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Episode 189: Valorant Player Development and the NFL Draft

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Episode 189: Valorant Player Development and the NFL Draft

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OpTic win VCT 2022 Stage 1 Masters Iceland (Dexerto)
Sinclair announces “Bally Sports+” streaming service to cost $19.99 per month (Royals Review)

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Episode 188: Transactions and War in Sports

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Episode 188: Transactions and War in Sports

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Episode 187: Three Major Sports Are Drunk

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Episode 187: Three Major Sports Are Drunk

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How can the MLB lockout end? Baseball insiders weigh in on potential compromises (ESPN)
Drawing Mike Trout Every Day Until the Lockout Is Over (u/DidItForTheStory on Reddit)

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Episode 186: October: Four-Sport Nonsense

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Episode 186: October: Four-Sport Nonsense

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Episode 185: The Bishop Sycamore Scam and JR Smith Matriculation

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Episode 185: The Bishop Sycamore Scam and JR Smith Matriculation

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We learned more about how Bishop Sycamore ended up playing on ESPN, and it’s only getting shadier (Awful Announcing)
Michael Strahan Cofounded Production Company to Create Bishop Sycamore Doc (Sports Illustrated)
Nerlens Noel Blasts NBA Agent Rich Paul In New Lawsuit (Sports Agent Blog)
J.R. Smith’s HBCU journey is a shining example of Black excellence (Yahoo Sports)

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Episode 181: Is There a Draft? Several!

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Episode 181: Is There a Draft? Several!

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Giannis Antetokounmpo Has Gone Where Few Players Have Before (FiveThirtyEight)
First Olympic beach volleyball match canceled after positive COVID test (Yahoo! Sports)
A Dutch Rower Competed At The Olympics, Then Tested Positive For Coronavirus (NPR)
Deaf-blind swimmer Becca Meyers drops out of Paralympic Games after being denied personal care assistant (CBS News)
NFL to fine unvaccinated players $14,650 for any violation of COVID-19 protocol (ESPN)
NFL warning to teams: COVID-19 outbreaks among unvaccinated players could lead to forfeited games (ESPN)
‘It’s hard to feel overly optimistic’: National media react to the Kraken’s picks in the NHL expansion draft (The Seattle Times)
Angels complete a pitcher-perfect draft, selecting pitchers with all 20 picks (The Orange County Register)

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Episode 178: NCAA Comes Around, and the Sticky Stuff Crackdown

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Episode 178: NCAA Comes Around, and the Sticky Stuff Crackdown

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Update: Ty Lue is now 10-2 as a coach in games when his team has a chance to be eliminated. Best in NBA history (min. 10 games) (Kirk Goldsberry on Twitter)
NCAA to Ban Performance Based NIL Deals in Revised Guidance (Sportico)
Twelve Big Questions on Alston, NIL and the NCAA’s Next Steps (Sportico)
What It Would Take for More NFL Players to Come Out of the Closet (Slate)
NFL says: ‘Football is gay. Football is queer. Football is accepting.’ (Outsports)
What we learned from Week 1 of MLB’s sticky-stuff crackdown (ESPN)
Enforcement memo stats (Eno Sarris on Twitter)
Mariners’ Santiago suspended 10 games for foreign substance (Associated Press)
The FIA Thinks F1 Pit Stops Are Too Fast, Is Bringing In Rules To Slow Them Down (CarThrottle)

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Episode 176: College Football Shake-Up, and Naomi Osaka’s Fed Up

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Episode 176: College Football Shake-Up, and Naomi Osaka's Fed Up

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How many teams in the College Football Playoff is enough? (SportsOddsEnds on Twitter)
Unseeded Krejcikova wins maiden Grand Slam singles title in Paris (Reuters)
Davidson: Everything Naomi Osaka is saying is important, so why are so many people unwilling to listen? (The Athletic)
Crowds Are Finally Back At NBA Arenas — Along With A Rash Of Bad Fan Behavior (NPR)
12-Team Playoff Proposed by College Football Playoff Working Group (College Football Playoff)
Sources: MLB finalizing memo on rule against use of foreign substances by pitchers (ESPN)

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Episode 172: NFL Draft and Esports Certifications

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Episode 172: NFL Draft and Esports Certifications

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Do you approve of settling tied regular season baseball games with a Home Run Derby? (SportsOddsEnds on Twitter)
Do you approve of settling tied regular season sporting events in general by just calling it a tie? (SportsOddsEnds on Twitter)
Lombardi: Aaron Rodgers deserves respect, and Mark Murphy and the Packers aren’t showing it to him (The Athletic)
Super League: The price the Big Six will pay and what comes next for European football (The Athletic)
Opinion: The Super League is gone, but have the fans really won? (Bavarian Football Works)
Cultural shame contrasts with sense of relief as New Zealand digests All Blacks sale (The Guardian)
Esports Execs Launch Certification Exam to Drive Industry Hires (Sportico)
Concession thread from EsportsCI (EsportsCI on Twitter)
Home run derby to replace extra innings in Pioneer League (ESPN)

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Episode 171: NFL Draft Thoughts and Needs, Florida Sports Pulls a Florida

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Episode 171: NFL Draft Thoughts and Needs, Florida Sports Pulls a Florida

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San Jose Sharks forward Patrick Marleau, 41, ties Gordie Howe’s record of 1,767 NHL games played (ESPN)
Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury expected to take place in Saudi Arabia this August as promoters push to finalise fight (Talksport)
Claressa Shields to make MMA debut with PFL on June 10 (ESPN)
The Ringer’s 2021 NFL Draft Guide (The Ringer)
Florida House votes to block transgender athletes from girls’ school sports teams (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
Pure perfection: North Texas pitcher Hope Trautwein strikes out all 21 batters in perfect game (Yahoo! Sports)

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