05/25/2021 - Hour 1 - The Background Guys
The Ben Maller Show
Fox Sports Radio and iHeartPodcasts
4.8 • 864 Ratings
🗓️ 25 May 2021
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Ben Maller briefly talks about the NBA playoffs while focusing on the NBA making excuses for LeBron James' protocol violations, NBA Playoff Pick'em, some weird callers, and more!
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| 0:00.0 | experiencing the news each day can feel like a journey with up first from npr though it doesn't have to be welcome to 15 easy minutes of breaking news clarity on international and national affairs and a casual tone that you can take in with breakfast begin your day informed ready and refreshed Begin your day with Up First. |
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| 0:43.5 | Hour number one of the Tuesday edition of the podcast recorded live off commercial radio with limited interruption here on the podcast format. |
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| 0:59.9 | So our number one dedicated to basketball, but not the playoff games. We had a couple of duds on the Monday night card, not competitive. |
| 1:03.9 | So there's no reason to talk about NBA games. |
| 1:05.6 | It's not competitive. |
| 1:06.9 | But we do have a juicy story as the league attempted to justify not punishing LeBron James for clearly violating their own safety protocol guidelines with the COVID and the NBA issuing a prepared statement. |
| 1:22.7 | Did it work? |
| 1:24.0 | We'll talk about that and more. |
| 1:25.9 | The rules for LeBron and the rules for everybody else coming your way right now in our number one. |
| 1:32.7 | There is no time like this time for an excuse. |
| 1:37.8 | Welcome in the beginning of another edition of the Ben Matherer Show. |
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