NBC Vs. TNT for the NBA, College Reporters Covering the Protests, Stephen A. Smith on Mike Trout, and the Baseball Beat With The Athletic’s Andy McCullough

The Press Box

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4.4 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2024

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Hello, media consumers! Bryan welcomes Andy McCullough, a writer for The Athletic and the author of the upcoming Clayton Kershaw biography ‘The Last of His Kind.’ They start off by discussing NBC's and TNT’s bidding for the NBA’s TV rights and what the NBA would look like without TNT (01:47). Then, they discuss the ongoing college protests over the war in Gaza and the student reporters covering it from the ground (13:12). After that, they discuss recent comments from Stephen A. Smith and Charles Barkley (25:04). Finally, they delve into Andy’s career as a baseball beat writer, what it’s like to be on deadline every night, and the process of interviewing Clayton Kershaw for his new book (45:47). Host: Bryan Curtis Guest: Andy McCullough Producer: Eduardo Ocampo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:59.0	Hello media consumers.
1:00.0	Welcome to Press Box.
1:02.0	Brian Curtis of the Ringer here,
1:03.6	along with producer Eduardo O'Kampo,
1:06.0	who is sitting in for Brian Waters.
1:07.9	Coming up on the pod, it's NBC versus TNT for the NBA. The rights that is, college reporters have the story of
1:15.8	their young careers in partial defense of Stephen A on Mike Trout, plus Charles
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