Farewell to the NBA On TNT. Plus: Mark Kriegel on Mike Tyson and the Future of Sports Biographies.

The Press Box

The Ringer

Sports

4.4 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2025

⏱️ 107 minutes

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Hello media consumers! This week, Bryan and David discuss a bevy of “now they tell us” stories, some from the NBA and some from Washington (1:00), before coining a new segment called the “Pulled Punch Effect” (26:00). Then, they share a few more listener-submitted “sliding doors” metaphors (30:00), before Bryan is joined by Mark Kriegel to discuss 'Baddest Man: The Making of Mike Tyson,' the state of the sports biography, and the present and future status of Mike Tyson in the sports and wider world (45:00). Plus, the Overworked Twitter Joke of the Week, the Media Piss Test, and David Shoemaker Guesses the Strained-Pun Headline. Hosts: Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker Senior Producer: Bobby Wagner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:01.0	David?
1:02.0	Yes.
1:03.6	What a weekend for a press box favorite.
1:07.5	The now they tell us story.
1:09.8	Oh, this was an all time now they tell us. First, we had the NBA version,
1:15.8	the more common specimen of now they tell us. James L. Edwards III and Fred Katz dropped a
1:24.1	Nick's story in the athletic. Would you say seconds after the Knicks walked off the
1:29.9	court in Game 6? I'm not sure that it wasn't already up before the game was over, but yes, it was
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