Vectors to Virality (Michael-Shawn Dugar's Version)

Just the life of a couple of showgirls. A sports podcast through a pop culture lens. Culture critic and novelist Zan Romanoff and journalist and Scamfluencers senior producer Sarah Enni discuss Taylor's pending major announcement; the crypto memelords behind neon dildos on WNBA courts; the ESPN deal with the NFL; are the Savannah Bananas a threat to baseball?; the first woman to umpire an MLB game; and we talk to The Athletic's Michael-Shawn Dugar about his new book, The Franchise: Seattle Seahawks: A Curated History of the Legion of Boom Era.   Links: Taylor Swift's Life of a Showgirl Reveal Easter Eggs (E! Online)  WNBA fan accused of throwing sex toy faces multiple charges (ESPN) WNBA Player Admits Her Request To Stop Throwing Dildos On The Court 'Didn't Age Well' (Yahoo!) Sports) Crypto group says it orchestrated sex toy tosses in WNBA games (ESPN) The Social Media Trend Machine Is Spitting Out Weirder and Weirder Results (Bloomberg) ESPN is acquiring NFL Network, rights for RedZone in a deal giving the NFL a stake in the network (AP) Sports Journalism Is Dying — And ESPN and the NFL Are to Blame (Wide Left / Substack) Arif's post about ESPN, the NFL and sports betting (BlueSky) ESPN's Streaming Era Will Start on Aug. 21 (NYT) What can MLB learn from the Savannah Bananas? A lot, it turns out The Savannah Bananas Make Baseball Boring (Defector) MLB's first female umpire set to debut; Jen Pawol to be promoted for Saturday's Marlins-Braves games (The Athletic) jen pawol's path to making mlb history (Out of Your League / Substack) The Franchise: Seattle Seahawks: A Curated History of the Legion of Boom Era (Bookshop)