Wambach says U.S. Soccer is confident heading into final

U.S. Women’s soccer star Abby Wambach joined the show to talk about their World Cup finals matchup against Japan. Dan asked Wambach about trash-talking in international play. She said Japan is very polite — they don’t even have curse words in their language. And she said Brazil is the opposite … very fiery. Wambach said…

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Rodney Harrison says James Harrison needs to change

NBC’s Rodney Harrison joined the show to address James Harrison’s critical comments about him. Rodney explained what he said about James last season. “I was basically saying he needed to change the way he played,” Rodney said. “You don’t want to hurt someone or yourself.” But Rodney wasn’t that upset about what James said about him…

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Solotaroff talks about interviewing James Harrison

Men’s Journal editor Robert Solotaroff joined the show to talk about his profile of Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison. Solotaroff said he spent about four days with Harrison. “If James were a one-act play, the stage direction would be ‘enter ranting,’” Solotaroff said. Solotaroff said that people calling Harrison a “thug” don’t know what they’re…

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Robert Lusetich says it’s unfair to compare Rory to Tiger

FOX golf analyst Rober Lusethich joined the show to talk about the British Open and the conditions at Royal St. George’s. Lusetich said the wind has died down. It was a real problem yesterday and if it had kept up, Lusetich would have made it hard to break 80. Lusetich said that Rory McIlroy didn’t…

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Should James Harrison be fined?

That’s today’s poll: The NFL, the Steelers or no one. Dan thinks if anyone’s gonna whack Harrison, it should be the team. What do you think? And if you’re going to fine Harrison, what specific aspect of the article will get him in most trouble?

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Jim Riggleman explains why he left Washington Nationals job

Former Washington Nationals manager Jim Riggleman joined the show to talk about why he left the team and what’s next. Riggleman talked about how he reached his final decision to quit. “It wasn’t a plan,” Riggleman said. “It was really just something that was building. It’s kind of a lose-lose situation. I wish I was…

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