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January 26, 2022 30 mins

With the Pittsburgh Steelers gone from the playoffs and their quarterback at the end of his career, tennis writer Ben Rothenberg is looking forward to fewer people tweeting that he sucks.



Follow Ben Rothenberg (not Roethlisberger) on Twitter at @BenRothenberg.



Episode transcript available here.



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Namedropping is hosted by Giri Nathan and Samer Kalaf and produced by Alex Sujong Laughlin.



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