Trump vs. Scarborough, Listener Mail, and Rob Mahoney on Empty Stadiums

The Press Box

The Ringer

Sports

4.4 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2020

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker discuss Trump’s latest allegations against Joe Scarborough and the supporters “urging him to stop" (1:35). Then listener mail, including the question “Will we ever again get a 'DAVID…' opener from Bryan before the intro music?” (19:05). Lastly, Curtis is joined by Rob Mahoney, sports writer at The Ringer, to explore what arenas and stadiums could sound like without a crowd (33:30). Plus, the Overworked Twitter Joke of the Week, and David Guesses the Strained-Pun Headline. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's up guys, it's this Kelly and welcome to the Ringer Podcast Network.
0:03.2	Launching this week on our Podcast Network is a new show from Van Lathen and Rachel Lindsay
0:07.6	called Higher Learning.
0:09.6	Two times a week they'll be dissecting the biggest topics in black culture, politics
0:13.1	and sports and waiting to the most important and timely conversations.
0:17.3	The first episode is out now so make sure to subscribe to Higher Learning with Van Lathen
0:21.3	and Rachel Lindsay on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:30.8	Hello media consumers, Ryan Curtis and David Shoemaker of the Ringer here.
0:44.0	This is the press box.
0:45.8	On today's agenda we'll answer your listener mail, including the question, when is the
0:51.2	David intro coming back?
0:54.0	We'll fill you in.
0:55.4	Also the ringer's very own Rob Mahoney stops by to talk about what NBA games are going
0:59.4	to look like on TV when the lease come back.
1:03.8	Will Jeff Van Gundy be ejected for bagging on the refs?
1:08.2	Plus David guesses a strain pun headline in the overworked Twitter joke of the week.
1:12.5	But David we got to begin with Donald Trump versus Joe Scarborough.
1:18.5	Now if you use the phrase, this is a new low even for Trump, you have to turn in your
1:23.5	political pun to card.
1:25.4	We're all out of new lows.
1:27.5	So let me reframe it before you like this, with 100,000 people now dead from coronavirus,
1:33.8	there aren't many things Trump could have said that would hijack the news cycle for two
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