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Mason & Ireland

HR 1: Point Shaving Scheme

Mason & Ireland

ESPN Radio

Sports

4.5754 Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Mason and Ireland are joined by Mychal Thompson and Pepe Mantilla for today’s show! Where do most people get news nowadays? The crew dive into the Breaking News of the day, of a point shaving scheme in college basketball. The scheme involved more than 39 players on 17 NCAA Division I teams, resulting in dozens of games in the previous two seasons being fixed by a gambling ring that included a former NBA player. Kershaw has announced he will play for team USA in the World Baseball Classic! Ice Breakers! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:23.6

Mason and Ireland is on for your Thursday afternoon.

0:27.4

This is an island.

0:29.8

This show on a radio.

0:31.5

And here we go Thursday, Thursday.

0:34.1

Steve Mason, John Ireland, as we get you ready for Lakers Hornets tonight. How about that? It must be really depressing around there without me. I agree. How do you guys keep morale up? Well, we do. We do our best. You know, thankfully we've got the best show in the history of Los Angeles, Mason, and Ireland, to prop us up every single day. Let's be honest. You guys do. There's no question you guys have. The best show in Los Angeles radio now that Marcellus and I are no longer. Yeah, there's no question about you. Taking your throne. Michael and Pepe coming in today, it's a home game. I looked for Pepe the other night to wave to him on Tuesday, but he was in the bathroom

1:11.2

for like 20 minutes. Hope everything's okay. Meanwhile, only days away from divisional round Sunday

1:17.0

in Chicago, freezing Chicago, Rams Bears. We continue to talk about that and get you ready. Plus,

1:24.5

producer Emily's here. Producer Brian Cohen, the social team in the back, and you,

1:28.5

and let's do it, the Hall of Famers.

1:30.8

So with that said, let's get this thing going.

1:37.7

Mason and Ireland.

1:39.8

You know, Thursday afternoon right now.

1:41.8

Yeah.

1:42.6

Bye.

2:04.2

Good afternoon. So Pepe's already here. Michael Thompson's going to be along. Lakers versus Hornets tonight. Lamello Ball is in town. Who's playing right now? He is. Yep. Brandon Miller's playing. Yeah. Con Cinnipple's playing. Okay. Con Cinepple is like one of the top three for rookie of the year right now, isn't he?

2:05.0

He's two. Yeah. Cooper Flags one. Con Cinepple is two. What about Edgecombe in Philly? Right there, too. Right now, I just looked up the odds this morning. Con Cinnipples, too. He's really good.

2:13.8

Yeah, and he can shoot threes.

2:14.6

And so, Pepe, you might remember this.

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