About this episode

The episode discusses France's exit from the World Cup, LeBron's free agency, and various sports scandals including StubHub's CEO.

France is out of the World Cup and Michael is in mourning. This week: Spain ends France's run, Team USA's fraudulent exit to Belgium, why soccer may never work in America, the Seahawks selling for a record $9.6 billion, the Spurs announcer scandal, LeBron's never-ending free agency, Aaron Donald comeback rumors, the Kawhi investigation, the StubHub CEO's scalping side hustle, and McGregor's 69-second disaster. Follow The Sports Hangover on TikTok and Instagram Download the Sports Hangover app: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sports-hangover/id6762103937 Newsletter: https://thesportshangover.substack.com Timestamps: 00:00 Intro + RIP France 00:52 Spain 2, France 0 (and the pale green jersey story) 01:36 Soccer flopping rant: foul the flopper 03:20 Team USA, biggest frauds of the summer 05:49 The "upper body sport" theory of American soccer 09:40 How to actually fix the MLS 13:31 Seahawks sold for a record $9.6 billion 15:43 NFL season prep: the model, Survivor rules, Super Bowl theory 20:33 Spurs announcer scandal 22:34 LeBron Watch: Week 3 27:00 Aaron Donald comeback rumors 27:44 Kawhi, the Clippers, and the paused trade 32:47 StubHub's CEO was the scalper all along 35:26 McGregor…

Topics covered

• World Cup
• Soccer in America
• NFL
• LeBron James
• StubHub
• Sports Scandals

Keywords

• World Cup
• France
• LeBron James
• StubHub
• NFL
• Aaron Donald
• Kawhi
• McGregor

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Spain, Team USA, Seahawks, Spurs, StubHub

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