About this episode
Joel and Sam discuss various sports headlines including the ABS system, the Illinois Illini in the Final Four, the Democratic Republic of the Congo qualifying for the World Cup, and the struggles of the Red Sox and White Sox.
Joel and Sam are back with all your sports headlines and hottakes! ABS is such a stupid system that only Rob Manfred could have come up with it; the Illinois Illini are in the Final Four, but will their fans be allowed to drink?; the Democratic Republic of the Congo qualifies for the World Cup; and both the Red Sox and the White Sox are really bad right now!
People in this episode
Hosts: Joel, Sam
Topics covered
- sports
- headlines
- hottakes
- Final Four
- World Cup
Keywords
- ABS
- Illinois Illini
- World Cup
- Red Sox
- White Sox
Mentioned in this episode
Places: the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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