Instant Reaction Pod: Adrian Wojnarowski's Retirement and the End of the Woj Bomb

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🗓️ 18 September 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Hello, media consumers! Bryan and David immediately react to Adrian Wojnarowski’s retirement from ESPN (0:30). They reflect on: His commitment to bell-to-bell NBA coverage (2:40) Being the first iPhone alert sports journalist (11:40) How his NBA draft day tweets changed when he began at ESPN (14:45) How the “Woj bomb” caught on (17:30) The NBA media in the post-Woj era (22:39) Hosts: Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker Producer: Brian H. Waters Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:47.0	Adrian Wojnrowski.
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1:57.7	He is leaving ESPN immediately.
2:00.8	Yeah.
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