The 38th episode of the Sporting News Podcast is here. Please, have a listen and subscribe on iTunes.
In today's show, co-hosts Bill Voth (@billvoth) and Matt Lutovsky (@MLutovsky) discuss:
- The NBA Draft lottery
- How annoying NBA Lottery conspiracy theorists are
- The idea of a Kevin Love-for-the-No. 1-pick trade
- Whether a Heat-Spurs Finals is inevitable
- Who wouldn't be a good fit in San Antonio's “system”
- Athletes who have aged more gracefully than Tim Duncan
- Minneapolis' winning bid for Super Bowl LII and why sportswriters need to quit whining
- Arsenio Hall's crowdfunding campaign to buy the Clippers
We also talk with Sporting News MLB writer Jesse Spector (@JesseSpector), who chats about ear biting, blaming Yasiel Puig for everything, whether the Dodgers are a disappointment, what we actually know and what we think we know at the quarter point in the season, how things are going to shake out in the AL East, Cleveland's disappointing season, the ongoing (and unnecessary) advanced-stat vs. eye-test war, the best and worst broadcast teams (including why he likes Hawk Harrelson), the end of Masahiro Tanaka's win streak, and much more. Jesse's interview starts at the 21:30 mark of the show. Click here to go right to Jesse's interview.
We also talk about “The Natural” being overrated, MTV's “The Challenge” being the last pure sport left in America, why T.J. Lavin should host everything, why Cleveland fans should stop whining about “The Shot”, and, of course, the state of race in our world today.
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