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Dan Le Batard: What Zach Lowe Has Created ‘is Worth Admiration’

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Dan Le Batard: What Zach Lowe Has Created ‘is Worth Admiration’

Dan Le Batard was a guest on Monday’s edition of the ESPN podcast The Lowe Post with Zach Lowe, and Dan made sure at the end of the interview to give Lowe his flowers for putting together the program.

Lowe’s podcast is among the top 20 sports podcasts overall and consistently one of the most listened to that ESPN has to offer. Le Batard told Zach the following he’s amassed in the basketball community deserves praise and recognition.

The show’s official description is “ESPN’s Zach Lowe talks to various basketball people about various basketball things.” In reality, there is a very specific space the show fills by mixing humor, analytics and on-court stories.

“What you’ve done, I will continue to tell people as I tell them privately and publicly,” Le Batard said. “Carving out a space in a labyrinth of assholery and idiots, where you have something that is uniquely yours – and an audience that follows it – I respect it from over here because it’s worth admiration.”

Dan speaks from experience when talking about the difficulty involved in growing a podcast. He knows that Zach has a ton of sweat equity in his product, and it shows.

“It’s not that easy to do, and I can imagine how hard you have worked on that hustle,” Le Batard said. “Because it couldn’t have happened without your pouring all of your soul into it.”

Mark Madden: The Best Tribute I Can Give Stan Savran Is Leaving His Funeral Early

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Mark Madden: The Best Tribute I Can Give Stan Savran Is Leaving His Funeral Early

When many of Stan Savran’s friends, family and colleagues gather on Wednesday to pay their final respects to the late legendary commentator, one of those in attendance won’t be sticking around for the entire service.

In his Monday column for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 105.9 The X host Mark Madden wrote that he’s leaving the funeral early so that he can get to the station on time to do his show from 3-6 p.m.

Madden explained that this won’t be a sign of disrespect to Savran, who passed away last week, but rather a way to pay a fitting tribute to the Pittsburgh sports media icon.

“That’s the biggest tribute I can pay Stan. Because it’s absolutely, 100% what he would do if he attended my funeral. Or anybody else’s,” Madden wrote. “With Stan, the job came first.”

Savran’s dedication to his work was something that stood out to many who worked with and observed Stan through the years, Madden included.

“Death was the only thing that could stop Stan from working. He never would have retired,” he wrote. “Severe illness only slowed him a little. He couldn’t wait to get back to work. When he couldn’t host his show, he kept calling mine. He kept calling The DVE Morning Show.”

Madden said Savran’s greatness didn’t extend to just sports. His loss is being felt across Pittsburgh.

“Stan wasn’t just a Pittsburgh sports icon. He was a Pittsburgh icon, period,” he wrote. “Identifiable with the city.”

DraftKings to Open Sportsbook at Wrigley Field

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DraftKings to Open Sportsbook at Wrigley Field

Fans paying a visit to Wrigley Field and Wrigleyville in Chicago will soon be able to place bets while hanging out at a new DraftKings Sportsbook opening within the month.

The space, which will include a bar and restaurant, will be connected to Wrigley Field, but fans won’t be able to access the ballpark from the facility. Bettors will also have to place wagers on their phones while at the sportsbook, as it doesn’t have approval from state regulators to offer betting kiosks on-premises.

A 2,000 square foot video wall will eventually feature plenty of betting information, but while the sportsbook awaits regulatory approval, it will offer visitors a nice spot to watch one or multiple games at the same time.

FanDuel opened a sportsbook last year next to United Center where the Bulls and Blackhawks play, but they too are still waiting to get the green light to offer betting kiosks.

Laurence Holmes: What Makes an Analyst Relevant to Audiences?

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Laurence Holmes: What Makes an Analyst Relevant to Audiences?

Bernstein & Holmes were not happy with what they saw on Peacock on Sunday. The duo took Jim Palmer and MLB Sunday Leadoff’s coverage of the Chicago Cubs’ loss to the Baltimore Orioles to task on their Monday show. 

