Remembering John McCain, Jemele Hill's Exit From ESPN, and Taking Stock of 'The Athletic' | The Press Box (Ep. 517)

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🗓️ 28 August 2018

⏱️ 55 minutes

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The Ringer's Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker link up to remember Senator John McCain and his relationship with the media (02:30) before looking back at Jemele Hill's last year at ESPN (15:30). Then they unpack a wild Tuesday for Trump (26:00) before examining varying opinions of 'The Athletic' (39:30). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey guys, it's Liz Kelly and I am here to tell you about the awesome stuff you've
0:04.2	brought on at the Ringer.
0:05.6	It's pizza day on Tuesday this week.
0:07.7	We're doing brackets for talking about pizza and pop culture and our staff is breaking
0:11.2	down, which is definitively the best pizza.
0:14.2	Also, we are launching a brand new podcast with Ryan Newsello called Dual Threat.
0:18.6	It'll be a weekly podcast focusing on both the NFL and cultural football.
0:22.3	It'll air Wednesdays throughout the football season and first episode is being released
0:26.4	on Wednesday, August 29th.
0:29.1	To read about pizza on Tuesday, listen to Ryan on Wednesday and check out lots of other
0:32.9	good stuff on the ringer.com.
0:39.1	David, Michelle Beetle is leaving the ESPN Morning Chat Show get up for other projects at
0:46.4	the network.
0:47.4	What I want to know is, how would you describe the current state of get up in the form
0:53.4	of a sports cliche?
0:55.4	I'm not making out of this.
1:03.4	This one employed.
1:04.4	I feel like you mean like a good stats bad team sort of cliche.
1:07.8	Is that what we're here?
1:08.8	A lot nodding.
1:09.8	Yeah.
1:10.8	I'm not sure if I like, let me frame, let me phrase this in the form of a compliment.
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