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It's hard to read the news these days without asking yourself, how did we get here?

Fiasco is a history podcast for the co-creators of Slow Burn. In our first season,

Bush v. Gore, we examine an unmistakable turning point in American politics, the 2000 election,

which resulted in a high-stakes stalemate, ended with one of the most controversial rulings in Supreme Court history.

So if you're trying to make sense at the present moment, check out Fiasco, Bush v. Gore.

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This is the best of the Ben Mallor show on Fox Sports Radio.

I'm warning you there's going to be full onon slobbering all over LeBron James for the next 24 hours in the echo chamber of sports conversation.

This is what we're going to get.

It is going to be disgusting.

The media will be drawing a bubble bath for LeBron James.

Oh, no.

The fanboys in the media, they will be right there to lick the man's toenails.

That's between the toenails.

That's what they're going to do.

Now, was LeBron James marvelous?

Absolutely.

Am I going to sit here on the radio and go on some kind of rant about LeBron James? No, I'm not going to do that. It's trash. That's not how I operate. That's not it.

Okay? But the Toronto Raptors and Cleveland Cavaliers, I'm told this was a supposedly a big game.

Supposedly a big game.

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