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Hi, I'm Stefan Fatsis and this is Slate's sports podcast. Hang up and listen for the week of December 12th, 2016.

On this week's show, we will be joined by David Epstein of ProPublica to discuss the Blockbuster

report detailing Russia's sprawling state-run doping campaign, said to involve more than

a thousand athletes in 30 sports.

Then another friend of the podcast, Sam Miller of ESPN, will be here to talk hot stove,

all the news from baseball's winter meetings.

And finally, we will welcome John Boyce of SB Nation, the man behind the Breaking Madden series,

and talk to him about his latest work, an epic dive into the history of the scores of

National Football League games.

I am very, very excited for this segment. And as you may

have deduced, Slate executive editor Josh Levine is off this week. Joining me from Slate headquarters

in Brooklyn, New York is Mike Peska, the host of Slate's Daily podcast. The Gist. Before we chat,

Mike, I'd like to play a clip. Okay. Who names their kid Emmett? I mean, Emmett, were you going to stick with that name, or are you going to change that when you turn 18? Oh, yeah, I'm definitely going to change it. What are you going to change it to him? No, no, no, no. What are you going to change the name to, Emmett? I know what he's going to change his name to Guillermo.

No!

Yeah!

Well, what name are you going to change his name?

Orson.

Orson?

Orphan.

No.

Can I spell it?

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