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The Press Box

How the Media Normalized Sports Gambling, John McCain’s Long Goodbye, and Katie Nolan Gets Called Out | The Press Box (Ep. 468)

The Press Box

The Ringer

Sports

4.43.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2018

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

The Ringer's Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker take a look at how sports writers may be partially responsible for the Supreme Court's recent ruling on sports gambling (02:15), how the media is celebrating John McCain (21:00), and why Andrew Marchand of the 'New York Post' called out ESPN's Katie Nolan (37:45). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

David, New York Magazine's Olivia Nuzzi reports that Donald Trump and Sean Hannity often talk on the phone before bedtime.

0:11.0

My question is, which cable news haircut would you like to hear from on a nightly basis?

0:18.0

Um...

0:20.0

Geez.

0:22.0

What is the best joke to tell you?

0:24.0

Is it too obvious to say joy?

0:26.0

I want a serious answer.

0:27.0

I mean, it's a joke.

0:28.0

See, obviously, say joy-read because she makes...

0:30.0

She make up the best bedtime stories.

0:32.0

Um...

0:33.0

Wolf Glitzer certainly would be the most like fatherly.

0:36.0

Like, I feel like he'd be the most sort of like, you know, parental, a little bit stern, but you know, kind of a fun loving weird uncle.

0:43.0

I think that made me tense at night, though.

0:46.0

I think so too.

0:48.0

We are getting a breaking story.

0:50.0

I don't want to hear that right before bed.

0:52.0

I think Brian Stelter just kind of reading the media headlines to me before bed would be fine.

0:56.0

Sure, sure.

0:57.0

I mean, Matt, I was great.

0:58.0

She can make like a really compelling, compelling bedtime story out of anything.

1:02.0

Yeah, it'd be long and very fact-filled.

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