Talking NBA, March Madness, JuJu, MLB and 'The Bachelor' With Callie Curry, Tate Frazier, J. Kyle Mann, and Anthony Dabbundo

The Bill Simmons Podcast

The Ringer

Sports

4.5 • 29.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2025

⏱️ 120 minutes

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The Ringer's Bill Simmons is joined by Callie Curry to discuss some basketball updates about Seth Curry, Doc Rivers, and Stephen Curry (2:34), before discussing 'The Bachelor' franchise approaching an existential crisis, the fundamental problems with the show, potential fixes, and more (23:55). Next, Bill is joined by Tate Frazier and J. Kyle Mann to discuss the state of the NCAA tournament and NIL's rapid impact on college basketball's transfer portal (39:57), before Tate and Kyle give their five favorite storylines heading into the Sweet 16 (01:00:30). Finally, Bill talks with Anthony Dabbundo about his five favorite MLB futures, featuring the Yankees, Red Sox, Braves, Diamondbacks, and more (01:28:33). Host: Bill Simmons Guests: Tate Frazier, J. Kyle Mann, Anthony Dabbundo, and Callie Curry Producers: Kyle Crichton and Chia Hao Tat Order Michelob ULTRA today, available on Doordash! ENJOY RESPONSIBLY © 2025 ANHEUSER-BUSCH, MICHELOB ULTRA® LIGHT BEER, ST. LOUIS, MO. The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit www.rg-help.com to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:20.0	put up a new rewatchables last night.
1:21.7	We did blue chips.
1:24.3	It was actually one we had kind of talked about before eight years ago,
1:27.4	before we did the category. So we brought it back for the NIL era. It was actually one we had kind of talked about before eight years ago before we
1:27.7	did the category. So we brought it back for the NL era. It was me and Van Lathen and Chris Ryan. You
1:32.9	can check that out. You can also check out the Prestige TV podcast, White Lotus, episode six.
1:38.0	We broke that down as well. Speaking of the Prestige TV pod, me and Sean Fantasy and Joanna
1:43.6	Robinson on Wednesday,
1:46.0	we're going to break down the first couple episodes of the studio,
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