Should Sportswriters Bet on Sports? Plus, the Taylor Swift Beat Writer and Logan Murdock on Covering the NBA.

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4.4 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Bryan and David rehash football notes from this weekend starting with the Michigan-Penn game and the Dallas Cowboys’ second win against the New York Giants (0:40). Then, they review the guidelines that ESPN employees will have to follow once their new sports-betting app launches (6:20), before then dissecting the intersection between journalism and fandom, as Gannett Media has hired a Taylor Swift beat writer (16:56). Later, Logan Murdock from the ‘Real Ones’ podcast joins to discuss his career covering the NBA and his thoughts on the evolution of journalism from reporting in locker rooms to player podcasts around the league (28:48). Plus, the Overworked Twitter Joke of the Week and David Shoemaker Guesses the Strained-Pun Headline. Hosts: Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker Guest: Logan Murdock Producer: Erika Cervantes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Ringer gambling feat is your one-stop shop for all things betting throughout the NFL season
0:06.7	From a week one all the way through Super Bowl 58 in Las Vegas. We have you covered every which way.
0:13.5	We got a favorite futures, we got props,
0:15.7	we'll discuss the lines, and of course,
0:17.9	we'll throw in a few parlays.
0:19.3	That's a given.
0:20.0	So whether you're sharp or a square better, we'll be breaking it down in terms, hopefully everybody
0:25.3	can understand and we'll try to win some money along the way.
0:29.1	So be sure to subscribe to the Ring of gambling feed on Spotify or wherever you get your
0:33.6	podcast.
0:40.1	David? Yes. I don't have any weekend audio for you, but I do have some football watching
0:47.8	notes that I scribbled down from the last couple days. Let me have them. Michigan Penn State on Saturday. This is the, our
0:57.6	coach just got suspended game for Michigan.
1:03.0	It was an exciting game in terms of storyline, but it was also some of the sludgiest
1:10.0	big ten offense you could ever imagine.
1:13.0	The thing of beauty, yeah.
1:15.0	Michigan had 30 straight running plays to end the game.
1:18.0	30 straight running plays in 2023.
1:22.0	And I heard Gus Johnson it was calling the game for straight running plays in 2023.
1:23.4	And I heard Gus Johnson was calling the game for Fox 8.
1:26.2	This is an old-fashioned Big Ten battle.
1:31.0	Now how many times are we going to have that euphemism used for Big Ten games or there isn't a lot of scoring
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