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Crunching Tackles — 197 episodes

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Episode 193: World Cup Week 1 Recap

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Episode 192: Final World Cup Thoughts and USMNT Preview

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Episode 191: 2026 World Cup Preview Show

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Episode 190: The Sports Gambling Debate

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Episode 189: Has Sportswashing Failed?

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Episode 188: A Sports Gambling Deep-Dive

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Episode 187: March Madness 2026 and How to Make a Bracket

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Episode 186: Sports and the War in Iran

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Episode 185: Winter Olympics 2026

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Episode 184: Super Bowl 60 Recap

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Episode 183: Is Sportswashing Beginning to Fail?

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Episode 182: The NFL Coaching Carousel Hits Full Speed

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Episode 181: Top 5 Movies of 2025

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Episode 180: Top 5 Athletes of the Century

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Episode 179: Top 5 for 2025

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Episode 178: Our 2025 World Cup Temperature Check

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Episode 177: Trouble at ESPN

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Episode 176: The Worst Gambling Scandal Yet

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EMERGENCY PODCAST: Apple Goes All-in on Formula 1

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Episode 175: Does Anyone Really Care Who the MVP Is?

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Episode 174: Steve Ballmer's Alleged Aspirations

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Episode 173: The NFL and ESPN are Dancing With Their Hands Tied

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Episode 172: Another Shocking Scandal at the NFL

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Episode 171: F1 The Movie Races to Success

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Episode 170: The Gentrification of Sports

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Episode 169: The World is Coming to America

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Episode 168: Who is the New Bill Belichick?

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Episode 167: Pope Leo XIV and the Theology of Sports

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166: Shedeur Sanders' Slide

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Episode 165: Rory Achieves Glory

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Episode 164: March, but no Madness

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Episode 163: President Stephen A. Smith?

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Episode 162: The Transgender Sports Ban

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Episode 161: Super Bowl LIX Recap

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Episode 160: 2025 Super Bowl Preview and Australian Open Review

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Episode 159: NFL Playoffs and College Football Format Review

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Episode 158: The 2024 Review Show

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Episode 157: A Rowdy Rivalry Week

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Episode 156: Dana White: Presidential Matchmaker?

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Episode 155: City Of Stars vs. The Big Apple

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Episode 154: A New Look for College Football and The Champions League

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Episode 153: Shohei Ohtani Hits (and Runs) into History.

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Episode 152: The Complications and Conclusions from Tyreek Hill's Arrest

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Episode 151: Jannik Sinner: Victim, Cheater or Something In-Between?

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Episode 150: Paris 2024 in the Books

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Episode 149: 2024 Olympics Week 2 Recap!

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Episode 148: Paris 2024 Week 1 Recap!

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Episode 147: A Double for Spain and Chaos in Miami

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Episode 146: 2024 Olympic Preview

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Episode 145: Protecting the Paris Olympics 2024

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Episode 144: The Death of College Sports + Caitlin Clark

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Episode 143: Scheffler Arrest and City Win the Premier League

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Episode 142: Does God Care Who Wins the Masters?

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Episode 141: What the Government Can Do To Legislate Sports Betting

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Episode 140: Caitlin Clark: The Main Character of March

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Episode 139: Shohei Scandal and Sports Gambling in the Mainstream

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Episode 138: Christian Horner is Trying to Survive

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BONUS POD: Dune 2—Long Live the Podcasts

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Episode 137: Fans on the Court

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Episode 136: Patrick Mahomes Does It Again!

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Episode 135: 2024 Football and 2018 Hockey

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Episode 134: Everton in Crisis and the NFL in Chaos

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Episode 133: 2023 Year-End Review

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Episode 132: Rahm Sells Out and Shohei Defers

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Episode 131: A Series of Unfortunate Mismanagements

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Episode 130: FIFA Gives Saudi Arabia Soccer's Biggest Prize

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Episode 129: Is It Just Me, or do Those Athletes Look Bigger?

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Episode 128: Israel at War

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Episode 127: Taylor Swift Is the NFL's Wildest Dream

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Episode 126: 24 for Novak

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Episode 125: A Blind Side Legal Filing

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Episode 124: U-S-Nay

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Episode 123: Barbenheimer + Sports (yes, we do talk about sports still)

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Episode 122: Elon vs. Mark Fight (in the App Store)

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Episode 121: Saudi Arabia Bought . . . All of Golf?

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Episode 120: Ja Morant's Troubles Deepen

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Episode 119: The Coaching Carousel Goes Round and Round

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Episode 118: UConn and LSU Reign Supreme

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Episode 117: Streaming Wars and Soccer

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Episode 116: Hot Takes—Good Entertainment or Damaging Incivility?

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Episode 115: All Hail Chiefs Kingdom

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Episode 114: King James Stands Alone

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Episode 113: The Leaders of the Troops

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Episode 112: Why Sports Have a Domestic Violence Crisis

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Episode 111: Damar Hamlin and the Road to Recovery

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Episode 110: Reflecting on Grant Wahl and the World Cup

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Episode 109: Bring On the Dutch!

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108: Preparing for Qatar

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Episode 107: Kyrie Irving and the Danger of Player Expression

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Episode 106: Have Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers Lost Their Teams?

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Episode 105: Another Horrific Investigation

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Episode 104: Going, Going, Gone!