Bernstein said that the 77-year-old former pitcher sounded wildly out of touch as one of the analysts on the broadcast. 

A listener sent a tweet to the 670 The Score studio and asked how many people watching the game on Peacock even knew who Palmer was. Bernstein said it was a good question. Palmer is in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and is a three-time Cy Young Award winner, but he retired nearly 40 years ago.

“I wonder what makes an analyst relevant with a majority of the audience,” Laurence Holmes responded. “Do their credentials as a player even matter if they’re not good at explaining the game that’s in front of them?”

Bernstein said that the on field accomplishments of the people in the broadcasting booth do not matter. He pointed to Tom Verducci and Doris Burke as great examples of people that did not play in the leagues that they cover, but that give truly insightful analysis.

Holmes said that ESPN’s Tim Kurkjian is another example that fits that bill.

“He loves the game and if that to me, can trump everything else. If I’ve got someone who’s in the booth that’s enthusiastic about the game, I’ll let go of some of the the ticky tack broadcaster stuff.”

Holmes added that he wonders if it is possible that Major League Baseball doesn’t see things that way. Is using Jim Palmer and other analysts that still talk about the game like it is exactly the same one they played in the 80s and 90s a strategic move?

“I just don’t know if baseball thinks still that that means something, you know? Like, does having the older guys in there mean something because they know what their average audience age is? It’s in the sixties.”

Dan Bongino: I Was Never Afraid to Go On CNN or MSNBC

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Dan Bongino: I Was Never Afraid to Go On CNN or MSNBC

The recent controversy surrounding Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience has many in conservative circles talking. Dan Bongino took issue with the criticism given by Dr. Peter Hotez and his unwillingness to debate RFK Jr. after he called his statements “misinformation”.

During The Dan Bongino Show Monday, the radio host shared his disbelief that Hotez wouldn’t want to debate RFK Jr., even after a $100,000 offer to the charity of his choice from Rogan.

“He doesn’t want to go on Joe Rogan’s show — one of the biggest audiences in the world — and discuss it,” Bongino said. “It’s almost like they’re afraid of the truth. I mean, we used to have liberals on my show. I used to go on CNN and MSNBC all the time. Liberals, you think I speak with forked tongue? Go look it up. Go to your favorite video platform type in Dan Bongino CNN or MSNBC. You’ll see I went on there. I’m not a chump coward wuss bag like you chump losers zero (sic) Ben and Jerry eating, phony fake frauds.”

Bongino did used to make semi-regular appearances on the cable news outlets.

He made headlines in 2016 after an appearance on CNN where he passionately clashed with Don Lemon over the Second Amendment.

“Don, frankly, I’m ashamed that you’re talking to me as if I’m a child when 12 years of my life…” Bongino said before he and Lemon shouted over each other. “You don’t know crap about this, Don. You’re a TV guy. I was a Secret Service agent. Now cut off my mic. Do what you want to do.”

“I’m not going to cut off your mic,” Lemon replied. “I’m going to tell you that you’re sitting here and you’re lying to the American people, you’re lying to the American people, and you know that you’re lying to the American people.”

After Controversial Joe Rogan Appearance, YouTube Removes RFK Jr. Interview

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After Controversial Joe Rogan Appearance, YouTube Removes RFK Jr. Interview

After being criticized for his appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience, a recent interview Robert F. Kennedy Jr. conducted with Jordan B. Peterson has been removed from YouTube.

Harsh criticism for his anti-vaccine stance he showcased on the popular podcast was given to Kennedy by Dr. Peter Hotez, a vaccine expert. Hotez claimed Kennedy was sharing misinformation. That claim was rebutted by both Joe Rogan and Elon Musk that ultimately went viral.

After the comments for Hotez, however, YouTube reviewed some of the claims made by RFK Jr. and subsequently decided to remove a video of an interview he gave to Peterson.

