’s professional boxing will never gain true equality with the men’s ranks. As women’s international cricket resumes this week New Zealand cricket captain - Sophie Devine - speaks to us ahead of their ODI and T20 series against Australia. Devine tells us about life in quarantine, how she’s expecting both sides to struggle initially and about her hopes of regaining the Rose Bowl for the first time in twenty years. Devine also recalls how gutted she was when the inaugural edition of The Hundred was cancelled due to the covid-19 pandemic. Devine says she is hoping to play in it in England in 2021. With the Tour de France finishing in Paris this weekend, we catch up with Jean Luc Perez. The professor and decorated amateur cyclist has been our companion over the last few weeks and he gives us his final thoughts on how the people of France have taken to a much changed race. Staying with cycling, we hear from amateur adventurer Otto Ecroyd after he rode from Alaska to Mexico. He tells us about encountering bears and the kindness of strangers on his trip. In Sporting Witness, we mark twenty years since the Sydney Olympics by hearing from swimmer Susie O’Neill. We hear how carrying the hopes of her nation in the pool, weighed heavily on her shoulders. And – we’re live at Goodison Park as Everton look to continue their strong start to the Premier League season against recently promoted West Bromwich Albion. Photo:Tiara Brown between rounds against Vanessa Bradford at Generoso Pope Athletic Complex on October 24, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Edward Diller/Getty Images)