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Le Batard & Friends Presents: The Step Back
by Dan Le Batard
Hosted by Dan Le Batard, Amin Elhassan, and Israel Gutierrez, this limited series is part nostalgia machine, part media autopsy—pulling apart the biggest athletes of our time through the moments that made them unavoidable.Season one belongs to LeBron James.From the Sports Illustrated cover that anointed him before he could legally celebrate, to The Decision that broke the internet before we even used that term, to “Shut Up & Dribble,” a phrase that accidentally defined an era—this is the story of how one athlete bent the relationship between sports, media, and power into something new.Each episode revisits a single flashpoint – alongside a rotating cast of guests who were there, covered it, or lived it- the show asks the uncomfortable questions, finds the human ones, and occasionally gets distracted in ways that feel… familiar.The Step Back is a time capsule with better context, worse timing, and just enough perspective to realize we
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Le Batard & Friends Presents: The Step Back - I'm Coming Home (feat. Iman Shumpert)
Dan, Amin and Izzy go behind the scenes of LeBron's loyalty, from Pat Riley's frustration to LeBron's Vegas hotel room and the Cavs' huddle in Game Seven. More from "The Step Back": Episode 1: The Chosen One Episode 2: The Decision Don't miss an episode — subscribe here Homework for this episode: "I'm Coming Home" by LeBron James, as told to Lee Jenkins (Sports Illustrated, 2014) - https://www.si.com/nba/2014/07/11/lebron-james-cleveland-cavaliers "Return of the King" by Brian Windhorst and Dave McMenamin (2018) - https://bookshop.org/p/books/return-of-the-king-lebron-james-the-cleveland-cavaliers-and-the-greatest-comeback-in-nba-history-brian-windhorst/9390251 Homework for next week's episode: "LeBron: The Sequel" by Pablo Torre (ESPN The Magazine, 2017) - https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/18686205/the-second-chapter-lebron-james-career Optional homework for next week's episode: "LeBron, Inc." by Brian Windhorst (2018) - https://bookshop.org/p/books/lebron-inc-the-making-of-a-billion-dollar-athlete-brian-windhorst/7395291 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Le Batard & Friends Presents: The Step Back - The Decision (feat. Jim Gray & John Skipper)
As our exclusive new series on LeBron's legacy continues, Dan, Amin and Izzy re-live the awkward silence — and alternate history — of a made-for-TV moment that altered the course of Miami sports and player empowerment forever. More from "The Step Back": Episode 1: The Chosen One Don't miss an episode — subscribe here Homework for this episode: "The Decision" (ESPN, 2010) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Afpgnb_9bA4 Homework for next week's episode: "I'm Coming Home" by LeBron James, as told to Lee Jenkins (Sports Illustrated, 2014) - https://www.si.com/nba/2014/07/11/lebron-james-cleveland-cavaliers Optional homework for next week's episode: "Return of the King" by Brian Windhorst and Dave McMenamin (2018) - https://bookshop.org/p/books/return-of-the-king-lebron-james-the-cleveland-cavaliers-and-the-greatest-comeback-in-nba-history-brian-windhorst/9390251 Encouraged homework for next month's season finale: "There's Always This Year" by Hanif Abdurraqib (2025) - https://bookshop.org/p/books/there-s-always-this-year-on-basketball-and-ascension-hanif-abdurraqib/20204172 From our guest: "Talking to GOATs: The Moments You Remember and the Stories You Never Heard" - https://www.talkingtogoats.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Hosted by Dan Le Batard, Amin Elhassan, and Israel Gutierrez, this limited series is part nostalgia machine, part media autopsy—pulling apart the biggest athletes of our time through the moments that made them unavoidable.Season one belongs to LeBron James.From the Sports Illustrated cover that anointed him before he could legally celebrate, to The Decision that broke the internet before we even used that term, to “Shut Up & Dribble,” a phrase that accidentally defined an era—this is the story of how one athlete bent the relationship between sports, media, and power into something new.Each episode revisits a single flashpoint – alongside a rotating cast of guests who were there, covered it, or lived it- the show asks the uncomfortable questions, finds the human ones, and occasionally gets distracted in ways that feel… familiar.The Step Back is a time capsule with better context, worse timing, and just enough perspective to realize we
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Hosted by Dan Le Batard, Amin Elhassan, and Israel Gutierrez, this limited series is part nostalgia machine, part media autopsy—pulling apart the biggest athletes of our time through the moments that made them unavoidable.Season one belongs to LeBron James.From the Sports Illustrated cover that...
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