In the video, Kennedy appears to claim that chemicals in the water supply have led to an increased transgender population.

“I think a lot of the problems we see in kids, particularly boys, it’s probably underappreciated on that how much of that is coming from chemical exposures, including a lot of the sexual dysphoria that we’re seeing,” the prospective 2024 Democratic presidential candidate says.

Kennedy appears to make the same claim as Infowars host Alex Jones that there is a “chemical that turns frogs gay”. He claimed the U.S. drinking supply is contaminated by “atrazine”, which he alleges “will chemically castrate and forcefully feminize every frog in there. And 10% of the frogs, the male frogs will turn into fully viable females able to produce viable eggs. If it’s doing that to frogs, there’s a lot of other evidence that it’s doing to human beings as well.”

In response, Peterson shared his displeasure with YouTube, claiming the platform was interfering in a presidential election.

Dennis Eckersley: Broadcasting is Addictive

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Dennis Eckersley likes being good at things. When he finds something he is good at, he works to be the best at it and he doesn’t want to give it up.

Baseball used to satisfy that need to compete and improve for Eck. After his retirement, it was broadcasting that filled the void. Now that he has retired from broadcasting, he finds that he is starting to miss being on NESN and talking about the Red Sox every day.

“I miss it. I miss being alive,” he said to Rob Bradford on the Baseball Isn’t Boring podcast.

Eckersley only realized after the fact that the end of his broadcasting career was the end of his day-to-day association with the sport.

“It was sad leaving. That was a great day for me, even though it was sad, because it wasn’t just the broadcasting. It was the end of 40 years.”

Leaving behind broadcasting and baseball meant Eckersley was done with competition. He says that is what he loved about broadcasting. He called the business “addictive” because he was good at it and there were still challenges that came along with being on NESN that required he adjust.

“Getting behind a team and not being a homer and not being too critical. It’s a fine line because you’ve got to be honest,” Eckersley said, explaining the effort he put in. “Part of you is like, I don’t have to be ‘on’ anymore.”

Dennis Eckersley said goodbye to NESN at the end of the 2022 season. Despite telling Bradford that he missed broadcasting, he did not reveal any desire to make a comeback.

Jason Rantz: Some Media Outlets Are Experts at Gaslighting Their Audience

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A recent story in The Washington Post touched on the current beer market in the United States after Bud Light received strong pushback for an advertising campaign with transgender influence Dylan Mulvaney. 770 KTTH host Jason Rantz argued the story was a gaslighting attempt by the publication.

In the story from The Washington Post, an argument is made that Bud Light’s demotion from America’s top-selling beer has as much to do with declining interest in domestic beer as it does with the controversy surrounding the brand’s activation with Mulvaney. Rantz took issue with that insinuation.

“It’s such nonsense and everyone knows it’s nonsense. What does The Washington Post get out of a story like this? They get to brag. Julian Mark is the reporter on this. They all get to say that they’re part of the club on the right side of history, which is what they tell you. To get you to think that you’re on the wrong side of history,” said The Jason Rantz Show host.

“They do that because they want to get you to stop thinking about yourself being on the right side of history because we’re not really thinking about being on the right side of history when we talk about any of these issues. We just want to be on the right side of an issue. We want to do what’s right what’s right for ourselves, our family, our friends, our community, and our country. We just want to do what’s right.”

Rantz continued by saying there’s a perceived moral superiority by taking a stance about the ultimate way a conflict is remembered.

“When the people who are so proud to proclaim that they’re on the right side, it’s insufferable. It’s grandstanding. It’s playing hero and they want to be seen as part of the club, the progressive club, and so they’re willing to defend Bud Light and do whatever it can to save Bud Light because ultimately what Julian Mark and others at The Washington Post and The New York Times and on CNN and MSNBC, what they ultimately want to do is tell you that Bud Light has recovered, their sales are better than ever, and they’re going to frame it around a total rejection of the right-wing attack on transgender people.

