Episode 575: deep dive on Dan Snyder and sale of Commanders with ESPN's Don Van Natta Jr. and more

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Al Galdi

Football, Baseball, Sports, Basketball

5 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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15:39 - Guest: ESPN senior writer Don Van Natta Jr. on his extensive reporting on outgoing Commanders owner Dan Snyder and the sale of the team, including why Snyder is selling the team, the significance of the deterioration of Snyder's relationship with Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, where things stand in the Mary Jo White investigation of Snyder, the possibility of Snyder being indemnified, what Van Natta makes of the Josh Harris group as the Commanders' incoming ownership and more 45:00 - Nationals: breakdown of a 4-3 loss at the Miami Marlins, including an uneven performance by starting pitcher MacKenzie Gore 55:27 - Orioles: analysis of a 3-1 win over the Los Angeles Angels that featured a second consecutive quality outing from starting pitcher Kyle Bradish Visit InsuranceBMC.com and tell BMC Insurance that Al Galdi sent ya! Visit ShadyRays.com and use the code AlGaldi for 50 percent off two or more pairs of polarized sunglasses! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	At the way we go, episode 575 of the Algoldi podcast, it is Thursday, May 18, 2023.
0:26.5	Perhaps we need to rethink everything with our wizards. I mean, the NBA is down to its final
0:32.3	4 in the playoffs. Each conference finals includes a 7 or 8 seed. The 8 seeded Miami Heat is in
0:41.9	the Eastern Conference Finals, the 7 seeded Los Angeles Lakers are in the Western Conference
0:48.3	Finals, and the Heat is on of the Heat on Wednesday night 1, Game 1 of the Eastern Conference
0:54.5	Finals, a 123-116 win at the Boston Celtics, the Heat in the 3rd quarter scored 46 points,
1:03.6	most points ever by the Heat in a quarter in a playoff game. So many of us, myself included,
1:10.8	scoffed at, mocked the notion of the wizards making the playoffs as a 7 or 8 seed.
1:17.3	Hey, maybe we were all wrong, maybe the wizards could be exactly where the Heat is right now.
1:25.4	Then again, maybe not. Hello and welcome to this Thursday installment of the Algoldi podcast,
1:30.6	the only Washington DC sports podcast or show for which there is a new episode each week day,
1:36.1	Monday through Friday with each episode out also early each weekday morning. This is the show
1:42.0	that wakes up with you. This is the show that is there for you as you get your day going.
1:48.4	This is the show, never forget, that follows Washington DC area sports so that you don't have to,
1:55.5	because following sports is work, you have enough going on in your life. Let us do the work for you.
2:02.1	Coming up next segment, a very special guest, ESPN senior writer, Don Van Nada Jr.
2:10.4	Throughout the Dance Nighter saga, there have been many good things written by many good people,
2:15.6	but the investigative work that has been done by Don Van Nada Jr. has been outstanding. Not one,
2:22.1	not two, but three major reports on Dance Nighter since the start of last October,
2:29.7	including a piece that came out just this past Friday afternoon, very interestingly just a few
2:35.6	hours before the big announcement, the joint announcement from commanders co-owners and co-CEO's
2:41.8	Dan and Tonya Snyder and from Josh Harris on behalf of the Harris ownership group announcing
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