This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things (Olympics Edition)

About this episode

Sam and Joel discuss the politicization of the Winter Olympics and various sports topics including the U.S. Men's Hockey Team and the Chicago Bears' potential move to Indiana.

Sam and Joel lament the hyper-politicization of the Winter Olympics and the U.S. Men's Hockey Team; every team has hope during Spring Training, except for the Minnesota Twins; are the Chicago Bears going to move to Indiana? ; the curious case of Pete Crow-Armstrong vs Dodger fans; vote Dump On The Ump for FBI Director!

People in this episode

Hosts: Sam, Joel

Topics covered

• Winter Olympics
• U.S. Men's Hockey Team
• Spring Training
• Minnesota Twins
• Chicago Bears
• Pete Crow-Armstrong
• Dodger fans

Keywords

• hyper-politicization
• sports
• hockey
• baseball
• football

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Indiana

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