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Episode 182: The Sports Transaction Extravaganza

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Episode 182: The Sports Transaction Extravaganza

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2021 NBA Draft team grades: Warriors, Rockets, Pistons get top marks; Knicks, Celtics come up short (CBS Sports)
2021 Trade Deadline Hub (r/baseball)
10 players who were All-Stars this year have been traded: Joey Gallo, Nelson Cruz, Kyle Gibson, Adam Frazier, Eduardo Escobar, Kyle Schwarber, Max Scherzer, Craig Kimbrel, Trea Turner, Kris Bryant That’s the most players to make ASG & change teams in a season h/t @EliasSports (Sarah Langs on Twitter)
Novak Djokovic’s Olympic meltdown shows hypocrisy of his Simone Biles criticism (San Francisco Chronicle)
Chicago Blackhawks acquire goalie Marc-Andre Fleury in trade with Vegas Golden Knights (ESPN)
Cleveland Guardians roller derby team files trademark application (Cleveland 19 News)

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Episode 180: Shohei Shows Out & Covid Creeps Back In

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Episode 180: Shohei Shows Out & Covid Creeps Back In

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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 164: The Death of the Live Ball

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Episode 164: The Death of the Live Ball

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Australian Open 2021 — What Victoria’s lockdown means for tennis season’s first Slam (ESPN)
NBA All-Star Game: Inside the factors fueling league’s controversial decision (The Athletic)
NHL adds new COVID-19 protocols following outbreaks (ESPN)
Minor leagues get a reset with 120-team regional alignment (AP News)
MLB making changes to the baseball, deadening it — but by how much? (The Athletic)

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Episode 150: Narrative-Based Bullsh*t

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Episode 150: Narrative-Based Bullsh*t

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Breanna Stewart Is Coming For The Record Books (FiveThirtyEight)
Jimmy Butler Empties the Tank to Stave Off LeBron and Elimination (The Ringer)
The four minor moves that helped bring the Lakers within a win of the NBA title (The Athletic)
ESPN Wants Back in on NHL TV Rights After Hockey Hiatus (Front Office Sports)
Tickets for World Series Sell Out Quickly (Front Office Sports)
Supreme Court allows minor leaguers’ class action over pay (AP News)
“United Football Players Association” Formed By XFL, AAF, & CFL Alumni (XFL News Hub)
NFL COVID-19 outbreak: The latest on the NFL’s coronavirus problem, from extra byes to bubbles to the Titans’ troubles (ESPN)
Houston Texans fire coach/GM Bill O’Brien after 0-4 start (ESPN)
Raiders & UNLV Team on Academy for Minority Coaches, GM Candidates (Front Office Sports)
MMA, boxing and wrestling are all facing a major issue: a cracked combat sports pipeline (ESPN)
The Karting Crash and Retaliation Video that Has Everyone in F1 Talking (Autoweek)

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Episode 146: Danuel House: DNP – Entanglement

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Episode 146: Danuel House: DNP - Entanglement

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Djokovic Video (Streamable)
Naomi Osaka rallies past Victoria Azarenka to win 2020 US Open women’s singles title (US Open)
LCS Summer Finals delayed due to power outage (Dot Esports)
Tokyo Olympics Will Happen Next Year Despite Virus, IOC’s Coates Says (Bloomberg)
Jimmie Johnson’s Move To IndyCar Can Only Be Good For The Series (Jalopnik)
Canelo Alvarez sues Dazn and Oscar De La Hoya for breach of $365m contract (The Guardian)
NBA sends Rockets’ Danuel House home for bubble violation (Texas Sports Nation)
Tampa Bay Rays first in MLB modern history to start all pure lefties (ESPN)
Dodgers: Catching Up With the Artist Behind the Joe Kelly Mural (Dodgers Nation)
Even without games this fall, ‘The Wave’ lives on for Iowa Children’s Hospital (The Athletic)

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Episode 144: Referendum on “The Process”

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Episode 144: Referendum on "The Process"

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Report: Bucks expected to forfeit Game 5, not prompt NBA-wide strike (Yahoo Sports)
Why A Strike For Racial Justice Started With The Milwaukee Bucks And The NBA (FiveThirtyEight)
Kyrie Irving was completely right about the NBA bubble (SB Nation)
JOINT NBA AND NBPA STATEMENT (NBPA)
Novak Djokovic resigns as ATP player council president (BBC)
Jeff Passan on the Pat McAfee show (PatMcAfeeShow on Twitter)
Lewd cheerleader videos, sexist rules: Ex-employees decry Washington’s NFL team workplace (Washington Post)
Washington Football Team Owner Dan Snyder issues statement about latest accusations of misconduct (Hogs Haven)
Wikipedia summary of 2013–2020: “The Process” era (Wikipedia)
Joel Embiid’s empty calories performance means “The Process” fails Philadelphia 76ers twice over | John Karalis (Masslive)
‘The Process’ worked for the 76ers, no matter what happens next after Brett Brown firing (CBS Sports)
Bayern Munich overcame Paris St-Germain in a tightly contested Champions League final in Lisbon to claim the crown for the sixth time. (BBC)
Man City have another financial fair play problem as PSG blow them out the water with offer to Lionel Messi (Caught Offside)

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Episode 137: The NHL Draft Should Have Called In Sick

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Episode 137: The NHL Draft Should Have Called In Sick

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Episode 130: Sportspocalypse Now! Fight Island

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Episode 130: Sportspocalypse Now! Fight Island

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Episode 121: Mahomes Beats the Madden Curse, and the XFL will try again

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Episode 121: Mahomes Beats the Madden Curse, and the XFL will try again

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