House of Strauss Ethan Strauss

Again we’ve got Andrew Sharp of the GOAT podcast, Sharp Tech, Sharp China, and perhaps some other podcasts I’m not listing. Needless to say, the man wears many hats, though covering the NBA is his main background (Yes, I can relate to this). Today we’re obviously discussing the Mavs-Celtics NBA Finals, exploding NBA rights fees as a business story and this bizarre Adrian Wojnarowski vs. Shams Charania proxy war over whether the next Laker coach will be Dan Hurley or JJ Redick. Oh, and we get into the following Sharp quote:
Everything this Celtics team stands for represents everything I don’t want basketball to be
Enjoy!
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We can hardly keep track of all the sports media controversies pouring forth from Caitlin Clark’s debut WNBA season, so we enlisted WNBA fan and certified #GirlDad Ryan Glasspiegel. What the hell is happening here? Why is Stephen A. Smith doing battle with ESPN personality Monica McNutt? Why is Pat McAfee apologizing for calling Caitlin Clark a “white bitch”? Why is Sean Hannity attacking Pat McAfee over this? We answer all these questions and more.
Topic Docket:
* A whole lot of hilarious WNBA-related subjects (We’re allowed to laugh)
* Much of the sports media is gaslighting us on what’s happening
* Why do players hate Caitlin Clark? What’s the percentage breakdown?
* Sean Hannity going after Pat McAfee? In a non political way? What?
* The Negro Leagues + MLB stats integration topic

Our resident announcer Guy Haberman is back, and sounding much better since the last time we chatted. We went as deep as we could go on the profession of sports broadcasting. What’s the greatest call of all time? What’s Joe Buck’s style, distilled?
Also discussed: Guy’s time with the great Bill Walton, my thoughts on how writing is different from podcasting, and how you should prepare for anything you do. Oh, and some 49ers stuff at the end, of course.
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A hearty welcome to American Soccer Man Alexi Lalas. He’s sometimes discussed as “controversial” in sports media, but is he? We get into how and why he expresses his views, how the culture is shifting, and how athletes are different from us. We also look back at his and Carli Lloyd’s viral 2023 World Cup commentary. Enjoy topics that include but are not limited to…
* How does Alexi feel now about suddenly becoming a famous Gen Xer in 1994?
* Alexi’s problem with soccer fans who “gate keep” soccer fandom
* America’s the only nation where soccer fan can be coded as “well educated snob”
* Why Lalas posted a 1993 photo of himself with the caption:
Yup, in 1993 you would have seen this dude was flying down the 5 freeway into the warm golden California sun, with the windows down cranking Rush Limbaugh....and Ratt
* Are athletes, including soccer players, more small “c” conservative than media?
* How the NBA (cynically) stopped involving itself in politics
* That time Alexi tweeted, “'Don’t kill the messenger. This #USWNT is polarizing”
* Looking back on Bill Walton
* Alexi thinks society would heal if all group chats were made public
* His view on Megan Rapinoe
* “Not everyone is wired like Carli Lloyd”

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Wosny Lambre wears many hats and today we accidentally went heavy on politics. For that I apologize, given that sports > politics, but I did throughly enjoy the conversation (which even included some spirited arguing). The caveat is this is just two guys shooting from the hip on controversial matters. We are not experts. To quote Charles Barkley, “God’s the only expert.”
Topics include but aren’t limited to…
* This bizarre Isaac Chotiner interview with Democratic strategist Simon Rosenberg where the latter tries to flee midway through.
* Why is Joe Biden struggling in the polls relative to the Democratic Party?
* Why has a slice of the public forgiven Trump relative to 2022, when Dems performed above expectations?
* Do people now overwhelmingly vote for cultural reasons over economic reasons?
* Wos is fascinated by how Bill Maher is regarded on the left
* Stan Van Gundy accuses Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker of “cloaking bigotry under religious beliefs.” I’ll admit that I discussed this part before knowing the full context of SVG’s religion-critical commentary.
* Is religion on a textual level compatible with modern culture?

Nate Jones is one of the most thoughtful commentators on all things NBA. For some insane reason, he still tweets his honest thoughts. We get into those, starting with the end of Turner’s Inside the NBA, transitioning to ESPN’s recent NBA issues and fanning out to Jones’ perspective on sharing normie political tendencies on Twitter/X.
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