Pat McAfee’s ESPN Deal, the Kevin Harlan Playoff Experience, and This Week in 2024

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🗓️ 22 May 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Bryan and David discuss Pat McAfee’s huge contract signing with ESPN, his fit with the sports media conglomerate, and the company’s shift to signing top-level talent (00:32). Then, they’re back with another segment of NBA2Day to talk about Kevin Harlan’s performance during the playoffs, Michael Malone’s “Nobody believes in us” comments, and more (17:06). After, they give the latest updates on the 2024 election, including Senator Tim Scott’s announcement speech for president, Ron DeSantis bypassing the “mainstream media” for his presidential run, and former vice president Mike Pence plagiarizing bits from a Donald Trump speech (29:58). Plus, the Overworked Twitter Joke of the Week and David Shoemaker Guesses the Strained-Pun Headline. Hosts: Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker Producer: Eduardo Ocampo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:33.5	David?
0:34.8	Yes.
0:36.2	So there was some big news in the world of sports media last week,
0:40.7	Hat McAfee, podcast host, college game day host, occasional professional wrestler.
0:48.9	Oh yeah, that's that McAfee.
0:50.4	Yeah, that guy, right?
0:51.4	The one without sleeves.
0:53.7	He assigned a huge new deal to join ESPN.
0:57.7	He was indeed up to something.
1:00.6	What do you think about McAfee to the mother's show?
1:04.7	Oh, um, well, it's great for him.
1:08.6	Presumably going to be making a fair chunk of change.
1:13.0	Eight figures, according to the New York Post.
1:15.6	Am I, are we giving quick docs here or is this it?
1:17.8	Or are you just diving right in?
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