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)

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)

From Nothing Personal with David Samson by Le Batard & Friends, Sports, Baseball, MLB

June 10, 2026 · 54 min

About this episode

David Samson discusses the off-court controversies surrounding the NBA Finals and ESPN's major decisions, along with MLB expansion news.

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: David Samson

Topics covered

  • NBA Finals
  • ESPN decisions
  • MLB expansion
  • sports controversies
  • fan behavior
  • media negotiations

Keywords

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

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ESPN

Books & works: Euphoria

Places: Milwaukee Brewers, Raleigh

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