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Reality dating and professional sports are not as different as you\u2019d think.<\/p>\n

Brittany is in her Sporty Spice era \u2013 she watched the NBA playoffs, she\u2019s following World Cup games, and she\u2019s watching the New York Liberty play their WNBA season. These games are daily \u2013 and so is the reality dating show Love Island. And she noticed that the two formats are not very different at all. Defector.com staff writer and co-owner Kelsey McKinney came to the same conclusion \u2013 so the two of them discuss why these games of athleticism and love can bring us together\u2026 and why they get valued differently in our culture.<\/p>\n

For more episodes on sports and reality TV, check out:
Get rich or die trying: how sports betting is changing our love of the game
Is this the end of reality TV?
The ugly truth of America’s expensive homes<\/p>\n

Support Public Media. Join NPR Plus.
Follow Brittany on Instagram: @bmluse<\/p>\n

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Reality dating and professional sports are not as different as you\u2019d think.<\/p>\n

Brittany is in her Sporty Spice era \u2013 she watched the NBA playoffs, she\u2019s following World Cup games, and she\u2019s watching the New York Liberty play their WNBA season. These games are daily \u2013 and so is the reality dating show Love Island. And she noticed that the two formats are not very different at all. Defector.com<\/a> staff writer and co-owner Kelsey McKinney<\/a> came to the same conclusion<\/a> \u2013 so the two of them discuss why these games of athleticism and love can bring us together\u2026 and why they get valued differently in our culture.<\/p>\n

For more episodes on sports and reality TV, check out:
Get rich or die trying: how sports betting is changing our love of the game<\/a>
Is this the end of reality TV?<\/a>
The ugly truth of America’s expensive homes<\/a><\/p>\n

Support Public Media. Join NPR Plus.<\/a>
Follow Brittany on Instagram: @bmluse<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4700,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[197],"tags":[1073,1074,219,248],"class_list":["post-4701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-its-been-a-minute","tag-love-island-usa","tag-mlb","tag-nba","tag-world-cup"],"yoast_head":"\nHow to enter your Sporty Spice era - Best USA Movers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/?p=4701\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to enter your Sporty Spice era - Best USA Movers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Reality dating and professional sports are not as different as you\u2019d think.Brittany is in her Sporty Spice era \u2013 she watched the NBA playoffs, she\u2019s following World Cup games, and she\u2019s watching the New York Liberty play their WNBA season. 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