Russell Westbrook Announces His Retirement | Hour 2

Who will summit Mount Lombardi this season? Football America! breaks down the NFC and AFC North. Go Long’s Ty Dunne provides the national view, while Tim Benz (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review) dives deep on the Steelers. Dunne says the departure of Harbaugh and Tomlin allow their respective former teams to breathe and modernize. Benz breaks down why fans might be overly optimistic about the Steelers defense. Plus, are the Bengals are the most interesting team in the league this year? Or does Joe Burrow just need to retire and front an emo band? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

"Go ahead, say the next part." It's time to toast Russell Westbrook, an ACC-based game of Mister Lister with Mike and Chris, Big Game or Not a Big Game, and some new couch shopping. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

"School is back...Jack." Does it make any sense for you to go to college if Chris Cote and Jeremy Tache have ended up in the same place? What in the world happened to Cal Raleigh? Who had the worst drop-off of any QB? Plus, Pablo has the latest details after Part 14 of his series on Kawhi Leonard and the Clippers, including the paper trail with Daktronics. He also explains the questions surrounding Mark Walter, Abu Dhabi, and the $12 billion sale of the Los Angeles Lakers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

"Look at these other asshole teams!!!!!" Did baseball do its job and get us to football season? Did the Heat get screwed with their Emirates NBA Cup Grouping? Did the Panthers miss out on re-signing Bobby because of a formality? Plus, Miami Hurricanes basketball coach Jai Lucas stops by, to the delight of the Shipping Container, to share his thoughts on the state of the program, Florida turning into a hotbed in high school basketball, a court case that could help his team, and the future of the sport. Today's cast: Zaslow, Your ol' pal Dave Dameshek, Roy, Amin, Chris, Jeremy, and Mike. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For the first time, Billy Corben interviews a democratic socialist. Oliver Larkin is running in Florida US Congressional District 25 and joins us to talk about his candidacy. Friend of the show, Dr. Marvin Dunn, the founder of the Miami Center for Racial Justice, comes on the program to talk about a grant for the city of Overtown that was denied because Miami mayor Eileen Higgins wanted money for the construction of a walk bridge at Nu Stadium, the home of Inter Miami. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After a disastrous game last week, we have all looked ourselves in the mirror and decided we need to get better. So we are going back to the basics: guys naming dudes. This week's game brings back an old favorite: Who He Play For—no messing around this time, just right to the good stuff. Plus, Joon Lee joins Jeremy to discuss the latest headlines around Major League Baseball as well as his Top 5 Baseball Movies list, which includes a scorching hot take. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

"Such a stupid ass age." JuJu is here, and he is committing a major crime by wearing his Jayden Daniels LSU jersey. He reels off his Thursday Thunder picks, tells us whether the guy who sneezes in public or the brother playing music on a speaker in public is more annoying, and gives flowers to Damien Woody on an amazing run at ESPN. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

"Don't trust someone who gets the QP." Amin continues to double, triple, and even quadruple down on his awful take that Chicago is overrated. What other cities does our crew believe are overrated? If Wendy's stopped selling chili, would there be a national revolt? Plus, a guy on TikTok has made it his life's work to throw a perfect game with Roy Oswalt on MVP Baseball 2005, and we are all the way in on it. Plus, Ramona Shelburne joins the show to discuss the details of the largest sale of a team in American sports history after the Los Angeles Lakers got sold for $12.5 billion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

"'I was hearing' is kind of a weak qualifier." The Miami Hurricanes are looking good in fall camp, and Mike Ryan would know because he's been out there. Zaslow's old friend and founder of the Freezing Cold Takes Twitter account, Fred Segal, joins the show and reveals that Zaslow has been the same person since he was eight years old. Russell Westbrook announced his retirement yesterday, and the crew discusses how he will be remembered and whether his legacy will improve over time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

"Pre 9/11, travel was awesome." Zaslow's childhood friend, Fred Segal, who runs the Freezing Cold Takes Twitter account, is joining us later, so we discuss which one of them is Matthew Tkachuk and which one is Jayson Tatum. Mark Walter flipped the Los Angeles Lakers for a $2.5 billion profit in just nine months; what does this say about the state of the NBA and the divide between the haves and have-nots in America? Jayden Daniels has sent a cease-and-desist letter to LSU after a freshman was given his number, 5. Zaslow explains why he thinks it is a bad look for the Washington Commanders' quarterback. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices