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October 4, 2024 • 27 mins
A’ja Wilson just finished what is arguably one of the best WNBA seasons of all time. From being the second ever unanimous MVP, to being the first player to have a 1000-point season; to winning an Olympic gold medal and the MVP of that tournament, this doesn't begin to cover all she's accomplished in 2024.
Throughout all of this, Wilson’s family and faith has been a guiding light for her and she is constantly driven to ensure she s...
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October 3, 2024 • 33 mins
Ever since Dikembe Mutombo first stepped on to the court for the Georgetown Hoyas in 1988, his presence was impossible to ignore.
The 7’2” center who hails from Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, was a shot-blocking machine with a smile, a voice and signature gesture that would make him a star across the world.
And beyond his tall stature was a man with one of the biggest hearts on earth, who’s generosity and kind spiri...
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October 2, 2024 • 30 mins
The soul of the Champions League isn’t the players or the teams, but the fans.
And every one of them has a story on how their squad earned their undying loyalty.
ESPN’s very own Luis Miguel Echegaray is no different. His tale is of a stirring, intercontinental journey into the ranks of Birmingham’s Aston Villa that continues to be written.
So today, as he makes his way to their big Champions League showdown against Bayern Munich...
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October 1, 2024 • 36 mins
Last Thursday, the Athletics played their final game ever in Oakland, the city they’ve called home for 57 years. As friend of the show Jeff Passan wrote, baseball in the East Bay was “killed by greed… John Fisher did not have to move this team… This was a choice. A wrong one. History will sneer.”
For the conclusion of our Death of a Sports Town series, we trekked to the Oakland Coliseum and bore witness to the sights, sounds, and...
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September 30, 2024 • 35 mins
Four weeks of the NFL season are just about in the bag, and some things are just starting to come into focus. For example, how even at 3-1, the new look Buffalo Bills are facing an uphill climb against the true contenders in the AFC and how the Minnesota Vikings — who NOBODY saw coming — could shake up the NFC all season.
So today, Ben Solak takes us through everything you need to know about the league one month in.
Learn more abo...
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September 27, 2024 • 26 mins
The college football landscape, once the bedrock of tradition in sports, now seems to shock us every few months with more changes and teams on the move.
And with the transfer portal, NIL and this year’s expanded college football playoff, just about anything and anyone is up for grabs.
Which brings to our latest storm on the college football radar: The Pac-12.
Left for dead only a year ago, this once-mighty brand is looking to m...
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September 26, 2024 • 28 mins
Three weeks in the question surrounding the 2024 NFL season? Where’s the offense at? With teams practicing less in training camps, starters playing less in the preseason, and more youth than ever lining up under center, things have been kind of ugly for a lot of teams.
So our friend Mina Kimes explores how all of that is manifesting at the most important spot on each team. Quarterback.
From Caleb Williams’ rocky start in Chicago,...
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September 25, 2024 • 32 mins
Major League Baseball is a sport that celebrates its history through, among other things, its records.
So when you break a 60-year old mark, people take notice. But when it’s for the most losses in a season, that’s not the kind of attention you ever want for your franchise.
That is where the 2024 Chicago White Sox find themselves at 120 losses and counting while dethroning the 1962 Mets’ losing record as being the furthest away f...
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September 24, 2024 • 47 mins
In covering Oakland’s unraveling as a big time sports town, we’ve documented the greed, the loss, the dubious decisions, and the rich sports community soon to be left behind. But we’ve yet to fully examine the most pertinent question of all––does the Athletics planned move to Las Vegas make any sense at all?
Today, in part four of our series Death of a Sports Town, we take stock of why the A’s (and MLB) are so enamored with Las V...
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September 23, 2024 • 38 mins
Many people forget that Joe “Brrr” Burrow started off as a fourth string quarterback at Ohio State before transferring to Baton Rouge to join the LSU tigers.
Despite being underestimated at first, Burrow quickly showed that his grind and passion for the game would propel him to the top.
So today, with the Bengals headlining Monday Night Football against the Commanders, our own Ryan Hockensmith shares his exclusive interview with ...
