Changing the Way NFL Games Are Called, the Debate Over the Debate, and the DNC Notebook Dump

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4.4 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Hello, media consumers! Bryan and David kick off the show by discussing the state of sports color commentary and whether or not analysts should be ex-players (0:30). Then Bryan recaps his four nights at the upper deck of the United Center in Chicago (10:30). They also discuss the following from the Democratic National Convention: Their favorite moments that stuck out (19:26) Some media grumbling (30:17) The branded media place to hang out (36:00) Then, in the notebook, they discuss the following: Rece Davis introduces college football (42:17) ESPN brings back 'The Sports Reporters' (44:41) And then, in Only in Journalism, they discuss Deion Sanders’s reaction to an only-in-journalism word (0:00) Plus, the Overworked Twitter Joke of the Week and David Shoemaker Guesses the Strained-Pun Headline. Hosts: Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker Producer: Brian H. Waters Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	In the summer of 1999, thousands attended what would be the final iteration of the Woodstock Music Festivals.
0:07.0	But unlike its namesake, Woodstock 99 was not about peace and love.
0:12.0	Joining me as I dive deep into this story about music, mud, violence, and tragedy.
0:18.0	From Spotify and the Ringer Podcast Network, I'm Stephen Heiden.
0:22.0	And this is Break Stuff, the story of Woodstock 99
0:26.0	available Tuesday August 27th
0:30.0	David yes on David? Yes.
0:34.0	On Saturday, I can report to you that there was a Giants, Jets, preseason football game.
0:41.0	Right, I'm aware.
0:43.8	The final score was 10 to 6.
0:46.0	Mm-hmm.
0:47.0	Sounds like quite the barn burner.
0:48.6	Yeah.
0:49.6	But the people calling the game were pretty interesting.
0:54.5	Was I& Eagle on play by play. Yep.
0:55.5	Great.
0:56.5	And on color you had Peter Shrager,
0:59.9	our friend from the NFL network and Good Morning Football.
1:03.0	Yeah.
1:04.0	Jimmy Trina tweeted this, love hearing Shrager calling
1:07.1	Jets Giants locally in New York.
1:09.6	Dot, dot, dot would be nice if networks realized a game analyst doesn't have to be an ex-player.
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