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This is the Dunluba Tarshou with the Stugat's Podcast.

One of the few people anywhere in the industry that when I see his face, I am made happy.

He has earned it at ESPN and he has done it his way in a way that's really cool and he's

carved out his own space where he gets to have his life in Washington and it's not great

hours for somebody who is a star in our industry but he has moved his life around so that

he can occupy a space in sports where he's got an hour at the end of your night that still

matters that you know is going to be crafted and well done by a generally likable person

in a climate that is so polarizing that none of the people talking about sports on television

get to be like.

What a kind introduction by you.

Perhaps the kindest introduction I've ever heard for you.

I really respect this guy's work that he's navigated, the labyrinth and that he's

nice to people.

He is not horrible to co-workers and he is not threatened to buy co-workers in the vanity

business.

So Scott Van Pelt, we welcome you in.

He's the Midnight Sports Center.

It's his.

It's a space that he dominates and he does it extraordinarily well.

So thank you for being on with us.

I don't think that anything I said is untrue.

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