Le Batard: LeBron left Miami for PR reasons

Miami Herald columnist and ESPN’s Dan Le Batard joined the show to share the Miami angle on LeBron James. Le Batard thinks that this was No. 1 a public relations decision. Le Batard said he went to Miami to “not be the guy who hasn’t won a championship.” He said that it was a “PR…

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Ourand: Soccer ratings high, but not chasing football

Sports Business Journal’s John Ourand joined the show to weigh in on the meaning of the World Cup ratings. Ourand said that as impressive as they were, they’re nothing like the NFL. Ourand doesn’t think soccer is going to make any kind of dent into football’s hold as the ratings King in America.

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Florio: Manziel would be wise to tone it down

Profootballtalk and NBC analyst Mike Florio joined the show to talk about an arbitrator ruling Jimmy Graham is truly a tight end. He said that the whole issue points to a gaping flaw in the franchise tag rule with pass-catching TEs. Florio also weighed in Johnny Manziel and said he’s putting a lot of faith…

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Sam Amick on Carmelo’s best options

USA Today’s Sam Amick joined the show to talk about NBA free agency and more. Amick said that the money is much bigger in New York. But the team is not good and not going to easily be able to get better. Amick said the next two choices are Houston and Chicago. Amick said that…

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McDermott on white guy cliches

Chicago Bulls rookie Doug McDermott joined the show to talk about Draft night and more. Dan asked McDermott how it went down when he was traded on Draft night. “I was pretty well aware Chicago was trading up,” McDermott said. “When Denver called my name, I knew I wasn’t ending up there.” McDermott says he…

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Jim Parsons checks in from Wimbledon

Jim Parsons joined the show to talk about going to Wimbledon. He explained that Canadian star Genie Bouchard is a fan of his and invited him over. Now he’s sitting there with his mother and it’s intense. He said he was supposed to leave on Monday and he changed his plane ticket. He said he’s…

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