Our man Glass is here to discuss an oddly contentious week in sports media. Prominent names are fighting, so we decided to give our takes on what the hell is happening. Topics include but aren’t limited to…

* Is Bill Simmons right that ESPN will fuck up Inside the NBA?

* Ryen Russillo draws ire of Mina Kimes over a harmless joke

* Towel snapping maleness of Inside

* Bill Simmons vs. Pablo Torre (A B.S. report with Pablo was released right after we recorded, so perhaps not history’s most contentious feud)

* LeBron James vs. Brian Windhorst

* How successful is LeBron’s Mind the Game podcast?

* Is there are a big audience for basketball strategy in a podcast?

* “NBA ratings don’t matter,” say people who seem to love when they’re up

* The “High Floor, Low Ceiling” theory of NBA viewership

* How big is the impact of small markets on viewership?

* Is Pride Month now Pride Day in sports?

* Why do sports teams tweet more about Pride than other corporations?

* Elon Musk going at Trump’s bill on Twitter/X

I’ve heard buzz about a memoir by Ed Latimore, who’s a former professional boxer and current professional writer. Ed’s developed a following for his life advice and his upcoming book is titled, Hard Lessons From the Hurt Business.

I loved getting to know Ed on quite a free range assortment of topics. These topics include but aren’t limited to...

* Having kids is the choice that later doesn’t feel like a choice

* There’s a town in Canada that’s inundated with polar bears

* What lessons you learn from getting knocked out on live television

* Ed worries that anyone who’d attack him would likely have a gun

* I sort of choked when opening up my live YouTube show

* Why are we so afraid of public shame?

* The story you can tell yourself to get over a breakup

* Losing weight requires a “why” and mine is embarrassing

Here’s my Substack live video with Mike Pesca!

Btw, Mike and Bomani Jones will be joining me for my inaugural launch of Random Offense on YouTube, Friday 4pm ET (1 pm PST). Here’s a link for that. Join up.

Idea of Random Offense is it’s a bit like the old Callin show I used to do, with listener involvement, only more visual. You guys can call in, ask questions, submit article ideas for the Substack. See you Friday.

Matt is back! Nearly two hours of tech and media conversation, in which Matt reveals that he endorses Jon Voight’s plan to take Hollywood back to the 1970s. Also, we discuss how sports television is now aggressively eating scripted Hollywood.

Topics include but aren’t limited to…

* We were bullied into doing this episode by my only female subscriber

* Woke Matt doesn’t think HBO’s The Pitt is woke

* Did I accidentally trick a writer into thinking I’m a robot?

* Max goes back to HBO Max

* Old people are still running the show

* “The creator economy is a scam”

* Sports asserted their dominance at Upfronts

* Are Group Chats going public?

* Woke Matt defends universities

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House of Glass alert! Topics include but aren’t limited…

* Nike not optimizing shareholder value

* NBA lottery history suspicious but probably not rigged

* Is Cooper Flagg a top tier prospect historically? Would you trade him for Giannis?

* Why nobody cares about Anthony Edwards’ off court issues

* Sad Bill Belichick situation

* Does Bill Belichick really still have sex?

* Meadowlark Media crossroads

* Why the other media moguls have issues with Dan Le Batard

You people emailed me, wanting Spike Eskin’s commentary on JJ Redick’s playoff flameout. This tweet was but a taste…

We discuss Spike’s anti Redick theory and so much. more. Topics include but aren’t limited to…

* “Farting in church” basketball takes like wanting more from Popovich’s coaching tree

* Is it fair to suggest that Redick’s choking as a player can carry over into coaching?

* Why everyone loves James Harden as choking archetype

* What Redick misses about coaching

* Why NFL film watching is “astrology for dudes”

* A good sports pundit is right a lot. A great sports pundit is constantly wrong and it never matters

* Does Spike feel betrayed by Dasha Nekrasova hiding her imminent marriage?

Mike of The Gist is here, which means the conversation flows so easily. We start with Giannis Antetokounmpo going viral again in defeat, and then hit a range of sports current events. Topics include but aren’t limited to…

* Why the public likes Giannis’ defeat monologues

* Is Antetokounmpo at all at fault for the Milwaukee disaster?

* NBA playoff ratings have juice

* What’s up with all TV ratings these days? Are they real or fake?

* Aaron Rodgers is insufferable in totality but not in bite sizes

* Why NBA superstars try to change too many things around them

* How to deal with celebrities

* How many NBA players earn more than Adam Silver?

* Todd McShay > Mel Kiper

* Mike defends Mel Kiper

* My ONE big rule of drafting NBA and NFL players

Rogue Bogues podcasters (and former NBA professionals) Andrew Bogut and Mike Procopio are here for the playoffs! We start with the elevated physicality of Warriors-Rockets and whether Amen Thompson is at fault for Jimmy Butler’s injury. From there, we’re looking back on situations as wide ranging as when Draymond Green kicked Steven Adams in the nuts in 2016, all the way to whether the Warriors tried to trade Steph Curry for our humble podcast guest (not Procoprio) in 2012.

Topics include but aren’t limited to…

* Who’s at fault for Jimmy Butler getting injured?

* Did Ime Udoka make a mistake by using his move of putting Alperen Şengün on Moses Moody two weeks before the season ended?

* Does Bogut think that Draymond Green really tried to kick Steven Adams in the balls back in the 2016 WCF?

* What’s up with Steve Kerr scolding the Houston crowd for chanting “Fuck Draymond”?

* Was Evan Mobley the right choice for DPOY?

* We are not fans of how Jonathan Kuminga’s been playing

* Our theories on why the Mavericks did their disastrous Luka Dončić trade

* Would Pro take a bunch of money to do the Luka trade if ownership demanded

* How Andrew feels about Mavericks president Rick Welts bringing up his name when trying to justify the infamous trade

* Andrew swears that the Milwaukee Bucks had the option of taking Steph Curry instead of Monta Ellis in that 2012 trade

* Will Andrew ever coach an NBA team?