Mike Vrabel speaks, is LeBron comparing himself to Odysseus?, Azzi and Paige press conference-gate, the new Blazers owner won’t even pay for t-shirts

The Sports Gossip Show

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4.8 • 734 Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2026

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Madeline and Charlotte are back with a new ep! First, relationship news: Guardians catcher Austin Hedges proposed on the field after win, Anna Hall married Giants wide receiver Darius Slayton, Gracie Hunt’s non-engagement party party, Sam Darnold’s wife Katie Hoofnagle Darnold gave the exclusive to Hailee Steinfeld’s newsletter Beau Society.

Tom Brady posted a shirtless Reel playing volleyball with his daughter. As one does! Mike Vrabel spoke to reporters about the Dianna Russini situation and the statement was as good as we’re going to get.

NBA Playoff drama —is this the end of the Warriors dynasty? Cleveland put out a questionable graphic. LeBron and his son Bronny did a promo for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, and Charlotte gives what is hopefully a correct history lesson. The Portland Trailblazers’ new owner, a guy named Tom Dundon, is super cheap?? The gals dive in.

And, finally, two other lessons in PR: Azzi Fudd and Paige Bueckers and the Dallas Wings communication people, and Lando Norris and the Guardian.

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0:00.0	you know what what I mean testing testing first of all yeah what else you know what I have stuck in my
0:05.5	head what from when we went into the bodega earlier I will survive I now go walk out the door
0:15.3	and then we walk out the door just turn around yeah and then we left and now we're here and here we are
0:20.3	all right all right Turn around. Yeah, and then we left. And now we're here. And here we are. All right.
0:21.5	All right.
0:21.9	Hi, Charlotte.
0:31.4	Madeline, good day.
0:32.5	We're back with another episode of the sports gossip show.
0:36.1	Woo-hoo.
0:37.4	I'm so happy to be back. Me too. You know, nothing gets. another episode of the sports gossip show. Woohoo!
0:39.1	I'm so happy to be back.
0:40.1	Me too.
0:43.2	You know, nothing gets me going like recording a podcast.
0:49.1	That sounded like an AI chatbot, generated sentence.
0:50.1	Wait, wait, wait, ready?
0:51.6	Say, I'm so happy to be back in.
0:53.0	I'm so happy to be back.
1:15.4	Great. Me too, Madeline. Should we iterate on that? Great thinking, Charlotte. And then there's a pause. Okay, cool. I'm hearing exactly what you're putting down. Ah, I see what you mean there. Let me clarify for you. Oh, yikes, yikes. We have a jam-packed episode today.
1:20.8	We have a lot to get to, but I'll give a little tease as we say in the biz. We say in the biz. Do we ever?
1:26.1	And do, and you know what? And do we ever say it? Do we ever? Well, we will be covering everything from a bunch of athlete engagements and weddings.
1:28.9	We have to get to, including some flowers, of course.
1:31.7	Updates on Mike Vrable, NBA playoff updates, so many.
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