Trump’s Iran Head Fakes, a CBS News Defection, and Tales From the Lakers Locker Room With Howard Beck

The Press Box

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4.4 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2026

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

Bryan and David are here to discuss another busy news week. They start with another departure at CBS News, a New York Times piece about Judy Blume (5:56), and Stephen A. Smith on Sean Hannity’s podcast (18:09). They wrap up by discussing Trump’s changing message on the war in Iran (26:01). Then in the Notebook Dump, Bryan is joined by The Ringer’s Howard Beck in another edition of Tales From the Locker Room. Howard tells stories about covering Shaq and Kobe(45:42), getting U2 tickets from Rick Fox (1:19:24), and much more. Plus, the Overworked Twitter Joke of the Week, and David Shoemaker Guesses the Strained-Pun Headline! Hosts: Bryan Curtis and David ShoemakerGuest: Howard BeckProducers: Bruce Baldwin and Isaiah Blakely Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What I've dedicated my life to is revenge.
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0:07.0	They think they're better than us.
0:08.0	Who do you think you are?
0:10.0	I'm going to prove to them that they're wrong.
0:12.0	She's punishing me.
0:13.0	You destroyed my family.
0:14.0	I will not rest until I've destroyed yours.
0:17.0	A Woman of Substance on Channel 4 starts tonight at 9.
0:26.3	Dammit!
0:27.7	Yes?
0:32.7	Three quick stories to get us going here on the old press box.
0:39.3	Story number one, Scott McFarlane has left CBS News. He was the justice correspondent over there.
0:43.3	He writes in a note to his now former colleagues,
0:46.3	This is my decision and I appreciate the bosses at CBS for understanding it.
0:50.3	For the next phase of my career,
0:55.8	I look forward to some independence and finding new spaces to share my work
0:58.0	in line with my personal goals.
1:02.3	Now, if you ever watch Scott McFarlane over on CBS,
1:06.1	he was a very old school,
1:08.4	just the facts kind of correspondent. Yeah. I don't know if the name john mccarthy
1:14.2	rings bells to any of our younger listeners but he was very much working in that network
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