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Episode 190: The Nets Unravel in Brooklyn

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Episode 190: The Nets Unravel in Brooklyn

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Everything you need to know about USC and UCLA’s move to the Big Ten (Washington Post)
Sunday Musings: Keegan Murray era officially begins in Sacramento (Kings Beat)
Inside Pistons’ draft night, how they got Jaden Ivey and Jalen Duren, what’s ahead (The Athletic)
The Knicks Bewilder Us Again, a Draft Tradition Unlike Any Other (The Ringer)
Every reported free agency deal for all 30 teams (NBA.com)
Success of Apple’s groundbreaking MLS deal hinges on pricing (World Soccer Talk)

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Episode 166: New Leagues Everywhere

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Episode 166: New Leagues Everywhere

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This week’s Twitter question (SportsOddsEnds on Twitter)
Philadelphia 76ers’ Joel Embiid, Ben Simmons out of All-Star Game due to contact tracing (ESPN)
For Renee Montgomery, Atlanta Dream ownership started with a tweet (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
NFL Network reporter Jane Slater reignited the debate over unpaid and poorly-paid early jobs in sports media (Awful Announcing)
Seattle Mariners president/CEO Kevin Mather resigns after comments (ESPN)
A New League’s Shot at the N.C.A.A.: $100,000 Salaries for High School Players (NY Times)
Spot and Choose: The overtime idea the NFL must implement (Yahoo Sports)

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Episode 129: LCS and NFL are doing their very best

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Episode 129: LCS and NFL are doing their very best

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XFL to NFL: Tracking players to sign NFL contracts after 2020 season cancellation (Sporting News)
Cloud9’s entire starting lineup named to 2020 LCS Spring Split All-Pro first team (Dot Esports)
LCK to adopt franchise model in 2021 (Dot Esports)
The Last Dance updates: The untold story of Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls (ESPN)
ESPN will air 12 hours of esports including Rocket League, NBA 2K, and Madden (The Verge)
Peacock, Nickelodeon Nab NFL Playoff Games as League Expands Postseason (The Hollywood Reporter)
Sources: NBA, ESPN working on televising H-O-R-S-E competition (ESPN)
Five Revelations From the Second Day of the NBA 2K Players Tournament (The Ringer)
William Byron wins NASCAR iRacing event at Bristol; Bubba Wallace ‘rage quits’ (UPI)

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Episode 127: Sports – Out Indefinitely (Illness)

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Episode 127: Sports - Out Indefinitely (Illness)

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Inside the NBA coronavirus shutdown: How a few tense hours changed everything (ESPN)
UFC’s Dana White says fights ‘will go on’ despite coronavirus (ESPN)
Mavs PR (Twitter)
Stephen Curry (Twitter)
Jazz’s Rudy Gobert donates $500K to part-time worker fund, virus relief (ESPN)
Chinese Basketball Teams Threatening To Give Lifetime Bans To American Players Who Refuse To Return To China Due To Coronavirus Fears (brobible)
Amidst Coronavirus, The Fighting Game Community Faces An Uneasy Future (Kotaku)
Column: Las Vegas sports books searching for anything worthy of drawing bets (Los Angeles Times)

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Episode 126: Angels in the Clubhouse

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Episode 126: Angels in the Clubhouse

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Episode 125: Everything Costs Too Much Money Except Tony Romo

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Episode 125: Everything Costs Too Much Money Except Tony Romo

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Five Thoughts on Tony Romo’s Record-Breaking CBS Deal (The Ringer)
2020 Astros Shame Tour (Twitter)
Meet Mason Saunders, the secret rodeo identity of Madison Bumgarner (The Athletic)
Inside Sabrina Ionescu’s whirlwind, record-breaking weekend (ESPN)
Seattle’s new NHL team will give fans free public transit to get to games (Fast Company)
Ticket sellers tell Congress they’d support federal mandate to disclose all fees up front (ESPN)
In Canada, the Cost of Youth Hockey Benches the Next Generation (NY Times)
Ross Blacklock Found out from Raiders at NFL Combine He Had 37 Parking Tickets (Bleacher Report)

