Episode 176: LeBron returns to The Land, CFP Rankings Bore Us, Thanksgiving football preview
Kanell & Bell
CBS Sports
4.8 • 734 Ratings
🗓️ 21 November 2018
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Birthday boy Danny Kanell and Raja Bell discuss LeBron James' return to Cleveland tonight, this time as a member of the Los Angeles Lakers, as well as the Cavs fallout since he left. They also follow up on the Wizards drama and a surprising comeback from Washington last night. Next, Danny and Raja welcome Barton Simmons to break down the CFP Rankings and scenarios for this rivalry weekend. Danny then issues his Top 10 teams in the NFL with a surprising switch at the top. Hana let's us know what's socially relevant in the world of sports, and finally, Leftovers with a focus on the downfall of Markelle Fultz.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Off the Venge with Danny Canell. |
| 0:02.8 | All right. |
| 0:04.5 | And Raja Bell. |
| 0:08.8 | Bill has the future of football right before your eye. |
| 0:16.1 | Just yell it out, man. |
| 0:16.9 | He can't go to me. |
| 0:18.2 | All right. |
| 0:18.5 | Welcome to Off the bench. |
| 0:19.4 | We got a big show lined up for you yeah a lot of |
| 0:21.8 | stuff we got to get to uh lebron james returning to cleveland start there because i don't think this |
| 0:27.7 | is that big a deal like i'm more interested christmas i think plays the warriors other games and i'm |
| 0:32.1 | much more compelled in seeing him i get the storyline it's where he played he brought the championship |
| 0:36.7 | there but to me, |
| 0:37.8 | they're so bad. It's like, well, what's compelling about this game other than the intros? |
| 0:42.6 | He might as well be playing like the, I don't know what the D League affiliate. They can't |
| 0:45.8 | charge. That's what they look like now. But no, I think it's more about how the city is going |
| 0:50.1 | to receive LeBron coming back after, obviously obviously the first time he left when he came back. |
| 0:54.4 | There was a lot of hate thrown his way. |
| 0:56.6 | But I just, that's the only thing that interests me about the story is like what will the city do? |
| 1:00.9 | How will he be? |
| 1:01.9 | He hasn't really ever been good when he goes back. |
| 1:04.5 | Like when he went back to Miami, I don't know, the first eight or nine times, he struggled. |
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