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Episode 103: Silver vs. Sarver

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Episode 102: Upon Further Review

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Episode 101: Are You Not Entertained?

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Episode 100: Serena's Swansong

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Episode 99: Reflections on Serena William's Retirement

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Episode 98: Deshaun Watson Suspended: Was 6 Games Enough?

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Episode 97: Fake Cricket and Blatant Match-fixing

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Episode 96: When The Stars Come Out

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Episode 95: The Big 10 + 2

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Episode 94: FINA's Transgender Decision

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Episode 93: Wrongfully Detained and the Fallout of War

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Episode 92: LIV Golf is Live, but Should We Care?

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Episode 91: A Cover-up of Incompetence

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Episode 90: Has Activism in Sports Gone Too Far?

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Episode 89: Sports Agents In the Multiverse of Contracts

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Episode 88: Transfer Portal Mania

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Episode 87: The NBA Through the Decades

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Episode 86: Congress Investigates the Commanders

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Episode 85: Sanctions Foreign and Domestic

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Episode 84: The Tobacco Road Rivalry Meets the Final Four

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Episode 83: Chelsea Caught in the Crosshairs

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Episode 82: Equal Pay and the Harsh Costs of War

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Episode 81: Winter Olympics and Super Bowl Recaps

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Episode 80: Super Bowl Preview & Book of Boba Fett Review

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Episode 79: The Best Weekend of Football!

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Episode 78: Is the ManningCast the Future?

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Episode 77: Would We Care about Football without John Madden?

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Episode 76: Spider-Man: No Way Home and a 2021 Revisit

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Episode 75: Will We See Baseball on March 31?

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Episode 74: Good Coaches' Secret Stuff

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Episode 73: #WhereIsPengShuai?

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Episode 72: So Aaron Rodgers Isn't Vaccinated; Should We Care?

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Episode 71: Commissioner Chaos

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Episode 70: The Twitterfication of Sports

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Episode 69: Gamers Galore

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Episode 68: Foreign Takeovers and Domestic Turmoil

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Episode 67: Do It For The Brand

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Episode 66: Sports SOS

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Episode 65: Djokovic Goes Down

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Episode 64: The Rise . . . and Rise . . . and RISE of Ted Lasso

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Episode 63: Who's Got the Power?

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Episode 62: "Good Game" vs. "In Your Face!"

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Episode 61: A Messi Situation

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Episode 60: John, Israel, and Hatikvah

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Episode 59: A Case of the Twisties

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Episode 58: 2020 Olympic Preview

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BONUS TACKLES: Loki, Black Widow, and the Multiverse of Madness

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Episode 57: EURO 2020 Recap and More

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Episode 56: Courtroom Corner!

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Episode 55: Performance or Profit

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Episode 54: Playing (or Not) on Her Terms

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Episode 53: Graduation Special!

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Episode 52: Power to the People

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Episode 51: The Rise and Fall of the European Super League

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Episode 50: Top 10 Days in Sports

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Episode 49: Transgender Athletes—equality or unfairness?

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Episode 48: March Madness is Back!

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🚨 🚨SPECIAL PODCAST ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨 🚨

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Episode 47: Time to Say Goodbye

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Episode 46: Zlatan v. LeBron

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Episode 45: Why Don't We Talk About Mike Trout?

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Episode 44: Super Bowl 55

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Episode 43: Changing Teams

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Episode 42: Back to the Bubble?

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Episode 41: Age — Just a Number?

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Episode 40: Young Superstars

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Episode 39: Merry Christmas — This Is The Way!

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Episode 38: Around the World - Brazil

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Episode 37: Around the World - Ireland

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Episode 36: Reunited, and it feels so good!

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Episode 35: Around the World - Canada

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Episode 34: Around the World — South Africa

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Episode 33: Around the World — India

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Episode 32: Around the World — Japan

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Episode 31: What a Weekend!

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Episode 30: Behind the Paywall

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Episode 29: Stereotyping Sportsfans

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Episode 28: Lights, Camera, SPORTS!

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Episode 27: What's On Second?

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Episode 26: The NBA Boycott

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Episode 25: How to Define the Best

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Episode 24: Will College Football Happen?

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Episode 23: Covid-19 Update

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Episode 22: Rivalries

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Episode 21: A Breath of Fresh Air

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Episode 20: What's in a Name?

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Episode 19: Should It Stay or Should It Go?

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Episode 18: DEBATE - Are Fighting Sports Immoral?

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Episode 17: Changing Times, the Rooney Rule, and Minority Representation in Coaching

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Episode 16: The Fight Against Racism

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Episode 15: Esports & A Changing Sports Landscape

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Episode 14: Competitive Drive & The Stigma of Mental Illness in Sports

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Episode 13: Sports Are BACK + Breaking Down the Equal Pay Lawsuit

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Episode 12: Equal Pay, Equal Exposure - A Look at the State of Women's Sports

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Episode 11: Our (Expert) Guide to Choosing a Soccer Club

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Episode 10: The Salary Cap

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Episode 9: A League Divided

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Episode 8: The Greatest Sports You've Never Heard Of

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Episode 7: A Quarantine Special

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Episode 6: Coronavirus 1, Sports 0

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Episode 5: Culture of Heroes?

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Episode 4: All Work, No Pay

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Episode 3: The CTE Crisis

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Episode 2: The Legacy of Kobe Bryant

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Episode 1: Qatar & the World Cup