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Episode 112: The Deadspin Drop-Off

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Episode 112: The Deadspin Drop-Off

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Alvarez vs Kovalev ending (@DASN_USA on Twitter)
Dorktown: So you want to pass against the 49ers, huh? (SB Nation)
NCAA clears way for athletes to profit from names, images and likenesses (ESPN)
2021 F1 RULES: The Key Changes Explained (Formula 1)
Deadspin’s Last Staff Member Quits. But Deadspin Is Not Dead, the Boss Says. (NY Times)
XFL Draft Pick Corey Vereen Drops Out Of League After Learning Base Pay Was Only $27k, Implies The XFL Lied About Salaries (Brobible)
High School Cancels Football Season, Fires Coaching Staff After Suspended Player Suits Up With New Identity (Deadspin)

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Episode 109: NBA Takes Daryl Morey Out for Chinese

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Episode 109: NBA Takes Daryl Morey Out for Chinese

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Dorktown: 2019 was the most homer-stupid year in the history of baseball (SB Nation)
NFL finds another illegal hit by Raiders linebacker Vontaze Burfict (ESPN)
The Skins Made Jay Gruden Come To The Office At 5 A.M. To Get Fired (Deadspin)
Sources: Kansas men’s basketball charged with multiple Level 1 allegations, including lack of institutional control (Yahoo Sports)
Kansas apologizes after Snoop Dogg’s show at ‘Late Night in the Phog’ (ESPN)
Gavin Newsom signs California’s ‘Fair Pay to Play Act’ with LeBron James & Mav Carter | THE SHOP (Uninterrupted on YouTube)
Congressman to propose federal legislation for paying college athletes (ESPN)
Milwaukee Bucks Fined For Observing That Reigning MVP, Whom They Employ, Will Be Offered Lots Of Money Next Summer (Deadspin)
NBA Players Whose Listed Heights Were Not True (Home of Playmakers)
The NBA’s China-Daryl Morey backlash, explained (Washington Post)
Crueler and Dumber by the Day: On ‘Sports Illustrated’ and a Dark Media Landscape (The Ringer)
Plastic sandwich bag caused Magnussen’s pace drop-off (Motorsport)

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Episode 096: Shannon Becker’s Perfection; Ty Lue’s Rejection

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Episode 096: Shannon Becker's Perfection; Ty Lue's Rejection

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XFL TV Deals

Vince McMahon’s XFL Sets TV Deals With Disney, Fox (The Hollywood Reporter)

Celtics and Rockets disappoint in the NBA Playoffs

Episode 094: Raider Paranoia Nation & Paying the WNBA

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Episode 094: Raider Paranoia Nation & Paying the WNBA

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Breanna Stewart tore her achilles

Breanna Stewart Shows the Toll of Pro Women’s Basketball’s Never-Ending Grind (NY Times)

Football Roundup

Reports of Raiders scouts sent home, Gruden and Mayock ‘don’t know who to trust’ (Silver and Black Pride)
BREAKING: AAF Files for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy (Front Office Sports)

NCAA isn’t taking any shit from Cal Poly

NCAA comes down on Cal Poly for books violation (ESPN)

MLB’s lame suspensions

Sources: Anderson ban is for epithet, not bat flip (ESPN)

Magic Johnson already has a new venture

Magic Johnson joins Ice Cube’s bid to buy sports networks from Disney (L.A. Biz)

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XFL TV Deals

Celtics and Rockets disappoint in the NBA Playoffs

The Lakers Mess Continues

The “Perfect” Perfect Game

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Breanna Stewart tore her achilles

Football Roundup

NCAA isn’t taking any shit from Cal Poly

MLB’s lame suspensions

Magic Johnson already has a new venture

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