Hey there, it's Brian Curtis, editor at large of the ringer here and I feel this was

one of those weeks, I guess, if not one of those years, where sports and politics, or

maybe sports and Donald Trump, have basically been inseparable.

So I wanted to get some of my favorite writers to jump in and talk about this stuff.

We're first going to talk to BuzzFeed's Joel Anderson about athlete activism in the

age of Trump.

Then we'll have the ringer's football writer Kevin Clark come on and talk about how CNN

has becoming ESPN.

And finally, David Schumacher, the ringer's very own mass man, will talk about how Donald

Trump and pro wrestling are alike.

On the phone, Joel Anderson is an ace BuzzFeed writer, sports guy, and most importantly

of all, a Texan, here he is, Joel, how are you?

Great, good to talk to you.

How are you doing, bro?

Just great, just great.

So we're like 100 days nearly into the Donald Trump administration.

In terms of athlete activism that you've seen, how close is it to what you expected at

this point?

Actually, I would argue that we haven't seen much in the way of activist.

I mean, there were a few pay-three instead of show up to the White House visit, would

have been last week.

But it's not like we have people that are mildly talking about the attempts to repeal

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