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PREVIEW: Booty Call with Joel Anderson of the Ringer

2 min · 27 de feb de 2026
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On November 30, 2007 Joel Anderson had one foot out of Shreveport, Louisiana where he had spent almost two years covering everything from city hall to high school football. Before he packed up and headed for a new gig in Tampa Bay though he had one last assignment. Travel south to St. James Parish to cover a local upstart program that seemed destined to make their first trip to the Superdome. The story of St. James 34 Calvary Baptist 14 has that faulknarian quality you tend to get whenever you travel south of Mason-Dixon line. There’s a religious rupture, a star quarterback turned broadway star and a family named Booty. Hoping to drop the full episode next week, but for now enjoy this preview.

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