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September 20, 2024 • 32 mins
It seemed easy to write off the Indiana Fever’s 2024 season as a rebuilding year at the end of May. They had won just one of their first nine games, and looked like they were trying to figure out how to even play together.
But since the calendar flipped to June, the Fever have found their footing, and a spot in the WNBA playoffs.
ESPN women’s basketball reporter, Alexa Philippou explains how Caitlin Clark, Aliyah Boston, and the ...
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September 19, 2024 • 29 mins
When Aaron Rodgers was injured four snaps into his tenure as the new quarterback of the Jets, he not only missed, virtually, the entire 2023 season, but cost the team up to $22 million dollars in lost production. A fate the Jets could have mitigated by taking out an insurance policy on Rodgers.
Rodgers' situation is one that stands out amid a trend of teams buying insurance policies on star players around the NFL. The practice — w...
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September 18, 2024 • 34 mins
“Spirit In Motion” is the current motto of the International Paralympic Committee. It represents the inspiring essence of what these athletes are all about.
But what happens when someone decides to defile this spirit of competition with a scheme so shameful that you wouldn’t believe it if it wasn’t true? And just who would be behind such a morally bankrupt plot in a pursuit of false glory?
Today, Suemay Oram, the director of the ...
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September 17, 2024 • 43 mins
The loss of three professional sports teams in five years has thrust Oakland into the media spotlight, with coverage focusing on every twist, turn, stadium proposal, and relocation rumor. But amid all that noise, a central experience has been overshadowed: the story of the fans.
In part three of our series, Death of a Sports Town, we turn our attention to the diehard Oakland sports fans who refuse to let their city’s reputation de...
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September 16, 2024 • 38 mins
The best word to describe week two of the NFL season is upsets.
The Cowboys, Ravens, and Lions all dropped games to “inferior” opponents at home, and the 49ers got beat by the Vikings, and their old pal Sam Darnold in the land of ten thousand lakes.
So today, ESPN NFL Analyst Ben Solak joins us for NFL Monday to break down what happened on Sunday.
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September 13, 2024 • 32 mins
It’s only week two of NFL football season, but already people have a lot to say about who’s a bust and which teams won’t be making it to the playoffs.
So today we ask ourselves, is there something to these proclamations, or are they simply overreactions?
This is Football host Kevin Clark has a good head on his shoulders, so we brought him on to dispel some of this armchair analysis and reorient our thinking about: rookies like C...
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September 12, 2024 • 29 mins
In the 1980s SMU football looked to be almost inevitable. With a No. 2 ranking and a constant stream of top recruits, like Eric Dickerson and Craig James, they looked to be headed to a national title of their own.
But they also had something else, a well-documented payroll for their players.
This resulted in the NCAA’s so-called “death penalty” ruling for the program and sent SMU down a 40-year path of obscurity. But now, with the ...
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September 11, 2024 • 33 mins
Patriots owner Robert Kraft has a resume anyone in the sports world would envy.
Six world championships, an $11 billion empire, and an era of team success that will go down in NFL history.
But there’s one thing that has eluded him – entry into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
While he’s contributed more to the NFL than most, he has no bust in Canton, but that is not for lack of trying.
Today, Don Van Natta Jr., breaks down the exhau...
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September 10, 2024 • 48 mins
Any time a franchise owner threatens to leave a city, the pressure and scrutiny on civic leaders intensifies. But in Oakland, a parallel story emerged—a group of activist fans who refused to let the Athletics go quietly.
In the second part of our series, Death of a Sports Town, we examine the three men who led the Warriors, Raiders, and Athletics away from “the Town,” the reasons behind their decisions, and the intimate story of o...
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September 9, 2024 • 33 mins
The first Sunday of the NFL season is in the books, and we learned a little but not a lot.
Josh Allen still needs to work on protecting the ball for the highly hopeful Bills, the Colts Anthony Richardson showed us all why he might be the best athlete in football, and in spite of a rough outing, rookie Caleb Williams and the Bears pulled off a win in his debut.
So today, ESPN NFL Analyst Ben Solak joins us for NFL Monday, to chalkt...
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