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The Press Box

Checking in on the Trump Trial, Weekend Sounds from the NBA and How “The Phantom Menace” Changed the Media

The Press Box

The Ringer

Sports

4.43.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Hello media consumers! Bryan and David kick off the week by checking in on the Trump trial and discussing how we have been getting updates without it being televised, including real-time updates from the New York Times (0:21). They then get into a few things from NBA playoff weekend, including the following: Shaq telling Nikola Jokic that Shai Gilgeous-Alexander deserves to be NBA MVP (7:51) Some very interesting sounds during Luka Doncic’s press conference (10:41) How do NBA analysts judge teams when they keep getting blown out (12:47) JJ Redick's intrigue over the Lakers’ coaching vacancy and whether or not he would still keep his podcast (24:22) Later, in the Notebook Dump, they discuss the 25th anniversary of ‘Phantom Menace’ and how it changed media (35:12). Plus, the Overworked Twitter Joke of the Week, Only in Journalism, 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

Join me Danny Kelly along with Danny Hyfeits and Craig Horrell back every week on the Ringer Fantasy Football show as we prepare for the 2024 Fantasy Football season.

0:10.0

We'll cover all the biggest news and topics across the league as well as whatever weird topics

0:14.2

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0:15.8

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0:20.6

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0:51.4

David?

0:52.1

Yeah.

0:53.0

Let's start by checking in on the Trump trial.

0:57.0

Sounds great.

0:59.0

You know it's not on television, the Trump trial?

1:02.0

Well, you'd be forgiven for not realizing that because it's being covered on television,

1:07.0

as if it's on television, but yes.

1:09.0

It's being covered on television like it is a major international event. I flipped over to

1:16.2

CNN today and they because the Trump trial is not on TV they've built a kind of

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