The Democrats’ Big Night and ESPN’s New Bookie. Plus: Booger McFarland on Alabama-LSU, Playing Dirty, and More.

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🗓️ 6 November 2025

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Hello, media consumers! Bryan and Joel discuss everything coming out of election night, including how the big news stations covered it, where Steve Kornacki has gone, how conservatives are coping, and the New York Post’s Mamdani headline. Next, Bryan and Joel dive into ESPN and DraftKings’ new partnership and ESPN Bet being no more (21:47), before talking about Drew Brees returning to the announcer booth (25:25) and Teen Vogue going by the wayside (32:52). The shows ends with the next installment of 25 for 25 as Booger McFarland joins to talk about Alabama-LSU, playing dirty, and the departure of head coach Brian Kelly (46:06). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, media consumers.
0:05.6	Welcome to Pressbox Thursday.
0:07.3	It's Brian Curtis.
0:08.6	It's Joel Anderson.
0:09.9	It's producer Bruce Baldwin.
0:12.1	Coming up on the podcast, we will relive election night after a big, big night for the
0:18.3	Democrats.
0:19.6	Plus, ESPN has a new bookie, and Drew Brees finally has a TV job.
0:24.5	What happened to Teen Vogue and the McClatchy Washington, D.C. Bureau?
0:30.2	Also, and this is a treat, the latest installment of our 25 for 25 series, ESPN's Burger
0:37.4	McFarland is here to get us ready for this
0:39.9	Saturday's LSU Alabama game to talk about texting with former Tigers coach Brian Kelly,
0:46.0	targeting opposing players injured limbs, and much, much more. But Joe, let us start with
0:52.9	Tuesday night.
0:55.2	How much election night TV did you actually watch?
0:58.4	Well, I watched some.
1:00.3	I mean, I think, and you can relate to this at one point in your life.
1:04.2	The returns are coming in when I'm going through the dinner, bath, bedtime cycle with my
1:09.3	toddlers.
1:10.1	So I don't get as much of a chance to watch as I'd like.
1:13.3	But I did manage to watch some on my phone because I still have YouTube TV for now.
1:18.1	And so, yeah, I checked in on MSNBC and CNN, but not like a, you know, not like I would have liked to, I guess.
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