Sicko Ball Knowledge (Victoria Zeller's Version)

We LOVE colluding over text! A sports podcast through a pop culture lens. Culture critic and novelist Zan Romanoff and journalist and Scamfluencers senior producer Sarah Enni discuss what we did on our summer vacation; Traylor finally launches…?; Bryce Harper, man of the people; the NFLPA infiltrated by cynical, greedy fucks; the WNBA All Star Game proves that fun is still possible; Paige and Azzi actually hard launch; Luka loses weight in LA; the focus was on Cal Raleigh and his Big Dumper; and we talk to author Victoria Zeller about writing about sports as a way of writing about life, her beloved Buffalo Bills, and mentally adjusting to winning. Links: The Enni Way (Substack) Effectively Wild Episode 2309: Only a Woman: Ella Black, Lost and Found (Part 1–Ella's Legend) (Fangraphs) Travis' epic photodump (Instagram) Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World (Bookshop) Travis' on-set naps (TikTok) Gunman 'focused on the NFL,' went to wrong floor in NYC skyscraper, Mayor Eric Adams says (The New York Times)  Guardians All-Star Emmanuel Clase is team's second pitcher suspended in sports betting probe (NBC News) Rob Manfred has a plan: Tell players they've lost billions, and build their trust in him (The Athletic) Sources: Phillies' Bryce Harper cussed out Rob Manfred in meeting (ESPN) Phillies rip MLB for adding Jacob Misiorowski to All-Star roster (ESPN) The "Holy Grail" of NFL Secrets (Pablo Torre Finds Out) We Sparked an NFL Union Crisis. Here's the Sequel (Pablo Torre Finds Out) We Followed the Money in the NFL Union Scandal. So Did the FBI (Pablo Torre Finds Out) How the Hot Pink Haze of StudBudz Took Over WNBA All-Star Weekend (Sports Illustrated) In Stud Budz We Trust (The Cut) StudBudz Promise to Press Dave Portnoy Over Angel Reese Hatred (Sports Illustrated) Fox Sports Inks Broad Pact With Barstool Sports, Dave Portnoy to Become Regular On-Air Contributor (Variety) Wag Talk ft. Paige Bueckers (Instagram) Behind the Scenes with WAG Talk (TikTok) Luka Dončić 2.0 Has Entered the Chat (Men's Health) Yankees broadcast was briefly obsessed with Cal Raleigh's 'Big Dumper' (The New York Post) It's All Worth it For 17 (Defector) One of the Boys (Bookshop) The Prospects by KT Hoffman (Bookshop)