“That’s how they want to frame the story so badly. And so they’re doing what they can to defend and help including just by flat-out gaslighting you and that’s the best way to talk about this. They are gaslighting you.”

John Lopez: Dan Patrick Needs to Lighten Up

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The Denver Nuggets’ championship celebration last week involved a lot of alcohol. It was something that Dan Patrick says has become more of a focus of those parades and parties than the title itself. 

“All of a sudden it was like a parades not good enough or a victory speech where everybody comes out. Now it’s got to be over the top,” he said Friday on FOX Sports Radio. “That’s not pretty. It’s not. Okay, those guys are stumbling and not able to speak coherently. I can go to a bar and see that. It just feels like if you’re not in that condition, then you’re letting people down. Performance drinking. ‘Cameras on me. I’m going to chug it!’”

Monday on Sports Radio 610 in Houston, John Lopez said he agreed with Patrick’s point, but he thinks the broadcasting legend is overreacting.

“It’s a party,” the In The Loop co-host said. “It is a very public party in which these guys that have for months upon months, I’m not saying they didn’t go out and drink and go to parties and stuff, but months upon months have been focused on one thing alone, and that is to get to that championship and win the championship. Just let it go, man. It doesn’t happen every day. It only happens once a year per sport – the parades. I don’t think he makes a bad point, but you know what? Just lighten up.”

He agreed with Dan Patrick that these parades and celebrations have turned into a competition unto themselves. The Nuggets likely looked at the Kansas City Chiefs and tried to outdo that party.

Lopez says that a clearly drunk head coach taking the podium and swearing and slurring into the microphone definitely raised the bar on memorable championship parties. Maybe that isn’t exactly what Nuggets coach Michael Malone wants remembered about the title run though.

“I’m sure he had a hell of a good time, but he had to have been a little bit embarrassed,” Lopez said.

Landry Locker, Lopez’s co-host, agreed that Patrick is not wrong that the alcohol has become the focus of the parties. He is a little more matter of fact in his assessment of Patrick though.

“Dan Patrick, man, getting ‘old man get off my lawn’ over the parade,” he said.

Nick Kayal: Notoriety of CNN Covid Experts Has Gone to Their Heads

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A Twitter spat featuring Joe Rogan and Elon Musk taking on vaccine expert Dr. Peter Hotez raised eyebrows over the weekend. 1210 WPHT morning host Nick Kayal certainly noticed the interaction.

Dr. Hotez took issue with comments made by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about vaccines on the Joe Rogan Experience. After calling Kennedy’s comments “misinformation”, Rogan challenged the doctor to debate RFK Jr. with a $100,000 donation to the charity of his choice. Musk argued that Hotez wouldn’t accept the invitation because “he knows he’s wrong”. He has subsequently declined, with many — including MSNBC’s Mehdi Hasan — noting that Hotez has nothing gain from the interaction.

During Kayal and Company Monday morning, the Philadelphia host questioned if the notoriety gained by medical experts during the COVID-19 pandemic has gone to their heads.

“I don’t know if you guys saw this playing out in real-time on Twitter over the weekend, but a lot of people saw it and we’re reacting to it. And my biggest takeaway with this is: It’s amazing to me like these guys like Peter Hotez or any guy that really gained any sort of notoriety or fame during the pandemic because they were like labeled the go-to people on CNN,” said Kayal. “They don’t want to debate you on anything. They just want you to say and take everything that they say is 100% irrefutable gospel.

“Isn’t that really the essence of science guys, like challenging theories and hypotheses and, and, you know, making people think critically about stuff, but yet when it comes to COVID, you’re not allowed to challenge any of these guys that were plastered on your screen for three years. I find that remarkable. And I find it remarkable that you wouldn’t want to debate a guy and oh, by the way, have $100,000 go to a charity of your choice for doing so.”

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