NBA Finals has turned into off-court nonsense! ESPN has BIG decisions to make! A new city wants in on MLB expansion! (Episode 1469 Hour 1)

About this episode

The episode discusses the chaos surrounding the NBA Finals, ESPN's strategic decisions, and the potential for MLB expansion in new cities.

Today’s word of the day is ‘pooper’ as in party pooper as in NBA Finals as in MSG as in the mayor as in the police commissioner. What am I talking about? Well the watch party talks have gotten out of control. The fans actions has been out of control. The comments back and forth out of control. Why can we never just focus on the games? (20:00) Let’s talk about ESPN and the decisions they are making. Pat McAfee is negotiating a new monster deal with the company. Stephen A. Smith is fighting with the President again. What a fun time. (28:30) Review: Euphoria. (31:33) NPPOD. (37:50) The Milwaukee Brewers signed another pre-arb deal! That’s the third one in the last few years and the second one this season! (43:20) Raleigh has entered the sweepstakes. MLB expansion is coming. Cities want teams. Who will get one? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Dan Le Batard

Topics covered

• NBA Finals
• ESPN decisions
• MLB expansion
• fan behavior
• sports negotiations
• Milwaukee Brewers

Keywords

• NBA Finals
• ESPN
• Pat McAfee
• Stephen A. Smith
• MLB expansion
• Milwaukee Brewers
• fan behavior
• Euphoria

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ESPN, Milwaukee Brewers

Books & works: Euphoria

Places: Raleigh

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