4/17: Introducing Sports Wars
The Audible with Stew, Bruce & Ralph: A show about college football
The Athletic
4.4 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 17 April 2019
⏱️ 4 minutes
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Summary
Sports rivalries can fuel fans and athletes to fight and argue for years. But what’s the real story behind these epic rivalries? From Wondery, the company behind “Business Wars” and “American Scandal” comes Sports Wars, an electric new series that offers an immersive, court-side look at some of the greatest athletic rivalries of all time: starting with Aaron Rodgers vs. Brett Favre. Subscribe to Sports Wars at wondery.fm/boom
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, Bruce and Stu here. Just wanted to tell you about a new podcast, Sports Wars. Bruce, |
| 0:05.0 | it's being hosted by our good friend Dan Rubenstein. Yeah, he's like the OG of all college football |
| 0:09.7 | podcast. Dan, I think we both agree. Dan's about as talented as anybody in this medium that we know. |
| 0:15.3 | We encourage you to check it out. Everything he does, I think, with this is really good. Whether he's |
| 0:19.8 | talking food or he's |
| 0:21.5 | talking football. It's must-list and stuff. So let me tell you what Sports Wars is all about. |
| 0:27.0 | Bruce, you remember when Aaron Rogers was waiting in the green room during NFL draft, |
| 0:32.1 | and it was looking like he'd be the number one pick by his hometown team, the 49ers? But the day |
| 0:36.9 | didn't go quite as planned, did it? |
| 0:38.8 | No. Instead, Alex Smith became that guy, and it was a good thing for the Greenland Packers fans, |
| 0:44.5 | though, wasn't it? It was. That draft day changed his career and the career of Brett Farr forever, |
| 0:50.3 | sparking a rivalry that lasted over a decade. In sports wars, the new podcast from Wondery, |
| 0:56.3 | you'll hear what happens when some of the most elite athletes in the world battle their biggest |
| 1:00.8 | rivals for the chance to go down in history as one of the greats. You know how these stories |
| 1:05.3 | begin and even how some of them end? But what you don't know is what really happened in between. |
| 1:10.0 | Who was right? Who is wrong? And which side are you on? |
| 1:14.2 | Sports Wars is hosted by our friend Dan Rubinstein, formerly of Sports Illustrated, SB Nation, and of course the co-host of the solid verbal. |
| 1:22.3 | He has seen firsthand the drama, emotion, and greatness these rivalries can bring. |
| 1:27.2 | You're about to listen now to a clip of |
| 1:28.8 | the first episode of Sports Wars. It brings you deep into one of the most famous NFL rivalries, |
| 1:33.3 | Brett Fav and Aaron Rogers of the Green Bay Packers, an NFL icon versus a hot shot rookie. |
| 1:40.3 | While you're listening, go subscribe to Sports Wars wherever you're listening right now. |
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